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• Blog / MIT Life

  on being seen ...and why that might be important

  

  what MIT means to me.  The short version is that it is the place in my ... as well as what you do is not a one-way street.  In order to really be seen, you have to allow it.  You have to invite people in, and it

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • May 31, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Rush, rush Why you should live on my floor, with special guest star Paula Abdul.

  

  first week of orientation, you get to go around and visit all the dorms, decide which one you'd really like to live in based on meeting the people there (not just from a viewbook or description). After that, you get to

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 31, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  It’s All About The Process Take a moment, then get back in the game.

  

  bask in the glow of getting the MIT fat packet. Once that moment is over, get back in the game because you have a big decision to make in the next ... , once your moment is over, you need to get back in the game as well

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • March 17, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Overnight Program Come play with us!

  

  Corridor. Maybe you'll get to see MIThenge.   Eat in the ... it's physically impossible for anyone but me to get a sunburn. And yet ... which you, the prospective, get to experience MIT life minus the hard work

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 24, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Selection Day 2

  

  in MIT students (if you've come to an information session or read My ... discussion without needing to resort to a formal "vote." In the very rare ... administrative stuff to do before we can put the decision letters in the mail. We

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 4, 2004
• Blog / How to Human

  Things I Know to Be True Introductions and peanut butter Oreos

  

  a lot. My truths are bound to change. But in the end, understanding what one believes to be true is the key to understanding at all. So, in ... will get lost. You will get locked out. You will get caught in the rain

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • September 29, 2021
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Liveblog from Apple Store I copy Paul, 3 hours later.

  

  power to decide whether you will stay in them or not. This does not ... current roommate is also temporary, although you will get a chance to keep ... language halls) was completely random. There's going to be a concert here in

  • by Snively '11
  • July 26, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What I’ve Been Up To No, not back around finals week - still not thinking about it... DURING IAP! When…

  

  , I'm going to go right in and cover everything interesting I've seen ... a month ago, and I couldn't get myself to edit it. But now - I ... truly this holds. So 1 and 2 - I biked to this cafe in Central Square

  • by Marcela R. '13
  • February 9, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Overnight Program: Now Taking Requests Plus... a fun mitadmissions.org milestone!

  

  , finals week, etc.) Please try not to request a visit less than 2 weeks in advance You can only select dates up to 60 days in advance During ... students, and starting in March, the program is only open to admitted

  • by Ben Jones
  • September 18, 2007
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Radia Perlman ‘73, Mother of the Internet Radia Perlman has three MIT degrees and more than 80 patents.

  

  't know how to get people to listen to them," she said. Perlman believed in ... To follow up on my recent entry about women in engineering: did you ... getting lost or driving in circles," he said. The average Internet user

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 13, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The 12 Step Plan don't pack too much, you probably wont use half of it anyway.

  

  producing results. Get in there and demand a challenge. And never be afraid to ... you get to pretend to be an adult for a couple months before returning ... meat that will, in the future, help the local slaughterhouse to determine

  • by Cydnie T. '12
  • July 25, 2011
• Blog / Events

  5 days until Mystery Hunt

  

  Friday, January 14, at 12 noon in Lobby 7 (the "main entrance" to MIT). It ... Malkovich, still trying to win their first Hunt), and my team, "Lost in Space ... "Restistance is Fuschia"... Getting close to solving another puzzle (maybe "X

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 9, 2005
• Blog / CPW

  I’m nervous to meet you A letter to the prefrosh at the dawn of CP*

  

  in person. I’ve been looking forward to being a Blogger at the “Meet ... convinced I could never fit in. I wanted to shake your hands, give you hugs ... mostly at ease talking to strangers in-person. But now we have “Meet the

  • by Powers '23
  • April 17, 2020
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Jellyfishing and other ways to recruit people to your organizations

  

  .390 (Introduction to Computational Biology), and 20.330 (Fields, Forces, and Flows in ... as putting in time to the GEL outreach committee. Over in the land of ... beginning of the year, recruiting impressionable freshmen who want to get

  • by Stanley G.
  • March 10, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  One thing every woman’s missed in Massachusetts Bay Sam and Shana have gone to look for America, starting in Philadelphia.

  

  opportunity to spend a day or two in foul, fetid, fuming, foggy, filthy ... point, we happened to be in Chinatown, standing in front of an ... noted that it was refreshing to eat a meal in which all noodles had

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 15, 2005
• Blog / Classes

  every class i went to during the first week of fall all *checks notes* twelve of them

  

  I went to a lot of classes in the first week of the fall semester. According to my iCal, I have spent nineteen hours in class in the last three ... for the entire class. I really, really like this class. We get to build

  • by Rona W. '23
  • September 11, 2022
• Blog / About Decisions

  So the rest of your decisions are coming in and let's take a second to talk about it

  

  you’re like 92% of kids who applied to MIT, then you probably didn’t get ... enough to yet be materialized as a concrete “you’re in!” or “we regret to ... good afterwards…” “Look, yeah, I get you’re trying to make me feel

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • March 27, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  self-assessment, re: playwriting notes on taking playwrights' workshop this semester

  

  find ways to drive action, create drama, all in a theatrically compelling way. In particular, I found myself wanting to say big things ... training wheels of the class helped. I learned to think in terms of change

  • by Allan K. '17
  • December 9, 2014
• Blog / Life after MIT

  MIT: Round 2

  

  transportation and city planning in a few weeks. I am rushing to finish up my projects here in Germany, before heading off to visit an MIT friend of mine ... go is. In the past two years, I have been to: the Netherlands, Belgium

  • by Becca H. '12
  • August 9, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  FAQ for Maker Portfolios You have questions - I have answers!

  

  , while I've been making things in my spare time, we've also been getting a ... , images, and video to record it. In total, all video elements must be less ... of time to review the materials that are sent in so please be concise

  • by Dr. Dawn '04, MS '06, PhD '11
  • October 1, 2013