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• Blog / Hacks

  MIT hacks Caltech

  

  fire it at important events. Guess where the cannon is as I type this ... Building. There was a pretty plaque to go with the cannon. As you can see, Howe & Ser Moving Co. (read the plaque in the picture) has their own

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • April 6, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet the Admissions Officers: Alia Burton ‘05 Name: Alia Burton; Job title: Admissions Counselor; Hometown: Philadelphia, PA

  

  : interesting and brilliant people; students of every major can take nearly any class and do research in any department; "nerdiness" and quirkiness aren ... show through in your essay(s). Share your goals, interests and

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 28, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT ISEF Lunch

  

  Assistant Director of Admissions Matt McGann. I hope you can join us! MIT ISEF ... I've gotten a few search engine hits for "MIT ISEF Luncheon," so for ... . Majerle's has been named the "best lunch spot" in downtown Phoenix, and we

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 11, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT Early Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  in between. We can't wait to welcome them to campus to join the 4 ... with care, and it is final. I know this can be a difficult decision to ... available in the application portal. To check your decision, login to the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 19, 2020
• Blog / Events

  My Kind Of Party Consider this your first frat party.

  

  think wild and crazy kids in togas. If by togas you mean suits and ties ... , a soiree if you will. I think the only crazy part of this party might have been my choice in shirt and tie combination. Basically, each

  • by Bryan
  • September 27, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  djent is not a djenre or is it?

  

  Sometime in high school, I was trying to break the ice at a group ... further.  Many many years later, I understand [annotation note="in case it ... syncopations characteristic of djent. Therefore I can proudly say that I

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • December 22, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  Scholarship Opportunity: Davidson Fellows A look at a scholarship worth up to $50,000, and some past MIT winners.

  

  Having read MIT applications for a long time now, I know that MIT applicants and students are quite a talented bunch. As such, I try to look out for good opportunities, and when one recently appeared in my inbox, I

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

  Guest Post: Taylor Pons from the First-Gen Program #FirstGenPride

  community what it is!   Hey there MIT Blogs! I’m Taylor, and I work in ... One of the coolest parts of my job is that I actually get to spend a ... calls) getting to know staff members who work at MIT in different roles

  • by DJ Rock
  • April 14, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Solar Eclipses and Bloggers bloggers around the country all watching the eclipse

  

  Earth. To someone standing on Earth, the Moon would cover the Sun. In a ... direct sunlight. The day becomes dark and you can see the stars. Some ... sun.   Elizabeth C. '13 and I watched the solar eclipse from

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 22, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Walk of the Strandbeest "New life forms" with PVC skeletons march on the Media Lab

  

  new nature. I make skeletons that walk on the wind so they don't have to ... surviving the elements such as storm and water and eventually I want to put these animals out in herds on the beaches, so they will live their own

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • September 16, 2015
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Every August a million small moments

  

  'm respectfully crufting in the background. But every August - when I start hearing ... remember feeling like a failure a lot. I remember being in a state of shock ... staying up until dawn in a cold November, talking to friends. I remember

  • by Piper '13
  • August 30, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Just To Be Clear: We Don’t Do Legacy anatomy of a WTF in the WSJ

  

  , that “alumni relations” are “not considered.” And I can tell you, from ... from? After a little academic archaeology, this is what I found. In an ... meritocratic to its cultural core. In fact, I think if we tried to move towards

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 25, 2012
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Guest Post: Think Pink 2011 [By Cory Hernandez, '14] G@MIT, the SAO, and Residential Life present a guide to living…

  

  knew that one was right for me. Senior Haus had a line in their i3 that ... Con, the IFC, Panhel, and the LGC. The actual Guide itself can be found in ... admissions bloggers, or visit MIT's official site for LGBT issues. I remember

  • by Emad T. '14
  • June 3, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Be A Blogger 2017!

  

  admissions authentically, but we can’t write about what it’s like to live in ... It's summer in Cambridge, which means three things: 1) A ten year ... illuminati responsible for the common core 2) I'm trying to learn to spin

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 1, 2017
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Talk to Strangers you might want to keep what they have to say forever

  

  Sometimes I can't help but wonder what people at MIT, students ... great to actually be able to just stop someone in the middle of the ... like this, or even this.* Last semester, I found the remedy to most

  • by Ana V. '15
  • July 22, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Neuroscience classes

  

  that we've taken (I'm a course 9 major and she's a double major in course ... I'd summarize them a bit so that prefrosh and incoming frosh can see ... term), I worked in a joint Brain & Cognitive Science

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • April 26, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Virtual Reality, Startups, and Donuts in a particular order

  

  in February. I knew the people who started it when they started it and ... space that I spend all day every day working in. Applicon was one of the ... Cue Monday afternoon. I'm hungry because I decided to not spend money

  • by Erick P. '17
  • November 15, 2016
• Blog / Challenges

  Centimeters to Inches A Guest Post by the talented Antonella Masini '21

  

  with tears in her eyes she’ll say: I’m home.   MIT is a truly ... alone in this pain, and that I really admire each and every one of them ... “j”s so that they could finally understand. 1 She spoke in centimeters

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • May 4, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Going Social Thinking about MIT Admissions and social media.

  

  then. And though I still can't grow a decent beard, oh how the times have ... thought of MIT because they'd find it fun too? I actually do believe in viral marketing, which is to say that I believe promotions can be as fun

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 14, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  Mind the Gap (again) About deferring admission for a year, also known as a gap year.

  

  I'm currently in Indianapolis, busy with the Intel International ... when I get a chance, but in the meantime, this is a good time to talk ... year. In the interests of time, I'm going to reprint an entry (edited

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 12, 2006