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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  In Defense of Peer Pressure or, why my hair is now purple

  

  . For example, a lot of people I live with really like climbing ... teacher wasn't named Mrs. Andrews? Deal with it.) didn't tell you was how ... and Lex with blue hair, Kerry and Clark with purple, Sarah and Decker

  • by Kate R. '14
  • March 17, 2011
• Blog / Study Abroad

  The Seven Supervisors A Buzzfeed Style Look At Supervisors

  

  slow to a crawl as you work on the same question for half an hour with no ... , who has some background with the course, or a professor/fellow. These ... vs Cambridge for IB Computer Scientists (it varies heavily based on

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • April 1, 2014
• Blog / Announcements

  meet the baby bloggers! (some of whom are older than me)

  

  to be so good, so so good, and I am very excited for you to get to read ... , isn't that the guy with the scooter, who can teach you the secrets of ... , who is on language number 5, best friends with a milk frother, and

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • September 6, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  East Campus Hall Rush: 1E So many packing peanuts

  

  , (flexible mechanical engineering with a concentration in design ... with them.               ... probably everyone. My event was a mocktail bar where we made drinks with

  • by Jamie C. '19
  • September 14, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  MIT Students Are Cool: Brian Chan edition These are the kind of people that you will go to school with.

  

  about some of the awesome and amazing people that I went to school with ... for one of the most prestigious research journals in the world: Nature ... with permission.  And then he built a mechanical water strider to

  • by Dr. Dawn '04, MS '06, PhD '11
  • October 15, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Open Sesame…Ring. RFID magic + a ring = wearable CharlieCards

  

  via 3D printers. Even my completely unhealthy obsession with burritos ... , I thought that was the coolest thing that you could do with 3D ... making peace with the Burrito Gods and doing some deep soul-searching, I

  • by Emad T. '14
  • August 23, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  Unedited notes on gravity, etc. Brief thoughts on gravity, science, and consciousness that I plan to elaborate later when I…

  

  and walked home under soft, acidic streetlights to an empty house with ... laptop display I searched for comfort amidst the suburban silence of post ... entering slumberland. Reproduced as follows with sporadic punctuation intact

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • March 11, 2010
• Blog / Events

  Adventure’s Out There….. in Boston! Summer shenanigans at MIT

  

  out my blogs apologizing for my lack of blogging, but I think I've said ... ? Well, I'm still in Boston! After all the fun that I had last semester, I realized I couldn't stand the thought of being away from MIT for summer (2016

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • July 20, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  Waitlist Decisions 2011 MIT Class of 2015 waitlist decisions will be released today, via email, at approximately 3pm…

  

  For the sixth consecutive year, we will admit students from our ... applied for aid, the Financial Aid Office will follow up shortly thereafter with award packages. Admitted students can then choose to accept our

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • May 10, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT ISEF Lunch

  

  I've gotten a few search engine hits for "MIT ISEF Luncheon," so for those of you looking for that information, here it is: The MIT Office of Admissions will host a reception for Intel ISEF participants, their families

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 11, 2005
• FAQ / International applicants

  What if I don’t have a school counselor?

  's only for those who have a school counselor. A principal, headmaster, or ... without a letter. The Secondary School Report Form is designed for U.S. school systems but may be adapted for different international school use
• Blog / How to Human

  23andme happy new year

  

  Sadly, I did not come up with the title pun myself, I saw it on Twitter. Since my blogs do a decent job of encompassing how 2022 went for ... branch out more socially, and probably I could study harder for my job

  • by Rona W. '23
  • January 1, 2023
• Blog / Uncategorized

  what the f*** am i doing this summer still don't know if i'm going abroad or not lol

  

  it in 2021. my acceptance transferred over a year, which made for an ... applied to dozens of companies. I got numerous rejections...roles for ... gave up and committed to finding an internship with an Israeli startup

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • June 12, 2021
• Blog / Study Abroad

  Studying At Cambridge 101 An Expert's Guide To Tackling The Revision Process

  

  coursework. The supervision work I talked about last week is only graded for your benefit and doesn't contribute to your final grade. With that said ... week labs during first term. Automatically graded via online ticker with

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • April 8, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  There is still no magic formula ...but there are a few key ingredients

  

  -written applications) to a largely digital one (with applications and supporting ... . In my work with prospective college students, (as an admission officer ... this journey long ago, even though things were far simpler then. With

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • October 13, 2020
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Associate Advising and the MedLinks Program I'm sick of unpacking, so here's a blog post

  

  collection of these for a while, and will start leaking them out) MIT Student 1: "Any luck with 16b?" MIT Student 2: "I used erf." MIT Student 1 ... with: 1) Associate Advising 2) MedLinks (1) is the reason that I'm on

  • by Anna H. '14
  • August 28, 2012
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Starbucks. I'm getting a little too familiar with it.

  

  feels like it's made for college students, what with all the long study ... expected. The high for today is 59 degrees, with a low of 51, and while I ... With less than two months left till my MCAT, I've started frequenting

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • June 14, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  July 4th in Boston MIT has the best seat for Boston's July 4th celebrations.

  

  Boston Pops is combined with an amazing fireworks show, and is televised ... much with Photoshop, but you can see the barge is right in front of MIT ... along with it. 3. The Mass Ave bridge. Now that there are sound towers on

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 5, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Jon and me how I came to see the world

  

  audience and his far-flung fans. Maybe that was the case for you. It definitely was the case for me. I was 12 when Jon Stewart began hosting TDS ... state; in fact, I was still living in an extended stay hotel with my

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 11, 2015
• Blog / Events

  SpaceVision 2010 Space is cool.

  

  be on time for my 8:10am flight. I asked the hotel to give me a wake-up call at 5:30. I ordered a taxi for 6:30. I set an alarm for 5:30, just in ... -hello? Cheerful guy at the front desk: Ma'am, there is a taxi waiting for you. Me

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 13, 2010