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• Blog / Personal Travel

  a most beautiful camping trip it's always good to get back to nature <3

  

  dorm room, open my eyes for real, and take in the world. There's a lot ... It's pretty common at MIT for living groups to take advantage of the ... luxury!!) to go on fun trips and retreats. On Friday, my floor, Putz

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • October 17, 2019
• Blog / Community Projects

  A Field Trip Every day brings something new.

  

  ’ve corresponded back and forth with a number of the student leaders in these groups ... their workshop. I think I’ll get a chance to go back next week and explore a little more - but in the mean time, just thought I’d share these

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • March 22, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Bit About Me Growing up on a healthy diet of prime time television and MMORPGs

  

  I'm what you'd call a product of prime time television. In my ... Cailou (a show my young sister was adamant to watch) I'd saunter off to the ... levels in WoW, FlyFF, Maplestory, or whatever other free to play MMORPG I

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • July 22, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Case of the Saturdays This is the true story of 5 mechanical engineers and 1 neuroscientist selected to spend…

  

  you in August), we got to Six Flags and began an engineer's tour of a ... engineers at a theme park waiting in line to get on a roller coaster and you ... dance. He danced to a diddy called "Welcome to Six Flags New England

  • by Bryan
  • July 16, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  6 / New Year, New Me Looking back, looking forward & staying in the present

  

  after 7pm Got stuck in Stuttgart returning back to Zürich because of a ... Learned to cook a traditional Czech meal in Prague Went to my first wine ... , and went to my first bar in the US FALL Started a new series for

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • January 12, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  Teaching Splash (and Overcoming the Impostor Syndrome) guest post by Haley C. '18

  

  the morning and headed over to check-in. This is a three-hour shift of ... working in a haze trying to make sure I was completely caught up in my ... to shed those worries as soon as I was in front of a classroom. My

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • January 18, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  I’m a believer Bikes! They're totally worth it.

  

  've bought a shower curtain for every suite I've lived in. The A21 suite has a ... OMG. Bikes are amazing. So, I'll admit it: I'm stubborn. I like to say that I'm "tenacious", but what I really mean is that I am set in my

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 15, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  FAQ for Maker Portfolios You have questions - I have answers!

  

  , while I've been making things in my spare time, we've also been getting a ... website.   Q2) What is a Maker Portfolio? A2) We want to see how you ... , images, and video to record it. In total, all video elements must be less

  • by Dr. Dawn '04, MS '06, PhD '11
  • October 1, 2013
• Blog / MISTI

  Mussels and Brussels Lessons in engineering and culture from a nation of kindness

  

  know to work on a project that covers subjects in chemical engineering ... an international intern before. A few nerves started to kick in, but I ... participate in MISTI. When senior year rolled around, I decided that a 5-month

  • by MISTI Program
  • August 6, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Recollections of a Stranded Traveler IHTFP: I Have To Find a Plane. In the meantime, I reflect on happier interpretations…

  

  Maxwell's Equations in a Vacuum. Certain events, however, tend to stick out ... biology notes in a sleepthirsty stupor and was preparing to dive into ... lounged in line for around an hour to rebook a flight. As of this posting

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • December 23, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Q&A: Round One Q&A, Round One. Keep the questions coming!

  

  have a schedule that I stick to. I'm not one to sleep in really, so I spend some of my free time trying to get ahead in classes, etc. I try to ... 'll make sure to devote a longer blog entry to this in the near future. Given

  • by Bryan
  • November 16, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Weekend Update A couple FAQs and others tidbits.

  

  . 1. If you send in your reply form to MIT telling us that you're coming (and if you have decided to come, please do send it in!), we will reply to you with a postcard letting you know we have received your reply

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 14, 2006
• Blog / Athletics

  ice skating don't fall

  

  center of gravity closer to the ground cj: ah, just like in every other ... once, in a past life wayne: oh cj: tries going a little more. why is ... supposed to balance when you have a foot up wayne: well how do you balance

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 16, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Top Ten of All Time; 2024 Edition ft. Barack Obama aka Minesweeper Monday EP 2

  

  In this episode, which was most certainly posted on a Monday, I talk about making a pizza, and how Simmons hall doesn't have a sheet pan in any of the 6 kitchens, but has a muffin tray in every single one?? None of

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • January 7, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  See your name among the stars… Forget having your name written in lights, get it written on a spacecraft!

  

  the ads to fund their project to launch a student-designed small unmanned spacecraft in 2010. "Choose a location on the outside of the spacecraft and get pictures of your content photographed in space. Choose a

  • by Melis A. '08
  • November 3, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Famous people who didn’t go to MIT Some people are more successful because they turned down admission to MIT.

  

  Gillespie applied to MIT from a relatively small public school in Georgia. He was the first applicant from his school to MIT in a long time, perhaps ... .R. Hildebrand applied to MIT from a strong public high school in the Bay Area of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 23, 2010
• FAQ / First-year application

  Do students apply to a specific major?

  Here's one less thing to worry about when applying to MIT: Students apply to MIT for general admission and select a major at the end of the ... doesn't have any impact on admission decisions. In fact, a large
• Blog / MIT Life

  Q&A, Vol. II A sort-of guest post

  

  ... aren't you supposed to be in school?" which is totally a legitimate ... ' stuff I want to tell you guys about (including a video of the Simmons project in case you couldn't come to CPW and see it for yourself), but I

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • April 18, 2011
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  21st Century Education? Food for thought.

  

  to develop the most in college? 2. What are the most important classes ... So I just read this article in Time Magazine about bringing schools out of the 20th century. So putting this in the context of your

  • by Bryan
  • December 17, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Pi Day = Mail Day? Too Early To Know No official mail date yet.

  

  Hi everyone, There have been a lot of comments in the blogs that we ... we don't yet have a mail date set for this year. Just wanted to clarify - it will indeed be in mid-March, but Mail Day depends on a variety of

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 21, 2006