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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Angry Nerds Sometimes you've just got to flip the bird.

  

  week for at least a few hours. There are intermittent milestones to help ... finger as crowds amassed on the sidelines to see what the commotion was about. But instead of a police presence, and maybe a trip to MIT Mental

  • by Chris M. '12
  • October 9, 2011
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  MIT Bloggers Sniped Wrapped in which people take a LOT of photos of me around campus

  

  At MIT, a lot of groups use Slack to stay connected. It's like a big series of group chats for work stuff or class materials. What's really cool is that you can make separate tabs for different topics. It's kind of

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • June 2, 2025
• Blog / Athletics

  ‘Til the Net Breaks Championship Szn

  

  Hi, everyone! The soccer season has just wrapped up, and I wanted to give y’all a little recap.  For starters, it's important to know that ... shining, and a score to settle, it is the perfect day for soccer. We start

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • December 3, 2023
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  [Guest Post] The Alleyway by Isabella Y. '24

  

  for inventions, or science, or anything that’s hard. I just want to ... lightning snaps Boston in two. Most people had already run for their Back Bay brownstones to tea and scented candlelight. Yet some are always late. They

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • July 11, 2022
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  places at mit (favorite) places (to work/study)

  

  do this for two reasons: One, I want to show you that, despite our ... happiness that I've been waiting to feel for a very long time." MIT is no ... MIT's campus can be pretty daunting for someone first visiting. All

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • July 27, 2017
• Blog / Challenges

  The End of an Era A no-longer-freshman's reflections on life, the universe, and MIT-specific details

  

  was explaining why, because the human eye is innately attracted to ... a second thought to the spaces between letters. We don’t think about ... pages of lecture notes to get through, the last thing we want to concern

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • May 24, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  Story of Tim Tebow My friend Steve '11 wrote a blog for the not admitted.

  

  here waiting for you tonight. Kthxbai. There are two things I want to ... with Steve many nights (or rather, him talking to me) about football, and ... offer any advice it's just to emote. Let your psychological immune system

  • by Chris S. '11
  • March 16, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Shelby’s Amazing CPW Adventure A CPW Guest Entry by Shelby '13

  

  Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research to learn about current cancer ... I was extremely stoked to finally visit. Not only was it my first time ... getting settled in my host's dorm at New House 2, I was pumped and ready to

  • by Snively '11
  • April 29, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Tests @ MIT The class average is your friend.

  

  making a completely awesome aid sheet for 3.091... ...and then you go to ... for it.... "Yes! I got a 66!" Here's what I'm trying to get across ... , my goal in life for the next 24 hours is to actually beat the class

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 6, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  i saw you four ways to follow MIT students

  

  you learn to care for others. practicing that is one of the best things you can do to prepare for MIT. ... to vicariously ride the ups and downs of MIT. they can't tell you if

  • by Connie H. '15
  • October 16, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Cancer on my mind Wait, shouldn’t that be Carolina?

  

  Cancer is on my mind lately. I know how to have fun, huh? But maybe it's because yet another good friend of mine just had surgery for ... Institute for Integrative Cancer Research at MIT the other day. I could

  • by Kris Guay
  • August 18, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  L@@K at the Class of 2015 profiles in greatness? a great profile? or both?

  

  to the newest data from this past year's admissions cycle. We always try to provide as much data as we can to make our process as transparent as possible. But before you get to the numbers, here are just a few of

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 20, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  UPOP Program and a look at Jay Dweck (‘77) UPOP is a one-week seminar that teaches leadership and work-place dynamics to sophomores studying engineering…

  

  goal of this program is to teach leadership and work-place dynamics to ... to do a great job at their internship, but *sometimes* they lack the interpersonal skills to really succeed. To remedy this situation, 240 students

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 5, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  MIT and Slavery a developing history, and a live webcast

  

  to the community: To the members of the MIT community, At MIT, we ... , we must attend to some newly uncovered facts from our past. A ... immediately endorsed his proposal: to develop an ongoing undergraduate primary

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 16, 2018
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Beacon St. and Marlborough St. Rooftops and flowers on two streets in Boston.

  

  before I graduate I want to show you more of these places I love, starting with Beacon St. and Marlborough St., which run parallel to the water on ... ’s sailboats in the foreground. (Click for larger versions.)   And me and Cory

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • April 27, 2016
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Doonesbury and MIT Meet Alex Doonesbury, MIT '10.

  

  I skipped 4 days of school to go to Seattle and Vancouver to learn ... of reading to catch up on. The last thing I should be doing is blogging ... invited readers to decide which college the character Alex should attend

  • by Chris S. '11
  • February 8, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Avoid spelling errors! The most commonly misspelled words I see on MIT applications.

  

  thought I'd give some tips on how to avoid simple spelling errors. Most ... using spell check for that. More often, I see spelling errors in the ... 's something to avoid if you can. It's unlikely to be the difference between

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 25, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Fondue: fun and done A break from admissions at the Fondue party.

  

  long Saturday of working to select the class, I hopped on the SafeRide shuttle to attend the Alpha Chi Omega (usually abbreviated as AXO, and ... . This year, for the first time, the party was preceded by a special

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 5, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  halfway there musings about currently being an MIT student

  

  have food to eat but i'm not going to because i ate six bags of chips for ... ...viscerally uncomfortable. Is time real?? I've already lived at my current house for longer ... ? Whenever I talk to other MIT students, there's so much reminiscing. Always

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • November 14, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Schnitzer Prize Winners! [by Ken Haggerty '11] Buildings with eyes, a drum for the people, and a house…

  

  his friends). The video shows his reactions to the programs. For most ... —both because it's wonderful to see an MIT undergraduate doing art (and for fun ... doles out various awards and honors to those who've made significant

  • by ARTalk
  • May 24, 2010