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• Blog / Admissions

  7 Reasons MIT Is Special reflecting on the Institute at the end of four years

  

  , became home. It’s still listed as Home in my Google Maps, and it hurts to ... that you need to come in a rocket scientist, not at all. But you will ... time, checking out of the room, walking the stage to shake hands with

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 15, 2018
• Blog / Personal Travel

  chasing the aurora a celestial hunt

  

  lucky to live in a city that had 24/7-accessible rental cars. We were lucky to live in an area where the aurora was visible. And, we were lucky ... This past Friday evening, I wished I didn't want to see the aurora

  • by Kanokwan T. '25
  • May 13, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The other 2 of the 3 R’s About reading and writing on campus -- forget the 'rithmetic.

  

  Admissions blogger is its Editor-in-Chief? [answer at the end of the entry ... 's Writing and Humanistic Studies department. Dr. Boiko wanted to tell me about ... . Boiko: Last year, a senior in one of our courses came up at the end of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 4, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Wolverine Wolverine, creme brulee, Ina Garten, BOOM. You symbiotic patriotic slam book neck, right?

  

  top. It brought me closer to God. Thanks, Ina. In an interesting bit of ... around to jogging more in the early evenings because some benevolent ... would win in a fight: James Bond or Wolverine? "I'm sitting in lab right

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 27, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  making solar cells lessons from my nanotech class

  

  like magic to me - in the sense that the material was so far beyond my ... being deployed to drastically improve the feasibility of solar power in ... out which produce is closer to ripening. in one of the labs we built an

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • December 15, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Final Forty-Five Still somehow worse than last term

  

  is supposed to cap off your four-year experience in Civil and ... the project. They even said that if we happened to be in Miami during ... set, everyone in the class responds, “What time?” He’s never going to

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • February 28, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  FASAP [by Maggie Liu ‘12] T-ride + thought-provoking art piece + yummy free dinner afterwards.

  

  it would be a great way to continue my love for art in a, well, tech ... and attachments to art but everyone in FASAP seems to appreciate art and ... to the window. A few of us exchanged dubious looks before filing in

  • by ARTalk
  • November 12, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  Spirited Away Guest Post By Freshly Alum'ed Wasay A. '19

  

  *to set the mood* [playlist ids="44803"] The floor of my room is a ... hell if I know what’s actually in any of them. While I finish packing the last of my clothes and move onto the items in my desk, the same questions

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • June 13, 2019
• Blog / Blog Projects

  MIT for Book Lovers Yultide Day 4

  

  's written so well—the idea is to let the readers fill in the feelings of the ... ? I got to see it ~20 days before it came out in theatres, thanks to the ... the author in both versions. Didn’t even have to wait for four hours

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • January 29, 2018
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  DarkMatters, Green and Wild, Chocolate Cake and Raspberries around here lately (with pictures)

  

  months. It heartened me to be in that room, with the coolest collection of ... A few weeks ago, I started seeing Staceyann Chin's face in the ... . She's equally (and differently) impressive in person. The whole night

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • March 6, 2014
• Blog / Challenges

  This Post Has a Happy Ending dealing with obstacles @ MIT

  

  available (as in trying to drink from a firehose). (context: MIT)” I drank ... my last blog post in a desperate attempt to preserve inspiration, and ... unpredictable times in the evening. I’d immediately sit down to compose frantic

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • October 30, 2014
• Blog / How to Food

  making dumplings jiaozi / guotie / gyoza /

  

  to a pan and putting the dumpling in make sure to cover the pan so ... ; (special thanks to the toons) (and the gorgeous airbnb in new hampshire we ... make the dough into a few big lumps. put the lumps in a bowl cover with

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

  The Class of 2020 Hacks Back

  

  As you probably know, we've taken to sending our acceptance letters out in little silver tubes. Every year we enclose something different. A few years ago, for example, we challenged students to hack their tubes

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 8, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  REX Sneak Peek A teeny tiny sneak preview of BC REX. I mean really. It's basically useless.

  

  Thanks to the wonders of the Internet, all the way from Madrid, Spain ... to ROCK. I hope you are prepared. =) Also, I found this article today, and can I just say: SO THERE. Study Shows Boys and Girls Equal in Math

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 31, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Harvard-MIT Student Debate on Pakistan this Friday

  

  's current state and future prospects: Date: Friday, 2/8 Time: 6:00pm to 7:30pm ... interest in Pakistani politics: Samad Khurram and Aqil Sajjad from Harvard ... . This event is especially important in light of Benazir Bhutto

  • by The Humanitarian Blog
  • February 5, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Intermission Summer job: just kickin' it. And working at Pixar, too.

  

  pronounce as "Ra-to-lee" even though the logo has the built-in pronounciation ... Sometimes taking a little time to recharge is really all you need. I've been spending hours in used bookstores and swimming and taking deep

  • by Jess K. '10
  • June 7, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  There’s antimony, arsenic, aluminum, selenium… ...and hydrogen and oxygen and nitrogen and rhenium...

  

  !) just in time to help the 213 suite put together a study break. Every ... hanging out in the floor lounge since then, trying to do some programming ... for everyone to enjoy while, as the name implies, breaking from their

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 15, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  A few quick answers The skinny.

  

  international applications, in parallel to the selection of domestic applicants ... Selection has been busy enough that I haven't had time to do a full Questions Omnibus, I do have enough time to steal an idea from Ben and quickly

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 22, 2006
• FAQ / QuestBridge

  What is the MIT QuestBridge Supplement?

  Bridge application to apply for our Regular Action cycle, but you must let us know in ... Our MIT QuestBridge Supplement is a way for us to gather some ... , our supplement, along with their QuestBridge application, acts in place
• FAQ / Life and culture

  Can I join the Design/Build/Fly Team?

  students, but is also open to graduate students, who compete in the annual ... , manufacturing, testing, and operating a radio controlled aircraft to meet mission specifications as specified in the competition rules. Students on the MIT DBF team