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• Blog / Admissions

  Happy Holidays! Pictures from our recent holiday party.

  

  Happy holidays from the admissions office! I'll be leaving in a bit for a week of vacation (YES!) - back on January 2. I hope you all have ... demonstrates the GROOVE. Jenny & Marilee perform a duet. Corinne belts

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 21, 2006
• FAQ / Life and culture

  Does MIT offer Army, Air Force, Navy ROTC?

  medically qualified for military service may enroll as a cadet or midshipman. ... campus. Military training has existed at MIT ever since the Institute ... commissioned from MIT, of whom more than 150 have reached the rank of general or
• Blog / How to Human

  Dishwashers, parents, space: what do these things have in common?

  

  's dishwasher completely for granted. Loading and unloading the dishwasher was a ... how great they are. So, I've compiled a list! For the prefrosh out there ... a bunk bed (to save space, #6 on this list), for the first time in my

  • by Melis A. '08
  • October 9, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Harbinger of Doom, Despair, and Knowledge: PSETS Don't worry, not as bad as they sound.

  

  , but the only ones that end in "2" and "5" This went on for a while ... pieces though, and that's a really useful skill. For all the whining and ... we go! Psets are an abbreviation for"Problem Sets", which is the

  • by Chris M. '12
  • May 3, 2011
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Hodge-Podge Random things from a random guy.

  

  very little awake time during the week and there isn't a whole lot to ... " the wonderdog has extreme potential, see for yourself: 2) It REALLY ... . Smelling good can make up for a lot of shortcomings, as shallow as this

  • by Snively '11
  • July 14, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I’d Like Your Help With My Letter to President Obama… What I'm up to in 21W.747 (Rhetoric) class these days.

  

  coach, Dave Hunter, attempts to motivate us for the next period using a ... , here's my proposal: At the very least, I post this here to give you a ... the next week or two, I'll continually edit my letter (so check back for

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • December 1, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  [Guest Post] Getting Help @ MIT by Warren K. ’27

  

  A thank you to all the supportive faculty & staff at the ’Tute ... the VA Had a few other problems I’d rather not share here Struggled ... makerspaces or waiting in line at Bosworth’s for a warm drink (Bosworth’s exists

  • by Jeremy W.
  • January 17, 2025
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Where are you going with this? The ponderings of an ex-frosh.

  

  mit is as a prefrosh, to a rising sophomore whose gone through all the ... grade like back in high school? for example, were you a straight a student ... it. I guess now is as good a time as any to ponder the intricacies of

  • by Laura N. '09
  • June 18, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Everything I Miss and Don’t Miss About MIT Frolicking in nostalgia

  

  in Brighton for $25 a person Scoring guest meal passes and eating ... pride that comes from knowing how to navigate the tunnels and a silent joy ... drunk for the first and only time in my life Watching leaves change on

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • July 22, 2016
• Blog / Uncategorized

  oh, the places you’ll go (reprise) my first ever technical interview

  

  : he said I could skip the technical question and opt for a design ... . For the past two weeks, I had been prepping for a coding question, but I ... order. Luckily, I was able to complete the question, save for a few

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 11, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  king cake and a run-on sentence busy week

  

  the other hand, said "no photos" but lingered for quite a while--what is ... you to have a wholesome Ash Wednesday David S. '21 is only eating the cake because I told him to Brandon F. '19 put on a shirt just for this

  • by Abby H. '20
  • February 13, 2018
• Blog / Challenges

  unquantifiable growth progress that can't be measured

  

  As for the first time, after a freshman year that can best be described ... to be honest: The reading journals were difficult for me because they ... upon what I have learned. Parse a text for irony and allegory? Simple

  • by Rona W. '23
  • May 5, 2019
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Sigma ChIgloo MIT Fraternity brothers engineer a 10 foot igloo while relaxing in Maine

  

  roommate Mike '13 and I did a quick calculation. Approximating the igloo we ... ideas for how to approximate better. Now that the math is out of the way ... Brothers greet the late-comers with a barrage of snowballs. Many athletes

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • March 6, 2012
• Blog / How to Human

  Harvard Friends, Part 2 finding my quarantine dream team

  

  This is the second part of a two-part series about being an MIT ... ' reassurance and my own empathy for the difficulty in finding balance didn ... outing. The vacuum in my social life was filled in a few unexpected ways

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • July 29, 2020
• Blog / Life after MIT

  I’m more than twice as old as when I started my blog Rumors of my relevance are greatly exaggerated

  

  In 2004, I applied to MIT.  It was a paper form, the first part, and ... felt a connection with the team who would review my application.  I ... career behind me, I wrote a reflection post after being out in the real

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • January 20, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Post-engagement, pre-Bahamas An exciting week!

  

  future reference. A cool thing that I find amusing We went over to the ... space over the main entrance to the museum are the vehicles Daedalus (a ... this to the MoS staff member responsible for renting the facilities, and

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 2, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Recap: SHASS Lightning Talks @ CPW some projects in the social sciences and humanities at MIT

  

  fields with MIT; our co-identification with STEM is a core strength of the institutional brand and our role in the popular imaginary. But, as a graduate of ... excited (maybe a bit too excited) to talk about the Institute's considerable

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 28, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Did the quadratic formula explode?

  

  ) I have to do for the office. My silly notion that when I blog, it ... "Not the same few colleges," which also consumes a reasonable amount of ... regardless of where you end up for school, you'll be able to get a great

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 16, 2004
• Blog / Classes

  day one welcome back

  

  other courses I want for the remainder of the day. Today, in artificial ... any requirements. I walk into the classroom and a bunch of people wave at me. Most are from the First-Year Pre-Orientation Program I was a

  • by Rona W. '23
  • September 9, 2021
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Seasons of Spam Next up: a Nostalgic entry about my frosh year. After Finals. Maybe.

  

  ends Let's celebrate Remember a year in chain email spam Remember the ... forming for like 3 blocks down a side street. At 6:45, after much scuffling ... , the store isn't bad - and yay for getting another free shirt. :)

  • by Chris S. '11
  • May 16, 2008