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• Blog / About Decisions

  Making your college decision May 1st! Have you decided?

  

  endless. As a freshman, you can work in the lab of Nobel laureate or get ... supernovas that tickle your fancy, you can study them in more detail then you'll ever find in a textbook. Or, you can take a lab class, like 2.007 (Design

  • by Melis A. '08
  • April 28, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Machine Shops, Part 2 Really, there are a lot of machine shops.

  

  the best you can in your classes, and follow your passions, and get back ... Machine Shops, Part 2 In case you haven't read it: Machine Shops ... you can use your imagination, and I'll just describe some of the other

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 3, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  The New MIT Viewbook! Last week, after a year of intense introspection (and a ton of work) we saw…

  

  hold the first copy in my hands. Those of you who will be applying next year - you're in for a serious treat. I honestly think this is one of the ... - including you guys, who gave some great feedback in the original post from a

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 6, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Dies Irae Quantus tremor est futurus!

  

  friend!" Yoda: "My trusted ally you are." Palpatine: "Together, we can rule ... have my allegiance." C3PO: "To a splendid counterpart!" R2D2: "You can ... DID YOU KNOW? Institute Professor and Pulitzer Prize-winning composer

  • by Sam M. '07
  • February 14, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Thoughts On The MIT Interview ...from the perspective of an MIT interviewer.

  

  Institute (or how it was thirty years ago; in our internet age you might know ... discovery (assisted of course by the double major you'll finish in three years here), but we also hope that you have side interests in archaeology

  • by John DeTore '80
  • October 19, 2006
• Blog / MISTI

  My Summer in Japan Tokyo, Spaceships, and Lots of Ramen

  

  my pleasure to welcome you to Japan: the country of neon-lit karaoke ... Japan-based company in Tokyo who attempted to be the first private company ... for crashing into the moon."]hard-landed[/annotation], their success in

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • October 1, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  Advices, advices Notes from Associate Advising...

  

  in the beginning, whether you want to admit it or not. Some people are ... a disclaimer, which you should read carefully, in addition to the ... cases, you cannot do well by not going to lecture or not turning in psets

  • by Chris S. '11
  • August 28, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Faculty Luncheon for Local* Admitted Students *local: from New England or New York, or anyone who just happens to be in…

  -key, informal event, where you can sit down for a delicious lunch and chat with ... the fantastic things you can do as an MIT student. (NB: Since this ... students in New England and New York got the invite. But if you just happen

  • by mitblogs
  • January 21, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Likelihood

  

  not go out until April. So, in a sense, I can understand the urge to not ... officer blog, Loyola Marymount University -- you can read about their ... in your mailbox. And for those of you applying to MIT, I wish you the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 19, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  For Deferred Students Some advice and answers.

  

  those students who particularly like the Boston area, you can also look at ... .] Should I send in extra materials? The only thing we ask that you send in is the midyear grade report. You can download one off of the MyMIT website

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 17, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Filled With Cute Babies The story of my IAP in India.

  

  to Boston, where, as you already know, I went to LeaderShape in an ... MIT students love to make change happen. This could be in the form of ... , participating in competitions like MIT's $100K Entrepreneurship Competition

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • February 9, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A love letter to psets Masochists In Training

  

  difficult" - by MIT standards] Dear psets, In the past week, you've tried ... concept. You've twisted my mind in ways I didn't know it could twist before ... , plugged in values, and spat out an answer. But not you. With you, a 15-word

  • by Michael C. '16
  • September 16, 2012
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  holidays in boston a photodump for you to procrastinate with

  

  off. There's no way Santa can afford to take time to go to Boston in ... holiday season, and I'm coming in hot, live from my bed watching Frozen ... at least a little holiday joy and optimism (whether or not you

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • December 16, 2024
• Blog / How to Human

  Don’t Neglect Your Creative Side And I don't mean the side of you that thinks up math problems while you…

  

  amount of sleep you need (or in some cases, the amount of caffeine you can ... guys are amazing. I can't wait to meet you. And to those of you who weren ... meet on MIT's campus, but hopefully I'll see you around in the real world

  • by Derrick B. '08
  • March 19, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love Physics A short novel.

  

  , thinking that it sounds fantastic and you'd love it and you can't wait to try ... 't join twenty extra-curriculars because you think you have to in order to have a chance a college. In the end, it's what you did for the love of

  • by Karen F. '11
  • October 13, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Guest Entry: Engineers Without Borders Environmental engineering major Tiffany'12 fills in on international development

  

  international development, rest assured that no matter what you major in, you can ... . Anyways, you can actually step into the unit, look up at the showerhead, and ... innovation going on here is through the roof! You can view all the teams here

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • April 14, 2011
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Call For Bloggers As promised, here's an entry that will explain this year's application process for admissions bloggers.

  

  welcome to apply. In the interest of full disclosure, however, you should ... if you're an upperclassman). Let us know which dorm you get temped in ... addicted to Facebook, you or Jess Kim? Prove your theory in 100 words or less

  • by Ben Jones
  • June 26, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Settled It's good to be back!

  

  and all settled in to my new room. Last year's non-existent view of the Charles River has been replaced by a partial one that I can glimpse if I ... was and still am afraid that if these kids confide in me, I won't know

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • August 20, 2010
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Campus Activities What to do while not learning.

  

  (any % although whole is more manly) 2) You can't vomit I'm the one in the orange fleece, in case you couldn't tell. This video also serves as ... So, now that you're on campus, you have all this free time, right? I

  • by Snively '11
  • September 3, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Cellular neurobiology The more syllables it has, the cooler it is

  

  this figure in Paint. How rude of you to suggest that I did. This is from a paper of Morgan's from 2004. As you can see, lots of proteins in ... for you guys -- I wanted to take them when I was in early, so I wouldn

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 1, 2006