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• Blog / Residential Life

  A man’s reach should exceed his grasp My roommate and I built a lofty heaven!

  

  that for another time.) One of the reasons I was drawn to MIT was for its ... ) are able to take some of the wood and reuse it for their own ends. When ... up to; as an applicant, seeing other applicants brag about their skills

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • September 23, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Augmented Reality in Action one step before holograms

  

  MIT Media Lab that I got to try out an augmented reality headset for the ... Augmented reality is technology that enables you to overlay digital ... Earth floating in the room, spinning it around and stopping it to look at

  • by Erick P. '17
  • January 26, 2017
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Hack Punt Tool: The Musical Now, the music can be yours.

  

  they wanted to write a musical, so they did. It was named for three words ... simply to not do an assignment, or not study for a test. One might do that ... . WHY? Because the soundtrack to Hack Punt Tool, a musical about MIT

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 30, 2012
• Blog / Challenges

  At What Cost A summary of my fall semester

  

  class seriously. I’ve wanted to get back into music for a long time (I ... advice on how to succeed here.” I still feel that way. But I didn’t blog ... opportunity cost. Everything you decide to do will keep you from doing something

  • by Derrick B. '08
  • December 21, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Waitlist post Some Q & A about the waitlist.

  

  aiming for a class of about 1,020 students this year. Based on our ... "yield"), we admitted 1533 students. However, it isn't possible to exactly predict how many student will attend this year. To help with the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 20, 2007
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Lounges: An Interactive Experience It's almost like you were here!

  

  The 3D Lounge Experience For this part, I ask you to settle in a ... the night. When is a good time for it? I have yet to know. That project ... really in front of you. Munch on some (free) lukewarm fried plantains. For

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • September 22, 2015
• Blog / Events

  Steer Roast 2008 We Sport Death like it's never been done before

  

  favorite two. Roast is also a time for halls and suites to do something art ... . If your initial reaction to that was "...um, what?", then I'll fill you in: Steer Roast is Senior House's claim to fame - it's our annual

  • by Keri G. '10
  • May 5, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  NACAC Conference Wrap-up from the national admissions conference.

  

  For the past three days, I was at the conference of the National ... professional association for guidance counselors and admissions officers, and once a year they gather for a conference. This year's conference was in

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 26, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  i was sick when i wrote this :( a largely unedited post where i ramble about getting covid

  

  January"]IAP[/annotation] when I was just about to prep materials for my spring classes, I got a positive test last Wednesday and had to quarantine in my room. I feel a lot better compared to the first few days of

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • February 7, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Second Home You're in your room doing a pset. I'm in my lab making science happen.

  

  while waiting for gels to run or blots to transfer :P) But yeah. I want ... "practiced" by pipeting water from a beaker to another beaker for a good half ... Hey guys, This guy tried to guilt-trip me into writing a blog, but

  • by Chris S. '11
  • October 30, 2010
• Blog / Challenges

  Walk Across Rhode Island 12 hours, 33 miles, a million aches and pains

  

  the 2 hours of sleep. I had wanted to take a break from work for a while ... they swore to never do it again. This time they rounded up some 40 people from MIT and Brown University to walk the Walk again. I was super

  • by Amber V. '24
  • October 14, 2023
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Homecoming some musings on memory

  

  for a couple days, the bulletin boards begin to look familiar. You ... MIT for you to explore. You’ll eventually know where each path will go ... . No better time for this to manifest than now, when the place has been

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 13, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  Regular Action Admissions Update Updates about application numbers, application tracking, and more.

  

  has been reported that applications to MIT for this year have increased about 6%. Midyear Report: The Midyear Report is on schedule to be ... good time for you to check up on the status of your application

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 25, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  First Day of Classes! Today, the MIT Class of 2014 begins.

  

  first day of classes ever for the MIT Class of 2014. The past couple of weeks at MIT have been Orientation for the incoming students -- they have ... , tried out for a cappella groups, played sports, and more. The formal

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 8, 2010
• Blog / How to Food

  making dumplings jiaozi / guotie / gyoza /

  

  a wet towel and let sit for a few hours FILLING (VEGETARIAN ... too add soy sauce and sesame oil to taste (optional) FILLING (MEAT ... to taste (optional) WRAP THE DUMPLINGS: when the dough has settled

  • by Allan K. '17
  • November 19, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  On the other side of CPW Being an MIT undergrad during CPW is definitely an interesting experience

  

  for another event, but it was really awesome talking to prefrosh who ... really happy for the attention that prefrosh brought to them.  Other times ... I wrote a blog post about how excited I was for CPW last week.  Other

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • April 16, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Strike! Strike! Strike! I. H. T. F. P.

  

  Brawl to settle me down. It was rough. Boo for 2.001 quizzes. Luckily, we ... hundred shirts are sitting in my room), and I've begun to realize that my ... , meaning any host in 8.02 just completely ignored their prefrosh for the

  • by Snively '11
  • March 29, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  The real O.C. Travels in Southern California.

  

  (...as opposed to other OCs) I'm in Orange County California, in a ... four more to go. On Wednesday, after a couple school visits, I had the chance to have a picnic-style dinner with the Orange County Educational

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 30, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Christmas in December and July

  

  Longfellow Bridge to check out the Stata Center at MIT, which they hadn't seen before. We had planned to cap Saturday with dinner at Fire & Ice, but the wait was an hour and a half, so we headed down to Cafe of India

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 21, 2004
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Global Languages Freshman Learning Community engaging frosh done right

  

  I'm the undergraduate assistant for a Freshman Learning Community ... semester, is designed to offer freshman community and expose them to new ... 's been wonderful so far, and we've been able to leverage the technology and

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • November 6, 2020