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• Blog / About Decisions

  Remember, Remember, the 17th of December… things that happened

  

  numbers and MIT selects "prime" candidates - is that a reason for the date ... perhaps it is an appeal to something which happened on a historically ... 're going live on 12/17 at 12:17? No. What they have to with is this: history

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 16, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  ZOMG CPW! The greatest shopping list ever.

  

  Here is what I bought at Shaw's (the local grocery store) last night ... for details. ;-) I was really hungry. Such is a day in the life of a ... 're bringing CPW to FIRST. Ask them questions about MIT. I'm totally serious, it

  • by Laura N. '09
  • April 12, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Goodbye, Hope to See You Again For those moving on today...

  

  This post is for those who are moving on from this blog today, May 1 ... attached to you, and not just for what you'd bring to the MIT community, but ... process, is, of course, a two-way street. You get to choose where to apply

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 1, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Super Adventure Club In a little while, I'll be gone.

  

  is in Atlanta, Georgia? Hey, if you came here from Google looking for something about South Park, no luck--this is just another stupid blog. I ... down I-81, which is fortuitously right by my house. So, Moria and company

  • by Sam M. '07
  • March 25, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  The Role Of A Teacher A discussion regarding recent events in a Colorado classroom.

  

  topic that I think is worthy of discussion. Normally I don't enter this ... classroom. No doubt you've heard about it, as it is getting a lot of press ... right political debate. It's just not appropriate for an MIT admissions

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 8, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Burning Question "Can you tell me why I didn't get in? Why was I not good enough?"

  

  competitive applicant pool in the history of MIT, which is arguably the hardest ... The burning question in my in-box is "Can you tell me why I didn ... applicant pool. So the simple answer is - you didn't do anything wrong, and

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 16, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Keg of worms and phytoplankton

  

  their MIT application. In my three years of reading applications, I can ... , is that Varsity Club didn't really seem to be an important part of Erin ... applications a year. The applications where the student is being genuine, where

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 7, 2004
• FAQ / Academics and research

  What entrepreneurship programs are offered?

  innovation and entrepreneurship at MIT: Bernard M. Gordon-MIT Engineering ... X Martin Trust Center for MIT Entrepreneurship Legatum Center for Development and Entrepreneurship Lemelson-MIT Program MIT InnovationHQ MIT
• Blog / MIT Life

  In Their Own Words (Part 3) Thailand and Israel and Columbia, oh my!

  

  (Courses 6-3 and 21M, of Random Hall): "We all know that MIT is the best ... to. The problem at MIT is not whether opportunities are available, it ... Knox Kentucky this summer...it should be fun. It is done through the MIT

  • by Paul B. '11
  • July 8, 2008
• Blog / MISTI

  pole dancing and punching things trying out new classes in Copenhagen

  

  the pole. The emphasis on core strength is, if anything, greater than in ... something and now your arm is twisting backwards at a concerning angle. I was enthused with one particular leg choke.  This is all well and good, but it

  • by Amber V. '24
  • July 16, 2022
• Blog / IAP

  Samantha: The Automated Nerf Gun Turret a personal project by raymond t. '23

  

  during MIT's [annotation note="IAP is Independent Activities Period. Essentially, MIT students get the month of January off to do whatever we please."]IAP[/annotation] period and decided he wanted to make an automated nerf turret. Here is how

  • by Cami M. '23
  • April 3, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Courses and Stuff Mason '10 made up the title, blame him.

  

  writing is really, really hard to stick with. It's incredibly difficult to ... drive is littered with scraps of nonsense that will probably never blossom ... course instructor is supposed to be really, really good. Yay for HASS

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 15, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  How phonology explains wordplay in Tagalog songs armchair linguistics

  

  graduation requirements in MIT is the HASS Concentration, a group of related ... it's a bit of a big deal for me. My first post, Colorful, is ... name is about [annotation note="The difference between Tagalog and

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 9, 2022
• Blog / Hacks

  Hackapult Sieges The Dome

  

  . One of the lovely things about my office is that I have a window under ... . The Boston Globe reported soon after with "In latest MIT hack, a tribute ... assembled and traffic copters flew overhead.     MIT facilities

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 15, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A Series of Embarrassing Events, Part 3 A Valentine's Day surprise

  

  On Valentine's Day, (boy/girl)friends of MIT students have a unique ... -noon on Tuesdays and Thursdays, I have Science Essay class. My professor is Seth Mnookin, a science writer and co-director of MIT's Science Writing

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 18, 2013
• Blog / Events

  A Burton Jew Thanksgiving Because I'm game for any excuse to eat stuffing.

  

  exposure to Judaism prior to MIT. Consequently, it never even occurred to me ... half of these have to be Kosher. The result is a weekend extravaganza of ... MIT we take safety first and everyone made it to dinner in one piece

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • November 27, 2008
• Blog / Athletics

  ICIC A journey to deliciousness

  

  next level by joining the MIT Cycling Club for one of the Best Ideas Ever ... Harvard and MIT meet up on Thursdays for a nice bike ride to a new ice cream ... -collegiate-ness. If that's not the best idea ever, I don't know what is. It's meant to

  • by Karen F. '11
  • May 30, 2008
• Blog / Class Projects

  Designing a Calculator with FSM Logic A web dev lesson from an MIT sophomore!

  

      My friend Robert V. '20 is a Course 6-3 (Computer Science) sophomore, the MIT African Students' Association's webmaster, and ... it to the blogs. Robert is passionate about web design and development

  • by Selam G. '18
  • May 25, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Growing Pains And Every Other Type of Ache

  

  , though, is a precious commodity, and I’d like not to squander it, now that it’s hit.  Why am I disappointed? As is often the case, I ... recognize that you’re stuck. Today is one of those days, when I have far too

  • by Shorna A. '25
  • December 6, 2022
• Blog / About Decisions

  So the rest of your decisions are coming in and let's take a second to talk about it

  

  bad? I’ll give you an analogy: MIT is, as I’m sure you know, hard. A ... you’re like 92% of kids who applied to MIT, then you probably didn’t get ... , especially since so many MIT applicants also apply to the slew of top schools

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • March 27, 2015