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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Questions Omnibus 2 I should probably stop stealing entry titles from Matt McGann.

  

  ), studying for the MCATs, beating the ultimate set list in Rock Band, taking a ... fraternity in Boston where I'm living for the summer - so I apologize if this ... me a bit of time to finish answering all your questions (one all the

  • by Jess K. '10
  • July 3, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Where We’ve Been And Where We’re Going A brief history of the blogs and MyMIT.

  

  blogiversary to all of us. Thanks to the '09s for being our guinea pigs; and a ... Browsing Matt's blog reminded me that I have a blogiversary on the ... September 2004, the MIT admissions office will launch a web portal designed

  • by Ben Jones
  • August 10, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  A Welcoming Environment Because the best way to feel at home at MIT is to know that you…

  

  Welcome Here campaign. For those of you who don't know what this is, the ... of LGBT Services and a strong advocate of the campaign, talked to me ... temporary offering, had only been around at MIT for five years. Over the two

  • by Emad T. '14
  • December 22, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  No scissors allowed: OrigaMIT You never know what cool stuff is going on around the Institute.

  

  folded a kraken attacking a Crawfordian sailing ship for the 2006 Origami ... I am notorious for showing up at the right place at the wrong time. For instance, two weeks ago, I opened the door to room 3-343 expecting

  • by Melis A. '08
  • October 12, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  HackMIT: Coding over Cookies sights from the hackathon [pictures inside!]

  

  ...am not a hacker (yet). I went into the hackathon with a mild curiosity for ... flocked to HackMIT to crowd themselves into a gym for 30 hours and make ... hallway lined with air mattresses for catnappers, and throw in a bunch of

  • by Allan K. '17
  • October 13, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Michael Xiang: Double UROP Extraordinaire! Michael Xiang has two UROPs, one at the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research and another…

  

  a job. He says, "at MIT, it's good to always be on the lookout for ... investment. On average, UROPers spend eight hours in the lab per week and a lot ... on biology-related projects at the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 25, 2006
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Sacred Space and why it matters to unplug once in awhile

  

  “particular problems’ but to develop a new vision for the act of problem solving ... a play at the Cutler Majestic Theater. The original plan was for me to ... brilliant move for me (ok lets forget about the gas tank for a minute) but my

  • by Kris Guay
  • April 11, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Freshman Application: Live on Monday The MIT Freshman Application will go live tomorrow (Monday) on MyMIT.

  

  MIT. If you have not yet done so, you will need to register for a MyMIT account. The account provides a number of benefits, including: Access to the ... standardized tests for Regular Action application. If you take the January test

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 3, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  This Day, the Year I Applied what I learned in college about application struggles

  

  school did not prepare you for a basic survival skill. Your group was the ... in the woods for an hour, meditating in a special way. You watched a ... that. I’d probably go to a local state school and maybe apply for

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • November 20, 2015
• Blog / Events

  Thoughts on coming home With guest appearances by MIT's Dean for Student Life, the communist dracula, Roman lasagna, and…

  

  (incorrect) arrows for a few J-pop-filled hours in the Random Hall basement ... sizable mob of Randomites on a run to Chinatown for Dim Sum. One of the ... Cants, head of the History department at MIT, was at Random for a special

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • November 29, 2008
• Blog / Class Projects

  I DON’T NEED YOU ANYMORE. the making of my final video project

  

  equipment) not just for the class, but for [annotation note="I've given a lot ... , and a filming light. MISTAKE: Not using the tripod. For my first two ... Webkinz. MISTAKE: Not putting in the work for archival footage. A good chunk

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 23, 2022
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  318 memorial drive a historical rabbit hole

  

  . However, in the process of doing research for it, I read a book titled ... in the picture, for a variety of reasons. First, the building in the ... the middle. Not totally satisfactory. I got stuck on this step for a

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • January 22, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  REXachusetts Institute of Technology your guide to the daily confusion

  

  . For the rest of you, REX is a great opportunity to find out about the ... years and upperclassmen, and get a feel for everything MIT has to offer ... published in the Tech in a center-spread titled The Daily Confusion (see e

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 1, 2022
• Blog / About Decisions

  Selling Point How to tell the difference between MIT and an infomercial

  

  down with a case of the sniffles and the best place to curl up and nap was the sofa in front of the TV. A side effect of television was the ... than a healthy dose of skepticism, but the point still remained that

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • March 11, 2014
• Blog / IAP

  So, What Exactly Happens? y'know, over IAP?

  

  was back on a plane to Massachusetts for the beginning of IAP. People ... February, and have to give a talk for the ending of the Directed Reading ... .e. less than a week, the new semester will begin. I'm not quite ready for

  • by Paige B. '24
  • February 2, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Slam Dunked Long crazy week...a few necessary lessons

  

  just a bit more time, but for the most part, I had figured out how the ... something wrong. For the most part, I felt as though I had a good grasp on ... ’t hold for this one. It was going to be a lot longer. The problems were

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • November 4, 2013
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Former MIT Students on TV Two in a flattering way, one in a potentially embarassing way.

  

  up for a full run. One of the shows, WIRED Science, is co-hosted by an ... Sciences, or EAPS) and was a member of the a cappella group the Muses. Aomawa is also a contributor to the new book She's Such a Geek: Women Write

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 10, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Finally, a free minute

  

  Well, the last week and a half has been busy, to say the least. I ... everything done, and we got a great group of freshmen in the entry, as well as ... the lab, participating in cheerleading recruitment and tryouts, and

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 5, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Winter Miscellania I'm (b)ready to go back to MIT al(b)ready.

  

  dough for Loaf #3 chillaxed in the fridge for two and a half days in hopes ... nary a mine since bidding goodbye to the tender age of microwaved pizza ... first learned the word “career,” I imagined myself as a top

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • December 27, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Closer Calls and rising unease

  

  injury. It’s probably because for some, the uncertainty of fulfilling a ... turning to rubble. So, even if it’s for a moment, look at the light, and ... Emab Plaza is a busy shopping mall located in the heart of Nigeria

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • June 28, 2014