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• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Schnitzer Prize Winners! [by Ken Haggerty '11] Buildings with eyes, a drum for the people, and a house…

  

  's last piece (not pictured here, unfortunately) was a giant mural assembled ... along. Jaekyung's second work was a performance art piece he did for a ... . Sam's work is really awesome. "Walkinghouse," which he did as part of N

  • by ARTalk
  • May 24, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Then and Now The two are remarkably similar.

  

  're working on your first 18.02 pset. Okay, say you're me, and you're working on your first 18.02 pset. And by "working," I mean "staring blankly at ... and a half seconds." You've always loved math, but you're not exactly

  • by Keri G. '10
  • January 26, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Supplemental Materials Answering questions about extras beyond the formal application.

  

  the composer(s) and title(s) of the recorded works submitted. You do not ... not send supplemental material unless the application did not ... music supplement via email addressed to [email protected]. For performers

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 29, 2007
• Blog / Rural and Small-Town

  rural winter, city winter haven't shoveled snow here once

  

  brightly colored snow pants or Carhartts covered in stains earned through hard work.  It's a funny thing, how something as fundamental as winter ... home to the T Stop, from the T Stop, to a cafe, and from the cafe to work

  • by Nicole Cooper
  • February 26, 2024
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  [Guest Post] Duolingo Champion How to immerse in education while learning nothing

  

  the leagues restarted, I began working to get ahead of the initial ... . Oblivious of what this would result in, I decided to work for the rest of the ... but not award penalties for refusing to use accent marks or punctuation

  • by Cami M. '23
  • May 29, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

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

  

  ; hopefully this post will be helpful. How does the waitlist work? We are ... fewer than 4% of applicants a spot on the waitlist. Not all of those ... on the waitlist? No, because it's not ranked. We will reconsider

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

  Applying Regular Action – Q&A

  

  next week, and is not accepting emails or answering phone calls. The ... be seen by the Admissions Committee (February will not be seen). If you ... interview is not a required part of the application (and students whose

  • by Chris LaBounty
  • December 20, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Endless rain into a paper cup ...also, restless wind inside a letterbox.

  

  -Conner desk today earning $9 an hour and contemplating whether or not I should ... 111-year history, in 1918. That was because of World War 1. So it's not ... northward to see me, so I couldn't let her down by skipping out. No, no, not

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 16, 2007
• Blog / Research & Work Abroad

  ¡Es-pa-ña! ¡Campeones!

  

  actual game is so not the point here, it's all about the partying ... 's main roads. (Dots on the map indicate roughly where the video was taken ... people have been singing? Me: does it mean anything? Spanish friend: not

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 5, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Back in MD Summary of the end of the year, and a look ahead to the summer.

  

  single, and I do not have to use the Saferide or MBTA. Yes, I am home. Today was my first day of work at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), where I am working in the National Human Genome Research Institute. More

  • by Melis A. '08
  • June 5, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Somebody Else Seven undergrad blogs not enough for you? Now some of them have multiple authors.

  

  '07) to write a guest blog entry. It might not make for the best guest ... Charter High School and working in MIT's Lewis Music Library. Also, juicy ... -Newton Beautiful, I learned that "Federal Work Study" means the Fed forks over 75% of

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 22, 2005
• Blog / How to MIT

  Boys like cars and money $1 billion is not enough for thefacebook, but $9 an hour is good enough for…

  

  , thanks anyway!" Sam's Mom had taught me well not to get into bicycle taxis ... world. And I just despaired. Or should I say, despaired dot com? I ... 't usually work on weekday afternoons: packages come in! And then you have to

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 25, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Waitlist FAQ Some answers for students offered a place on the waitlist.

  

  this post will be helpful. How does the waitlist work? We are aiming ... -900 applicants -- fewer than 5% of applicants -- a spot on the waitlist. Not all of ... where I am on the waitlist? As I've said, the waitlist is not ranked

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 15, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Undecideds and the Order of the Phoenix Answering the important questions of those still making their decision.

  

  requesting an extension for May 1? I have not received my financial aid ... an extension, you can either email our office at admissions at mit dot ... , yes, some are bad. The benefit of living in a mixed-year (not freshman

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 25, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Imbibing the Nostalgia Punch More akin to jumping on the bandwagon than drinking the kool-aid in that it is…

  

  now know could not be more wrong, yet somehow it's also heartbreakingly ... measurable ways, life is largely the same, just with 10pm-6am work inexplicably ... started writing this post, I wrangled Elasticsearch at work and made dinner

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • August 9, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  In which brains are awesome Neener neener neener.

  

  not use any notes. <!--Jess and I are --!> I have been trying to ... . (Please send any hypotheses you may have to keri-lee at mit dot edu. I ... the discussions to work as nicely as they do now. 4.343 - Photography

  • by Keri G. '10
  • October 2, 2009
• Blog / Blog Projects

  8,726,400 SOS: Massachusetts to Michigan guest post by Liz O.'21

  

  guest post series* Home Sweet Home I was not imagining coming home for the ... looked at the address… A Michigan Address. After a quick conversation with the woman running the booth, I realized that this company might not

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • July 6, 2018
• Blog / How to Food

  Yet Another Blog Entry My expenses for the semester in pie form, topped with a scoop of IAP.

  

  comparatively expensive. Cumulatively, I spent $757.01 this semester and earned $705.88 from working 4-5 hours per week and taking paid surveys. The ... : It's fairly certain that I earned more from taking surveys than from

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • January 13, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Regular Action Deadline Q & A Have a question about your MIT application? Read on...

  

  those of you who have procrastinated and have not yet submitted your ... are related to not validating early enough. Also, don't forget to ... , don't worry. Do not worry about your recommendations

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 22, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  August, Airplanes, and why not throw in Spring Break, too? My traveling styles. And, I don't even know, maybe a catch-up thing?

  

  a monkey complaining about not getting grapes, like the other monkeys ... , some people are sleeping (I really should join them), some work, some eat ... there was a storm coming in from the west. Not cute. Luckily, I had my

  • by Ana V. '15
  • March 31, 2013