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• Blog / MIT Life

  Summer Syllabus in Retrospect goals, guidelines, reading list

  

  , reading assignments, projects, and permission not to follow through with any ... progress you made iii) how that progress contributes to your overall ... and journal and plan read a little bit, daydream a little get to work

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • October 1, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Your February Updates & Notes Form some things you should know

  

  ’t need to worry about “getting it wrong” -- don’t stress ... Early Action), and is to be completed by you, the applicant. This form serves two purposes: to share your newest grades, and give you an

  • by Kris Guay
  • January 22, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  Waiting for Decision Day In which I give a pep talk of sorts (with a little help from my…

  

  I tried to create this video as something I'd want to hear as a ... always-inspirational things to say. Here are a couple of my blog posts that might lift your spirits: An Open Letter to MIT Applicants and Life is Like

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • December 7, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  What are French House residents doing this summer? Round 2 Microsoft, brains, British accents, hiking in the Alps, weightlifting, HIMYM

  

  Redmond, WA And what are you up to? Product mechanical engineer intern at ... ; knit a scarf I wish I knew how to knit. Anything else you want to say or share? Work is super fun! And I'm trying to figure out… life, aka what I

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 30, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Gotterdammerung and The Barber of Seville [by Xenia '13] Art Scholars go to the Met!

  

  boorish man took the heroine to see a Wagner opera. Being a frilly type of ... and could only think about the lovely things that he could afford to give to her. It sounded fairly interesting at the time though (I paid

  • by ARTalk
  • March 20, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  As We Approach Decision Day On getting in and on not getting in

  

  When I hit puberty my inability to assess risk thank goodness ... -hipster phase. I loved setting up ridiculous goals and then reaching them, just to ... that I was working to get into MIT. If I got into MIT, I’d be happy. And

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • March 8, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  The MIT Midyear Report Further information about completing the MYR.

  

  Report is an online form that is required of all students, and is to be completed by you, the applicant. The Report serves two purposes: to provide your updated grades since you have applied, and to mention other updates

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 1, 2012
• Blog / Athletics

  MIT Outing Club: Ice Climbing tl;dr Ice climbing is nuts

  

  A critical factor in getting outdoors is having something to do, and ... interested in adding a few new winter sports to the mix, and the one I've had ... something like trying to get up cold vertical stuff using axes and crampons

  • by Chris M. '12
  • January 23, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Still Alive! sorry, this has nothing to do with portal

  

  this post had nothing to do with Portal, but that's sort of like stating, "I am not going to think about elephants while writing this post ... around to playing Braid, which is sort of like Portal in that it involves

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • October 22, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Some Good Advice On Advisors

  

  alliteration.   But I digress, after all I'm not here to wax nostalgic ... splices to make the Voynich Manuscript look like Shakespeare. No what I'm actually here to talk about, albeit in my characteristically verbose but

  • by Chris M. '12
  • August 19, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Answer is Yes Tips for navigating your first month here with a Greek life emphasis

  

  freshmen guys because I'm going to talk about my rush). You've probably ... . You're about to walk, drive, pogo stick, fly or boat to Cambridge, MA ... fantastically overbooked. This campus never sleeps (but I encourage you to). You

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • August 16, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  The MIT Midyear Report Applicants should submit this form ASAP, by February 15th.

  

  Midyear Report is an online form that is required of all students, and is to be completed by you, the applicant. The Report serves two purposes: to provide your updated grades since you have applied, and to mention other

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 25, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  Admissions Bulletin – RA News, EA Results bang it here for the latest updates and stats

  

  things that arrive today to not appear on the tracker for another week or ... Report. If you have something important you would like to update us on, you will have space to do so here. This is the best place to update the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • January 7, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  A Welcoming Environment Because the best way to feel at home at MIT is to know that you…

  

  You Are Welcome Here campaign aims to increase the visibility of LGBQT facilities and programs with small cards to denote an LGBQT student's first port of call - namely, the offices or dorm rooms of anyone willing to

  • by Emad T. '14
  • December 22, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Institute of Smashing What do you think MIT and a garbage compactor have in common?

  

  guarantee one thing:   You're going to be crushed   Now before ... here and quadruple-major, put your nose to grindstone, and crank out a ... on I think it's important to identify roughly two types of people here

  • by Chris M. '12
  • July 29, 2010
• Blog / Events

  Lea-der! Lea-der! Bat-man! ...I mean, Lea-der!

  

  Ann Curry is my idol. This NBC reporter is somehow able to balance an ... the reasons I have an interest in journalism today. What’s incredible to ... so well within a career that is still considered to be male

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • July 13, 2010
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  Are people on the East Coast friendly? An entry especially for those from the Midwest.

  

  When I applied to MIT, I didn't consider whether the people of Boston ... wasn't just to congratulate me. She said "... but... aren't people on the East Coast a bit... unfriendly?" Now, to be fair, I still can't answer

  • by Kim D. '09
  • March 21, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Stories from Uganda [by Biyeun Buczyk '10] Installing an exhibit in the Wiesner Student Art Gallery.

  

  location for current MIT students to show off their work. Exhibits are ... Service Center Fellowship. In June 2009, I traveled to Uganda again with ... brings computers to secondary and primary schools in Uganda. I have been a

  • by ARTalk
  • February 8, 2010
• Blog / Class Projects

  Mind and Hand My first CNC project

  

  my schedule, but now it's time to show just what I've been busy with ... , meaning that we learn to *gasp* manufacture and machine things. MIT has ... to use a CNC lathe and a CNC mill. For those of you who are

  • by Snively '11
  • October 10, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Things that are awesome being published, D-lab, and MISTI. Also cookies. But there are no cookies in this entry.

  

  to blog about them all at once RIGHT NOW instead of putting them off ... interesting to me. I mean, I want to spend my life designing corn shellers for ... me, and I really don't think that sending an addendum to my application

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 20, 2009