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• Blog / Admissions

  There is still no magic formula ...but there are a few key ingredients

  

  -written applications) to a largely digital one (with applications and supporting ... undertaken by prospective students that ultimately leads to a college choice ... ) thing that the reader/admission officer needs to know in order to

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • October 13, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Writing is useful for science. Surprise!

  

  's hard to pull together all that information and construct your case in a ... (universities, etc) -- some have a particular amount of time allotted to X ... example, and a zillion astronomers who want to collect data with it; during

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 30, 2013
• Blog / Classes

  Holding pattern undergrad | me | graduation

  

  pleasant surprise. Plus, I volunteered to be a lab assistant in 2.00b: Toy ... . I've been dabbling in guitar for a while, maybe it's time to do some ... ) mechanical engineering class, and (1) thesis in order to graduate. And that

  • by Taylor V. '19
  • April 6, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Freebie I love freebies!

  

  running. We're meeting with a manufacturer in a couple of weeks to discuss ... form. Although I'm excited to have new classes and a fresh start, a new ... so I'm going to try to put a lot of effort into it. Toy Design = This

  • by Snively '11
  • August 21, 2008
• Blog / Uncategorized

  our perpetual battle with the mit weather machine spinning arts needs a shaman

  

  during CPW fireshow. In fact, the last time we did not have a rain threat ... the only one standing in the way of a dry and happy audience and the ... . I would like to think it is a short and shriveling twig casting a

  • by Anika H. '26, MEng '27
  • November 15, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fredventure, Part 3 Showtime!

  

  finally complete! Djuena then taught us the lyrics to a song in the Ticuna ... for the first time in a week, I also thought about how lucky I was to be ... thought I’d have to give up my identity of being a musician in favour of

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • May 10, 2023
• Blog / Events

  Dark Side of the Moon And everything under the sun is in tune, but the sun is eclipsed by the…

  

  So in case you didn't know, there's a eclipse going on. A total ... , however, get a fairly decent photo of those people who decided to watch the ... in the middle of writing a HASS paper on the Hippocratic Oath, so I

  • by Paul B. '11
  • February 20, 2008
• Blog / Events

  When Friday Arrives… A glimpse into my social life, among other things.

  

  forward to this weekend. Earlier tonight, a handful of friends and I went to ... joys of MIT. In actuality, I have much, much more to say - but for now ... choosing your Athena names. Basically, do your best to pick a name you

  • by Paul B. '11
  • May 10, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Two short stories My last three weeks in a nutshell.

  

  I've never thought of myself as a sorority girl. In fact, I ... was convinced that joining a sorority was not the way to go. Anyway, my ... dry. Suffice it to say I was not expected to participate in sorority

  • by Keri G. '10
  • September 24, 2007
• Blog / Events

  The Tale of a Frosh once upon a cold November

  

  to pummel an innocent robot with a hammer. In return, the Frosh got a ... ’s a lesson the Frosh will carry on from this: “It’s way better to work ... production than Hollywood, for sure. A fortnight ago, the Frosh went to an MIT

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • November 30, 2014
• Blog / Announcements

  MIT EA decisions to be posted Saturday, 12/18/21, 3:14 PM ET i guess the title kind of says it all, huh?

  

  ME  IN A MICKEY MOUSE HAT kellen: but they won't be able to see your ... 've brought you both here today because i need to announce a decision date for early action, and because you are the closest in age to the 2026s and I am

  • by kellen manning
  • December 13, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  Summer begins And I get a brief vacation.

  

  -Orientation Program run by students in the physics department. I'm going to be a ... : Yep! TSA Agent: Wow, physics. Great time to be a physicist, with all the ... the same time was thrilled to have a change of scenery (finals period

  • by Anna H. '14
  • May 25, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  knot again my spread for Infinite Magazine Issue 9

  

  did their hair and makeup. We tried to go for a grunge-y look in both ... for the magazine. Once again, because I wanted to practice in a variety ... . In addition to just resulting in a cool end product, the spread also

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • February 20, 2022
• Blog / How to MIT

  The Romance of Learning rainy days, language tests, and a book called Babel

  

  swimming in the back of my mind as I scootered across the bridge to my test ... interview in Japanese conducted by my professor, where a partner and I were ... learned in the previous units. After I finished the test, I wandered to

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • October 23, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fun with Legos A photo journal of THE coolest room I've ever seen.

  

  So all freshmen are assigned to a faculty advisor who helps them make ... advisor, which is an upperclassman who acts as a something of a mentor to ... thing that's cut off to the left of the photo- that's a phone booth. For

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 6, 2005
• Blog / Public Statements

  Asking for letters of recommendation (during a pandemic) tl;dr: mostly the same as during normal times, but clarifying some points of anxiety

  

  , and how hard I worked to get an A in it, coming in every lunch to work ... have known me for a few weeks]. Who should I ask to write letters on my ... we don't have a strong expectation in the first place). But this could

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 6, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Roundup Some Links to Summarize this Summer

  

  . Learning to drive stick-shift in a car that once belonged to my favorite ... much yet. My teacher is Rob, a photographer I met in a coffee shop ... looks to me: like the sky is a shield, cracking open momentarily to reveal

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • July 3, 2014
• Blog / Events

  Commencement 2009 Oh hey, I'm an alum.

  

  the details of the day explained to us. No such luck. We checked in at a ... all stayed in the right order. Not a single thing was ever explained to ... , back in the day, we used to get our decision letters in the mail. I'm a

  • by Laura N. '09
  • August 28, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sorry 6.003 Wherein my senioritis starts getting just a little ridiculous.

  

  to do. I have lecture twice a week. In recitations, a non ... information that she found in a women's fitness magazine at the Z-Center while ... print out a copy of this entry and submit that. So in 6.003 there are

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 7, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  at least it’s not covid sick day

  

  to trigger vomiting. but i haven't had a cold in years, let alone one ... be a flagrant violation of rules to attend class, and a bad idea anyway ... to a medlink. medlinks are student liaisons with mit medical. i might

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 23, 2022