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• Blog / Admissions

  You Prep, I Prep, We All Prep How to prepare--or at least, how I did.

  

  guide to preparing (or at least a guide to how I prepare) in the hope that ... to gal for SAT tests, they are my forte in the world of arbitrary national assessments. The first SAT test I took was in 7th grade--I don

  • by Selam G. '18
  • May 13, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Fifteen Minutes to Clear My Head on my morning walk from Boston to MIT

  

  Monday morning in the Phi Kappa Sigma Fraternity House. I woke up and ... in Cambridge and Boston is across the Charles River. Connecting the two is the Harvard Bridge. Many MIT students live in Boston, whether in a

  • by Erick P. '17
  • December 3, 2014
• Blog / Events

  Fall Festival 2014 Some actors came to MIT and told me about their units of measurement

  

  -like delivery, which pretty much falls right in line with my sense of humor. Then ... English as their first language and grew up in different cultures try to (but ultimately don't quite) express support/pride in their children

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • October 4, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Summer Recap—The Book Launch Oh hi there...yes, I'm back!

  

  peaking and plans were forming. Book Launch In 2012, I started working on a novel. In 2013, it was completed. In 2014, it was published. The ... , why it bounced around and persisted in my head, fermenting and ripening

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • September 20, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Grads Design the Jolt Sensor to help high school athletes detect concussions better

  

  in the world and being in an environment where people are always ... undetected concussions has become too prevalent in young athletes, and Ben, as ... equipment and vibrates to alert the athlete if their head accelerates in a

  • by Erick P. '17
  • September 2, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  They Call Me Yankee The stars at night are big and bright - deep in the heart of Texas!

  

  "Oh yea you guys don't have armadillos up there in yankeeland ... here in Texas - people up north are yankees, and people who live on the ... each day in front of pretty microscopes and pieces of metal. The other

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • July 6, 2014
• Blog / Athletics

  #funhogging the best thing I did over IAP. also: INFINITE ICE CLIMBING GIF

  

  - it was all very alluring and exotic to me. Growing up in sunny Los ... time in national parks like Yosemite and Zion.  But spending time in the ... . In each sport, reward comes in the form of hard-won grace and moments

  • by Michael C. '16
  • February 3, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Classes of Semesters Past, Present, and Future since you asked.

  

  In the comments section of my last post, Confused Frosh asked: "Can ... thing now, but it's 12:07am and I was supposed to be in bed 7 minutes ago ... Catalog. Summary: I will graduate with a major in physics and a

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 5, 2013
• Blog / Hacks

  Laser Graffiti I found something cool on the way home.

  

  building in Cambridge, and/or the live Tetris game, and/or the building that ... leapt onto a bench for a better view, trying to figure out which room in ... up in an East Campus room was equipped with a laser pointer, a

  • by Anna H. '14
  • August 28, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Craziest of Weeks I had one.

  

  you'll see that my 2013 Pi Day was equally exciting, though in a totally ... 's supposed to start in less than 48 hours. Figure 2. MIT's travel agent ... of Disease and Health in Society) and watch a pretty intriguing

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • March 21, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A Series of Embarrassing Events, Part 3 A Valentine's Day surprise

  

  . Last year, the Logs burst into my Quantum Lecture, and sang to a boy in the ... Astley 4. If I Ever Fall In Love by Shai 5. Somebody to Love by Justin Bieber 6. Do You Believe in Love - Huey Louis 7. Let's Stay Together - Al

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 18, 2013
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  A Seemingly Stressful Survey The Tech publishes about stress at the institute

  

  may have casually come up in the times that I’ve written here that I am ... one night a week in our office on the 4th floor of the student center ... comes in on time, writing last minute stories, and essentially making sure

  • by Stanley G.
  • December 7, 2012
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Sleep is (not) for the weak Myth: All engineers are insomniacs

  

  memo. In all seriousness though, I actually do get sleep, usually about ... neuroscientist (or your parents) will tell you, your brain does need sleep in order ... Friday in working with my GEL team trying to solve different challenges in

  • by Stanley G.
  • October 24, 2012
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Stealing from the Class of 2016 And you'll have to work to get it back

  

  in dorms, classes, councils, and recitations all have unique mailing ... group of PSETing MIT students at 2 in the morning to do when they discover ... , duh! So, back in 2009, four tired, grumpy, overworked, and snickering

  • by Snively '11
  • September 27, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Telethon FAQs from a small but enthusiastic sample of prefroshies

  

  This Monday and Tuesday, undergrad volunteers banded together in a ... longer than we'd planned; my hallmate and I swore we would only stop in for ... gambling; only one in seven or eight of you guys picked up (shame!), so we

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • April 5, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Pass No Record, Oh How I Loved Thee. A quick look at first semester!

  

  categories "for classes" or "in the spirit of having fun". While the two aren ... . With Pass/No Record in place to make the transition easier, first ... I enjoy them all,  I learned a metric ton of material in a

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • February 27, 2012
• Blog / Events

  LeaderShape 2012 Six unforgettable days.

  

  What do Chancellor Grimson, The Salvation Army, and I have in common ... within a diverse community while developing skills in areas of problem ... . LeaderShape takes place at an off-campus retreat site in southern

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • January 27, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Melancholia [by Faye '11] A beautiful movie about the end of the world.

  

  that I would have had to wait half an hour to get in. Seeing a smaller line to the side, I asked the doorman about the differences in the queues ... von Trier’s most recent work in my inbox. I showed the doorman the

  • by ARTalk
  • November 7, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Parental Advice Sometimes you just need to get out of the way

  

  ,  in favor of blank pages that forced them to create their own images ... children, but at the end of the day they are generally heading in the right ... the things that I most enjoy about my work in the admissions office is

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • September 11, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  My Stomach Overrides All Priorities culinary procrastination

  

  in my browser to do just that, I was seized by the sudden necessity to ... room last year, that my walls were papered entirely in post-it notes ... pinned right in front of my workstation just in case I forget trivialities

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • August 22, 2011