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• Blog / Admissions

  Straight from the Dean’s mouth Time magazine readers chat with the MIT Dean of Admissions, Marilee Jones.

  

  about how she learns the best (eg, does she do best in large arenas or ... is it like? where and how big? what are the students like? what about ... activities, etc.) aren't enough anymore. What *does* it take to get into MIT

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 20, 2006
• Blog / IAP

  Rebecca Black, the Old Spice Guy, and How to Sell Staplers the makings of a great IAP

  

  long before you want to punch someone, and learned that snow is, despite its fine white appearance, really damn cold. Deceptive frozen water ... comforter and reevaluate my dinner choices. (It's not as bad as it sounds

  • by Connie H. '15
  • January 21, 2012
• Blog / Challenges

  Odds and Ends It's what's left

  

  time to do it I'm pretty hosed (I leave exactly how hosed as an exercise ... Some friends and I were chatting the other day, marveling at how ... not, well that's what I'm going to blame it on. At any rate, the past

  • by Chris M. '12
  • November 3, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  it really is beginning and so it begins

  

  That kind of means summer is ending. Jessie wrote in her blog how everyone is getting ramped up for probably one of the most exciting times of the year, Orientation. In about 10 minutes, we start our pre

  • by Bryan
  • August 24, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes.

  

  the (*@#&)&(*$ he wants, as long as it gets us completely lost ... discount I got him at work for $7.00. My work has a toy store in it, does ... agreements and the threat of prison I can't tell you a whole lot about it, but

  • by Snively '11
  • May 27, 2008
• Blog / Classes

  thoughts on math@MIT! math month post

  

  not how it works. If someone else proves an amazing theorem, their ... ”), and this class taught me how to define probability rigorously. It also ... . The reason I want to emphasize this is because of how incredibly

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • April 24, 2024
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Ecosystems And Web Sites A science question & general check-in.

  

  This is really, really cool. (Link stolen shamelessly from Riley.) Except tell me, you science experts - how does an ecosystem with "fantastic ... site is going to be so awesome. Just you wait and see. :-) How's summer

  • by Ben Jones
  • June 15, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  a few new things is it too late to talk about the spring semester?

  

  of words[annotation note="and if it does mean something to you, I am ... to see how complex and coherent it felt, and I was happy and surprised about how happy I felt. I suppose that it should not be surprising that

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • August 25, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Hey VMars fans Wallace is Course 2!

  

  out curiosity, how does one join RingComm? Towards the end of your ... ! So awesome! On that note, what does everyone think of the new season ... in applications, and the class council does some magical process to

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 5, 2006
• Blog / Classes

  work expands to fill the space available

  

  to it, like a gas does. so i'm telling myself that i need to get this ... year it's about ramsey theory, which is kinda like the study of "how big ... 'm confident that it'll work. i'm only taking three classes this semester. three

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 28, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Christmas in February Shiny new toys MIT gave me this semester

  

  ) and definitely does not look suspicious at all. So let's open it up and ... Instrument Design). Still, I think it's amazing how much physical equipment I ... after all. Because [annotation note="Yes I know I'm cutting it real close

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • February 14, 2024
• Blog / Events

  Mystery Hunt 2008 Begins! The annual campus-wide puzzle solving competition will be going on all weekend.

  

  short, Mystery Hunt is a weekend long competition at MIT where students ... introduction. Each does, however, come with a title. 182.2 Smoots On one side, it says "NCIL SACOEBBD FM TH RDC AEUEF DDQNCQL AM GANKDRED HQ RJ UFEG

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 18, 2008
• Blog / How to Food

  42 Recipes for Surviving Freshman Year (Part 2)

  

  ’re in class. Don’t cook the meat for too long or it will become tough ... other places. It does not take much effort to prepare and it can be eaten ... ), because it’s a three-minute walk from Random Hall. Unfortunately Shaw’s does

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • December 3, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  East Campus Pros and Cons, as Told by Residents "because EC is home 400ever"

  

  how to cook good food. It is a little annoying if you just want to grab ... favorite (although I sometimes question how true it is): "We don't care what ... . [editor's note: this does depend on floor/friend group] -- It's not good if

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 20, 2017
• Blog / How to MIT

  Learning to Spend Better This not a budgeting post.

  

  ? Put it in a category of how much I want it. For ex: "Really want ... it'd solve: more space for lunch, more padding for long city travel ... This is not a post about budgeting, because no one likes to hear how

  • by Caroline M. '18
  • June 18, 2018
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Chris inspired me to do dumb things I went to Disney World. It was fun, I guess.

  

  .  See how awake my eyes look?! The marathon started great!  It was ... does a 5k, 10k, and half marathon in November while Disney World does a 5 ... and pull it off. I started doing my research. I looked up the Goofy

  • by Snively '11
  • July 20, 2016
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  MIT Inside vs. Outside How MIT changed for me after being admited

  

  brothers, and of course how awesome it has been being able to share my love ... library... not that secret but I didn't know it existed"   "How ... "Yes I said etc...... Just don't think about it to much (oh and I

  • by Ben O. '19
  • October 28, 2015
• Blog / Life after MIT

  The Post-MIT Trajectory College is not a destination.

  

  As a junior, it's imminent that I think about what happens after MIT ... peers, it seems like "post-college plans" are a dreaded can of worms that no one wants to open. Except I tend to be the one prying at it until

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • December 4, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Latest Innovation at MIT Guest Blog: Social engineering with the Black Student Union's Co-Chair, Rasheed A. '17

  

  me rephrase, how will you know when it's finished? How will you know ... , “How are you?” “I’m okay.” “No, how are you doing, really?” After a long ... technology disciplines. We forget that innovation at its core really means

  • by Selam G. '18
  • May 9, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Polymer Police Using spectroscopy to prove my mom wrong (except she was right and I was actually…

  

  , telling me how happy all her friends would be when she gave them these “100 ... it’s real silk, Andi, why would anyone on the internet lie to you ... the chemical is made of and how they are bonded together

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • February 16, 2025