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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Why did the engineer cross the road? Maybe there was a cape for sale on the other side

  

  a past lecture when a professor used this image to describe how things ... of advice:  smile :) I wrote this entry a few weeks ago, but wanted to ... not to take life too seriously. As a senior, I’ve been on the prowl

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • December 14, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Emergency Application Extension for students affected by the storm

  

  've faced or something important that didn't go according to plan. How did you ... The MIT Early Action application deadline has been extended to ... area vulnerable to the storm. Heavy snow, catching on leafy trees

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 31, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Tangential Learning Isn't the point of research to delve into what you don't know?

  

  languages all around the world. How many? Enough to populate a map like this ... in time management.  You've got tons of things to do, as well as even more things that you want to do (and learn!), and seemingly not enough

  • by Emad T. '14
  • July 19, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  I’ve got Mail! And a LAPTOP! Why I can breathe again, and the 10 most recent emails in my inbox.

  

  /Treasurers/Important People in student groups on campus, where they will discuss how to apply ... a few times to me. One of these was when I was in high school and ... upperclassmen gallantly agreed to give us piggyback rides. Eventually I decided I

  • by Kim D. '09
  • November 17, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  April Questions Omnibus 1 Recent questions, answered.

  

  wrote, "I sent in my affirmative reply on March 21st, and have yet to ... undergraduate degree program at another institution. Shammi wrote, "dear matt, how ... is nothing american about me except my passport. I wanted to know

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 18, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  For the Love of Darties and ChemE An audio journey

  

  .” Okay, it’s actually supposed to say “one week ago” but it definitely wasn’t good a week ago. Come to think of it, it wasn't necessarily amazing two weeks ago either, but comparatively speaking, that’s how it feels. Now we

  • by kellen manning
  • March 26, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  MIT and Slavery a developing history, and a live webcast

  

  to the community: To the members of the MIT community, At MIT, we ... , we must attend to some newly uncovered facts from our past. A ... leading authority on how the emergence and growth of American colleges and

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 16, 2018
• Blog / Events

  MIT’s Once-a-Century Party

  

  , but boy does MIT know how to throw a party - I'm told the weekend was a ... let this forever put to rest the notion that MIT doesn't know how to ... rehearsing the lights for MIT's 100-year-anniversary of its move to Cambridge

  • by Michael C. '16
  • May 8, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  I Moved Off Campus A story told by cat gifs

  

  Last year, I made a HUGE decision. I decided to move off of MIT ... , for all it's glory, is no longer my home. Danny B. '15 wrote about how it was his home.  I wrote plenty of times about how it was my home

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • February 2, 2016
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Doonesbury and MIT Meet Alex Doonesbury, MIT '10.

  

  was the backstory of how Alex decided to go to MIT. Here's some of the ... I skipped 4 days of school to go to Seattle and Vancouver to learn ... people ever tell you how pretty your cities are?!?!) I have about 200 pages

  • by Chris S. '11
  • February 8, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Avoid spelling errors! The most commonly misspelled words I see on MIT applications.

  

  thought I'd give some tips on how to avoid simple spelling errors. Most ... 's something to avoid if you can. It's unlikely to be the difference between ... like "duel enrollment" courses. Perhaps these students are preparing to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 25, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  it’s getting colder and i’m getting older on fall, friendship, and growing up

  

  weekend at the WildFire Flow Arts Retreat and learned how to [annotation ... whether to stay at MIT for a PhD, how to convince other people to take me more seriously in workplace environments, how to sound confident when I

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • November 3, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fredventure, Part 1 MITWE (+ FJE and VJE) go to Brazil

  

  how to fly drones to identify illegal deforestation. Most of those ... rehearsal, “We’re going to Brazil!” Suddenly, samba music began blasting from ... ="attachment_88380" align="aligncenter" width="768"] How it went down in my head

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • April 18, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Growing Pains And Every Other Type of Ache

  

  entirely sure how to go about tackling the last one. The motivation to write ... . I just… don’t like coding, and no matter how much I want to be ... skills, which is also more than a little ridiculous. I knew how to run PCR

  • by Shorna A. '25
  • December 6, 2022
• Blog / Events

  MIT Can Talk! Bon appétit!

  

  and how they chose their speeches, and describe the experience to ... I've talked about how humor, networking, and great ideas are all important items that engineers should add to their personal wish list. Now it

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • February 4, 2012
• Blog / How to Human

  i wish we’d grown up on the same advice alternate paths

  

  consulting and contracting c mentioned how a lot of this comes down to ... ’s similarly unfair how only 25 people get to take that class each year, how more ... end so i took the chance to ask my interviewer (let’s call them p) a few

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • January 18, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

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

  

  powerful pulpit to write and speak extensively about how to navigate the ... advice is to ask colleges directly how much weight they place on ... consider when deciding who to admit. Realistically, how much does the failure

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

  Curiosity, Part 2 How your laptop screen works

  

  Disclaimer 1: It was very difficult to know how to pitch this. If it ... say that red "inverted" to become cyan. How your visual system ... 're still with me. If so, we're ready to talk about... How the gamma

  • by Anna H. '14
  • August 21, 2012
• Blog / Life after MIT

  things i miss and don’t miss who is this guy? 🤔

  

  some words easier, because it stops people from making big thoughts to ... went to this Well Known School of Three Letters. That's like another life since I left! I miss this place a lot though. I used to write here, but

  • by Chris S. '11
  • January 31, 2024
• Blog / Community Projects

  simfinite hopscotch! hippity hoppity blue tape grandiosity

  

  , face possible criticism, to realize your full potential. In my case, I sent my very first email to dormspam, a mailing list that reaches most of the undergrad population, making myself vulnerable to starting a flame

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • December 15, 2024