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• Blog / Admissions

  Guest Blog: A Guide for the Hopeless and Drenched thoughts from mark '15

  

  to do for the rest of your life. For some, this moment appears ... to be applying to MIT, for you will not be judged entirely by the ... Guest post today from Mark F. '15, who was working on this essay for

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 29, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Poems Robert Creeley today.

  

  today, say, I got up at 5:30am to start studying for my 8.06 midterm tomorrow, but, writing a response to Robert Creeley's "A Wicker Basket" just ... loneliness that really speaks to me, or the refuge of an old friend, even for

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • March 19, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Music for Pre-decisions De-stressing manifesting calm and cozy vibes to get you through it

  

  Waiting for college decisions is difficult. Trust me, I've been there ... into something stressful. Many of these were songs I listened to while I was waiting for decisions back then. Hopefully, this playlist will help

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • December 8, 2023
• Blog / Uncategorized

  the umpteenth post about balancing art and tech version: slightly jaded

  

  ’s. [I’ve been planning for a while to have a midlife crisis and switch to ... for at least two days to sit down and grind out p-sets, thirty percent ... at that rate doesn’t work for me. I’d have to cut big chunks of it. I

  • by Amber V. '24
  • January 30, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  January in Paris and two weeks of speaking French

  

  ’s safe to say that none of us really knew what we were in for. We were met ... creates complications for the dancers, since their movements have to change ... while still providing a good view to the audience. Thus, for the dancers

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • January 23, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Q&A with Prof. Nancy Kanwisher ‘80 (CPW Preview!) One of the CPW Keynote Speakers, Brain and Cognitive Sciences Professor Nancy Kanwisher '80 PhD…

  

  about what another person is thinking. We are now trying to better ... Auditorium), there will be two prominent faculty keynote speakers. To highlight ... faculty in 1997, and prior to that was a faculty member at UCLA and Harvard

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 5, 2010
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  Dive: a cultural app take a look at my team's microsoft project!

  

  tackle specific issues. In order to do this, we created empathy maps for ... wanted to see if there was an actual audience for our app, so we asked ... plans for the rest of the day. I found these check-ins to be incredibly

  • by Cami M. '23
  • August 8, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Juniors: Sign up for SAT Subject Tests SAT Subject Test registration deadline is April 28.

  

  advice to the underclassmen! The SAT Subject Tests will be administered for ... . This way, you get to take the test while the material -- especially for ... A message for juniors out there: with the deadline for the June

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 13, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Children of Eden, seek for your garden. You and your children to come, someday to come home.

  

  i was going to write a post about Thanksgiving and Drop Date and not dropping 18.02, but it was boring. So I deleted it. Don't complain; I ... to read. I will, however, grace you with this: It takes up more

  • by Keri G. '10
  • December 2, 2006
• Blog / Classes

  Academic Things I’ve Learned no life lessons, promise

  

  ), so it made sense for my teacher to present it this way ... model for how the d-orbitals of a metal interact with molecules bonded to ... particularly valuable, for learning how to give feedback and how to take it. Each

  • by Amber V. '24
  • December 26, 2020
• Blog / Events

  Ring Delivered celebrating halfway at the finish line

  

  to putting on my Brass Rat for in-person events. In the spring, I lost ... arrange for our rings to be delivered to us. I'm grateful this was made ... think is the perfect name for the event) was to be held on Sunday

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • February 22, 2022
• FAQ / First-year application

  How does MIT select students for admission?

  The selection process at MIT is holistic and student centered: each application is evaluated within its unique context. No school, state, or regional quotas are applied; neither is preference given to those with alumni
• Blog / MISTI

  Number Münchners Eaten by a Trogglus Nicoise.

  

  it for three months! This is like the time Tony Randall died and I didn ... 20 euro per night price tag. The second thing we did in Nice was go to ... entire room full of severed mannequin parts, to symbolize man's timeless

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 28, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MOMENTOS IMPRESIONANTES Because this place is full of them.

  

  if you’re lucky, while heading to a dining hall for lunch one normal day after class, you might grind to a halt for a different reason ... . There, I came across two Stephen King books I had been trying to get for a

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • October 5, 2013
• Blog / Community Projects

  Activate Party Mode! Auctomated dorm controls at East Campus.

  

  From the same file as the Disco Dance Floor... it's the Multifunction In-Dorm Automation System (MIDAS)! MIDAS is an elaborate automation system that roommates Zack Anderson '09 and RJ Ryan '09 developed for their

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 15, 2006
• FAQ / Life and culture

  What does the Office of the First Year do?

  . The mission of the office is to provide excellent services and programs to catalyze student exploration and access to opportunity, and promote the academic success and personal development of undergraduates. Staff
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Knitting and Playing Tetris Through the End of the World guest post by Salma Islam

  

  realized I wouldn't be seeing my friends for a long time, knitting has always ... turn to this hobby time and time again when I picked it up at the ... remember going from trying to knit a simple square to designing intricate

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • April 17, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Want To Play Music @ MIT? (informally, that is.)

  

  playing with (and for) other people. This dream took many forms when I got to college - I played solo in coffeehouses, as half of an acoustic duo ... in an a cappella group for most of college as well as college choir

  • by Ben Jones
  • August 2, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Visit to eBay

  

  . ------------------------------ Thanks to Tiffany for a great lunch and lovely tour of the eBay complex ... with our friend Carter (MIT '07), who is interning for Apple this summer ... anything about it. Despite his secrecy, we still took him out for pearl milk

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • June 8, 2005
• Blog / Uncategorized

  dress your wounds and stay in bed self care!

  

  seven classes, got sick for a month, and pulled too many all-nighters to ... ’t manage to rest enough when I got sick, and I felt weak for much of October ... mouth, so I took it over to another smith to ask for advice. I hoped he

  • by Amber V. '24
  • January 18, 2023