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  The First-Year Application for the MIT Class of 2025 is now live

  

  personal information with strangers on the other side of a screen. For us ... institution. We are grateful for your trust. As you fill out your application ... I'm writing to announce that the application for first

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 13, 2020
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Preparing for the real world An alum's perspective!

  

  are a vital and consistent support network for me: I have reached out to ... said that she wanted to write up a little entry about how GEL prepared her for life outside of the MIT bubble. I love hearing other students

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • February 18, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  We are artists & writers extracting creative talent around campus

  

  It's important to recognize that while MIT is known for top ... keep it free for the MIT community.  So if you're a member of the MIT ... in a literary magazine in high school, I knew it was something I want

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • November 12, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Scientist Questions of science, science and progress.

  

  -doc and my primary mentor for the summer. After introducing me to a number ... Professor Angelika Amon of the Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research ... the morning. If you haven't been to college yet, that might seem like a

  • by Paul B. '11
  • June 2, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Toons and Tasty Burgers adventures in chalk and tasty-burger-tasting

  

  11/9/2013: At the time of this writing: > I'm sitting in a cozy ... , which I haven't been able to do for a while. If there's one thing I ... ...later! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11/10/2013: The burgers were fairly tasty. On a scale of 1 to 5, where

  • by Allan K. '17
  • November 11, 2013
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  You Guys Are Used To Getting No Sleep, But I Am Old To those of you who have siblings: what's the one piece of sibling-related parenting advice…

  

  'll be out for most of June on paternity leave, but will still try to blog when I can find time. Hope you guys are having a great start to your ... grow up, to learn from each other and to trust each other and to actually

  • by Ben Jones
  • June 1, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  Home(sick) for the Holidays winter break was weird: time capsule 2

  

  of my friends live!"]Next[/annotation] to hang out for a while. Around ... character for just a bit. After about an hour, I trudged back into my dorm to ... them, or missing a place that you’re still in. I didn’t feel homesick for

  • by Allison E. '27
  • February 24, 2024
• Blog / How to Human

  i don’t know how to comfort people

  

  they don’t want to? it takes a certain amount of trust in someone to ... . after all, we’ve only barely known each other for two and a half months ... really hope they don’t), but nothing happens. i back away for a minute

  • by Anika H. '26, MEng '27
  • November 22, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Science is apparently not for the easily-frustrated Stories of woe from the lab

  

  doesn't love me back. Yesterday, for example, I was trying to get a ... a slightly different permutation in order to get a nice figure for our ... Although most of the time I coast through my days in lab in a

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • January 31, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Ode to a Package of Dial Soap Substantial entries will come soon!

  

  excitement replete Looking back now, 'though it hasn't been long It's a marvel to see how much I've grown In brainpower and stamina for sleepless nights Time kept a rhythm, while we scraped along Now we start to peer

  • by Chris S. '11
  • December 6, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Lament for CPW (Guest Entry) Of lanyards, Capture the Flag, and headwraps.

  

  -purchased lanyard. Now, when I should be writing a persuasive essay for my AP English ... to for a while in an online AIM chatroom for accepted students, and I ... . Looking behind me, I see a wooden ledge (perfect for sitting) below an

  • by Paul B. '11
  • April 16, 2008
• Blog / Blog Projects

  A Comprehensive Guide to Vending Machines at MIT Because it needed to be done.

  

  Thursday night, in lieu of prepping for the Career Fair, a group of friends ... to all the East Campus people who came out with me at 11 PM on a ... naturally, I set out for the nearest and most convenient source of soda

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • October 2, 2017
• Blog / Events

  Brass Rat 2017 revealing our class's Brass Rat at the 2017 Ring Premiere

  

  for our growth and development as a class, so we feature the Greek ... watch for a touch of classiness and old traditions, as well as to remind ... figure out on their own. For a list of all most of the objects and

  • by Erick P. '17
  • May 8, 2015
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Three Guys, Six Degrees almost better than a five guys burger...almost.

  

  has a talent for solving problems, and I can't remember a time when he ... relief, a moment of celebration, and a moment of reminisce for all those ... students so much this year, because it gave me a chance of looking for that

  • by Chris S. '11
  • June 1, 2012
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Ops Air Force A summer spent with B-1Bs and C-130s.

  

  [by C/4C Adam Fuhrmann '11] Every Air Force ROTC cadet has the opportunity to attend a 3 week base visit called "Ops Air Force" during the summer after their freshman year. This program is a Professional

  • by ROTC
  • September 4, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How Hard is MIT? A quantitative analysis

  

  on MIT’s hardness? Is the measurement process simply too complex for a ... made two more measurements and extracted a hardness value of 194 HV for ... measurements backing up these results, how could I trust their accuracy, let

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • March 26, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  Questions from Beyond one last blog

  

  Wait. Why am I here?  For those of you who don’t know, I actually don’t work at MIT anymore. I actually haven’t worked at MIT for a whole week ... ="someone decided i should be a director. what?!"]new job[/annotation] and I was just

  • by kellen manning
  • July 8, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Application season

  

  Just thought I'd reiterate, for anyone who's applying to MIT this ... programs in cell biology and/or neuroscience for admission in fall 2006 (partially so I can make everyone call me Dr. Mollie), and I just spent a great

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 7, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  I auditioned for a musical Oh my goodness, oh my goodness

  

  , auditioning for a musical is basically my worst nightmare: not only can people ... the subject of auditioning for musicals: a week or so ago, a notice went out about auditions for a musical written entirely by MIT students, two

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 2, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Kickoff! and away we go...

  

  , at Regionals, they'll compete against a field of dozens for the chance ... need to go to a regional event and see for yourself. FIRST might just be ... to say that FIRST is a prerequisite for admission, or that it gives you

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • January 12, 2010