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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Allegiance "No, I'm not one of /those/ people."

  

  month in response to my choice of dorm has been astounding: “What does your room look like? Does all the furniture in your room hang from the ceiling?” “Are you this quiet all the time? You must be crazier in everyday

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • January 24, 2016
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Deferred Early

  

  As you know, we had a very competitive applicant pool in Early Action, and unfortunately we could not accept all of them. If your decision was deferred, then we will reconsider your application anew in Regular Action

  • by Decisions
  • December 16, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Selam’s First CPW Some thoughts and odds and ends~

  

  ! I'm excited too! In fact, this is also my first CPW ever. I did not ... did get myself involved in things (hooray!). Today I went shopping for a CPW event tomorrow, and then I went to Meet the Bloggers, in which I met

  • by Selam G. '18
  • April 18, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  Next Steps For the Deferred what to do next

  

  denied in EA. Deferred students, however, will have to wait a little longer as we reconsider their cases in Regular Action (RA). I've had a number of deferred students write in with questions so I wanted to post a

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 31, 2014
• Blog / Community Projects

  MIT Mini Maker Faire Celebrating STEAM and creativity

  

  the event justice in this blog because of my general inexperience with ... cosplaying efforts (even sometimes joining in). In my opinion, the Maker Faire ... in slightly different mediums. And that was awesome. If anyone who

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • October 11, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Sorting of the Frosh (MacGregor Style) We don't have a Sorting Hat, but this is how MacGregor does In-House Rush

  

  each individual dorm in an attempt to showcase their culture. You get to rank all the dorms by how much you want to live in them (1 through 16 ... stay in the dorm you are temped in or try and lottery into a different

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • August 24, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Blogger Application 2014!

  

  It's summer in Cambridge, which means three things:  1) I've begun cold-brewing my own iced tea as per Kenji's ... on my air conditioner with a text message from ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 21, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  The Epic Split Feat. Tim Beaver (Live Test 6.28) with apologies to jcvd, enya...everyone, really.

  

  A few months ago Volvo released an ad called The Epic Split in which Jean-Claude Van Damme did a split between two trucks as they drove side-by-side backwards into the sunset. It was an epic split, but, in our estimation

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 23, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Vicious Cycle Why MIT may not be for everyone and IHTFP

  

  EDIT: I encourage everyone who connects with this comic even a little bit to read some of the discussion in the comments; it's an outpouring ... lot more things to consider than I addressed in these few panels.

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • May 16, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I should’ve started this earlier A statement exemplifying my first month as a Junior

  

  'm pretty sure they don't actually see me at all in our room since I've been ... . In order to gain some valuable experience manufacturing products, we get to design and manufacture plastic yoyos in this class! Definitely

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • October 5, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Coworker Shenanigans Summer friends

  

  Today, I walked into my office (cup of iced tea in hand), logged onto ... IN THE HELL?" Giggles floated across the hall from the other summer ... , who's in that other office, found a surprising picture of me under his

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 5, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

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

  

  their humble beginnings at a music venue in Chicago in 1986. The structure ... /poems in no particular order. Franny Choi's "Ring Around The Rosie" Sarah ... Slam is held in a different exotic location in the US and, for the second

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

  More info for Admitted Students just a few more things to do

  

  as you make your final decision over the coming weeks. Tune in to the ... email later this week for the details from us about how to tune in.  Financial Aid Tracking & Award Letter: Your award letter will be posted in

  • by Kris Guay
  • March 15, 2013
• Blog / Events

  MIT PUMPKIN DROP 2012! chucking pumpkins off the highest building in cambridge. that's an exclamation mark, not a factorial.

  

  the highest building in Cambridge! Or, more accurately, they do that at ... enough chocolate in general to sink a small ship, midnight did indeed roll ... guilt, over to the east side of campus, and stood in a semicircle under

  • by Michael C. '16
  • October 28, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Your Freshman App Questions We're happy to help.

  

  read more about our application and admissions process in the Freshman ... Application (as well as the QuestBridge application) in the comments below. What

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 19, 2012
• Blog / MISTI

  Salut! A look at Grenoble

  

  éel at CNRS Salut! I'm spending my summer in Grenoble, France, at the Institut Néel, a world-famous magnetism research center situated in ... lucky folks get to hear them instead!). We get samples from chemists in

  • by MISTI Program
  • July 26, 2012
• Blog / MISTI

  Publishing abroad A taste of an MIT-Russia student's blog

  

  ://www.fontanka.ru/2012/07/04/070/ - it’s in English, which a bunch of the reporters ... ). One of the reporters, Andrei, told me (in Russian), &ldquo ... argument happening in the comments about them publishing something in English

  • by MISTI Program
  • July 17, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Snow! Getting out and saving your sanity

  

  to handle. The cold though, especially up in the mountains, is ... my disappointment when I'm eagerly waiting for a huge storm to blow in, skis in hand, and it never happens. After the massive amounts of snow we

  • by Chris M. '12
  • March 2, 2012
• Blog / Athletics

  So you want to be a student-athlete? Finding the balance

  

  Hi everybody, I play ice hockey in the winter and lacrosse in the ... competing in my sports. I want to share my perspective on the pros and cons of ... in shape year round. I never have to worry about voluntarily getting to

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • August 29, 2011
• Blog / Events

  Y U NO HAVE ROLLERCOASTER this is why

  

  If you weren't aware, REX (Residence EXploration) is going to be in ... in the courtyard, which temporarily becomes a sprawling playground of 2 ... of its construction plans in order to obtain Cambridge building permits

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • August 27, 2011