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• FAQ / Life and culture

  Did MIT invent hacking?

  MIT hacking is legendary among college pranks. MIT culture distinguishes itself not only for its seriousness of purpose but also for its unique sense of humor, as expressed in the arena of hacking. Hacks at the
• Blog / Admissions

  Introducing… Maker Portfolios! Making the world better, one portfolio at a time

  

  about why colleges care about Makers and read an interview with me about ... College from Maker Faire on FORA.tv   Happy Making!

  • by Dr. Dawn '04, MS '06, PhD '11
  • August 22, 2013
• Blog / Study Abroad

  From One Cambridge To The Other A year away from the Institute

  

  got a list of what colleges we'll be living in and I'm going to be spending my year at Trinity Hall (not to be mistaken with Trinity College

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • August 12, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Guest Lectures I had two ideas for good blog posts, and both were stolen by other bloggers!

  

  lecturers or college reps. Monday's lecture was by Dr. John Cohn, from IBM ... colleges. Instead of 1 program, we had 3: two other summer programs joined us for RSI/MITES/WTP college night. I mention the college night in a blog

  • by Kate R. '14
  • July 14, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  What do you do for fun around here? What,this isn't fun to you?

  

  A friend of mine ended up studying lit at a nearby college here in Boston. (If you didn't know, Boston has approximately 10^24 colleges. Per m^2). She asked if I'd mind showing her around the 'tvte, as it seemed

  • by Chris M. '12
  • December 9, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Discovering Yourself A bit more mushy than normal. . . deal.

  

  well as you think you know yourself and what you enjoy doing, the college ... colleges, especially if you're doing it right. If you're cranking out ... college application process you will know so much more. It makes you think

  • by Snively '11
  • June 13, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  5th of November, Remembered Bonfire Night celebrations in Cambridge.

  

  felt compelled to go. So after eating dinner at my college, I headed over ... colleges held their own fireworks last week.

  • by Cambridge
  • November 5, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  More HS Summer Programs Some academic and research opportunities for students to consider.

  

  programs AwesomeMath Canada/USA Mathcamp Hampshire College Summer Studies in ... these summer programs as a thing to do "to look good on a college

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 26, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet the Admissions Officers: Stu Schmill ‘86 Name: Stu Schmill; Job title: Associate Director of Admissions and Director of the Educational Council;…

  

  college/MIT: Have some confidence that being open and honest and being ... whatever you do, not just in applying to college.Fun fact about yourself: In

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 25, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  How to Make a (Short) Movie in 15 Days give or take

  

  ="for those of you with Celsius mind- that’s about -1 degrees, so freezing"]30 degree[/annotation] weather. 15. Kill the batteries of your equipment

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • December 24, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Why the title of this post is really important I got to present my UROP work looking at the titles of graphs at the…

  

  thought better approximated the graph they saw. One trendline was 5 degrees shallower than the original noisy line and one was 5 degrees steeper. An

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • May 28, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Psetting en route to North Carolina Sectionals vs. Midterms

  

  outside to grab some lunch. It was a whopping 77 degrees. In comparison, it ... hours for some help. Once I headed out, it started snowing. 77 degrees to

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • December 13, 2016
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  13/101 Things To Do Before You Graduate 2 of my favorite days at MIT, to date.

  

  the Sailing Pavilion Earn your degree. Um. The first thing you should ... did #101: they earned their degrees and graduated. Congratulations, you

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 22, 2012
• Blog / Athletics

  An Adventure on the Charles In which Kate fails spectacularly, except at storytelling.

  

  degrees clockwise to face the Harvard bridge, before Kate’s lack of three ... degrees counterclockwise to face Boston. And repeat. After a while of this

  • by Kate R. '14
  • October 7, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Train in vain Pulling my first official all-nighter of the fall term.

  

  -degree dew point and a 101-degree heat index. Mitra once said that when she

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 15, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  The Waiting Game hit submit time to quit

  

  let my college decision consume me, free myself from the burden that is ... decision, your hard work is not time wasted. The college application process ... colleges. I gradually understood myself more and more, answering questions I

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 1, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Dear Seniors let's talk

  

  ’ve got mixed emotions. You can see college peeking at you from around the ... will play out. College applications just don’t seem to end, and as you ... college admissions will see it. But you still spend time on every single

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • December 17, 2017
• Blog / About Decisions

  Having Survived Rejection (guest post) About receiving a rejection letter from the 'Tvte.

  

  This is a guest post by someone--Michael T. (UMD '19)--whose college ... waiting (and anyone else going through college admissions), this is for you ... time. Fast forward nine months into my first week at college. I was

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • March 15, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Home is where the heart (of Texas) is Going away to school isn't such a bad thing.

  

  , most people from my high school decided to stay in Texas for college for ... 't believe in allowances. I got money when I needed it. In college, I have a ... in the garage and I use it to get to A to B. My car at college rests in

  • by Bryan
  • December 30, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The story behind TIMtalks In other words, a story about stories

  

  failures and challenges along the way as a community-building exercise to ... days of my MIT career, to see the entire community come together so ... the MIT community. So, as soon as the website went live, I submitted my

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • June 5, 2012