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• Blog / MIT Life

  A Week in the Life: Optimism Edition In which I have a particularly tough, enriching week.

  

  've got all this... extra time now (as you may know, time at MIT is of utter ... University. Our studio class met at the T station to visit the site for our ... mimicked in a higher-pitched voice and some sort of everlasting smile. It

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • September 18, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Reischauer Scholars Program For those interested in Japan or international relations.

  

  entry including the secrets of how to live your life, get into MIT and ... international relations at all, you should definitely check it out. REISCHAUER ... from throughout the United States to engage in an intensive study of

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 10, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Regional Meetings begin Texas, Puerto Rico, and Florida are first up.

  

  first regional meeting of the year, Thursday night in Orlando/Winter Park, FL. Amy has already flown to Texas in advance of her meeting in Dallas ... happens at these meetings? What should you expect? First, the admissions

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 5, 2005
• FAQ / International applicants

  What is the Secondary School Report?

  you submit your high school transcript with three years of grades and the results of any external examinations, such as the International ... entrance to universities in your home country. We understand that many grades
• Blog / Athletics

  Football home opener College football is as American as apple pie.

  

  cheering the water polo team to a 5-2 lead at the end of the period, we left ... .02 and 18.02 with the rest of us -- no "Rocks for Jocks" at this school ... I realized the other day that, despite the fact that most of you are

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 18, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Sunday in the Park With chemistry

  

  stampede of Nike-shod joggers, you can congratulate yourself by turning left down a ramp that winds straight into the lushest pad of greenery ever seen outside of a salad that contains neither fruit, nor croutons, nor

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • September 26, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  One year later MIT is like a surprise birthday party, but without the birthday or the party.

  

  , drippy weather at the time with hardly an ounce of sunlight to spare, and ... completely empty at any hour of the day. This picture only further evidences my ... artistic grabs at Random) At midnight, I stood in the midst of a rising

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • October 29, 2008
• 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
• Blog / Challenges

  senioritis i wish i had no work today

  

  of my time". i could be getting new clothes, or working on my personal ... like thinking about it. speaking of my classes, i haven't talked about ... "make your own python". i'm having a lot of fun thinking about

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 31, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Parental Advice Sometimes you just need to get out of the way

  

  children, but at the end of the day they are generally heading in the right ... a good sense of this.  There are some things that are intentional ... ,  in favor of blank pages that forced them to create their own images

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • September 11, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Throwback I'm gonna throw this out there. If you don't like it, you can throw it…

  

  of clothes in a pile being sold at a dollar fifty a pound - and I think ... say it was kind of a weird time in my life - I'd just moved to a new ... surrounded by new people and a new dorm; in a lot of ways I was starting all

  • by Jess K. '10
  • March 9, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Everything’s coming up Milhouse! This one goes out to the Class of 2010. Fire!

  

  heading home at the end of August. It's been great getting to know all these ... tomorrow. I've forgotten to do it for nine of the past ten quarters. Yes ... , they'll probably find room for you. But my universe tends toward disorder

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 28, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Ben’s Sixth Semi-Annual Q&A Answers to questions received through 2PM on 12/22/05.

  

  on one of his SATII's and now he's a rocket scientist at MIT, so there ... 's offered in terms of back stage work for freshman. Also, are students allowed ... the main office at 617

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 22, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Admitted Students Welcome Events Your first MIT experience is closer than you think

  

  ’re excited to meet other new MIT admits so we want to let you know about some ... the class of 2019. If there’s an event in your area, you should ... taste of a few of the events this coming week. Check out your MyMIT portal

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • March 17, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  For applicants affected by natural disasters

  

  where people can post requests and offers for various types of aid, such ... of you are still dealing with damage to your homes and schools and ... Nov. 1 EA deadline) because of these things, please take note of the

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • September 25, 2017
• Blog / How to Money

  ew taxes the new zealand government owes me money

  

  taxes, or save part of your paycheck for the government overlords. In New Zealand, this happened as well; they took away roughly 30% of my paycheck ... March 2018. From September 2017 to August 2018, I lived in Auckland, New

  • by Rona W. '23
  • December 13, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Nobel Prize Week An exciting time for research, both noble and ignoble.

  

  the folks at the Annals of Improbable Research and hosted by Harvard and ... years of experience at MIT during Nobel week, I recommend getting there ... (Also see Bryan's entry) The first full week of October is always an

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 5, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Walk of the Strandbeest "New life forms" with PVC skeletons march on the Media Lab

  

  "Not pollen or seeds but plastic yellow tubes are the basis of this new nature. I make skeletons that walk on the wind so they don't have to eat. Over time, these skeletons have become increasingly better at

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • September 16, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  [Guest Post] Halfway Through MIT Where I’ve been, and where I’m going

  

  my podmates; other times I feel frustrated at how few new things I ... ’s hitting me that this is the halfway point now, and some of these new college ... excited to try new things. For the first four semesters of MIT, this has led

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • September 25, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  back 2 school

  

  flight, drifting in and out of sleep --   and then i was back and i met a lot of new people, including our amazing new bloggers, and i ... a big window in our house and i sat on the couch in front of it and

  • by Allan K. '17
  • September 10, 2017