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• Blog / Events

  Ice cream and an onion Chun Li, pirates, magnetic poetry, and an RLC circuit.

  

  wearing eyeshadow; that's just what my eyes look like after I forced them to ... our own! I think my favorite one was the three people who dressed up as

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 29, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT ‘10: Cristen Chinea Cristen Chinea '10, for whom MIT might mean "meteorologist in training."

  

  see a tear. "I call her my miracle child," she says. From a young age ... so much damage. "My aunt took me to Disney World and in our hotel room

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 31, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Mind the Gap (again) About deferring admission for a year, also known as a gap year.

  

  aristocracy vacationing in the south of France coming to mind. But during my ... for many great reasons. For example, one of my favorite students spent a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 12, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW 4 U What you should do at CPW, assuming you like exactly the same things that I…

  

  , hovercraft, or whatever, will work out without any problems. My own prefrosh ... some of my incredibly dedicated colleagues in blogging, but I have an

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 6, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  UPOP Program and a look at Jay Dweck (‘77) UPOP is a one-week seminar that teaches leadership and work-place dynamics to sophomores studying engineering…

  

  experience (my roommate proceeded to whisper "Oh my God, Melis, I can't believe

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 5, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Three cheers for the MIT Marching Band Is the band ready? You bet they are.

  

  was also my first football game as a member of the world ... backup technique from my Tournament of Bands days, but eventually just gave

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 24, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Do you have class? A view of my classes for the fall semester, with some photos from their first…

  

  my advising seminar on my list of favorites for the year. East Campus

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • September 8, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet the Admissions Officers: Bryan Nance Name: Bryan Nance; Job title: Director of Minority Recruitment; Hometown: Queens, NY

  

  school I participated in a program called Youth in Government and (to my ... of Korea, Indianapolis, IN and Ithaca, NY. Anything else? My favorite

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 27, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  Mind the Gap Gap years are a good option for some students.

  

  aristocracy vacationing in the south of France coming to mind. But during my ... for many great reasons. For example, one of my favorite students spent a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 13, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Welcome Susan Hockfield A recap of Susan Hockfield's inauguration.

  

  my count) presidents of other colleges and universities - including ... remember my post from way back in 2004 when the selection of Dr. Hockfield

  • by Ben Jones
  • May 6, 2005
• Blog / Classes

  2.009: the product engineering process the best class at mit

  

  student and walk you all through my team’s process throughout the semester. Let’s start with my team: the Red Team. Somehow fate took all the ... tell from the breakdown of the weeks I just outlined. One of my favorite

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • January 16, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  AARRRGHHHHH!!!!🏴‍☠️ (Pirate Post) A Review of 21M.299 - Pirate Songs and Whaling Chanteys

  

  can swing it with my schedule.  The class had 3 main focuses ... my music brain angry. But it did grow on me and I've caught myself more ... ."]Barrett’s Privateers[/annotation] , [annotation note="I this might be my favorite sea

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • June 2, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  Kevin’s Room Portrait of an MIT Student

  

  previously mentioned Kevin in my blog about snow antics. I built my first and ... member of MIT in August 2014 (yes we share a name; his middle name is my ... ”, “turned my world upside down”. He found some classes very difficult, and the

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • November 26, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Turning the Tide My thoughts on an important report

  

  100 of my admissions colleagues at colleges around the country. I think ... often marked by the phrase, “I have to go do my community service.” We ... common good. My experience with students at MIT is that they are deeply

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • June 20, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  StartMIT: IAP for Entrepreneurs Like with anything else, it helps to learn from the best

  

  --really. My current stage of starting a company could best be described as ... accepted. To my surprise, I got in, and I signed myself up! Best decision so ... Goldstein, a venture capitalist, gave me a few pointers on my product pitch

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • January 26, 2016
• Blog / How to Food

  Dining As it stands now

  

  . That was one of my biggest questions about MIT, it didn't seem to be ... critical issue. Probably my sketchiest prefrosh moment was due to a lack of ... ). BOTTOM LINE You want my advice? Ok, not just my advice, but also the advice

  • by Snively '11
  • January 2, 2009
• Blog / Events

  “Exactly” the Same We're not being too critical! We're MIT students!

  

  the pictures to my personal blog and see if any of my readers knew who ... . I called my dad and had him look for a while (many hours) and IM ... a show called "My gym partner's a monkey." We hit Wikipedia and found

  • by Snively '11
  • January 28, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  A Post For Parents, Part 2 A followup to "A Post For Parents, Part 1."

  

  found a few nuggets of wisdom in my last post that will help you and your ... majority of my writings are applicable to the masses. Everyone is welcome, come on in, the water is just fine. In my first piece I addressed

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • March 29, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Ask me anything about portfolios Go ahead—don’t be shy!

  

  ’ve compiled some of my thoughts on the portfolio process and collected some ... waiver by the deadlines below. Can I request a fee waiver for my portfolio ... particularly common questions that arise in the comments section. To all my

  • by Jeremy W.
  • October 26, 2021
• Blog / How to Food

  rice cooker cooking or, how to cook for yourself with zero skill

  

  died from malnourishment. I get my groceries delivered from Daily Table and they have reasonably priced groceries. For my first week, I got some ... fine. It tasted good. It satisfied my hunger. Another "recipe", which is

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 19, 2021