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• Blog / Admissions

  MIT on the road Admissions officers are visiting cities across the United States.

  

  applicant "competitive," how we make decisions on which students to admit. We ... colleagues and I will go forth across this continent to tell you tales of MIT ... MIT different from other universities? How might you know whether or not

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 11, 2010
• Blog / Events

  Engagement Party Salsa dancing with Benjamin Franklin and Optimus Prime

  

  teach us how to dance. After we learned some (not so) basic steps in lines ... #6. Notice how much more into the salsa dancing he is, compared to me ... MIT, and at first I was going to spend the weekend in NYC, but then I

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • February 8, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  March Questions Omnibus 1

  

  learn some hindi and of course urdu know how follows itself. its grt to ... , how many applicants (international if possible) do you plan to include ... 'd also like to know how many Indian students on average get admitted into

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 5, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW 2018 Diaries what the weekend was like for me

  

  is, and it reminded me how grateful I am to live in a community where ... finished was, “How can I do this?” This year, I found out. I got to give CPW ... roommate is odd. How did I have one my freshman year? Last night, I had to

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 17, 2018
• Blog / How to Human

  at the South Asian Youth Initiative a New Haven adventure

  

  with because they don’t know how to accurately translate their feelings ... This weekend, some people from MIT SAAS went to Yale for the South Asian Youth Initiative conference. The purpose of this conference is to

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • February 22, 2023
• Blog / Classes

  writing and faeries reflections on my classes at Harvard

  

  reflected by others. We were learning how to make our own work better by ... diverse passions at MIT, most of us are deciding how to balance that passion ... myself to different perspectives and value systems was incredibly

  • by Amber V. '24
  • January 3, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  in search of a reset day just out of reach

  

  later on in my high school It seemed to me a little cruel How the right ... straight months make me forget how to be an MIT student? I also keep feeling ... -paced; I could tell myself when was good to cram vocabulary cards and

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • September 20, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  art in burton conner making do in a non-mural building

  

  , and although it's not like how things used to be, I'm happy that the ... ="88836" /] and that's that! it's interesting to see how current art compares with ... if you've seen any [annotation note = "Interactive Introduction to

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • May 5, 2023
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Living Like A Native Or living like a boss. Your choice.

  

  Since I'm returning to blogging after quite the unplanned hiatus ... moments to address the elephant on the table - or, as it were, the elephants ... foot by considering that option. Allow me to demonstrate by using this

  • by Emad T. '14
  • October 15, 2010
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Adventures in Chinatown Food and friends and pigeons.

  

  the lack of sound judgment, I urge you to see how long you can live on a ... To be honest, my weekend mornings are probably less exciting than ... 'm stuck on a deserted island of pre-afternoon hours with nary a soul to

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • October 9, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Holy Grail of Classes Think of the coolest class you can. Then think of one that's a million times…

  

  Equations. It's too early to tell exactly how manageable this class will be ... . We begin by learning what makes a toy a toy, what makes the fun, how to ... design. This is our professor demonstrating how something doesn't need to

  • by Snively '11
  • February 6, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Chalk of the Week chalk art at the welcome center

  

  wondering how large of a range of places people are coming from to visit the ... 't know what to put that day, but I was surprised by how much personality ... the fact that it was going to get erased eventually. Really shows how

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • July 27, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  school projects aka why i havent been writing in the last few weeks

  

  structures that allow computers to accomplish anything, ie. how is it possible ... of the projects were interesting and enjoyable to work on   i ... theory classes at mit. it assumes the ability to read knowledge as well as

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • December 12, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  9 / Headache 68 days to go

  

  things. Here are some highlights. Learned how to weld for 4.314! We also ... To set the mood: i'm so tired... by lauv & troye sivan   ... the semester already. I envisioned my final semester to be ~ c h i l l

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • March 31, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Two Classes about the Brain That Blew My Mind and I just had to share

  

  all strive to know how those brains work and how to fix them, if ... back-to-back 3-hour neuroscience electives. I only needed to register for one… I chose both. It’s Week 5 now, and I've gotten used to taking the

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • March 6, 2018
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Do You Wanna Build A Snowman? And thanks to an awesome friend, I built my first one!

  

  work. He showed me how to create the base—start with a hard-packed ball ... closer to our dorm. I couldn’t believe how much the morning had been full ... , like unicorns or people that don’t like Taylor Swift. What’s not to

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • January 25, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  On Being an Upperclassman Less than two years left

  

  learning how to mix concrete, testing the failure limit of concrete cylinders ... exactly how and why everything got done, what it took to stop bad ideas, and ... is basically to teach you how to read a financial report. We’ve gone

  • by Becca H. '12
  • October 21, 2010
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  up, down, and out some moments from the last month

  

  surprised me; where, despite the odds, my heart is full to bursting, bringing ... soul. These feelings usually sneak up on me—I never know when exactly to ... 'm over the moon right now, this good thing just happened. But it is odd to

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • June 5, 2021
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  My First Week as an EMT It was quite an experience

  

  and EMT!  Little did I know, my new skills as an EMT were going to be ... out of bed and walking around, trying to force myself to fall asleep.  I ... hours for me to fall asleep and it is really hard to stay asleep. At 1am

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • March 7, 2014
• Blog / Life after MIT

  The Wisdom of Khan revealed the MIT secret

  

  what was profitable or how to defend their existing offerings or just ... about how hard they had to work, you will glance at the other MIT grad in ... , remember how silly they really are. How little they mean relative to your

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 8, 2012