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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Term time again

  

  subject I'm poor at, and applies it to biology, a subject I'm good at. We'll see how that turns out. The application part ought to make it easier to ... know what it's going to be about. Meanwhile, since I'm being hosed by my

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • February 21, 2006
• Blog / Athletics

  Support MIT Sports!! Vote for MIT Crew!

  

  . With all the recent varsity team stuff, it can't hurt to show our teams a ... play varsity, after picking up the sport not long if at all before coming ... you just want to congratulate Crew for beating Princeton--Have at it!

  • by Chris M. '12
  • April 24, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  What’s on my mind *insert witty caption here*

  

  It's been a busy week, and I've still got a lot on my mind. As long as I can remember, I've found that writing things down is one of my ways of decompressing - imposing order on chaos, as it were. So I figured

  • by Paul B. '11
  • October 24, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  Pi(e) Day Burton 1 celebrates Pi Day as we generally like to celebrate all unofficial nerd holidays…

  

  only take a second, and I haven't blogged in so long that I got pushed ... off the front page is grape-flavored anything (it's not even a flavor, I ... .) (You are passing your classes, right?) From: jess Subject: IT

  • by Jess K. '10
  • March 18, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Fondue: fun and done A break from admissions at the Fondue party.

  

  long Saturday of working to select the class, I hopped on the Safe ... Hockfield: Other attendees (according to my handy RSVP list; it was too ... is, of course, chocolate. Lots of it. Including a yummy chocolate

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 5, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Peace Out, 2005 Saying goodbye to a great year!

  

  lessons. Some you would prefer not to learn, but in the long run, I'm sure I'll be better off from it. Here are just a few highlights of what college ... is the worst grade to get. It means you were "this close" to an A- but

  • by Bryan
  • December 31, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Return of QBert Whack-a-mole, a piano player, and a whole lot of fun. All in 24 hours or…

  

  This Sunday, QBert, a long-lost friend of my Nintendo days, and I ... describing to you the journey would be a faux-pas on my part, so here it begins ... I decided to stay the night, and it turned out to be the right

  • by Bryan
  • November 6, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  a not-so-cruel summer this one's for the girlies

  

  it is the hot girl summer //   went to The Eras Tour and over-thought, over-analyzed, over-felt every moment of it // dyed my hair purple ... way too short // didn’t regret it // caught up with old friends

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • August 10, 2023
• Blog / About Decisions

  Wait List Confirmation Form If you're on the wait list, we sent you an email last week.

  

  complete the form and submit it by April 25, 2014. In the meantime, be sure to enroll in another college/university by May 1 (even if it means ... -May, once we know how many students have enrolled and thus, how many more

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • April 7, 2014
• Blog / Hacks

  MIT wins the gold

  

  Oh look, how interesting. MIT seems to have won an Olympic gold medal ... shot from far away. Note how the medal design has a hole in the middle ... construction and securing details. It was a very windy day, but the medal

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • March 2, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Graduations

  

  I'm on my way now to my brother's graduation in Pennsylvania. I'm not really sure how it will go, or how it will compare to MIT's Commencement, but I'm sure it will be a great time. This year's MIT Commencement

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 20, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Upside-Down Letters We will get to the bottom of whatever caused this error, that much I can…

  

  MIT stationary, I cannot begin to tell you how sorry I am. That is ... be angry with us. I know that it was insulting and made an already ... understand that it was wholly unintentional. Some have remarked that it is a

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 16, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Hope for the Axolotl: On the Amphibian Extinction Crisis Happy Save the Frogs Day!

  

  the axolotl does not metamorphose, its cells are capable of reverting to ... you could tell it was one of those disappointing educational gifts that was actually picked out by the parents. I found it almost a year later

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • April 27, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Reading folders A little bit more on evaluating applications.

  

  Once upon a time, there was an application to MIT... It's a Monday ... it's a "Reading Day." I have already picked up a big stack of ... pretty surprised how many communities we do know about) with resources like

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 30, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

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

  

  things are they working on? How far have they come to get here? What do they not like and what do they absolutely love about it? Wouldn't it be ... for those of you that will eventually sign up, it's a class you can take

  • by Ana V. '15
  • July 22, 2012
• Blog / Events

  Spontaneous 5-Minute Classes on Whatever You Want These are too good not to share

  

  : it's called "Spontaneous 5-Minute Classes on Whatever You Want," and ... -minute lesson on it! Bring your wackiest topic suggestions, and watch us ... process of "WHAT???? HOW DID SOMEONE EVEN COME UP WITH THIS???"-->"I KNOW

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 14, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Admissions updates ...including the state of the mail and EA application tracking.

  

  consuming, as it does not require any essays, but does require that students ... December 20 would be the likely dates, but it could be any day in December

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 12, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  Even More for Admitted Students: Share Your Story Another open thread for '11s.

  

  means it's exactly one year to the day when I discovered I got in. In ... a giant postal tube, but it's still an exciting thing. ARE you excited? How excited? How did you react when you found out you were going to be a

  • by Jess K. '10
  • December 13, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  and i am afraid of falling a long winded chess metaphor

  

  class, but I didn't. So it's okay. "How are you feeling about it?" What do ... . How can a college class bring me to tears just at mentioning it? Shame ... 's scary. "How is it scary? There are no consequences." I feel stupid. "It

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 21, 2020
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Livebloggin Ring Premiere! Twitter is good for something! (maybe)

  

  Via Twitter!! @ccmillsMIT follow as long as my cellphone battery lasts!

  • by Chris M. '12
  • February 12, 2010