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• Blog / MIT Life

  November summary: books, playlist, gratitude

  

  first two weeks of November, and then last week was suddenly too free. Now ... snippets from the past month. (I've kind of been following my own schedule and not doing many student-life related things because of the time

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • November 25, 2015
• Blog / Challenges

  More on balance Some parameters for self-improvement

  

  my dorm (East Campus). I've spent a lot of time living by my own agenda ... or to sleep. I seem to value the pursuit of my own goals a lot more ... about image and reputation. Many of my best friends are pretty uninhibited

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • October 7, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Tuesday on 16th Street A Day in the Life

  

  of the city where I was born. I felt the calling. Actually, I also ... high school. I take the free bus down to the other end of 16th Street ... to the ticket window. I give people the benefit of the doubt, but I

  • by Selam G. '18
  • June 11, 2015
• Blog / Events

  IAP Jealousy (Hey, Jealousy)

  

  , because of how unique it is to an MIT education. I wanted to update my spiel ... office to catch up on non-reading work and meetings and I spied a bunch of ... by walking past it a few weeks ago (it's a bit out of the way). They

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • January 13, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What Are We Waiting For answer: FPOPs to begin!

  

  Freshman orientation for the Class of 2018 officially begins in two ... participate in one of 22 Freshman Pre-Orientation Programs (FPOPs), which offer students an early introduction to in the social life of learning at MIT. As

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 17, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Re-Froshening A Story of Cynicism and Optimism

  

  I started MIT as a bubble of idealism. MIT was going to be AWESOME ... began the painful process of defroshing. I learned that, no, I was not ... my hometown of Los Angeles. It wasn't bad. Taking four classes was just

  • by Piper '13
  • August 10, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  Fall 2014 Wait List Decisions Will Be Sent Today

  

  know many of you have been awaiting news about our wait list. tldr ... “closed” and will not be admitting any additional students for the Class of ... updates that many of you have submitted, and appreciate the time and effort

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 15, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  MIT: The Snowsical The blizzard of February 13th

  

  social media addict does) and found these pictures my family posted of ... .♪ ♫Close up of the red thing in front of a building that's orange, Oh how I ... .♪ ♫And here's your typical pic of the Dome. Still can't believe I can call

  • by Erick P. '17
  • February 13, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ingredients for a black hole: 1. Hydrogen 2. Soda 3. Bottle Irish pub-lic outreach

  

  's missing one of his front teeth. The typical eight-year-old's look. "I'd just ... , when it was built 128 years ago. After an illustrious career of ... , well over a hundred visitors flow into and out of the building. They

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 20, 2013
• Blog / Athletics

  Quarrying Around Ice skating in an underground tunnel

  

  e-mail from one of our alums, Mitch B. '03, about an underground Ice ... of ice. I didn’t bring ice skates, but Mitch let me borrow his and it ... finished up with skating for a bit, a bunch of us gathered wood and started a

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • February 21, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  For Applicants Admitsphere.org, four hens, two ducks, best wishes and high regard from Mac-town, Oregon

  

  near and the pressure is on--but for all of you who are still typing away ... floormate of mine, Jacob Cole '14, along with Prabhav Jain '14 and Merry Mou ... write a powerful application, regardless of their financial situation or

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • December 27, 2012
• Blog / Events

  Welcome back into my life, crutches The universe's way of telling me to sit my butt down and study

  

  moral of this story, as you will learn, is that you should NEVER FORGET TO ... . As promised, Sam showed up wearing a suit, holding a giant box of ... (except that Sam was wearing a suit jacket at the time) which drew a lot of

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

  Missing Documents Due Monday important information to make your application complete

  

  posted last week, we have been working through our buckets and buckets of mail since the New Year. However, as of tonight, we have finished processing all mail, hand-checked all filing cabinets, scoured all of our faxes

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • January 26, 2012
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Everyday I’m Trufflin’ But not really since it takes 4 hours

  

  kidding everyone... don't worry!) One of the best things about IAP is that you never know what you'll be doing at any given moment of the day. You ... a beautiful thing. One of my favorite things that I've done over IAP

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • January 25, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Prof. Missy Cummings on The Colbert Report At the end of the interview, she and Stephen face off in Rock 'Em Sock…

  

  The Colbert Report. Professor Cummings was one of the US Navy's first ... Director of the Humans and Automation Lab, which hosts many Aero/Astro UROPs ... Colbert Report: it's important to understand the context of the program and

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 28, 2011
• Blog / Athletics

  Feedback Works Warning: analogy ahead

  

  Lab, and those students are assessed by members of the program (staff or ... various capabilities of engineering leadership. For example, IR means ... p-sets to test students' understanding of the material. But aren't we

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • November 14, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  MTV Wait, I think that name might already be taken

  

  lamenting our lack of access to Pixar's render farm and kicking myself for not ... , we have great CPW clips on the Class of 2014 site. If you didn't see Dr ... . Speaking of Monday, I hope we've given you every opportunity to ask questions

  • by Dave McOwen
  • April 30, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Saying Yes (or No) Decision time is upon the Class of 2014. How to choose?

  

  're enrolling this fall (Yay! Welcome officially to the MIT Class of 2014!), that you're declining our offer of admission (it's okay, we know you ... graduate of MIT who majored in Biology and Brain & Cognitive Sciences. Mollie

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 21, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Your friendly neighborhood webcaster ignore if you can time travel within your own lifetime

  

  hurry you can still catch it at the Class of 2014 site! (use the username ... the wonders of MIT I planned to register for” to “that potentially life ... inexplicably decided to watch all 5 seasons of ‘Quantum Leap’ back-to-back, which

  • by Dave McOwen
  • March 25, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT Regular Action Admissions Decisions available online MIT Regular Action admissions decisions are now available at https://decisions.mit.edu.

  : 50 states and 59 countries The record number of applications means ... Class of 2014. We have put our heart and soul, and our best judgment, into ... excellent applicants to bring together a class. I know I speak for all of the

  • by Admin
  • March 14, 2010