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• Blog / MIT Life

  Post-wedding update

  

  to catch up with many old friends, and of course to see my old roommate tie the knot. If you're wondering what a random sampling of MIT alums 3 ... member of the Foreign Languages & Literatures (Chinese) faculty and

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 26, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Day 1 A recap, with pictures.

  

  back at the registration desk since a little before 10PM. I'll get out of ... them online for so many months! I've taken a ton of pics which I'll post ... day! Me, at the beginning of CPW, still with tons of evergy! :-) Mari

  • by Ben Jones
  • April 7, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Scholarships

  

  applications to fill out. Then, of course, there are regular applications to ... -Help portion of your financial aid, at least at MIT) while at the same time ... to win some. When I was in my last year of high school, I was pretty

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 1, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  And then Trogdor smote the Kerrek

  

  'll focus super-hard on all the other pieces of your application. No worries ... with your interviewer to send us an extra (first?) copy of your interview ... that 9% of these students who choose not to interview are admitted

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 30, 2004
• Blog / How to MIT

  24 Things I Learned in My First Semester and a Half for the lovely 2024s!

  

  December, when EA decisions were first released. As a result, some of these ... terms of what to do and what not to do, what works best for me and for the majority of my friends, and how to essentially survive my first year at MIT

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 17, 2020
• FAQ / Academics and research

  What is the Singapore-MIT Alliance?

  from universities, research institutes, and industries in Singapore and
• FAQ / Academics and research

  Where can I find info on Aero/Astro?

  AeroAstro the oldest and most respected university aerospace program in the United States, and it's easy to see why. They have an Interactive Robotics lab, a Human Systems lab, a Space Propulsion lab—and the
• Blog / Residential Life

  1.1 miles as the crow flies and it takes me forever to run there

  

  ’s a college thing but part of me feels like I’ve gotten away with ... ’m in Cambridge, reeling with a move cross-country and the start of the ... whirlwind of finding an apartment in Boston. No free-food events, but plenty

  • by Amber V. '24
  • September 17, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Starting Over it feels like this every time but this time it's different

  

  , everything was new, from the campus to the classes to the experience of living ... orientation, and I felt [annotation note="I was older than most of the other ... want one more year of Baker breakfasts with the boys and I want to start

  • by Alex M. '21
  • August 30, 2020
• Blog / IAP

  *Independent* Activities Period Part 2 our second IAP apart!

  

  alumni work at! There is a huge list of companies to choose from, and since ... opportunities is much smaller. The program lasts a relatively short amount of time ... of 9 externs at Brain Power, 3 in Web Development, 3 in Product

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • February 5, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  on friends / minsan in which i ramble about friendship

  

  called HMMT. Princeton’s version of this is called PUMAC. HMMT sends a contingent of roughly twenty or so people to PUMAC every year as volunteers ... of my friends in high school who were coming to compete. We meet at

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 30, 2019
• Blog / About Decisions

  Hesitations about Choosing MIT our experience

  

  A couple days ago in the blogger slack, Petey sent a screenshot of a ... lot of ppl are concerned about choosing MIT due to it being more ... field, because STEM is what consumed most of our classes and time and

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • April 28, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  The World Has Many Trees climb all of them!!

  

  feeling of ziplining through the trees. [image_row images="42907 ... using [annotation note="This gives me a lot of nostalgia: https ... intended to major in here at MIT. [annotation note="Of course, it makes sense

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • March 17, 2019
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  assassins – a liveblog day 7: five remain

  

  last updated: october 22, 5:15 pm   my hall, 2E of Next House, has an annual fall tradition in which we play a hall-wide game of ... two bandanas, one on each side of their body. the bandanas have to be

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • October 16, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Monday a detailed documentation

  

  :30 → In discussion section, we discuss an inflammatory article in defense of ... recall the article on the “The Coddling of the American Mind,” one of many ... . 12:00 → New observation: Harvard Yard reminds me of the East Campus

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • October 27, 2015
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  New Year’s Resolution …of sorts. Since New School Year’s Resolution doesn’t have quite the same ring to it.

  

  . Unlike the majority of admitted students enthusiastically celebrating à la ... more along the lines of “okay, cool?” And boy did I feel guilty about it. Here I was, admitted to a fantastic school, the news of which had

  • by Ceri Riley '16
  • September 3, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Mistakes & the inspiration we need to move on

  

  My lack of blogging this semester is largely a reflection of how this ... pressures that we put on ourselves. Each of us here has high expectations for ... of evaluating ourselves based on what others are doing. I've never felt

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • November 19, 2012
• Blog / Challenges

  Help@MIT welcome to student resources

  

  orientation (safe travels for the rest of you arriving over the weekend!).  It ... you about just a few of the abundant resources around campus - and is by ... stressed out of your mind?  The deans in this office are good to touch base

  • by Piper '13
  • August 24, 2011
• Blog / Events

  Engineering leadership: the one-hour edition President Hockfield makes a surprise appearance!

  

  -long activity of its own, called "Deliver!" The goal of "Deliver!" is to build a bridge out of paper, paper clips, and pencils under tight time ... up against those of MIT students? Diane said that the visitors

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • May 6, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fact: Architecture majors have to code I don't remember signing up for this

  

  ...with programming languages. A few of us have some programming background, but for the rest of us (me!) it’s like … I don’t know, catching up with the rest of ... first project in 4.113, each one of us had to thoroughly research a

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • February 22, 2011