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• Blog / How to Human

  Mine hands are broken reflections on many a year of carpal tunnel syndrome

  

  't remember what it felt like anymore, just that I felt a bit of real fear at ... at the same time, avoiding injury. I have deep scars on both knees ... then I moved to Boston, where it wasn't 100 degrees from 8 am til dusk

  • by Amber V. '24
  • January 14, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Mad scientist? “Everybody's a mad scientist, and life is their lab. We're all trying to experiment to…

  

  degree of instructor interaction; some really great professors (J. King, T ... by obsessive behavior and the employment of extremely dangerous or ... hours of lecture, 2 hours of “Scientific Communication” class, 8 hours of

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 15, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Next House: Where The Sidewalk Ends A tour of Next House!

  

  out, have fun, and enjoy their time at MIT. Situated on the banks of the Charles River, Next House offers stunning views of the riverfront ... beautiful courtyard over which many of the rooms look. Next House offers a

  • by Melis A. '08
  • May 13, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Even Waitresses Under 30 Call Me ‘Sweetheart’… Some thoughts about how classwork and free time intersect at MIT, with a look at…

  

  practical. Luckily, at MIT, many of the classes you take outside of the core ... of the images themselves, offering concise, descriptive language to ... ways with her mid-20s long ago, kept asking variations of "How is

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • October 8, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fredventure, Part 1 MITWE (+ FJE and VJE) go to Brazil

  

  performances. At the end of that fall semester, we read through a set of ... had VR capabilities! The locals also offered us a selection of home ... Prologue “Guess what, gang?” Fred Harris – the director of the MIT

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • April 18, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Looking ahead to IAP One more week left to go! Feel the burn!

  

  . Students have the option of either staying at home/traveling/doing whatever ... opinion, one of the coolest times to be at MIT. By browsing the IAP ... for Cancer Research at the beginning of IAP and continued until the end

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 12, 2005
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Not Admitted

  

  This year was one of the most competitive admissions cycles in the history of the Institute. Because of the incredible size and strength of the applicant pool we were unable to offer admission to many, many

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2015
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Not Admitted

  

  This year was one of the most competitive admissions cycles in the history of the Institute. Because of the incredible size and strength of the applicant pool we were unable to offer admission to many, many

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2014
• FAQ / Life and culture

  What is Concourse?

  Concourse is a unique community of first-year students committed to ... . Concourse offers small classes in the math and science GIRs as well as small ... the meaning of human nature, the basis and character of morality, the
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  FASAP [by Maggie Liu ‘12] T-ride + thought-provoking art piece + yummy free dinner afterwards.

  

  of the advising seminars offered. The official title is 21M.123 FASAP ... scene at MIT but also that of Boston. Apart from the 2-hour weekly meeting ... advisors. As always, we met at the T—the starting point of our treks

  • by ARTalk
  • November 12, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Maybe I’m Amazed ...but not until Season 13, at least.

  

  saying that at the beginning of basically every single blog entry in recent ... question was like, "How did you meet your partner?" I was kind of stuck at ... showdown in the final rounds of the 5th grade spelling bee at Herbert Hoover

  • by Sam M. '07
  • February 19, 2007
• Blog / Personal Projects

  Fixing a trapeze! then hanging upside-down on it

  

  most of what the studio above my old middle school had to offer, but at ... wonders of being at home). Step Two: Sock Cover Next I pulled the sock ... trio of white-haired men met to play, and I kept sneaking glances at the

  • by Amber V. '24
  • December 29, 2020
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Leadership @ MIT (from a froshy perspective)

  

  offer. But at the same time, there were downsides. By the end of senior ... might be capable of. So, uh, catch me at my a cappella group's concert on ... I did some ~leadership~ in high school, as I'm sure many of you did

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • May 3, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Round here we stay up very, very late Vignettes on my last day at lab, the Counting Crows, grad school, and pets.

  

  Last day of lab Friday was my last day at my UROP lab after three years of research. I cried. Thankfully, I didn't cry until after I got ... crying in front of people. On Thursday, my postdoc took me out to lunch

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 30, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Campos on Campus A True Westside Story

  

  ! MITES Summer 2004: Students coming out of dinner at Vinny T’s on Boylston ... /o organizations at different elite east coast colleges. The theme of LUCh ... at the forefront of the company instead. I knew this would not happen

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • June 20, 2009
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Kids These Days Don’t Know How Good They’ve Got It and they need to get off my lawn

  

  even have to be at MIT to do it.  Art of Problem Solving My ... been writing to offer me a job writing handouts for one of AoPS's ... only available to people in the MIT community, and at the end of the day

  • by Qiaochu Y. '12
  • October 26, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Dean Marilee Jones in the news Articles in the press about MIT's Dean of Admissions.

  

  : Easing Stress of Getting In Looking at colleges with her daughter was often ... admissions at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Ms. Jones said the ... -authors Marilee Jones, admissions dean at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 12, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  and i try to find my place

  

  work to maybe get to where he is one day, and at the end of the day, no ... old act of feeling stupid at MIT will grow old and people will no longer offer me the pats of condolences and, instead, I'll be pierced by their

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 23, 2020
• Blog / Events

  #NoBanNoWall

  

  the members of the MIT community: The Executive Order President Trump ... the United States is already having an impact on members of our ... for those of our international students and scholars who are directly

  • by Allan K. '17
  • January 29, 2017
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT Early Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  Class of 2018 are now available at >>>       ... *Update as of 2015: Early action is available to both domestic and ... of these students were academically competitive and well-matched, this

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 14, 2013