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• Blog / Admissions

  Build awesome What to do if you like to build stuff.

  

  can provide lots of great ideas. I hope that if you're interested in ... "I like to build things. What can I do to show my stuff?" I get this ... -scratch inventions and creations get our attention in the same way that many of those

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 11, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  A CPW Challenge I hope Chris Peterson doesn't fire me for too many prefrosh stealing his nametag...

  

  come to the Student Center to check in tomorrow*? Oh no! How will I ever ... Beaver Spell out "MIT" with your new CPW-friends in front of your ... . If you can't come to CPW, don't worry, I still love you! And I'm *super

  • by Kate R. '14
  • April 7, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  This title is irrelevant In which I discuss two important aspects of undergraduate life: scientific research and climbing stairs.

  

  letter to MIT, I glimpsed a beautiful future in which all of life ... universe. It was a blurry moment of vague, smudgy happiness that I couldn ... of stairs in two hours on Friday night. That's 12 times up the tallest

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • January 28, 2009
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Homecoming some musings on memory

  

  sun, directly overhead. I have a memory of lying down in Kresge Lawn ... great, hanging out with someone, when I spent most of that summer alone in ... leads you. One. Don't look: what's the color of the floor in the room you

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 13, 2021
• Blog / About Decisions

  Things To Do While Waiting for Decisions, Part II Relax! Take it eee-aaa-sy!

  

  majors (this post is long overdue, I know). In the mean time, if you can ... So I just read Ben's post regarding the official release date of ... be scared together because in six days, I'll be six days closer to

  • by Jess K. '10
  • December 10, 2007
• Blog / Events

  Religious Discussions Yes, there are non-atheists at MIT. But they still like science jokes.

  

  reading. In general, though, I'm a big fan of fantasy, however cheesy and ... work hours. But today I was finally able to attend one of the seminars I ... his personal spiritual encounter?" and "As a scientist, how can I

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 24, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Answers To Your Questions ...and happy thanksgiving!

  

  clash of my exam and i couln't give it. in december i have my exam again ... some time to process the reports. Also, can I send in a research paper I ... university (Univ of British Columbia), can I still apply as a freshman when I

  • by Ben Jones
  • November 22, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT launches AI Education website I worked on this cool thing for my UROP!

  

  some frequent readers of the blogs might know, I have a UROP at the Media Lab that I adore and pour a lot of my time and energy into. Recently, a ... , and current research projects that you can check out. I also cheated on

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • April 6, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Folding with Flair Adding a third dimension to boring old paper

  

  because of a book I’d found in the school library. It contained a variety of ... in a “draft” blog post when I applied to be a blogger. That draft never saw the light of day (mostly because I forgot about it until last

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • August 4, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  Finding Time for you know, things that aren't psets.

  

  So I've been in classes here for, as of yesterday, one whole month ... increasing in uselessness.   I've been doing all that, and a lot of ... before hand. I'm as scheduled as I possibly can be (which is not a lot

  • by Joe B. '18
  • October 4, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Outside The Bubble Life? Oh yeah, I forgot I had one...

  

  matter is, as much as I love being in the Bubble Universe (where else can ... ’ll take what I can get.) Additionally, every once in a while it’s nice to ... Sorry I’ve been a little MIA, folks. I am fully aware of my absence

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • October 28, 2010
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  dance dance dance! a weekend of trying to try everything

  

  everything. I’m in clubs and choirs, running events, and starting (and ... everything I can. If you've ever seen me near music, you'll quickly learn that I love to dance. I’m a Minecraft parrot—put any kind of music near me

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • September 17, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Orgo Birthday Happy birthday, Ting Ting!

  

  that; can you explain it again?"; and "wait, WHAT?!" Questions I asked in ... rest of your freshman class, you can. I'm only taking half of my classes ... promise I haven't fallen off the earth! Coming off of pass/no record, though

  • by Jess K. '10
  • March 14, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Visualize whirled peas

  

  I don't want to alarm those of you in California, Texas, Florida ... can really focus on your application. Most of the people in our office ... find me (though I beg you to not seek me out in any of these places

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 12, 2004
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Wooo Summer The goal as usual is to do ALL the things

  

  of my week in the lab.  I am continuing with my research from second ... I know this is delayed, but I never got to write an end-of ... ended, but I'd like to sum things up in one post and just get it all out

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • July 15, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  If you give a girl an assignment… ...she's going to ask if she can blog about it.

  

  execute it well, I can dig it – but I’m looking for authenticity of spirit ... promised him I’d be civil) of Luhrmann’s adaptation. Away we go! For those ... ’ve got that out of the way, let’s cut to the chase. I'm going to save you

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • March 2, 2011
• Blog / Events

  RecomMITted On Ring Delivery and the halfway mark

  

  . Nearly two years of the Institvte, I can't see myself wanting to be ... I — all of Class of 2019 — had been looking forward to this day all ... every time I turned on my phone the number of days until Delivery. It

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • May 2, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  More Cool Data Stuff, ft. Immersion I just really like data visualizations, plz don't judge

  

  in the first half of the first semester, then I imagine that this graph ... I emerge from three weeks of being fairly hosed WITH MORE COOL DATA ... . The Media Lab is much better at this sort of stuff than I am, after all

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • November 5, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Back From Vacation Tales of swing sets and answers to the various questions in my inbox.

  

  is the deposit to secure my place in the class of 2010? Where do I send ... will begin looking at candidates during the week of May 8. How can I ... all affect your chances of being chosen. In other words - if you don

  • by Ben Jones
  • April 18, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Decide my major! Because putting your future up for a democratic vote is clearly the way to go.

  

  (COUGHMITCOUGH), which, I mean, is a kind of a big deal and will in fact influence the rest of your life. No pressure or anything. I will weigh in with how ... of major in the comments. If you offer to bring me cookies at CPW, I

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • April 2, 2009