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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Everyone at MIT should take this class. How often do you get to design toys in class?

  

  .  But for others, it's not so black-and-white.  If you ask them what ... maybe 1" (that's EECS, MechE, and CivilE, for you non-MIT readers). I ... -resistant Cavendish banana strain, enjoyed 7.012, and snagged a nice UROP at Langer Lab

  • by Michael C. '16
  • March 3, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  Ben 2.0 In a world... spiraling on the brink of an admissions cycle... one man had the…

  

  that my name is Dave and I'm the new Communications Manager for ... hand in anything with words in, on and/or around it that leaves the ... brilliant people, some of whom you know from the blogs and others you don

  • by Dave McOwen
  • August 13, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  IAP, CES, and other acronyms I spent my MIT IAP with a CEO at CES in LAS, and now I…

  

  between the semesters to relax, recharge, recoup, and reflect*. But somehow ... , which, despite the excitement and adventures, has wrought havoc on my ... the last two; I just started with ‘relax’ and ‘recharge’ and then felt

  • by Joel G. '18
  • March 9, 2016
• Blog / How to MIT

  Boys like cars and money $1 billion is not enough for thefacebook, but $9 an hour is good enough for…

  

  this fine afternoon, heading to the Laboratory for Energy and the ... noticed that the taxi was actually offering free rides to anybody who joined a certain group on thefacebook. And then I realized that thefacebook

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 25, 2006
• Blog / Study Abroad

  Thoughts from the Other Side MIT through a different lens

  

  MIT and not Cambridge University, so I've compiled some interesting ... at the other Cambridge, Cambridge University, for the past almost 6 ... took in their fall term (Michaelmas term) and spring term (Lent term) at

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • May 30, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Lies, Damned Lies, and Statistics If you want to come to MIT, you'd better learn a thing or two about…

  

  lost' question, which offers a choice between two public-health programs ... and a 2/3 chance of saving none. In this version, people prefer the ... and a 1/3 chance of no deaths. In this formulation most people prefer

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 1, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  “we have the winter olympics at home” the winter olympics at home:

  

  propaganda, and that means more snow shenanigans! This time brought to you by ... summons me at 10:00 pm to accompany her on the most random and hilarious ... of snow. Even better, right outside of the dorm where Siyi and I live

  • by Allison E. '27
  • March 22, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Untitled "The work is untitled because meaning is always changing in time and place." ⁃ Félix…

  

  concerned with formal aesthetics and those concerned with the political. The ... ;present,” but your identity is “absent.” (Oh, and what about the droll ... Soviet art. Our conceptual point of departure was: Soviet economic and

  • by ARTalk
  • October 8, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  This One is for the Families… ...but applicants can read it as well...

  

  smart and when I called them from the airport as I was leaving in ... and tried to keep it in mind at every stop I made. In a few days this ... , or Waitlisted for the Class of 2013 and I know you all are waiting for

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • March 12, 2009
• Blog / How to Human

  work // life trying to figure out the balance

  

  garnet unfuses to ruby and sapphire in steven universe, how they were a ... interns wait for someone to pick us up and take us to a welcome and ... policies, and other fun topics. our 'managers' eventually pick us up, which

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • June 17, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Blogographical Biography ...although whatever 'blogographical' means, I somehow doubt it applies to a blog containing graphs.

  

  Institute of Technology, class of 2012. The topics of my application essays ... coding in history class...instead of playing Starcraft FIRST Robotics and ... acceptable. Here at MIT, I learn the mysterious words and ways of computers

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • February 9, 2011
• Blog / How to Human

  A Picture is as much as Ten Hundred Words This is in fact a story that does have pictures.

  

  to write stuff. Here are some pictures and how i feel about those pictures. On the day where we think about the Doctor, me and some friends ... stores and cool things over there. We rode the bus across town and it was

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • January 26, 2024
• Blog / IAP

  An Experiment in Independence: PART TWO.

  

  Activities Period, Period of Independence and Activity-Doing! I've lived here ... internship, and I must say it's been quite an adventure. I've settled into a schedule here, working a nine-to-five job, and learning a lot--I definitely

  • by Allan K. '17
  • January 17, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  HT@MIT: Cantab Lounge Poetry Slam An Amazing Show For A 10 Minute Walk And $3

  

  night the Cantab Lounge hosts an Open Mic followed by a Featured Poet and ... and a potential spot on the Boston Poetry Slam Team that will compete at ... campus during the week due to the general hustle and bussle of psets, I

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • May 4, 2013
• Blog / Events

  In Transit The people and ideas traversing MIT

  

  -lecture on "What MUJI and Design Can Offer the World of the Future". They ... , simple, and amazing). I write down everything i have to do each day (both work and fun) and when something is done, I only cross-out never delete

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • November 22, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

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

  

  ://decisions.mit.edu. decisions.mit.edu You can log in using the same username and password that you ... financial aid package and Campus Preview Weekend in the mail next week) This ... us and a 17% increase over last year. We admitted 1597 students for an

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  General Advice Application advice for HS juniors and sophomores, inspired by a student's question

  

  that you pursue things that interest and challenge you. These can be ... , volunteer work, music and theater performance, and religious activities. Furthermore, if your interests don't align with an organization and you pursue

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • February 19, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Chicken Burrito for the Lab Rat’s Soul Because a personalized blog entry is just like five dollars.

  

  delight. I repeatedly and very awkwardly offered to pay her back, take down ... was a most busy and miserable day that can be summarized in one sentence ... Market in three weeks and the shelves of my formerly bomb

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 14, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  New Year Resolutions in Fall An ambitious list of things I wanna do that probably won't get done

  

  pretend it’s December 31st and start making a list of things I want to ... University  Walk everywhere for a week instead of biking or using public ... , iPad, or laptop Watch the sun set and rise from the Green Building

  • by Richard O. '28
  • August 31, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  A Brief Addition to My Last Exposition (Or was it a narrative? My FCAT Writing skills are long gone.)

  

  mailbox. (...what?! My parents were out of town, and I didn't have a mailbox ... opportunity to live and work with gifted students as they took classes through the Center for Talent Development at Northwestern University. Many of

  • by Keri G. '10
  • January 20, 2010