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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Crotchets and Quavers The evensong tradition

  

  with scholarships, free dinners, etc, etc. Some choirs have reputations ... [by Patrick '09] On Tuesday, I went to Trinity College chapel for evensong. I expect most people are unfamiliar with this tradition, so it

  • by Cambridge
  • March 9, 2008
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Maine, Episode I: Hey Joe The one with the game of ultimate frisbee in the rain.

  

  myself down with a discerning eye for road signs (I love Ambuh). But it ... kind of passed out with A Prayer For Owen Meany open to page 89 in my lap ... up for the weekend. From there we went back to Joe's house with his

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 10, 2005
• FAQ / First-year application

  Is it ok to go over the essay word count?

  We require applicants to follow the word limits provided on the application. Your information will not be saved if the responses are too long. You may have to "play" with your thoughts and sentences a bit to meet
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The MIT Blogarhythms! All-blogger a cappella? Nope -- a CPW event!

  

  to first check it out. MIT seems to be littered with free a cappella ... night, I was caught completely off guard; I've worked with Ed for several ... be performing for free! And they've asked me, more or less, to let you

  • by Cam T. '13
  • March 18, 2010
• Blog / How to Human

  Don’t Neglect Your Creative Side And I don't mean the side of you that thinks up math problems while you…

  

  . And now, with the congratulations out of the way, it's time to get to ... sort of math and science. Walking through the new Center for Theoretical ... chalkboard with three other students listening to the incredible Robert Jaffe

  • by Derrick B. '08
  • March 19, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sunny Skies In The OC [by Mirat Shah '08] A new post, and answers to your questions from the last…

  

  is really fun, and also teaches you a lot. For example, in Turkey, I ... coming back here for Lent term than I was when coming here in September. I ... sings Happy Birthday at the top of their lungs and gives speeches

  • by Cambridge
  • February 15, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Scenes From Admissions, Round Two What's going on in this picture?! Another installment of our new little game.

  

  if you can figure out what's going on in the scene. Welcome to Round ... 's taking with an upside-down pen So - what's going on in this picture? As always, points will be awarded for creativity, not just for the right

  • by Ben Jones
  • August 24, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Decision Day Eve Making your decision by May 1.

  

  haven't yet replied: As soon as you've made up your mind for sure about ... 're making the best choice for yourself), or to request a deferral/gap year(s) before enrolling at MIT (for a gap year, military service, or other reason

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 30, 2008
• Blog / Athletics

  Gobble Gobble Geeks with guns

  

  bless it with a single perfect shot. That's love for ya right there ... stray from our plain and boring circular targets and have some fun with ... , likewise with high school. This blog isn't about elementary, middle, or high

  • by Snively '11
  • November 27, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  More HS Summer Programs Some academic and research opportunities for students to consider.

  

  of the large block of free time to do something meaningful for yourself ... further list of some terrific math & science summer programs for high school ... Mathematics (HCSSiM) Honors Summer Math Camp (HSMC) Program in Mathematics for

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 26, 2007
• Blog / Classes

  Little Pieces of Living january & february & march & now, april

  

  In January, I came back to campus for IAP and got to do a healthcare ... rounding team at one of the VA campus hospitals, and visited the VA's Brain ... an enriching time for me, and I learned more about what kinds of things

  • by Sara N. '28
  • April 2, 2025
• Blog / Athletics

  Less Than Perfect Bottle Rockets, Crossword Puzzles, and Half-Marathons

  

  -marathon with me, but Tara and Cathy opted for two times the suffering (buy one ... the race started and I felt on top of the world for the first five miles ... is it an apostrophe??) in the top left corner.   For the sake of

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • May 10, 2016
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Watch this! An MIT blogger alum deservedly gets a moment in the spotlight.

  

  with degrees in Biology and Brain & Cognitive Science in 2006. Today, she is a graduate student at Harvard, and is still involved with the MIT ... story: I've saved the best for last. My favorite Mollie video is this

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 23, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  I waited waaaay too long to get a new computer Finally, a development environment I can work with!

  

  piece of hardware to play nice with it for a class project...or the time I ... paid for a new computer with comparable specs. Also it ran Windows 7 ... in the war for a pain-free development environment. The computer came

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • October 8, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  I’m a pedestrian! I’m a motorist! Pedestrian! Motorist! Read on, my children, and you shall see of our midnight ride to IHOP.

  

  , Boston's most infamous 7-way stop, with no traffic and the only sign of ... To begin: "If it weren't for my horse, I never would have spent that ... to identify the source of this wisdom. Ruth, you're not allowed to play

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 14, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  Don’t Screw Up Your Username It's time to put down your AOL screen name.

  

  your Kerberos) will be your login to the computing systems here, it'll be ... graduate. In other words, this is for life. Fear not, though. After consulting with many others (as well as compiling from some earlier blog posts

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • April 30, 2015
• Blog / Athletics

  Sexy MIT Engineers My

  

  time for rehearsals. Yay adventure!) I love playing with sMITe, the women ... Freshman fall I decided to join a sport. I had never played sports in ... played quite terribly. If I just remembered which way the field was going

  • by Neerja A. '16
  • October 19, 2014
• Blog / Events

  Mist in the streets of Boston monday wanderings

  

  laptop. Two families with small kids order at the register. Every few ... the marathon. The track was lined with cheering families and friends. The runners were going about the pace I’d shoot for in a three-mile race

  • by Amber V. '24
  • April 20, 2023
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Deferred A forum for students who were deferred.

  

  In the near future, we'll have some advice here on the blogs for students who have been deferred. In the meantime, feel free to use this forum to chat.

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 15, 2007
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Admitted An open thread for admitted students.

  

  Welcome to the Class of 2011! Feel free to use this post's comments space to introduce yourselves to your future classmates. (Later this week, look for new stuff on your MyMIT portal)

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 9, 2006