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• Blog / Advice

  Hey International Kids! Press 'Submit' already!

  

  application season, and if so, then this post is for you! First I’d like to list some of the fears you may have (which I had) about going to college ... undergraduates are on need-based financial aid, and there are lots of ways to

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • October 25, 2018
• Blog / Events

  Can You Become Back at MIT, with excitement and pictures

  

  outside of the MIT Media Lab, which is basically the coolest place in the ... are from the theme song , which JJ Abrams, the creator of the show, wrote. Interestingly, Abrams is directing Mission: Impossible 3, in which

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • August 26, 2005
• Blog / MISTI

  quiet moments out in the rural English countryside

  

  located). in fact, it’s so small that it usually appears on the 2nd page of ... material that is a 1-atom thick layer of carbon atoms arranged in a hexagonal ... excited to see how it impacts the environment. i can go on and on about

  • by Kanokwan T. '25
  • July 19, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  When I’m Home Did you enter the PE lottery yet?

  

  , there's nothing like coming home to a pot of boiling beef stew and this ... Thanksgiving. I spent most of it watching Food Network and The Jeffersons on TV ... , which I found basically unwatchable despite the presence of Xena and the

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 3, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  No scissors allowed: OrigaMIT You never know what cool stuff is going on around the Institute.

  

  week and is open to people of all levels. Jason Ku, the president of the ... .) Intrigued? Come to their meetings or see the MIT Origami Competition on ... Design Challenge. It is made from one 2 ft. by 2 ft. piece of paper and it

  • by Melis A. '08
  • October 12, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Celena in CPW-Land (Guest Entry) Skipping school to have fun, duh!

  

  Ivy, and we dragged our luggage to Baker, which is where we would be ... planned to go on a campus tour (which started every half hour), but missed ... guess 2 AM is early on MIT terms. Friday We all agreed to meet for

  • by Snively '11
  • April 18, 2008
• Blog / Hacks

  MacG 50ish years ago an email from an alumnus

  

  , which may have led to the construction of a third double in F. As of now ... . Whether this was due to selective hiring or lack of interest from other ... ’t on this planet anymore. None of us have forgotten MacGregor House or

  • by Abby H. '20
  • October 6, 2019
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Time Flies… especially when you are having more fun than you could possibly imagine.

  

  passage of time I’ve had a better opportunity to get to know them. This year ... kinds of thoughts to mind. This happens every summer as the academic year comes to a close culminating in graduation and Tech Reunions on our campus

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • June 6, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Finding Time for you know, things that aren't psets.

  

  something all of the time. One thing that's vital to learn how to do is to ... the pace of the content that was being fed to me. Turns out, (for me,) that understanding the material isn't the hardest part of coming to MIT

  • by Joe B. '18
  • October 4, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Today’s Mailing Day For me this is a huge thing. You guys are my first MIT class, which…

  

  . Because I truly want all of you here and for that reason, tomorrow is going to break my heart in a lot of ways. Anyway... Tonight feels like xmas ... Waited until midnight so I could post on the 11th officially (EST

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 11, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  In Memory of Sean Collier a memorial, to a member of our family

  

  , and part of the MIT family. It is not the first memorial dedicated to ... into form. The design relies on the exact fit of the 32 stone blocks to ... all five walls are needed to achieve a stable form is symbolic of a

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 29, 2015
• FAQ / First-year application

  How does MIT use my name and preferred name?

  out those fields on the application. This is important so that your ... would like us to call you—preferred first name. Preferred first name is ... first name. If you have any concerns or questions, please reach out to us
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Leaving home…

  

  you to some of my friends, and to the hall on which I'm temporarily ... kitchen table on a daily basis is really starting to sink in. It's not that ... years to prepare for that. But I suppose you could say that in all of the

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • August 28, 2005
• Blog / Athletics

  Support MIT Sports!! Vote for MIT Crew!

  

  by going here and voting on the right hand side. This site is a little ... little support! For those of you unfamiliar, Crew is sort of a big deal ... fast. Crew at MIT is one of the largest sports, and our only Division 1

  • by Chris M. '12
  • April 24, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  I am an MIT Admissions Officer, AMA you know the drill

  

  It's the middle of July, and my brain is so fried I'm punting on a ... questions on a Friday afternoon. Ben used to do these big roundup "answers to ... , according to Google Analytics, but no one is commenting, so here's a place to

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 10, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  New MIT Viewbook Is a viewbook as useful to you as it might have been for my (pre-internet)…

  

  on the current viewbook I would love to hear them. What do you like or dislike about it? How does it compare to (or stand out from) other viewbooks ... 'd keep and what you'd change. I'd also love to know what you feel is

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 3, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Odds & Ends 522 EA admits, Snively, molecular jewelry, and Evan Broder's holiday card - more random than…

  

  . Congrats to all of you who got your applications in on time. :-) And being a ... students who accept their offer of admission) is predicted to decrease ... wonderfully nerdy mom or girl that you need to impress. I think this one is

  • by Ben Jones
  • January 4, 2008
• Blog / Personal Travel

  halfway across the world moving to russia for the semester

  

  book at least four hours to transfer on my way back, for peace of mind ... mask? The truth is, I’m not sure. Which isn’t so much to say that I don ... this, I’ll be in Moscow, stopping over for a few days on my way to one of

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • September 24, 2020
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Piercings! sorry mom

  

  of which is in Central Square, just a quick walk from MIT. I went to ... , which can be hard to do by yourself for piercings not on the earlobe ... is a sort of rite of passage in Boston to get a piercing messed up at

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 17, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Nemo Found the effects of cabin fever

  

  't seen much snow until coming to MIT. Nemo is by far the most amount of ... on the dot with the blast of a vuvuzela. Thanks to Facebook and the ... The blizzard helped me and Liz run out of things to do incredibly

  • by Connie H. '15
  • February 9, 2013