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• Blog / MIT Life

  it’s thanksgiving or something and other things happening in my life

  

  acknowledgement statement, as adapted from mit's statement. the land on which i'm writing this post right now is the traditional, unceded territory of the ... toward indigenous people is something i'm not very familiar with, and

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 26, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Dorm Bathrooms Always look on the bright, side of life

  

  dorm at MIT is single sex, all the rest are coed) and we get along ... guys, if you get into MIT there's a high likelihood that you'll get to ... this is a little abrupt, let's start from the beginning. In Burton

  • by Snively '11
  • March 2, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Hilarity with Jeremy "Hi!" *awkward silence*

  

  opinion, this diversity is one of MIT's greatest strengths. Although I could ... As you may have already realized, MIT attracts an incredibly diverse ... appreciated until a few days ago - namely, how MIT ends up attracting some very

  • by Paul B. '11
  • February 8, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Paul Farmer at the Broad Lander update October 28

  

  . The Broad is jointly founded by MIT, Harvard, and the Whitehead ... are posted on the MIT events calendar), and they usually are are very ... will link you to his Wikipedia entry, MIT Biology bio, and Broad bio. The

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • October 20, 2006
• Blog / Athletics

  [Guest Post] Those Kids in Uniform Everything you didn't ask to know about ROTC

  

  MIT. In the Air Force, being a good “wingman” is something highly valued ... Hi all! My name is Catherine J. ‘22. I’m studying Computer Science (Course 6-3) and I’m a sophomore cadet in Air Force ROTC.  ROTC is an

  • by Rona W. '23
  • November 7, 2019
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  New York Trips that we went on with Arts Scholars!

  

  events and is a great way to join an artistic community at MIT!  One of the biggest perks of being an Arts Scholar is getting to go on an all ... One of the groups we are a part of is Arts Scholars. This is a group

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • March 5, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Tale of the Midnight Tool! Simulcast in 1337 for our viewers at home!

  

  :00 a.m. which is an unpleasant feeling. I did learn some MIT vernacular ... repercussions turned out to bite me in the proverbial butt. Thus is the beginning ... 'm claiming that part of this is the LHC's fault for not destroying the world

  • by Chris M. '12
  • September 17, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  International conference followup A post especially for international students: casting a wide net to find a good college…

  

  you might imagine, MIT is near the top in terms of total money awarded ... *Update as of 2015: Early action is available to both domestic and ... things to come from this group in terms of information is the international

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 17, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Making the hard decision a couple of brutally honest stories from friends here that had originally wanted to study…

  

  school whose STEM reputation is as monolithic as MIT’s: there are few ... . MIT is likely not the best place to be if you know that writing is your ... made MIT almost a natural place for me to want to go, but the longer that

  • by Ben O. '19
  • May 17, 2017
• Blog / How to Human

  Advocating for Science on Capitol Hill, Part 1 My name is Anna Ho, and I'm here representing the American Astronomical Society.

  

  My name is Anna Ho, and I am a student at – No, no. That’s not the point. My name is Anna Ho, and I am a constituent living in Cambridge. I am a student at MIT majoring in physics. Ugh, I sound like a robot

  • by Anna H. '14
  • April 24, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A follow-up

  

  . But i have decided that now my only aim is to get in MIT so i need your ... than I did. And being accepted to MIT is not the be-all, end-all of life ... into MIT, I don't know what real rejection is like. Right now you

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • April 18, 2007
• Blog / Classes

  20 Things I Learned In 2020 from a course 20 who is in her 20s

  

  . Enough said. There is a huge community of local mappers who chart out ... to use. Cartography is still very much a thing. It's okay to not be ... someone I didn't get a chance to say goodbye to :( Oftentimes, there is a

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • January 1, 2021
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Show your creativity: the Year of the Pig While we continue reading applications full time, another mini-contest.

  

  is my last name at mit dot edu. This will have no impact on your ... 's blog, my colleague Joanne's dog Evie is somewhat of an office mascot. What you may not know is that Joanne is, like me, a die-hard Lost fan

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 13, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  how to spend a summer Spending a summer in Boston a la Bryan

  

  list of things to do is by no means expansive and there are probably a ... thing I suggest is getting a T-Pass. During the semester, I don't plan on ... thing about Boston/Cambridge is that summer is a great time to celebrate

  • by Bryan
  • August 27, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A Day in the Life: Weekend Edition 80% more fun and 800% more apples in one serving!

  

  of background info: The MIT Concert Band is a student organization, as ... at any time, which is nice because a huge percentage of MIT students ... no doubt have heard, one of MIT's favorite phrases is “Work hard, play

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • September 16, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  Seattle The siren call of real adult life

  

  This is, for the most part, a post about Seattle. I've been a ... walkability of a city is, in fact, important to me. And although I do like ... just [annotation note="it is, in reality, physically a very small city as

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • July 3, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Marilee Jones in the news The Associated Press article about Dean Marilee Jones.

  

  perfection "is making our children sick," the MIT dean of admissions told a ... expect." What Jones can control is MIT, and there she has tried, at least ... . (Jones acknowledges that persuading MIT's faculty to go along is a long

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 18, 2006
• Blog / Announcements

  Be a Blogger 2019!

  

  at MIT is like. You should interpret this mandate expansively. In the ... of MIT students are MIT students. Admissions officers can write about ... so forth. MIT works by giving people high standards and great autonomy

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 1, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet The (New) Bloggers! how to something something

  

  Angeles, California, is an accomplished photoblogger (and regular ... , Rachel is fighting fires, both in the trenches (as a volunteer firefighter ... , materials science, and (probably) dying her hair here at MIT.  These

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 3, 2012
• Blog / Hacks

  A Brief History of Hacks Unfortunately I couldn't get Stephen Hawking to narrate.

  

  ", or "root-level" friend is one that you personally know and like. A ... easier? Not to mention your most special friend, or "friend^0" is "the one ... go to MIT and one of the girls asks: "Do you participate in the annual

  • by Chris M. '12
  • June 22, 2011