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• Blog / IAP

  In The City That Never Sleeps NEEEEEEEEW YORK CIIIIIIIIITY

  

   not in Spain and I was left with effectively nothing to do this IAP ... , I applied to two different UROPs for this IAP and spring: A Marvel ... semester in CMS.300 Intro to Videogame Theory. In addition to this, I am

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 17, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Adventures of a Morning Person rise and shine

  

  naturally wake up very early. I know, it's a nice "problem" to have ... a stressful rush to get to school on time for first period. Here, each ... , depending on the time of my earliest class on a given day, I have three to

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • January 14, 2019
• Blog / Classes

  A lively Dead Week what i've been up to

  

  ). In the leadup to cruftmas, the hall is always frenzied with a dozen ... really fricking needed to study. So I put in a load of laundry (a more ... , but we still call it Dead Week, and I'd say we manage to cram about a

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • December 18, 2019
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  It’s Nice to Meet You Finding my confidence through inline skating.

  

  she was in tears, unable to do a move called the pivot. And I was ... . As a way to be a positive force in their community. As a method of ... When I introduce myself in new groups, a lot of times I bring that up

  • by Caroline M. '18
  • March 29, 2018
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  [Guest Post] A Day in the Life of a Clown College Student by Joy X. Clown College ‘29

  

  ’re due to pass by MIT in a few months on our way to West Virginia ... year, I received a letter in my mailbox that would change my life forever ... application to a “Clown College” on CommonApp. Perhaps those car insurance

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • April 1, 2026
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Two quick items from the web Anthropology of War and Peace, and a ton of snow at Chi Phi.

  

  substantial entries to come this week): First, I saw a link on a military blog (Naval Open Source Intelligence) to a relevant MIT OpenCourseWare course ... as a class which "examines war in cross-cultural perspective, asking

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 3, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  The Decisions Are Not In The Mail Bad language on MyMIT.

  

  fixed in a few hours. Sorry for any confusion! Ben ... Hi folks, I see in the comments from my last entry that MyMIT is telling people that decisions have been mailed. I've asked the tech folks to

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 20, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  grad school vs. undergrad should you MEng?

  

  fellowship. In particular, we have the 6-A program, which allows you to intern ... everyone to write a thesis, which usually means working in a lab and gaining ... major.) To graduate in a timely manner, I had to take four computer

  • by Rona W. '23
  • December 9, 2023
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  I’M BACK!!! This, kids, is why you should store your passwords somewhere safe, just in case Firefox…

  

  without a way to recover my saved passwords in firefox (my partially ... 've finally succeeded in hacking my own account, which presents a strange ... here is a puppy for your trouble: If you just skipped directly to

  • by Chris M. '12
  • April 9, 2009
• FAQ / Life and culture

  What kind of student support services are available?

  something going on in your life, you feel too ill to take an exam, you ... Being a student at MIT can sometimes feel like drinking from a fire hose and Student Support Services (S3) is available to help you manage
• Blog / Events

  A Morning With Sir Tim Berners-Lee This morning I attended a lecture in Stata, given by Sir Tim Berners-Lee, the guy…

  

  question. It was a bit weird to be sitting in the same room with the guy who ... This morning I attended a lecture in Stata, given by Sir Tim Berners ... - in person he's just a guy. Not the guy who revolutionized everything

  • by Ben Jones
  • June 1, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Let’s Get Down to Business 'Tis the eve of a new semester.

  

  semester. I loved biology in high school - mainly because I had a great ... may have heard of. Towards the end of the year, we also got a chance to tour an MRI lab and take a look at the psychology in movies like "I am

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • February 1, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT of the Late 1800s, According to the Students snippets of history from the first 10 yearbooks

  

  relevant to students in 2016 A.D.): Lastly, here is an 1895 ... committment to diversity. In fact, as early as 1917, the Boston Daily Globe reported that "few, if any institutions, in the United States have a higher

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • August 27, 2016
• Blog / Community Projects

  A Picture is Worth a Thousand Balloons Literally. One thousand. Like, a one with 3 zeros. One times ten to the third.…

  

  stuff, Ruth ‘07 spent a week in New Orleans, so we, her floormates, decided to welcome her return with a nice poster:   And a few ballons ... bought at Target operated on a 12 volt car battery, so he had to get

  • by Laura N. '09
  • December 2, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Application Cycle Your MIT application is just the beginning

  

  I will try to make a difference in the world within my field. Then I ... applications to a Rhodes district. There are 16 districts in the country, and you ... ’ll try to address them in my next entry. And finally, I’d like to extend a

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 1, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  How to Foil a UFO Abduction 1. Control your thoughts.

  

  that will do far more to help your application than to sit in a classroom ... used to be a hotel! - and is in a really convenient location. So we have ... orange books that tell you everything from how to do a 360 with your car to

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 26, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Looked outside my window, and what did I see I probably shouldn't be surprised, but I am.

  

  impossible to try and capture it all in a blog. Never fear though, I'll figure ... to draw some pictures to factor out a few thousand words. ... This is probably one of the last things I was expecting to see when I

  • by Chris M. '12
  • May 3, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I’m Shipping Up to Boston and I lost my leg! Whoah oh oh..

  

  all the feeling there decided to concurrently take a few hours off to ... it occurs to me that Dentist and Nurse are probably involved in some ... also cannot feel.) This year, as opposed to last year when I was a

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 31, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Blog Entry: Recession Edition At MIT, your spoon is too big.

  

  decreased in a geometric series. It is predicted that Paul would have finished ... “too hosed” with homework to participate in the social event, eventually ... into the kitchen to enjoy a free dinner. Remarking on the quality of the

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • September 21, 2009
• Blog / Events

  Nate Silver visits MIT (or, do witches exist in real life?) No, he can't predict the outcome of your admissions decision. Probably.

  

  'll attempt to do him justice in a few lines.  He is: a prediction wizard and ... say that Nate Silver is as close to a rock star as you can get in the ... currently wrestling - is the freedom to work in my underpants. I'm living the

  • by Michael C. '16
  • March 1, 2013