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• Blog / Admissions

  But What Are They Really Looking For? My thoughts (advice) on navigating (surviving) the college application process.

  

  full of finding out about the lives of those who are applying to MIT and ... I don’t have to navigate the crush of people during passing time I ... favorite parts of the job. If you have ever been to one of my sessions you

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • November 11, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  UROP reveal!! it's like a gender reveal but important

  

  , I sent in a bunch of UROP applications on [annotation note="The ... month (and the rest of the semester), all of my non-class related energy ... mentor, and I'm the only person responsible for actually doing any of the

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • February 11, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The waking of all creatures that live on the land Lingering at MIT with my wandering eye. UPDATED, BABY.

  

  DID YOU KNOW? i^i = e^(-pi/2) Sorry for the lack of MIT ... 're going to be important for the rest of the class. In 5.12: Organic ... , affectionately called ICE and ICE-T, taking all of the concepts from the last three

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 6, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Sentimental Objects (part four) senior trinkets

  

  This is the fourth and final installment of our sentimental objects ... usually include a picture of the ceramic mushroom itself in these posts. But ... time to do so before we left campus in what was the craziest week of our

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • May 24, 2020
• Blog / MISTI

  I jumped into the river ...black-haired Asians swam with me.

  

  line up to surf in it. Kind of like the swan boats in Boston Common, but more EXTREME! You even see a bunch of people swimming in it all the ... ! Undaunted by my cries of agony, Ling clotheslines into the water. She is

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 30, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  24 Hours From sleeping in a homeless shelter to waltzing in La Sala

  

  Bruce. The three of us speedwalked down the Infinite Corridor, and a sophomore named Kirstyn joined us. The four of us booked it across campus ... , from mid-November to mid-April. It has the most volunteers of any single

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 24, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  MIT Students Are Cool: Brian Chan edition These are the kind of people that you will go to school with.

  

  about some of the awesome and amazing people that I went to school with ... for one of the most prestigious research journals in the world: Nature ... imagine.  The Hobby Shop (one of the first MakerSpaces on campus) just

  • by Dr. Dawn '04, MS '06, PhD '11
  • October 15, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  Cats!! I love where I live!!

  

  floor in the world is my home. I live on the third floor of the east parallel of East Campus, called Tetazoo after the infamous James E. Tetazoo ... the coolest things about Tetazoo is the presence of cats. Here on

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • September 29, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Get It Done Keep On Keeping "On"

  

  be a pretty hectic time. During the October of my senior year, way back in the forgotten mists of 2004, I was editing the newspaper, the lead ... you. One of the most important characteristics of MIT students is

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 10, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  That Lovely Pre-Finals Period

  

  aspects of communication. The final report, some 33+ pages worth, is due ... changes to the GIRs (General Institute Requirements). These are the sorts of ... that the current structure of required/core classes leaves much to be

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • May 10, 2006
• Blog / Advice

  a love letter to rice cookers and a recipe

  

  a combination of random beans and lentils.  I’ve had the recipe I ... supreme. This, of course, is the primary reason, and everything else is ... combination of spices. But when I went off to college and tried to make the same

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • August 16, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  I’m Back!

  

  the first day of classes, but before I get into that, we have some ... was part of the packaging of my brand new awesome laptop): OK, I find ... won't be embarassed posting pictures of it on the Internet), this is

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 6, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Full Circle Professor Anna

  

  I’m sitting on the floor of my living room in Ithaca, New York. It’s snowing outside and the windows are cloudy with condensation. A couple of ... . After my PhD defense, I mailed the author a hard copy of my dissertation

  • by Anna H. '14
  • January 23, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  All Applicants Can Now Apply For Either Early or Regular Action MIT Admissions announces a policy change allowing international students access to either Early or Regular…

  

  I wanted to let you know of a change in the admissions process for the forthcoming admissions cycle. As you may know, in the past ... , including undocumented students) could not apply to MIT during the Early

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 7, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Q&A, Vol. II A sort-of guest post

  

  Hello folks of the blogosphere! Greetings from Columbia, MO. Now I know you are probably thinking, "Wait - but it's the middle of April ... -city's-a-madhouse, the 'tute annually gives us this four-day weekend. My favorite kind of

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • April 18, 2011
• Blog / Events

  Integration Bee If this were televised, nobody would watch the Superbowl.

  

  you will later regret as you gnaw through the fibrous lump of homework ... the fact that the reference frame of this sentence is accelerating ... Wednesday beheld the night of MIT's annual Integration Bee, the spelling bee

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • February 2, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Late Night Dial-Up Users Beware!

  

  handle it? I've decided to post all of the YouTube videos that I ... by other students, so I'd say that the content matter of these videos is pretty much in line with the interest levels of MIT Blog Readers

  • by Snively '11
  • May 11, 2008
• Blog / Events

  July 4th Pictorial FIREWORKS!

  

  . Generic picture of the boats lined up on the Charles River for the fireworks ... on TV, part of the barge actually went up in flames. Remember, you saw ... So where did I decide to watch the fireworks from? C! The MIT

  • by Bryan
  • July 7, 2006
• Blog / Classes

  classes i’m taking this spring study abroad edition

  

  examiners, i registered for what i hope will be the equivalent of 48 units at ... for each class in the entire term. this is because a lot of your grade is the final exam at the end of the term (in the summer term

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • March 22, 2024
• Blog / Prepare for MIT

  Leavetaking and homecoming

  

  liked the house we already lived in, an old adobe building at the edge of ... ’ll have to edit out the bulk of them for brevity. In the summer monsoons, the toads would dig their way out of the ground and gather outside our

  • by Amber V. '24
  • August 28, 2021