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• Blog / About Decisions

  Decisions, decisions Now that you've been accepted to college, you have to decide where you'll spend the…

  

  nerds (yuck!) To be fair, this depends on your definition of nerd ... is really like. You’ll get to stay in a college dorm, go to college classes, and (best of all?) go to college parties! You will roam the

  • by Melis A. '08
  • April 4, 2007
• Blog / How to Food

  A Late Recap of IAP 2020 externing at Microsoft, baking butter mochi, and more!

  

  focus on people and not worry about needing to go pset or make it to ... spanning the month of January called the Independent Activities Period, or ... ") at a variety of companies with MIT alumni. I chose to do an externship

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 6, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2.670 Wrapup I'm done!

  

  Point in a couple of days (this one) and I plan on trying to clean my room ... used lathes to turn and tap a plug for the end of our bottle. A tool ... to using heavy machinery, there was a lot of "station work" where

  • by Snively '11
  • January 29, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  More HS Summer Programs Some academic and research opportunities for students to consider.

  

  To accompany today's entry about MIT summer programs, here is a ... juniors to consider. All of the below are national/international, selective ... Program (SSEP) Women's Technology Program (WTP) Programs open to out-of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 26, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  9000 Words This post doesn't have 'em.

  

  Figure 1. Life outside of classes. A) Study break to make Matt (or ... something to my cello case while I was out of the room. G) My hallmates and I have taken to sitting out in the hall. This is one of our handful of

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • December 9, 2011
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  In the News An NYT article on gifted education.

  

  ] speaks of the importance of being able to be "on the failure track for a ... says he is convinced, depend on "exposure to the unusual, to the diverse ... Times has seen fit to devote more inches to the topic of gifted education

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 21, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  The Early Applications… Things are getting busy here at MIT Admissions!

  

  *Update as of 2015: Early action is available to both domestic and ... pink) There are many, many applications to be reviewed. I know some of ... lots) of mail. (The Wall Street Journal today is reporting that our early

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 14, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  Happy Homestuck Day! and advice about college decisions / cpw

  

  This is your reminder that your reason for choosing a college doesn't have to be deep or profound or whatever. Vibes are important. It's 100% acceptable to choose based on whether people recognize your Homestuck jacket

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 13, 2023
• 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 ... activity list, list of honors and awards, self-reported coursework form, or ... the application. My favorite spelling error on MIT applications is

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 25, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Tunes of the All-Night Tool Just a little night music from me.

  

  weekend can be lonely. Fortunately, music can help. Which is why I'm taking 20 minutes off from working on genetics and thermodynamics to show you a few of the top hits on my playlist right now. Some of these are old

  • by Paul B. '11
  • September 29, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Where’s My Stuff? Updates from the MyMIT Application Tracking System.

  

  , there are a lot of things that need to happen before an application is ... lots of materials, many of which were postmarked before the deadline. So ... sort of document it is (this is why documents that were sent in the same

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 10, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Fifteen Minutes to Clear My Head on my morning walk from Boston to MIT

  

  pictures of them to show everyone. For those of you that don't know, MIT is ... of students dislike the idea of having to cross the bridge every ... rushing there. This is my morning walk from my fraternity house to MIT

  • by Erick P. '17
  • December 3, 2014
• Blog / Events

  SNOW SNOW SNOW! And other festivities.

  

  :30 PM on Sunday. One of the biggest drawbacks to this system is that ... * Physics Instructor (in an email): Due to a confusion of dates on the course ... So yesterday I saw the first real snow of the season!! (come on, the

  • by Chris S. '11
  • December 3, 2007
• Blog / Events

  Three Weeks a short summary of this crazy place

  

  . Everyone is working on their first problem sets of the year. My friend next ... friends, or my mom's cooking, or the generally lethargic mood of my old neighborhood. In regards to the latter, it is the exact opposite here at MIT

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • September 12, 2016
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Square Root Day Your daily dose of nerd humor.

  

  : "Today, 3/3/09, is square root day, which only occurs nine times each ... with Groundhog Day. The next is seven years away, on April 4, 2016." This is part of why I love MIT - people here actually appreciate this

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 3, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  MIT has a radio station!? [by Shelby Heinecke '13] Yes, it's true!

  

  air and sometimes I invite friends to chat on air or just to hang out in ... for the rest of Cambridge/Boston to enjoy!). It's located in the cozy ... name of my show conveys the unique combination of music I play; that is

  • by ARTalk
  • February 22, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  I’m a believer Bikes! They're totally worth it.

  

  was totally wrong about bikes on campus. I've always walked to class and lab, which is really kind of stupid if you live on the far west end ... OMG. Bikes are amazing. So, I'll admit it: I'm stubborn. I like to

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 15, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  A Little INSPIRation Guest Post by Vaishnavi Rao '17

  

  In the midst of a whirlwind-like semester I promise to eventually blog about, I had the chance to connect to Vaishnavi at one of the ... anything from a song you heard on the radio to a national issue raised during

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • December 1, 2015
• Blog / Challenges

  I had a terrible week Also, I think that making puns about the President is Obaminable.

  

  th left much to be desired. I will elaborate on the details of “much ... -owning Canadian grandma I've ever met on this side of the Mississippi), a trip to ... the torturous course of the Week from Heck (am I allowed to say this on

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • October 26, 2009
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Campus Activities What to do while not learning.

  

  't have tons of time to do fun stuff. I was digging around on my external ... challenge? Here are the rules: 1) You have one hour to drink a gallon of milk ... So, now that you're on campus, you have all this free time, right? I

  • by Snively '11
  • September 3, 2008