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• Blog / Admissions

  This is what happens when we don’t do work Here is the infinite rollercoaster of fun I promised not to take you on.

  

  -ese or building wall-climbing robots every night, only some nights. If you ... I always thought, eh, I'll never have time or eh, I'll do it later ... huggers sprawling in front of 77 Mass Ave, or a few dashing gentlemen

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • April 24, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Full Circle Here's to yesterday.

  

  . So if I wasn't in my dorm room, exploring Harvard Square, or secretly ... thought I was a real Harvard student or something. :) The interesting thing ... Harvard Yard to take the No. 1 bus up to MIT, where I was given a personal

  • by Paul B. '11
  • July 7, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  He’s Making A List and Checking It Twice The things that I found important when looking at colleges

  

  important. 1. Scholastic This was the most important option in my case. I ... sweeten the pot. Sample questions I asked: - Dorms: Single sex or coed ... or is it more of an isolationist feel? - Noise level? 5. Miscellaneous

  • by Bryan
  • July 24, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Next House: Where The Sidewalk Ends A tour of Next House!

  

  walking ~8 minutes from the Student Center, or biking, or taking a shuttle ... made to your specifications or they can make you a wrap sandwich), Bits ... semester and then get 1/2 off all the food the dining hall. For an example of

  • by Melis A. '08
  • May 13, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  A waffle house is not a waffle home This is actually an entry about modern Chinese cinema.

  

  : "Strangers With Candy", Season 1 Shana: A Mighty Wind Allison's Dad: The Sound ... recipe; but don't tell Sam's Mom or she might get mad. I think it's a ... beverages "pop" or walk around with their collars up or say "y'all." Anyway

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 16, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Hi, My Name Is: (insert name here) name my newest pet and win BIG! prizes and fame included!

  

  technically not mine or any of my family's but since we did live next door and this dog was capable of leaping tall buildings like Superman or just her ... . 1. No movie names (ie Nemo, Flounder, Flipper) Be original folks. 2

  • by Bryan
  • July 12, 2005
• Blog / Classes

  Holding pattern undergrad | me | graduation

  

  lot. I came into this semester needing (2) HASS classes, (1) mechanical engineering class, and (1) thesis in order to graduate. And that ... reference, getting transcripts, completing coding challenges, and/or putting

  • by Taylor V. '19
  • April 6, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  Writing an essay using thumb tacks and arousing the suspicions of a snarky Nobel laureate

  

  front of a chalkboard, with a drawing of his or her choice. A spectacled ... casing the joint?" he asked, grinning even wider. . I'm sorry. WHAT? 1) I ... physics." Most of the others have paragraphs, or at least a few sentences. I

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 5, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Making Your Dorm Room a Piece of Art! [by Elise '14]...and how MIT'll help you!

  

  favorite band or sports team. But it can also be a chance to really customize ... you don’t feel like dealing with paint fumes or chalk dust is to ... year. Or you know, you could always take some art classes at MIT so you

  • by ARTalk
  • November 24, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Kickoff! and away we go...

  

  isn't the point of FIRST, or rather, it's a means, not an end. The point ... - 1 in 9 MIT students participated in FIRST in high school. That's not to say that FIRST is a prerequisite for admission, or that it gives you

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • January 12, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Cellular neurobiology The more syllables it has, the cooler it is

  

  dendritic spines. As someone may or may not have ever told you (I know they ... electron microscope. This is called the postsynaptic density, or PSD. The ... 't many/any receptors or scaffolds outside spines. Ohmigod, I did not make

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 1, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Conversations with graders And other ramblings of a frosh...

  

  that way too me...) and you get 7. It was just so cool. So after doing ... lettering that had been rolled up a night or two before a presentation given ... , and what influenced that decision one way or the other? Hmm, that's a

  • by Laura N. '09
  • March 3, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Back to Life, Back to Reality Did you know that you can make an equation out of anything?

  

  -Fluids Engineering I - 1 Problem Set - 1 Exam involving problems dealing with greenhouses and solar panel production 2.002 - Mechanics and Materials II - 1 Problem Set - 1 Exam involving problems on design optimization and NDE

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

  How to make a glass pumpkin In celebration of the 2023 Great Glass Pumpkin Patch

  

  teams of glassblowers who gather for a few hours a day to make batches of ... should take an entire day to make just a single pumpkin?” As it turns out

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • September 29, 2023
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Hydrate Happy Sent by the magic of mobile technology

  

  blissfully unaware of Bevi’s existence, prepare to have your day ruined as I ... Africa). From that day on, I’ve had a newfound respect for Bevi. Not

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • July 3, 2023
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Things I Know to Be True: Addendum One A post I hate, and some truths from my first year at MIT

  

  myself one day to rest, one day with adequate sleep, none of that would

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • June 20, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  end of semester reflections in conclusion, online school Ain't It

  

  Saturday, which is usually the day I dedicate to doing pretty much 0 work ... exhaustion of being in multiple Zoom meetings a day and that I'll be able to

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • May 15, 2020
• Blog / Athletics

  Marathon Monday on learning to balance growth and recovery

  

  day rather than a training day. It's a small change, but just like with

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 17, 2017
• Blog / Life after MIT

  An Alumni Barbecue I love living in a place with so much history!

  

   squanch shirt! Marvin R. '16 and I grabbed some delicious desserts after a day of cooking ... our alumni about what things were like "back in the day, when everything

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • October 6, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  [Guest Blog] CourseRoad! A simple way to make your four year plan!

  

  projects. One day a new challenge caught his eye and CourseRoad was created ... prototype of CourseRoad over Presidents’ Day Weekend. I didn’t quite realize

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • August 25, 2012