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• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Standing Out [by C/3C Christopher Benson, '10] Before AFROTC, this abstract concept of "leadership" seemed very generic...

  

  wonder how I am getting paid to do this job... I should be paying them." This quote came from an F-15 pilot who stopped by to speak to the AFROTC ... excited to commission as an Officer in the United States Air Force, to have

  • by ROTC
  • January 3, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Feeling Energized Watching the sun rise signals that it's time for bed.

  

  As the semester begins to wind down, it comes time to turn in ... design project for one of my classes, 2.005, where we had to design a floating buoy-like structure to support a 700,000 kilo tower and rotor combo

  • by Bryan
  • December 7, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  books I read in 2024, ranked and thoughts on the best ones

  

  or perceived quality, because: 1) I don’t trust myself to make a ... want to avoid arbitrarily ranking critically acclaimed books higher based ... Intermezzo by Sally Rooney A: really great, would recommend to ~anyone

  • by Kai V. '25
  • January 13, 2025
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Things that make you go hmmmm……. Obama’s transformative presidency………for geeks????

  

  used to be. I have been trying to help TIM the Beaver get an internship ... concerned about the financial state of Iceland and wanted to lend his expertise to the challenge. TIM has been taking some courses at Sloan and is

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • December 30, 2008
• Blog / How to MIT

  Buying books You shouldn't have to spend all your money on textbooks!

  

  ! That's CRAZY! If you're going to be taking the General Institute ... ...whatever) just wait until you get to campus. There are always upperclassmen trying to sell books. Ask around your dorm, spam the email lists, and you

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 14, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Campus Preview Weekend

  

  CPW IS ABOUT TO BEGIN and it's going to be AWESOME. It snowed today...but the snow is now safely out of the way and hopefully the MIT weather ... 'll try to get back to you ASAP! In the meantime...get pumped.

  • by Melis A. '08
  • April 6, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Photojournalism A day in the life. In full color. =)

  

  . Then I went here (because it was nice out) to read this and then here just to visit (because I heard it was cool) and then to a meeting for this and then here to study for this with other people from here

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 3, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  puzzled again? a little puzzle for the class of '09

  

  a group of scavenger hunt questions to solve, and today they get to solve mine. This blog is supposed to have a question on it, so I'll make this one easy. How many entries to date? Please do not post the answer

  • by Bryan
  • September 2, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  The DHL Fiasco I really want to thank those of you (you know who you are) who turned…

  

  DHL fiasco, but thanks to many of you, that was a lot better than it could have been. I really want to thank those of you (you know who you are ... figured out how to track all of the admit packs going to international

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 14, 2005
• FAQ / Afford

  Does MIT provide CSS Profile waivers?

  Some students of certain incomes are able to have the their CSS Profile fees waived by the College Board. MIT is not able to offer a fee ... to your family, you are welcome to wait until you learn if you've been
• Blog / Challenges

  Alien in America A display of feelings; a post that might not make any sense.

  

  Last weekend, I wrote “A Guide to Farmer's Markets". Here’s what I ... can be like that too. You have to appreciate small things when they ... would say, take time for yourself, because otherwise it's hard to be

  • by Selam G. '18
  • July 14, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT’s Fight against Gender Discrimination in STEM an excerpt from a fall class paper

  

  makes students and faculty feel unwelcome and work together to create an ... Harvard Social Studies concentrators (i.e. majors), intended to prepare ... final research paper. The amount of work took some getting used to, but I

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • January 6, 2017
• FAQ / First-year application

  Do I have to submit my final grades?

  Most students apply to college at the beginning of their last year of high school, so final grades aren't available. Only admitted students are required to submit their final grades.  
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Visual Arts @ MIT how we practice and pursue it here

  

  , etc., but were only ever able to practice those things independently ... high school we went to, and for 11th and 12th grade, we transferred to a purely academic high school. So, we really wanted college to have classes

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • March 30, 2018
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  You Guys Are Used To Getting No Sleep, But I Am Old To those of you who have siblings: what's the one piece of sibling-related parenting advice…

  

  decide to go and do it all over again. What were we thinking?!? :-) I'll be out for most of June on paternity leave, but will still try to blog when I can find time. Hope you guys are having a great start to your

  • by Ben Jones
  • June 1, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Just 41 Pictures I Took in 2017 Yultide Day 2

  

  Yultide (credit to the bloggers for the awesome name). Today is Yultide Day ... in this case being the 1E cats" - credit for caption and images goes to ... Bunnies for my birthday (credit to the wonderful Kristen Y. '19 and Jamie C

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • January 26, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  Comments-ment Webcast A few comments on the past week.

  

  managed to run four miles, throw together a tofu-tomato-mushroom salad, get ... . Life after it happens is at least semi-solid enough to serve on a plate ... about recycling, etc. I consider reading it and decide to keep blogging

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • June 5, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  an unsolicited review of the whitney biennial (not really a review just stuff I liked)

  

  Last weekend, I took a short solo trip up to New York to see the Whitney Biennial! I’ve wanted to go to the Whitney Museum of American Art for years, ever since I learned that they’re host to (almost) all of the

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • March 25, 2024
• Blog / MISTI

  Jump into a new comfort zone!

  

  wonderful way to take my MIT journey above and beyond! Living and working in Germany was a perfect opportunity to jump into a different comfort zone ... welcoming and cutting-edge place to work abroad. The research that I chose to

  • by MISTI Program
  • October 19, 2011
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Something is coming, part 3… And the anticipation builds!

  

  To begin, add to Next, mix in a little of this (slightly nsfw for about 3 seconds) Now, put Jess and I in charge, give us a couple of months to stir, and what do you get? Wait and see! (no spoilers in the

  • by Snively '11
  • March 17, 2010