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• Blog / MIT Life

  What Your Campus Wheels Say About You skrt skrt

  

  to attend the 9 am option for my physics lectures – which was admittedly a bit optimistic on my part. The mornings I had physics, I would wake up at 8:50 am and frantically dash from my dorm to class. Nothing

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • April 20, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  An interview with AoPS "What Kinds of Students Does MIT Look For?" but ASMR

  

  , that my to the question of what we look for is the kind of thing you can read on our "What we look for" page, or that my response to "how can I prepare my kid to get into MIT" was (mostly) "don't try." Many of Raising

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 7, 2022
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Colin Webb’s Commencement Speech "We learned, as graduating MIT engineers, that our job is to build bridges."

  

  of 2018!   You know, When I reflect on some of my favorite ... ’d fine me if they caught me.   But my journey down the infinite might ... that I’m going to make an impact tomorrow. For my fellow course 2’s, we

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 17, 2018
• 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

  

  (Thursday), my friend Sathya called me and said, "Yo Erick, I just heard about ... all over the country. My friend Sathya even took a survey of the ... continue pursuing my dreams of starting  my own company. They've shown that

  • by Erick P. '17
  • June 30, 2016
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Weekend Trip to Salem, MA romance, adventure, and no witchcraft

  

  ’s go on a trip. To Salem,” I asked my partner a week ahead of a long ... part of trip planning was then figuring out places to visit. In my mind ... . The official Salem visitor’s guide did not reflect my priorities. I

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 7, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The most beautiful class schedule yes. good

  

  result of me procrastinating by better defining my *actual* interests ... this moment about what my aspiration is in life, I would tell you ... utilitarian benefit or subjective wellbeing. I imagine (based on my present

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • February 3, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

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

  

  did. I doubted each one of my essays. Re-wrote drafts. Edited the main ... 50” college essays. I did that too much. As if comparing my work to the work of those accepted to the Ivy Leagues could help me determine my

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • November 12, 2015
• Blog / Events

  What If… I Met Randall Munroe? ... Something would have to blow up

  

  , I elbowed my way to somewhere near the front of the line, eager to speak with my hero before he got too tired of talking to fanboys. Besides ... you at my graduation speech!” “Oh wow, thank you. I appreciate it

  • by Joel G. '18
  • September 22, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

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

  

  Last weekend was the Tetazoo fall camping trip, and my first time ... always has been) where I reside at MIT and where I spend most of my time of the year moseying about. This was not my first camping adventure with

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • September 20, 2014
• Blog / Events

  Nate Silver visits MIT (or, do witches exist in real life?) No, he can't predict the outcome of your admissions decision. Probably.

  

  currently wrestling - is the freedom to work in my underpants. I'm living the ... few months ago.  Which, as my friend Isaac quipped, is totally MIT ... " press. Some of my favorite lines of the night: His reaction to Obama

  • by Michael C. '16
  • March 1, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  go. Those rolls are carbohydrate legends. When some teammates from my ... variety of engineering disciplines because so many of my classes are in the ... than not, companies don’t take my resume and instead recommend that I

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • May 24, 2012
• 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…

  

  voice! My goodness, can these people sing! Although I have been fortunate ... Opera in New York with my family and La Bohème at the Boston Opera ... circumstances of how I, along with two of my photographers from Technique, managed

  • by ARTalk
  • March 17, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Regular Action Deadline MIT's regular action deadline is January 1.

  

  documents from the applicant. The MyMIT Tracking is up-to-date (while the ... time about documents that are not showing on MyMIT; we currently have a ... materials that have not yet shown up on MyMIT Tracking. Please note that you

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 29, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Human After All Unlike customer service nowadays, MIT (and its admissions office) is 100% human. Give or take…

  

  know that one of my TAs gets a kick out of seeing me mix QED with some excited exclamations. I know that my physics professor has an unhealthy obsession with pizza, and that my math professor is quite skilled at drawing

  • by Emad T. '14
  • October 19, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Notes From Atlanta I heart Exploding Bacon

  

  may recall my January entry about the FIRST Robotics Kickoff event. As ... , capacity - my old team, of which my father is a mentor and brother a member ... whether I was cheering my pals in the pits or cheering MIT on Scholarship

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 26, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Mikey’s Meta TV Post ...In which you find out about the good, bad, and really bad shows I love…

  

  my shows, and thus there is a smaller likelihood that something will ... all my TV online and/or several weeks after its initial airing, and I ... countdown my top 25 favorite currently airing TV shows (along with the network

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • December 24, 2008
• Blog / Events

  The Stuff of MIT Legend I'm about to tell you a super cool story. It happened two years ago, but…

  

  : PDF...written by my 2.009 instructor, actually!)You can read a biography ... in my day...ahem), Solar Car team, Rocket Team, and others. Not only ... of which I decided to avail myself while preparing for my class in

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 23, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  When Econ Comes to Life This has nothing to do with econ, but you should watch it.

  

  my poster and have to rely on the copy that my friend Anna has hanging ... of C. elegans, works in the lab right next to my UROP with the same ... : Mankiw is the person that wrote my 14.02 textbook, and Solow is the person

  • by Chris S. '11
  • November 18, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Short, Sweet, and to the Point: MIT in five senses or less (Guest Entry) Hear, See, Touch, Smell, and Taste MIT

  

  you’re not sure what I mean, allow me to tell you about my check ... good at science and engineering and whatnot. My goodness, they’re ... ;re still reading and following my gimmicky theme, thank you and I’

  • by Bryan
  • April 21, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  It’s Not Always Rainbows and Butterflies Inspired by Paul and Snively.

  

  class!) decided to blog about schoolwork, I decided to pitch in my own ... practically gallop. I think one of my fellow '11s put it quite well: "Taking ... , eh? So this was my day: 1:17 AM: Began studying for the 18.03 test

  • by Chris S. '11
  • February 26, 2008