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• Blog / Admissions

  Dear Applicants: The College Essay part 3 of the Dear Applicants series

  

  here) And, really, you couldn’t have done this “life thing" alone. “Don ... red coat with golden buttons you wore on the day your life changed

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • November 12, 2015
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Underground An ode to the MIT tunnels

  

  Full disclosure: Regarding the tagline: I have no idea how to write an ode. To be totally honest, I’m not even really sure what an ode is. I googled “how to…

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • February 8, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  It’s 2015! Happy New Year

  

  happiness in life's knapsack for 2015. And so my resolution for this year is

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • January 1, 2015
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Touring an IS&T Datacenter, and How My Dad Crashed the Internet I promise they're related.

  

  A non-negligible number of people reading this were probably pretty panicked at the submission of their Early Action applications during the last few days. That’s over now, so breathe and…

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • November 2, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Summer Classes (or, Gettin’ Classy) I made a series of Biology videos about blood and learned about digital education!

  

  This summer, I was enrolled in one of the five summer@future classes being offered for MIT students (with the snazzy bonus of summer housing, since these courses are all experimental).…

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • July 31, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  An Experiment in Independence all by myself for IAP

  

  Signing in from sunny foggy and snowy and icy and rainy Greenbelt, Maryland, down the road from Goddard Space Flight Center, where I’ll be interning for the next four weeks…

  • by Allan K. '17
  • January 5, 2014
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Vertigo My brain hurts.

  

  science, math, and engineering . Last summer, there was a kid whose life ... bubble. You can spend YOUR ENTIRE LIFE studying one celestial object! I

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 28, 2013
• Blog / How to MIT

  Deadlines and Habits Staying sane

  

  LIFE!" or "NO MORE COOKIES, EVER!") but this semester I've developed a ... semester, at the recommendation of my science fiction-obsessed, shelves-lined-with-Isaac-Asimov's-life

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 19, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fanboying at the Career Fair SpaceX, CubeSats, and free stuff, oh my!

  

  Picture for me, if you will, all your favorite celebrities. These are people you’re in awe of, people you follow on Twitter, people you hold as your role models. They…

  • by Allan K. '17
  • September 21, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  the journey to PLAYsentations or, the conclusion to the best class I've taken at MIT...so far

  

  There’s a paragraph in Steve Job’s biography where famed Apple industrial designer Jony Ive discusses how his father influenced his early interest in design: “His Christmas gift to me would…

  • by Michael C. '16
  • May 17, 2013
• Blog / Events

  Consilience From college essays to a Medieval Studies @ MIT Colloquium

  

  In 10th grade, I read a book by the biologist Edward O. Wilson and became obsessed with the word consilience. I loved all of my classes – Shakespeare, Western Civilizations,…

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 7, 2013
• Blog / Athletics

  A Series of Embarrassing Events, Part 2 Neither zumba, nor yoga.

  

  My PE class for the quarter is “zumba”, taught by a very cheerful, coordinated, muscular brunette named Ashley. It is held in the T-Club Lounge, a room with mirrors for…

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 16, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  You Got The Gig So excited about ALL the Things!

  

  Hi!! First of all, I’M SO EXCITED TO BE AN MIT BLOGGER!! When I got that message from the infamous King of the Internet, Chris Peterson, that said “YOU GOT…

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • August 29, 2012
• Blog / Events

  Adventure’s Out There….. in Boston! Summer shenanigans at MIT

  

  Finally back on the blogs, and it feels so good! (I’d normally start out my blogs apologizing for my lack of blogging, but I think I’ve said it so many…

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • July 20, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Breadsticks and Business Just remember, undergrads are like puppies in the eyes of an alum

  

  If you’ve ever seen Glee, you know that Breadsticks is the token restaurant hangout for the students at Lima High School. I am here to say that Bertuccis Brick Oven…

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • May 24, 2012
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Simulating Catastrophe and learning to speak up

  

  I don’t know if your school does this, but MIT asks its students at the end of each semester to fill out course evaluations. Professors do make adjustments based on…

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • April 17, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Making Your Dorm Room a Piece of Art! [by Elise '14]...and how MIT'll help you!

  

  [by Elise Ruan '14] Going to college and moving into a dorm means taking on the job of making a home out of a small shared room with preset furniture,…

  • by ARTalk
  • November 24, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Guest Lectures I had two ideas for good blog posts, and both were stolen by other bloggers!

  

  importance and excitement of engineering careers; he told us about his life ... questions about student life and academics, at least for the MITES and WTP

  • by Kate R. '14
  • July 14, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  Finding Your Match and why it matters

  

  fit in. For the first time in my life I didn't enjoy school anymore. And ... attended with whom I will be friends for life. But it wasn't until I came to

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 21, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  DEATH AND THE POWERS: The Robots’ Opera [by Ken Haggerty '11] An * exclusive sneak peak * of Prof. Machover's exciting new…

  

  [by Ken Haggerty ’11] Death and the Powers: The Robots’ Opera has stunning visuals and technology, but it is Prof. Machover’s haunting melodies that send a chill up your nerves.…

  • by ARTalk
  • March 17, 2011