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• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  the lying lives of adults by elena ferrante

  

  critiquing our deceptions, to our own selves and also to others; at the end of ... deception lubricates the societal wheels of Ferrante's universe and make it ... aspects of an affair that novels were concerned with, like whether or not

  • by Rona W. '23
  • August 15, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Trip Report: IvyPlus some reflections from an admissions conference

  

  Plus 2011 conference at Yale University. IvyPlus is an every-couple-of ... from at other schools. And it turns out that, though all of our offices ... out, all of the IvyPlus schools had cut at all of those layers to

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 13, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Watch the 2.009 webcast tonight at 7PM ET! the premier product design class at MIT

  

  (Mechanical Engineering) and one of the most famous courses at MIT. For my fellow FIRST alumni out there, it's sort of like FRC, but for products ... build working alpha prototypes of new products. Students learn about

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 12, 2016
• Blog / About Decisions

  Wait List Decisions 2013 Is it supposed to be waitlist, wait list, or wait-list? Oh never mind...

  

  know many of you have been anxiously awaiting news about our wait list ... unprecedented, record-breaking percentage of admitted students choosing to enroll at MIT (also known in admissions parlance as the "

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • May 13, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Felicitation Answers... and hopefully minimal snark.

  

  matter how attractive you are, there are plenty of people at MIT who are ... bellow at the football team or anything. But we are certainly proud of our ... it around Cambridge (outside of MIT?) I used to eat at the (dinner

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 16, 2006
• Blog / Study Abroad

  Fig. 5: Zimmer- und Wohnungsvermittlung Universität/ETH Zürich aka ETH Zürich dorm tour!

  

  attending either ETH or the University of Zurich, from undergrads to Ph ... Hoi zäme! I'm finally back in the US of A after 6 continuous months ... first weekend of August. In the meantime, I've somehow taken over 138 GB

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • July 18, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  New Server As of this afternoon, mitadmissions.org is living on a new (and much faster) server.

  

  Hi folks, As of this afternoon, mitadmissions.org is living on a new (and much faster) server. You'll probably notice better performance in page rendering right away; commenting is still slower than I'd like, but

  • by Ben Jones
  • July 30, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  [Guest Post] An Overthinker’s Guide to Finishing Your Transfer Application by Warren K. ’27

  

  , Leeward Community College, and the University of Hawaii at Manoa, I had ... started at MIT, I’ve had a bunch of folks ask me for application advice ... ’re on. At this point in the application cycle, most of what you’ve done

  • by Jeremy W.
  • March 4, 2025
• Blog / Athletics

  Red Sox *wwooooossshhhh!*

  

  sounded like a bunch of fighter jets just flew by, another benefit MIT has to offer: front row seats to fly-overs. [Update] Yeah, I think there has to be a game, because I just heard the last little bit of the

  • by Snively '11
  • April 7, 2009
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Public Art And one fantastic sandwich

  

  are walking around campus, be sure to look around at all of MIT”s Public Art offerings. Best viewed with a clover food truck sandwich in hand, of ... BLT on whole wheat, I passed by numerous workmen unloading flatbeds of

  • by Kris Guay
  • April 26, 2011
• Blog / Classes

  Me and the Firehose on balancing classes, and choosing next year’s schedule

  

  class.  I started a new novel. For the last month or so of term, I’d go ... had devoted more time to the class, because it offered a lot of great ... .678 also has weekly labs. I learned a lot of new content and really enjoyed

  • by Amber V. '24
  • May 30, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  First Day of School Fall term classes began today at MIT.

  

  Today was the first day of classes at MIT. Once again, the Infinite Corridor was abuzz with activity, people excited for the new year of classes ... vaguely remember my first day of classes at MIT back in the Fall of 1996. I

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 5, 2007
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  A Welcoming Environment Because the best way to feel at home at MIT is to know that you…

  

  temporary offering, had only been around at MIT for five years. Over the two ... . They've been doing a heck of a job. Abigail told me that attendance at ... at MIT, a member of G@MIT, and a prospective political science / math

  • by Emad T. '14
  • December 22, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  So you think you want to be a doctor: Pre-med at MIT

  

  Does the smell of latex make you smile? Think Grey's Anatomy is the ... -thorasic surgeon like Dr. Burke or Chief of Surgery like Dr. Webber? (do NOT, I ... out with McDreamy...there are plenty of Patrick Dempseys in the business

  • by Melis A. '08
  • April 19, 2006
• Blog / Classes

  A Week in the Life of My MIT Junior Fall we're back in person baybee

  

  at the beginning of every game, but would use something called "Rooie ... ended up having boba and chilling. Saturday - 9/18 I got out of bed at 1 ... of at first but it was pretty good (I was still very much craving my

  • by Cami M. '23
  • September 20, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  Walk Across Rhode Island 12 hours, 33 miles, a million aches and pains

  

  , though, since I ran one unofficial marathon at the height of the pandemic (when I was at an athletic peak, letting running fill the place of so many ... group with fellow walker Tañon. The three of us used the restroom at a

  • by Amber V. '24
  • October 14, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Ode to the Institute Better late than never.

  

  In the spirit of Valentine’s Day, I decided to write MIT a poem. It ... ceilings, and old marbled floor, You house the echoes of students’ footsteps ... talking of long hours Projects, Psets, Parties, Psets, Performances, Plays

  • by Ana V. '15
  • February 16, 2012
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Why I stayed up until 6am on Thursday More nerdy cake-baking.

  

  Spoilers: there's a picture of an awesome cake at the end of this ... frats. I wasn't signed up to play, but at 7:30 one of our players told me ... , because I'm super hosed...so lots of fast typing and zero editing

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 10, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  MacCPW, et al. in case you couldn't make it

  

  . Welcome to my dorm's implementation of CPW! MAC.0001: Introduction to Mac ... actually No. 6) and New House. It's the tall one that looks like a hospital because that aesthetic was chic in 1970 when MacG was built. It consists of

  • by Abby H. '20
  • April 9, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Surviving CPW Tips and tricks on making the most of your CPW experience

  

  , I still had a blast; so, regardless of weather, get ready for the most jam-packed days you'll have until you come for Orientation of course ;-) Here are a few tips to making the best of your CPW experience. Rule #0

  • by Bryan
  • April 5, 2008