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• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Friday liveblog Let's see how long I can keep this up...

  

  the hardest thing is which of them to explore. [...] We do things in the freshman year to make it easier to make the choice of major. It is diffucult ... different type of technology." "I have a few product designs on the market now

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 13, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Surprising Research Results The chimpanzee-human relationship, and CEO pay.

  

  the hype to see what is really going on with salaries of CEOs in the ... economics research on the controversial topic of executive compensation ... explained by increases in the value of the stock market. Viewed as a whole

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 18, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  sophomore spring there will always be regrets

  

  out of the semester or a weak ideology with which I choose classes and ... on [annotation note="this is similar to audit status. you have access ... lot of classes, all of which sound so interesting. I am trying to find a

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • July 6, 2023
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Post-Finals, Pre-Graduation almost done...

  

  to activities like skydiving or a Red Sox game, and the rest of us ... commencement. The second of those two weeks is called Senior Week: the class ... 're not familiar with The Tempest, Ariel is a little spirit bound to serve

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 5, 2014
• Blog / Challenges

  cookies life lessons through six scrumptious sayings

  

  ="The icing on the cake, the cake is a lie, to take the cake, and cakewalk ... and talented" or whatever. But this is almost definitely a reflection of ... , you know? Accept all cookies (or, how much of yourself to give away

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • September 13, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Conference Where Everyone Was Younger Than Me I'm talking highschool Thiel Fellows, 30 under 30 winners, and Shark Tank participants

  

  student, you sort of get used to being one of the youngest. Everyone else is ... /CEO of Glass-U, which started with a niche market of customizable foldable ... culture publication. Partha Unnava, founder of Better Walk, which makes a

  • by Erick P. '17
  • June 30, 2016
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  January in Paris and two weeks of speaking French

  

  (on the right). Photo credit to Sophie de Loubens, one of our JSF guides ... ! The stage is slanted to give the audience a better perspective, but this ... , the Bastille is an easier venue to perform in. The students of JSF went

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • January 23, 2018
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Summer in Boston what happens outside MIT

  

  your food under the beautiful Quincy Market dome, or outside on the ... food or a milkshake at nearby Quincy Market, and get super close to the ... shop, eat, see a movie, or simply take a walk down the Freedom Trail to

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • July 3, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  Seattle was gorgeous until the smoke came in

  

  I've never been to Seattle before. One of the things I love about college is how many opportunities you get to live in a new place for a month ... that Seattle is a gorgeous city. I was not disappointed. A lot of what

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • September 22, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  Throwback I'm gonna throw this out there. If you don't like it, you can throw it…

  

  - why, that IS Ace of Base playing on my boombox! Tae bo, anyone?) - it ... haven't rollerbladed since I was much closer to the ground. Speaking of ... say it was kind of a weird time in my life - I'd just moved to a new

  • by Jess K. '10
  • March 9, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  Admitted Students Parties Followup

  

  because of which they offered him/her a slot - that is nothing to scoff at ... your own child is on the gifted side - since you clearly expected MIT to ... , it came off a lot better and a lot more truthful. Although a lot of it

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 30, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Odds and ends and Canada A study break, plus some other highlights of the week

  

  slices of bacon, which was equivalent to a 6-unit course in Not Getting ... it on, considering that my room heater is consuming as much energy ... , if not a roomwarming one. On the trek back to my room from the front

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • November 12, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet the Admissions Officers: Amy Perez Name: Amy Perez; Job title: Assistant Director of Admissions; Hometown: Lubbock, TX

  

  and the Boston skyline, both of which are right outside the Admissions ... being witty and down-to-earth. I am never afraid of talking about my loves ... Toscaninis or Christina's), and I'm becoming a fan of the Boston Red Sox. I

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 14, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  home

  

  , I think, is universally agreed upon to be an age at which you ... presume to call it anything near mature, but it is reminiscent of what I am ... somewhere about how “crying on public transport” is symptomatic of being in

  • by Shorna A. '25
  • November 4, 2023
• Blog / Classes

  Eating Too Much Cake Just kidding, this post is about physics

  

  who I am. Maybe part of who I am -- or who I try to be -- is being ... to follow. But these are not, or else I am out of practice. This class ... myself here again on purpose. My brain does not know that it is possible to

  • by Amber V. '24
  • September 25, 2020
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Hogwarts Institute of Technology Except we have 11 houses instead of 4.

  

  !). For those of you who are not as Potter-oriented, this hack is the scene ... figure out who (or what) is behind it all.     (Note: This is a stuffed ... onto his knees (which is true) but I still thought it was pretty. At

  • by Selam G. '18
  • November 1, 2015
• Blog / How to Human

  hike the desert pretend i am a lifestyle blogger

  

  [annotation note="one of the biggest changes in coming to Boston is how distant ... ,[/annotation] I vowed to go hiking. Tucson is gorgeous; and, importantly, in Tucson ... three major hikes to speak of, plus one noteworthy run: [caption id

  • by Amber V. '24
  • January 21, 2023
• Blog / Events

  (Paint)Ballin’ Hey, if you're already hosed, you might as well have a good reason for it

  

  in New Hampshire, which is to say we went paintballing at OSG. Among ... expert, you might be calling shenanigans due to the lack of paint on the ... rounds of paint to turn them into walking canvases. In fact, on some

  • by Emad T. '14
  • May 19, 2011
• Blog / Personal Projects

  Why Is There No Water? One of the most important things in your life is invisible to you until it…

  

  complicated water is. I created this post as a sort of quick-guide to water, and ... and the Kaffa region overall gets a ton of rain, which is great because ... as a solution. Rain collection is a type of solution to water issues

  • by Selam G. '18
  • October 9, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  Tetazoo Goes Camping An adventure to the top of a mountain and a little cabin in the woods

  

  third floor of the East Parallel of East Campus, which is currently (and ... hiking in the snow. My car on the way to the cabin consisted of Duncan T ... the back of the cabin to claim their spot on the giant 12-person loft in

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • September 20, 2014