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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Eyes Wide a scandalous, unintentionally-devoid-of-meaning recent history

  

  . Yeah, I swear the atmospheric pressure at MIT is actually higher.   ... 've been here so far. MIT isn't always this exciting, you know. (Yes it is). ... from me. So anyway, there’s my first compelling reason to come to MIT

  • by Jackie M. '20
  • September 8, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Admitted Students Welcome Events Your first MIT experience is closer than you think

  

  potential future classmates, as well as MIT students and alumni. Here is a ... ’re excited to meet other new MIT admits so we want to let you know about some ... help welcome you to MIT. Beginning this Saturday, MIT alumni from around

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • March 17, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Be A Blogger 2017!

  

  blogger? The mission of the blogs is to help prospective students understand what MIT is like.   Admissions officers can write about holistic ... . MIT operates by setting a very high standard of admission to the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 1, 2017
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Getting Back to Normal ...with some help from Macklemore

  

  'll take another step in getting back to normal. Tonight is the annual MIT ... It has been a rough couple of weeks in Boston and at MIT.  Wednesday ... for a huge concert. Going back half a century, the MIT Spring Concert

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 26, 2013
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Standing Out [by C/3C Christopher Benson, '10] Before AFROTC, this abstract concept of "leadership" seemed very generic...

  

  from any other source here at MIT. Everyone at MIT is learning technical ... cadets a few weeks ago. It is statements like these that make me very ... . I want to be a fighter pilot - that is why I joined AFROTC, for the

  • by ROTC
  • January 3, 2008
• Blog / Hacks

  Hack to the Future all futures have a past, and all pasts have alternative futures

  

  current (and future) MIT students, I suspect, I loved the BTTF movies as a ... history is to realize that futures are products of their pasts. And one thing you do when you study history is to realize that while the past

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 21, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  An Awesome Autobiography in rage comic form

  

  to me, and on to you. It is pretty awesome, and another piece of data ... conclusion that November 5th is unquestionably the best of birthdays. What does this have to do with MIT Admissions? Nothing really. Then again

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 14, 2011
• Blog / Hacks

  Nice Try, Caltech Hacks > Pranks :D

  

  From today's edition of the Tech: Caltech Students Pull Part of a Hack at MIT I managed to snag one of the fake papers that, as the ... semester is this Friday, as is my last physics quiz and the due date for my

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • December 1, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Keep in mind I try to be helpful sometimes.

  

  explain what MIT is like, not so much to explain what admissions is like ... students do well and enjoy MIT. Their goal is to admit a class that will be ... difficult to understand what MIT is like. That's why these blogs exist, but

  • by Snively '11
  • July 16, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Two quick items from the web Anthropology of War and Peace, and a ton of snow at Chi Phi.

  

  (Naval Open Source Intelligence) to a relevant MIT OpenCourseWare course ... . The course, which recently has focused on the war in Iraq, is described ... whether war is intrinsic to human nature, what causes war, how particular

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 3, 2006
• Blog / Events

  HST Forum 2006… for real The real thing.

  

  So HST -- the Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology ... address at last week's forum. "David D. Ho, M.D. (HST '87) is the ... is also the Irene Diamond Professor at The Rockefeller University. "Dr

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • March 28, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  On Broadway My first few days of fun in NYC

  

  On Tuesday after work, I saw The Producers -- not the movie, the show. Some friends from MIT, UC Berkeley, and NYU took care of waiting in line ... East side of the park, along 5th Avenue. The park is rectangle that is 0

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • January 13, 2006
• Blog / How to Food

  [Guest Post] On Food and Cooking at MIT, La Vita Nuova a selection of dishes, part 3

  

  Ciao. It is I, Jacky of the French Dormitory. My culinary journey, as ... understand a person and to craft meals specifically tailored for them is, in my opinion, a noble pursuit. Alas, [annotation note="cj: this is jacky's way of

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 7, 2022
• 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 ... completely and totally made my day and my Halloween, and I think is now

  • by Selam G. '18
  • November 1, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A love letter to psets Masochists In Training

  

  [context for the non-MIT folks out there: a pset, or problem set, is MIT's version of homework. And by "MIT's version", I mean that while a typical pset might only contain 5 problems, every one of those problems is

  • by Michael C. '16
  • September 16, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  After the Storm Thoughts about decisions from someone who's been there.

  

  could tell you that MIT is not the only place where you can live your ... For the past six months, I have been truly privileged to share my MIT ... prospective members of MIT's Class of 2012 - foremost in my mind. I hope I was

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 17, 2008
• Blog / Events

  The Class of 2010 Ring Premiere I bring you the 2010 Ring Premiere, in full living color!

  

  The Brass Rat is a long-standing MIT tradition that has given rise to MIT Admissions' own, relatively young tradition: blogging Ring Premiere ... Brass Rat is a pretty amazing part of being an MIT student, especially

  • by Jess K. '10
  • February 20, 2008
• Blog / IAP

  I Am Prepared! Getting ready for IAP! (Find out how to join our mystery hunt team, too!)

  

  Miller, puzzle@mit.edu Sponsor: Mystery Hunt This is one of my favorite ... laugh) My primary mission is to start working on my new project in lab ... come, first served. Limited to 20 participants. MIT has lots of

  • by Bryan
  • January 5, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  MIT.01: Intro to the Institute, part 3 (Finals) You may begin at the sound of my voice. You have an hour to answer…

  

  MIT is likely to face, come 2113? 6)Over a 1000 freshmen will be ... thinking dreamily of MIT right now is given by A. Determine the number of ... The MIT.01 course, Intro to the Institute, has been very exciting to

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • September 26, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Freshman FAQs and a cliffhanger or two.

  

  much of MIT is about openness, whether it's the open source movement or ... MIT? And how is the workload/party/chill balance like?" MIT can be any ... okay?" Yes!  One of the best things about MIT is that you don't have to

  • by Michael C. '16
  • April 7, 2013