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• Blog / MIT Life

  #tbt: MIT Cribs Digging up some old freshman-year blog posts

  

  myself, I found the old blog that I submitted as part of my blogger ... unread in a tiny corner of the internet, so I can dust off the MIT ... abundance of free time was a given) I’ve been spending less time on the

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • March 5, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Deadline-time Questions Omnibus Answering all of your questions. See you in 2007!

  

  's degree. [...] Do I have any chance of getting in to the Physics M ... caused by the earthquake off the coast of Taiwan. If Internet problems ... advance of the deadline. 3. Relax. Here goes

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 29, 2006
• FAQ / First-year application

  Does MIT offer a foundation year?

  their foundation year is not considered the first year of university in the country where they study. ... MIT does not offer a foundation year program. Students currently
• Blog / Admissions

  California Love a week in the life of an admissions officer on the road

  

  paved bike path along the coast of South Bay. I started down at King ... students about MIT. The goal of these presentations is to demystify the ... direct to LAX. I spent most of the flight napping and reading back issues

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 12, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Siete Ciudades de España A very busy IAP

  

  beachy city on the Eastern Coast of Spain. When I first showed up and ... beautiful 270 degree view of the entire of city of Barcelona, the ocean in the ... This IAP was my first time ever outside of the United States! El

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • March 6, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Saturday

  

  getting ready to play (and sweep) the Coast Guard Academy in an afternoon ... Merritt Roe Smith. After the brunches, all of the dorms provided house ... Battle of the Bands. Here, Huanan and Bryan sport their BotB shirts, so

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 11, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Thanks, man I'm feeling human again.

  

  the mountains with their shadows. I'm sitting on the porch of a coffeehouse in the railyard with a spoonful of melted ice cream, accidentally eavesdropping on the telephone conversation of the pretty lady behind me, watching

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • August 27, 2013
• Blog / Events

  Spring Weekend Concert Announced: Fabolous and Lloyd Banks

  

  One of the biggest events of the spring at MIT is always "Spring Weekend," and the highlight of the weekend is the annual Spring Concert ... cool events. On the Friday afternoon of every Spring Weekend, you'll find

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 23, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  All Hail the Working People Living down the 40-hour work week.

  

  My rest & relaxation days ended in the beginning of July. After ... TV, and the company of old friends, I was definitely not looking ... my first taste of the working life. (P.S. One of my favorite moments

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • July 31, 2010
• Blog / Hacks

  Harry Potter and the Infinite Corridor (updated!) Don't even try to post a spoiler.

  

  Currently at Au Bon Pain in Harvard Square awaiting the arrival of ... ... try the Kickboxing PE Class Looking for History of Magic, try: 21A.211 ... Numbers Looking for Muggle Studies, try any one of the many classes the HASS

  • by Bryan
  • July 20, 2007
• Blog / Events

  The end, my friend Pictures from my graduation :(

  

  am: Ah, the bond of the brass rat: At 9:45ish, we began to leave ... members of the MIT community stood on Amherst Alley and Memorial Drive to ... presidents, and the president of the MIT Corporation. Then, it was time to call

  • by Melis A. '08
  • June 7, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Twenty-One Days Abroad in Twenty-One Photographs a curated photo dump of an IAP in Spain

  

  afternoon, you could almost always start to feel the warming rays of sunshine ... Over IAP, I had the opportunity to participate in one of MIT's IAP ... overarching theme: "seeing Spain" from the perspective of insiders and outsiders

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • February 8, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Pursuing multiple fields

  

  DiffEq) math subject So, that's a total of 156 units beyond the General ... going to have to take close to the same large number of units as before ... /humanities) or 21E (for engineering/humanities). For either of these degrees, you

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • August 13, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Day in the Life (2)… [Mathematics] Studying math at Cambridge and MIT.

  

  Exchange offers a wide range of experiences and can depend significantly on ... of individual motivation and tenacity to make it through the year successfully, i.e. earning first-degree class marks on the exams. In particular

  • by Cambridge
  • May 4, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  An MIT survival guide

  

  This is a list I made at the end of my freshman year in the reading ... give me enough alertness to get me through the rest of my day... plus it ... than the stuff out of microwave boxes. 6. Videos and pizza with friends

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 5, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Making it work. In which I just carry on. Where's Andrae when I need him?

  

  DID YOU KNOW? ...about the legend of RB Woodward? RB Woodward, MIT SB '36, PhD '37, basically came up with the idea of using spectroscopy to determine the structure of organic compounds. This is about as

  • by Sam M. '07
  • March 3, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  ISEF, BAMF, and other west coast adventures planning my next two weeks

  

  to San Francisco. I'll be spending two weeks on the left coast for a ... kinds of trips retrospectively but figured I'd lead on the front end for ... blogs for the rest of the month, b) alert Californians to some interesting

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 13, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Campos on Campus A True Westside Story

  

  /o organizations at different elite east coast colleges. The theme of LUCh ... IAP externship offer for the month of January and had the opportunity ... to think of myself as someone who asks the tough questions and is not

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • June 20, 2009
• Blog / Life after MIT

  MEng (Masters of Engineering) Learn about the masters plans of Phil '05 and Laura '06.

  

  ? Consider the stories of Phil '05 and Laura '06. Phil '05 (who got his ... he strongly encourages you to check out a complete listing of all the ... more of the following: 1. Design of a system followed by construction

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • June 13, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2600 Years of the University college life since 600 BCE, as told by Prof. Shailendra Mehta

  

  Mehta, The University of the Future: Lessons from a 2600 Year History. This blog post is a summary of the event ... development of higher education in India. After the final five Indian

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 21, 2016