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• Blog / IAP

  As the City Slumbers thoughts while walking in a park

  

  kids at the playground, and a trio of middle school boys in neon orange ... back in high school had emailed me out of the blue and offered to catch ... different culture around sprinklers. At least most of us do -- the fenced

  • by Amber V. '24
  • January 21, 2021
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Trendy Reif Strikes Again this time with the ALS bucket challenge.

  

  University presidents are the black suit-wearing overseers who sit at the back of every school event while silently staring at everyone with looks of disapproval. Except they're not like that at all. They're vibrant

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 26, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW at Random Hall! Plus lots of awesome advice from MIT students!

  

  just take a ceiling tile down at Random instead of having to lie on your ... three days felt like the longest three days of my life. My total sleep ... lot. My adrenaline was at an all-time high, fueled by the Institue

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • April 10, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ask Me Anything! Responses life and admissions

  

  offer, and if it is right for you. I can think of at least one excellent ... 't make sense to major in, say, Literature, at MIT (which I sort of agree ... HASS requirement. How many different languages are offered at MIT? 9

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • October 26, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Hwæt! Did you know that you can study Old English at MIT? The language of Beowulf and J.R.R. Tolkien's Rohan

  

  of the Athenians! Two hundred at least by Aeschylus, Sophocles ... enrolled in it. (I'd like to casually mention that Old English was offered at ... you a fan of the Lord of the Rings universe? JRR Tolkien studied Old

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 9, 2014
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  “That’s one small step for man; one giant leap for mankind” ...the cow jumped over the moon....

  

  To celebrate the anniversary of the first manned moon landing, Google has a new site up: http://moon.google.com. If you zoom in close enough, you can see what the moon is made of ;-) (thanks to diana for pointing

  • by Bryan
  • July 20, 2005
• Blog / Summer

  my summer! a belated blog

  

  of balance, at least the attempt of finding one. This summer was a summer of growth.  Internship Most of my summer was spent working as a ... This summer was a summer of many firsts. First time actually living

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • October 18, 2021
• Blog / About Decisions

  Just To Be Clear: We Don’t Do Legacy anatomy of a WTF in the WSJ

  

  cited (at 39) to "An Analytic Survey of Legacy Preference,", which appears ... at least the 1960s – gives me confidence that we have not offered a ... admissions process. For those of you not familiar with the practice, “legacy

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 25, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Leonard Nimoy at the Boston Pops He told me to live long and prosper!

  

  , sitting on stage at Symphony Hall.” “Pops” is a portmanteau of “popular ... The Planets suite. While the orchestra played, Spock sat at the front of ... ’s chair at the front of the stage was right next to the conductor, so that

  • by Anna H. '14
  • May 31, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Summertime Things to do with your 100 days in the Summertime

  

  of working in Boston, New York, Los Angeles, Miami, or San Francisco ... take care of yourself in a new environment without Mom and Dad around to ... chance to see what different places have to offer can open your mind to new

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • July 22, 2010
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  I would like to find an astronomer to talk to No admissions. Just good writing.

  

  instant's action at the edge of the universe? What is just beyond that ... , but an infinite series of universes expanding into one another, all at ... editor at The Atlantic and one of my favorite bloggers - in which he quotes

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 15, 2011
• Blog / Travel

  spring break! so much happened, but also so much didn't happen

  

  of the covid restrictions at the time (not that I would've wanted to ... ="74239" image6="74238" /] We spent most of our time in New Orleans just walking ... weather. I bought a math textbook and a book of french poetry at a used

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • April 16, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Trading Room

  

  advantage of the new minor in mangement, or even to people not affiliated at ... , professor of management and dean of the Sloan School. "This new facility is ... mailing list of the Sloan Undergraduate Management Association, or (SUMA). I

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 1, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  When September Ends on career fair, life, and other occurrences

  

  , The New York Times, U.S. Department of Energy… And 400 more. They come ... ). And two members of hall worked at JPL this summer! One of them also ... that at MIT as well. You can cozy up in your room or one of the lounges

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • October 7, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  Consider a Gap Year Deferring enrollment is an option you may want to consider.

  

  one of the best, most stimulating and resource-rich universities in the ... required. The University of Chicago says it will grant deferrals for almost ... the University of Chicago (and many other schools), we're happy to grant

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 1, 2007
• Blog / Challenges

  Circles, circles, circles week to week to week

  

  knowing me, I'll find other things to do. New York is a big city, right? I ... back to my room after a long day of being outside with friends. It's not that anything in particular triggers it. I'll be sitting in front of my

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 1, 2023
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Stories from High School you wouldn't want to be caught with MMS

  

  reluctantly washed off the vestiges of sleep at 5 A.M., and prepared for the day ... went to the bathroom on our floor, found the guy at the end of the ... to give in to Lukman—I estimate about 99% of us bought from him at some

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • February 5, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  You’ve got questions, I’ve got answers

  

  courses. Last year, at the undergraduate level, 36% of engineering majors and 51% of science majors at MIT were women (as were 51% of humanities ... I have enough of a questions backlog now that I think it's worth

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • August 9, 2006
• Blog / Classes

  Surprisingly enjoyable experiences exactly what it sounds like

  

  weekend. It’s set in the universe of Isaac Asimov’s robot novels. Some ... fact that it’s possible, that you didn’t need a company and dozens of weeks, that a couple of undergrads working together could cobble one up

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • September 15, 2019
• 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…

  

  season, we played a match at Vassar College in New York and spent the four ... to try so many new and wildly amazing experiences here, some of which I ... : not all of us will be returning. The new semester marks not only the

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • May 1, 2014