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• Blog / Extracurriculars

  No Pain, No Gain I wish it weren't so.

  

  haven't had a whole lot of experience on shift. The latter, though, might ... is on it. So basically, that's everyone minus newborn infants. Yay. As ... ," I e-mailed a few of the crew chiefs on duty this last week, asking if

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • March 5, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Cue the montage music

  

  ). My research is on the microbiome of the female genital tract, and my ... biology and is now about to finish his MD, with an eye on radiation oncology ... research endeavors of my fellow undergrads. Today, little seems to have

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 6, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  Wait List Decisions 2013 Is it supposed to be waitlist, wait list, or wait-list? Oh never mind...

  

  students to submit their final decisions so we could figure out whether or ... unprecedented, record-breaking percentage of admitted students choosing to enroll ... ;yield"). This year, our yield is going to be around 72-73 percent. Last year, it

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • May 13, 2013
• Blog / About Decisions

  Waitlist Decisions 2011 MIT Class of 2015 waitlist decisions will be released today, via email, at approximately 3pm…

  

  additional students this year for the Class of 2015. Thanks to all of you on ... waitlist. This year, a high number of admitted students have chosen to enroll ... offer (it is an understood part of admissions that some people will

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • May 10, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  The Number Game A few words of advice before applying to college.

  

  program or the college you want to enter. MIT is no piece of cake, so just ... it. Hindsight is 20/20. I think more than 1000 students get a 1600 on ... to spend countless hours in lab is also an extremely important factor

  • by Bryan
  • August 2, 2006
• Blog / Events

  The Places You’ll Go Places I've recently gone.

  

  I went to 9-to-5 life in downtown Manhattan. Some of you might have ... , solving brain-busting puzzles, and taking classes on the other side of the ... waking up at 7:30am on weekdays (this is hard for a college student. really

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • February 13, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Dudamel On music and becoming an old man

  

  impact of his musical leadership is felt on four continents." His guest ... whether you like it or not) he had to entertain. As the conductor of a ... , perching on the edge of that stool. He occasionally shifted to look over his

  • by Anna H. '14
  • April 15, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Year in Review blogs, bhangra, and a baby monkey

  

  for its signal of the year coming to an end and the promise of the new ... highlights of my year in review. And what an awesome year it was! 1. This is a ... Center and all the public art on campus. I’m looking forward to the next

  • by Kris Guay
  • December 22, 2011
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Scootah Hockey a sport of tradition, friendship, and raw athleticism

  

  game to play. Each team has three to four players on at a time, each of whom rides on a noble steed--those scooters that you used to sit your ... of “ON YOUR SCOOTAH!” This season, it was our fair and brave president

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • May 13, 2025
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Global warming? ...or just a weather anomaly?

  

  ’ve always wanted to learn, hang out with friends, or do research in the lab - Dread…knowing that January is the coldest month of the year, with an ... guitar, basket of food, and blanket), and I was pretty envious. I chose to

  • by Melis A. '08
  • January 9, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Classes – Spring 07 Ending MIT with a literary bang. Can you hear it?

  

  : Intensive study of a range of texts by a single author or by a limited group ... using parts of our class discussion as research for a follow-up to his ... Description: Studies important examples of the literary form that, between the

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • February 14, 2007
• Blog / Events

  MIT wins Putnam math competition

  

  score is 0 (meaning that more than half of the test takers earned no points), and usually is 1 or 2 (yes, out of 120). Here's problem #1 from ... Putnam exam is a difficult set of 12 questions, each worth 10 points for a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 21, 2005
• Blog / Study Abroad

  From One Cambridge To The Other A year away from the Institute

  

  which is sometimes shortened to Trinity which is extremely confusing but ... always there to clear up our many, many, misconceptions of all things ... long to post this blog. After weeks of excruciating waiting we finally

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • August 12, 2013
• Blog / About Decisions

  Fall 2014 Wait List Decisions Will Be Sent Today

  

  , so I've been there too. Those of you among the 28 are about to have to ... those of you who are not, I hope the decision is also welcome, and that you will bring your full focus to bear on completely crushing whatever

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 15, 2014
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Early Action: Not Admitted A forum.

  

  , which unfortunately means that we had to turn down a great number of incredible students. For those of you who fall into this category, this is an ... intentions, as that is the spirit of our process.

  • by Decisions
  • December 16, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Your college application motivation soundtrack for September imagine a movie montage, but for politely asking teachers to say nice things about you

  

  a high schooler to have on hand in the September period of the ... 't listen to all of them them or censor anything, so y'know, use your judgment ... We're big fans of Spotify here on the blogs and have been for awhile

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 1, 2019
• Blog / Uncategorized

  ★★★★☆ Reviewed in the United States on November 3, 2023

  

  ’ve resigned ourselves to a dirty floor. The main problem is that I love lying on ... managed to move my bookcase on top of my drawers under my bed (this ... majorly Part Of The Problem. Going to college 5,000 miles away from home

  • by Allison E. '27
  • November 3, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  at/around mit i've been --

  

          i've been spending a lot of time away from mit. i've been going to lincoln laboratory in lexington once or ... trying to stay caught up: bad news (congress voted to kill a bunch of

  • by Allan K. '17
  • March 23, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  Mormons and video gamers Bonding with strangers

  

  On New Year's Eve, my family went out to see Book of Mormon. When ... station (along with half of London, it seemed) I heard at least five or six ... quarter of a million people were packed shoulder-to-shoulder by the Thames

  • by Anna H. '14
  • January 3, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Highlights From The Past Week A post on birthdays and bad (but oh so good) TV.

  

  after 72 hours of no sleeping or showering. Will post pictures of the ... particularly awesome this week 4) We had our first followup meeting to my proposal and it went really well - I think we're going to be able to

  • by Ben Jones
  • January 14, 2005