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• Blog / How to Human

  the person you are now oversharing on the internet

  

  's a fresh start for me. I recently went through the process of cleaning ... for the MIT blogs, but also I think it's a very...important part to ... for the first time in a year and a half is incredibly jarring. I have no

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 3, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Week in the Life: Optimism Edition In which I have a particularly tough, enriching week.

  

  for that project made me a half hour late to 4.42J/2.66J/1.044J ... break for a week to clear our heads. It was a really smart idea, so I ... for nurturing a serious long-lasting relationship; perhaps one day soon

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • September 18, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  My Day Cats cats cats cats cats cats cats....

  

  on a trip, so we just have lots of homework to do for the class. I ... campus, to visit my friend Kate T. '16 and help with a photo shoot for the ... a chain around my neck. I then picked up the kitty, gave her a treat

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • November 19, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Remaking MITadmissions.org we are psychic vampires, please give us your ideas

  

  completely redesign our website (as well as the website for SFS). It will be a ... philosophy is. At a high level, the strategy is the same we've had for at this ... 've been talking about this kind of redesign for the last few years and

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 9, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Trip Report: IvyPlus some reflections from an admissions conference

  

  to students that should make the process a bit saner for all involved ... -years-more-or-less-when-we-feel-like-it gathering of admissions folks from the "IvyPlus" schools, defined, for the ... began my job here at the office, and while I've learned a lot (a lot) over

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 13, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Early Action Season Some advice for the EA deadline. (Relax. Be patient. Don't stress. Don't procrastinate!)

  

  the office about the deadline, so let me take a moment to answer some of ... submission date for documents to show up in the tracking system. We have ... counselors if you don't yet see a recommendation on the application

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 30, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  summer’s end

  

  this is the first time i've spent a summer at mit as a UROP student ... , started and finished an entire novel finally visited pika for the first ... - sunburn thing gone sailing for the first time (sailing and learning to

  • by Allan K. '17
  • August 5, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Advising @ MIT The little question that could.

  

  where you can pick up a poster of the LSC schedule. As for freshmen, when ... 'll answer the second question, first. For upperclassmen, they chose their ... your residence hall with you. You have a faculty advisor just like the

  • by Bryan
  • June 3, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  We’re Up To Date! Tracking your application.

  

  show what materials we have processed for you. We should have the ... , so as long as you get us the copies in a timely manner, there will be no impact. The best way to get us a missing piece is by fax. Our

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 17, 2006
• Blog / IAP

  incoming how i’ve been spending my iap yes get ready for like 8 of these in a row

  

  'm ridiculously close to NR'ing it. For the past semester and a half, I've been ... wanted to do lab research for the longest time, but after getting a UROP in ... to make sure I get at least a 60% in the class. This is truly PNR in

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 16, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Keep it simple, stupid I try to choose classes for the fall. Things get messy.

  

  opened up the floodgates of my hatred for those stupid HASS requirements. On the plus side, this led to a really funny conversation where I tried ... 's not a priority. The only thing is that it's only offered in the fall, so

  • by Laura N. '09
  • August 9, 2006
• Blog / Hacks

  “futility island” socially conscious hacking? in MY institution?

  

  that the pipes (a "symbol of the Anthropocene") are drawing our attention ... planned to Building 54 -- a renovation sponsored by Shell, the oil company ... of just a few exceptions to MIT's preference for numbers), will now be

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • September 25, 2019
• Blog / Events

  In Transit The people and ideas traversing MIT

  

  me a lot to think about. I'm certainly thankful for the opportunity to attend and pass on the message. Have a great Thanksgiving holiday everyone ... I got on a bus this morning to go home for Thanksgiving, fully

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • November 22, 2012
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  1 of the 101 Quincy Market, Mike's Pastries, Giacomo's, yummm

  

  Boston's North End and is well-known for its delicious cannolis. Over the ... motivated me to venture out to North End two Fridays ago and - for the first ... In my last entry, I mentioned that I had a bunch of things I wanted

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • September 24, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Lace, Gourmet Candy and Dorothy an inside look into the most fabulous internship in san francisco

  

  my friends and I started looking for an externship (a short internship ... hush, I can say a lot about the work I've been doing over the past two ... -- it's gorgeous!) over the past week. Because we're a small team working

  • by Connie H. '15
  • January 16, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Below 48, Part 2 Has anyone really been far even as decided to use even go want to do…

  

  for historical purposes, this is a request under the Freedom of ... You asked for it[citation needed], and so here it is. After the list ... projects and whatnot. This is a new phenomenon for me: I had a bit of an

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • October 27, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Where I’ve Been All this time ...

  

  For the past month or so, architecture studio has been holding me ... a puppy calendar on the glass wall by my workspace… Mess, mess, mess ... board. Thinking about model iterations for the final project. My

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • April 30, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT ‘10: Isaac Lozada Isaac Lozada comes from Texas to MIT.

  

  MIT, the No. 1-ranked university in the nation, according to a ... 's Army orders called. His father is retired from the Army and working as a ... started for Isaac when he was born. ''We know we have the first two years

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 27, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  To the future! and beyond?

  

  of the real world this summer when I had to track down a place to live ... fellowships.  I took the GRE a few weeks ago, which though not necesarily ... working on my personal statement for a few weeks now and am now on draft 4

  • by Becca H. '12
  • July 13, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Waiting (is the hardest part)

  

  While you wait... For those who are curious about envelope sizes: the defer letter and the deny letter each come in a standard #10 window envelope (4.125" x 9.5"). As for the admit letter, it is unlikely to be

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 10, 2005