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• Blog / Academics & Research

  To stay at MIT over the summer, or to not stay at MIT over the summer…that is the question With so many summer employment options, what's the best choice?

  

  you can spent 40 hours per week in the lab instead of the 5-12 hours ... , keep the living expenses in mind... -You have several summer housing ... some upperclassmen can comment on campus life in the summer. -Many

  • by Melis A. '08
  • July 17, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  FAQ: Waitlist If you have questions about being on the waitlist, read this first.

  

  students will choose to remain on the waitlist. Can you tell me where I am ... impossible to know what the yield will be this year. Can you tell me where my ... confirmation page in your decision letter. You should complete this form when you

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 15, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Does MIT Offer Application Fee Waivers? In a word, yes. Click through for the extended answer.

  

  attend but just want to see if they can get in). How do I know if I should ... the many parts of the admission process in that, here too, you are being ... outside of your family who can help you to determine your need for a waiver

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • October 16, 2007
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Fitting In Fitting in at MIT

  

  students, people from home, and the like is: "How do you feel like you fit in ... interested in learning more about a specific culture as well. You find people ... . Similar to my experience, you might end up living in a quad your freshman

  • by Bryan
  • May 19, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Story of Tim Tebow My friend Steve '11 wrote a blog for the not admitted.

  

  reading if you will. Remember Tim's promise. Best of luck in the weeks ... you'll get over it but you feel like you never will.[1] So if I can ... gigantic tub of ice cream that you can get at Ben and Jerry's, an ice cream

  • by Chris S. '11
  • March 16, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  What Is Your LΔ? What about heart? What about determination? What about resilience?

  

  possible. You can imagine how disconcerting this can be for a social ... of the MIT blogs you probably have an affinity for math.) In an effort ... Delta. This simply means Learning Delta. Before you write in to challenge

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • January 18, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  February(ish) Updates and Notes aka my life in photos and haikus

  

  apparently means that they can give you five assignments a week as long as they ... Systems How can the U. S. Help innovation in tech.? Let’s talk about it. 6 ... photos are in this order because we are student-athletes, not athlete

  • by Taylor V. '19
  • March 1, 2018
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  How to get around MIT hunger pangs [by Sadie Scheffer '10] Culinary art = delicious art.

  

  ginger as you feel you can handle! Mix in a little cayenne pepper for an ... your room to how to decide whether you should go to class can be a ... learned: Dried Fruit! Dried fruit is perhaps the easiest snack you can make

  • by ARTalk
  • April 1, 2009
• FAQ / Academics and research

  Where can I find info on the School of Engineering?

  on in every department, lab, and classroom. There's way too much to write about in one paragraph, so check out their site and explore what our
• Blog / Athletics

  Itinerary: IAP 2017 4 weeks in a suitcase and carry on

  

  . "Normal," meaning not going to bed at 3am and waking up just in time for lunch. Still a work in progress -- I'll keep you guys updated.   ... 2016 into several boxes. I left it all behind in Boston as I embarked on

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • January 20, 2017
• Blog / Challenges

  The Bad Week, or How To Lose Sleep and Alienate People I'm giving out life advice today. I know you didn't ask for it, but I'm…

  

  their blogs and people are not sending me YouTube videos at five or six in ... person, it can either force you to be much more productive, or much less ... are much less likely to screw around while working. If you are in a

  • by Jess K. '10
  • November 3, 2008
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  The Greek Way What I did for a Klondike Bar, caesar salad, chicken florentine, mushroom ravioli, chocolate torte,…

  

  'll excommunicate you from MIT, lock you in a pillory, and melt the key MIT's nuclear ... -hazing agreement, but you can use your imagination as to the kind of requirements for ... -serving social events I can conceive for the chapter in the coming year. After

  • by Sam M. '07
  • February 18, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Return of the Nance Effect The Summer Update Edition!

  

  (The Summer Update Edition!) Greetings to all! Can you feel that ... I say welcome! Come on in, the water is just fine. I hope that you ... you have to be a minority to glean wisdom from, or participate in, this

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • August 9, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The One Where I’m in Russia a brain/photo dump of me running away from school

  

  within it, in the hopes that I can one day make a difference in it, and ... . But it was breathtaking, especially in the early morning with mystical ... -Peruvian fusion. Apparently the eighth best restaurant in the world?? Exhibit B

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • September 28, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  Hits from the ‘90s ♪ Why can't we be friends? ♫

  

  details of my life. I'll tell you things I want you to know in my blog, but ... . If you attend MIT, I meet you, and we are friends, we can be friends on ... as it stands today. It will be a snapshot of me that you can see. Pick

  • by Snively '11
  • July 2, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Michael Xiang: Double UROP Extraordinaire! Michael Xiang has two UROPs, one at the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research and another…

  

  . You can imagine how awesome Michael Xiang, a junior in Biology with ... , you can figure out the DNA coding for the receptor. Voila! His UROP in ... down, fats and sugar, you would expect it to be in high levels in obese

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 25, 2006
• Blog / How to Food

  Come together (and eat)

  

  dining hall dorms...you can probably see the conflict). Not in an FSILG ... be too spread out? I'm used to a dining hall culture, where you can ... believe these are Next House, Baker, Simmons and McCormick. If you live in

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • August 15, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Deep Breaths Perhaps wisdom, perhaps not. See for yourself.

  

  , etc. I agree that it is easier said than done, but I'm in the same boat as you right now. I'm about to submit the application to my top choice ... means as much as I'm afraid to press the submit button, in order to have

  • by Bryan
  • December 31, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Ringing in the second half of MIT The Class of 2019 gets their brass rats...at last

  

  where the whole sophomore class dresses up in everything from onesies to ... design. Every year, Ring Comm, the group of students in charge of ... details of the 2019 ring include the euro symbol in the background behind

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • April 23, 2017
• Blog / Athletics

  There’s No “I” in Team There's also no "Tennis" or "Senior Day", but that won't stop me from writing about…

  

  , and bananas cheering you on. Unless you’re allergic to peanut butter, in ... future, if you ever see an eighty year old lady running around in circles ... In just four short weeks, my time as a MIT freshman will draw to a

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • May 1, 2014