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• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Lot Can Happen in 7 Days

  

  research on what the VR trends would be in 2017 and found out that a lot VR ... really about to spend the money to book a flight to Vegas to go to CES in ... January 5th, I was in Vegas.     Vegas was like a dream

  • by Erick P. '17
  • January 14, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Q&A I asked current freshmen about the things they wish they knew for their CPW!

  

  programs you are interested in, and try to see how well MIT is a fit for you ... academic events across campus.  Getting a feel for what MIT is like in the ... also have MIT Medical right here on campus, which has a walk-in urgent

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • April 9, 2014
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  V&Q&A Video, Questions, and Answers

  

  chance, which is why I’ve been reaching out to others in the GEL Program ... very appealing. Maggie: I actually had a phase in high school where I ... involved in a school newspaper with fellow engineers and scientists, not

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • February 3, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Once upon a time Who I was in high school.

  

  had 530 kids in it, but there was a small core of smart kids who had ... pressure to get A's in high school, although that doesn't mean I actually ... generally had a few too many irons in the fire. From the journal: I am so

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 19, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  MIT: Round 2

  

  : Round 2 has been completely different, in a very good way. My program is ... Grad Student”. I start my second year of a dual degree program in transportation and city planning in a few weeks. I am rushing to finish up my

  • by Becca H. '12
  • August 9, 2014
• Blog / Challenges

  How I got mugged in the frozen foods section. So, MIT is kind of like a turkey and provolone Subway sandwich.

  

  Potter, and I had to get Dumbledore’s help because I was hiding in a broom ... a really good blog entry in general. But then I woke up and was ... for it, and then I somehow got involved in a gang fight in a supermarket

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • January 5, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  it’s only a matter of time a post for the deferred

  

  extemp. Extemp is a speech event where competitors are given a choice of ... , disappointment rapidly setting in. I refreshed the website a couple times to make ... another blow to my confidence. I went and hid in a corner of the university

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • December 20, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Lost in the Pages of the Institute are we out of the woods yet, are we in the clear yet

  

  dexterity. There’s a ton of people in MIT who play the piano (and everything ... grave (in sheer delight, not ghostly rage). There’s also a piano on the ... mean, why would it need scrutiny, right? But in a markedly different way

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • October 25, 2014
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  A Day at Stanford University wait, what?

  

  maaaaybe I exaggerated some of those things. After all, this is based on a ... break, I decided to visit some of my Stanford friends and spend a day in ... low-income students all around the Bay Area. In short, it's a magic

  • by Allan K. '17
  • June 3, 2014
• Blog / Challenges

  in an effort to be whole again recovery

  

  going in and out of MIT Medical for the past three weeks for a mix of ... life, MIT, and existence in general. It was a very well needed break and ... in a cafe in Back Bay and typing this very blogpost to talk about my

  • by Cami M. '23
  • September 23, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  In which I am no longer new here ...well, it's true.

  

  . In my homeland, snow is only a myth. My fanatical, creepy ... number of Sonic Youth albums in my music collection is a little ridiculous ... My name is Keri Garel, and nothing else in my bio is true anymore

  • by Keri G. '10
  • August 11, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Sign of Things to Come If Paul Revere went to MIT, he'd say, "The psets are coming. The psets are…

  

  I guess summer is coming to a close. My schedule was posted on WebSIS. :-( [In all honesty, I'm actually really looking forward to this semester ... for a while.] The double :-( :-( is my Friday. 2 - 4 pm

  • by Bryan
  • August 22, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  American culture at its finest: Thanksgiving How my family celebrates the holiday. Plus a crash course in U.S. culture for internationals.

  

  !) is Thanksgiving day, which is a BIG DEAL in the U.S. Considering the ... their families to take part in a few time-honored traditions: huge, home ... in the 20s because a large number of Macy's employees were new

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 27, 2008
• Blog / Athletics

  defense the other bloggers didn’t believe i could write a post about basketball

  

  player on offense there is a defender somewhere in their vicinity modern ... i. basketball everything in this section is only approximately correct. basketball is a complicated sport and there are many exceptions to

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • May 20, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Selection begins Picking the Class of 2010.

  

  . As is my custom, I wore a tie today, out of respect for the applicants ... applicants is astonishing. Basically, selection works like this. We've spent a ... , defer, deny) is. Because we have a clear idea of qualities we are looking

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 2, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Dear July A video experiment just for the heck of it

  

  Hey friends! This post is a little unconventional and inspired ... featured in a blog post tomorrow, immediately following our final ... in my 30 day trial period to tinker around and make a couple videos for

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • July 30, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  So the rest of your decisions are coming in and let's take a second to talk about it

  

  uncertainty, in itself, is psychologically agonizing. Patience is a rare virtue ... week and next. I remember this week in late March as a very scary time ... enough to yet be materialized as a concrete “you’re in!” or “we regret to

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • March 27, 2015
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  An MIT FAQ Because it's better to laugh at blatant stereotypes than to let them make you angry

  

  Recently, in my wanderings around the internet (that is to say, the ... things like this, but my boyfriend is trying to make me into a better ... the most in the nation) and 35 club sports teams, plus a thriving

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 28, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Some virtuosos play $4 million violins, and some Trojan heros wear brass rats $4 million violins, not 4 million violins. Joshua Bell isn't *that* intense.

  

  bios, you see things like "Aeneas is a first-year Ph.D. student in Applied Math," "Dido is a sophomore...majoring in Computer Science," and ... productions are so special: "Dido is a sophomore...majoring in Computer

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 22, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Weekend Update A couple FAQs and others tidbits.

  

  in on all of the details soon. Relatedly, I will also be doing a small ... Director of Admissions to Associate Director of Admissions (yes, this is a ... anywhere. Also in the right-hand navbar, at the bottom there's a section

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 14, 2006