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• Blog / MIT Life

  My brother is cooler than me The plight of the less-cool older sibling.

  

  things that you need to know about Ryan, and those things are: He loves ... . You may even recognize The Goober from his appearances in some of my ... 's "Can I play in the Simmons ball pit????" (Yes, my dorm has a ball pit

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • October 23, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Metropolis and the Alloy Orchestra "The Mediator Between Head and Hands Must be the Heart!"

  

  year” to attend. The Alloy Orchestra, based here in Cambridge, is ... still resonate today. What he was able to accomplish in the 1920’s in terms of set design and special effects is remarkable! Typical to

  • by ARTalk
  • March 13, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  One Week MIT: It's so dangerous, you'll have to sign a waiver.

  

  you have to do in a week, and you sort of want to die inside. :) For ... , it's actually really hard to answer, for two reasons. First, MIT is ... interests, it's really hard to classify anything as "typical." Academically, I

  • by Paul B. '11
  • October 20, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Lewis Music Library Tra la la

  

  film Meet the Parents, geniuses choose the color green. In addition to ... the Pulitzer Prize for Music in 1987, and just happens to be an ... keeps the most recent copies of each out for browsing. In addition to

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 15, 2004
• Blog / Events

  APPLE BAKE channeling midterm stress into baking, sculpting, and completely destroying apples for decades

  

  Overall and Most Creative. Certain floors in BC tend to be more gung ... of Burton-Conner compete to create the best apple dishes and apple art ... traditional ingredient used in your recipe for a healthier choice (you will have

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • November 5, 2019
• Blog / Events

  Thanksgiving on First East – Team Bemis makes hand turkeys!! (For justice and the greater common good.)

  

  invited to our party. And even dessert! All in all, it was a happy day ... Jonathan) Then we all locked ourselves in our rooms indefinitely to study ... couple of weeks ago putting their creative minds to use designing and

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • November 24, 2006
• Blog / Hacks

  Nerd movie update

  

  Pixar friend majored in Electrical Engineering & Computer Science (EECS, or Course 6) at MIT, so if you're interested in working on the next special effects blockbuster, you may want to check out this department. I

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 24, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  New York, New York

  

  backed by data, I went to my hotel room, counted the words in those essays ... I'm in New York City now, staying in a hotel a stone's throw from the ... section. In March, Les Perelman attended a national college writing

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 4, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Your Freshman App Questions We're happy to help.

  

  read more about our application and admissions process in the Freshman Application section of the site. I am happy to answer your questions (that ... Application (as well as the QuestBridge application) in the comments below. What

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 19, 2012
• FAQ / First-year application

  What if I don’t have a class rank or GPA?

  holistic admissions process, we're much more interested in how an applicant "fits" with our culture than if they were No. 1 in their school. If your school doesn't calculate GPA, please don't convert your grades to a U
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Great Gatsby In all its pixelated glory

  

  , you should go out to the library and get a copy now! It's a great read ... . If you're a little sad that you can't actually be on campus to enjoy the video games, have no fear! They're hosted online for people to play

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • September 17, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  One last bit of advice Before all hell breaks loose

  

  promise that attacking people is not going to help. Funnel your energy into ... 's time to say it again. While admissions will have you believe that ... -13 minutes prior to that, so be on the lookout. Good luck, pre-congrats to

  • by Snively '11
  • March 14, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  On the Flip Side I'm a host instead of a prefrosh this year - but CPW has still been…

  

  excitement for being here, at MIT, with some of the most incredible people in world ‚ô• I haven't quite made it to all the CPW events that have taken place so far, which is okay because I'm a host and not obligated to be

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • April 10, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  i love this f*cking place "say this to my face when you're a junior." ~an upperclassman

  

  time to tag people in memes anymore??? or to even look at memes??? i felt ... classes and activities to kick in so i don’t feel the sense of chaos that ... okay, it’s a bit early to proclaim my love for this place, especially

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • September 8, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  whiteout conditions forget your mission, just get out alive

  

  the passage" and "got so hooked on a feeling, i started dealing / in a ... bad hand". the chorus has been stuck in my head for the last few days ... vague desire to go to classes and do work. but i don't actually want to. i

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 26, 2021
• Blog / About Decisions

  Fall 2019 Transfer Decisions Are Now Live

  

  application. You will log in using the same email and password used to create your application account, and you can log in now to check your decision ... applied to transfer, and we have admitted 20. And as usual, we are very

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 3, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Physics professors have a charming sense of humour Excerpts from relativity problem sets

  

  I'M DONE WITH FALL CLASSES! and am now back home in London, doing ... .033, Relativity. Relativity is a great class to teach, if you enjoy designing ... amusing excerpts with you. Enjoy! (The point of the problem was to show

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 23, 2013
• Blog / Challenges

  MIT honors Officer Sean Collier (photoblog) photos from today's memorial service

  

  memorial service found other ways to pay their respects: Rest in peace ... turned out by the thousands today for a memorial service to honor fallen ... Memorial Fund, which will support a Collier Medal to be awarded to people who

  • by Michael C. '16
  • April 24, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Invasion of the Stikmen Another invasion of MIT?

  

  around finals time, MIT had an invasion... Well as I walked to lab last ... another one! So I thought to myself, "What are these strange creations?!?" Baffled by these little men, I tracked down my friend Steven '15 (my go-to

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • August 14, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  New stuff on MyMIT, and more

  

  I'm back in Boston now after two trips to Washington, DC in the past ... physics, so I got to hear him speak 3x/week). Admitted students, log into ... that financial aid letters will be mailed today to those students who

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 18, 2005