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• Blog / Admissions

  Guest Blog: From the Life and Times of Cam

  

  of for MIT prefrosh to write guest blogs before CPW. Cam's situation is ... ethernet jacks on the floor. See, for the first half of my life, I wanted to go to MIT. I didn't know why. It's how I was raised; before I knew what

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • January 6, 2009
• Blog / Announcements

  MIT announces new College of Computing coordinating the teaching, research, and ethics of AI across all programs of study

  

  position the Institute for decades to come as a world hub of education ... seed-grant program for faculty, and a fellowship program to attract ... , and historical consciousness to use technology for the common good. MIT

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 16, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  UROP reveal!! it's like a gender reveal but important

  

  path to nor desire for avoidance. [annotation note="At apparently one of ... some point, and January is just too dark and depressing for me not to ... that you cannot respond to emails in your inbox when I know for a fact

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • February 11, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  General Advice Application advice for HS juniors and sophomores, inspired by a student's question

  

  In my previous entry, Joan Tran from Louisiana asked for some general ... , but they also can be things like (but not limited to) athletics ... them independently, that's fine too. (For example, if you love baking

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • February 19, 2006
• FAQ / First-year application

  How do I fill out the self-reported coursework?

  Use your best judgment when completing the Self-Reported Coursework section. We're simply trying to get a clear picture of your academic ... must be sent to us from your school to verify your self
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Singing with a Local Filk Group [by Susan Shepherd '11] At MIT, I discovered that my "unusual" hobbies weren't all that…

  

  's easy for you to learn about neat stuff through the grapevine. If you ... hear about and have the chance to particupate in. And that's how I ... month to sing science fiction and fantasy folk music, called "filk" for

  • by ARTalk
  • April 14, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Flashback 1.0 What was I like as freshman? Wouldn't you like to know.

  

  for me. How do you even say that out loud? Isn't it just much easier to ... be the poster child for "people who get headaches listening to ... blogger self was a little strained for topics, seeing as how she was writing

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 9, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT at Copley Square Yet more photos of #NoBanNoWall protests in Boston, plus an update from President Reif.

  

  in response to Trump's immigration freeze on seven nations. MIT has 38 ... back to the United States. Students (including yours truly) joined Boston ... video, which I hope captures a bit of what it was like to actually be

  • by Selam G. '18
  • January 31, 2017
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Jigsaw Puzzle of Opinions Ramblings Of A Spring Semester Senior

  

  who I am. This all started when moving to Cambridge for a year caused a ... understanding of how my Ethiopian and American roots played a part. For example, I ... saying it is bad to be influenced by those around you, in fact that’s how

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • March 25, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Studying in China on MIT’s Budget: a Guest Post by Saul W. ‘14 Saul double-majored in Math and Asian & Asian Diaspora Studies.

  

  Anna's asked me to write for her blog. And, since this is Anna, there ... headquarters. They tend to be big and fancy, but this takes the cake for ... up at your door, you get to go hunting for your stuff in China. You get

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 14, 2014
• Blog / Events

  My Kind Of Party Consider this your first frat party.

  

  week to get out 14 NEW BROTHERS (note the excitement). Anyhoo, for those ... the country might look like or how far I went to stick out on this ... invite our friends over to our house to enjoy some dessert, smooth jazz

  • by Bryan
  • September 27, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  Why So Serious? On Keeping Life in Perspective

  

  It's been a while since I've had time to sit down for a long period ... still thinking of the things I would write for all of you out there who ... . If you're wondering what it's like to go to MIT, it's pretty much like

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • March 25, 2012
• Blog / Challenges

  MIT is hard Yes, yes I am.

  

  . Parents are usually easy to spot for a couple of reasons. First, they all ... you want to see how heat travels through the solid. Somehow, through the ... say magic, but we actually had to go through the proof for this and I

  • by Snively '11
  • October 18, 2008
• Blog / UROP & Other Research

  UROPing research, science, and throwing big funnels in lakes

  

  so grateful for my lab. This blog is about how I found my UROP and what ... a pressure sensor to measure how much gas collects over time. It also ... few times since, and now she's showing me how to use a gas chromatograph

  • by Amber V. '24
  • July 4, 2021
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Colors! Burton-Conner:12523 kbps1649 kbps140 ms

  

  had to try "Duff." Seriously, it's from The Simpsons, how can you not ... sense for the technique I'm using to make an 8-bit mural. It involves a ... Newsweek "How to Get Into College" magazine is now on shelves, and features

  • by Snively '11
  • September 15, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  way for me to take the world that I know, and modify it in a way that ... made MIT almost a natural place for me to want to go, but the longer that ... writing was more than a hobby, it is a passion equivalent to my love for

  • by Ben O. '19
  • May 17, 2017
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Double legacy ...what my kids will be, since I'm marrying somebody from MIT!

  

  Science -- because what better place is there for two MIT grads to have ... -- plus 18) to change the policy. :-P (For Karen, below: A legacy is an ... my room left except for Adam, and we stayed up all night talking to

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 1, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Music Scene by a non-musician

  

  along too much to figure out how to do calculus, which is a real problem ... electrifying enough to make me forget about how stressed out I was just hours ... make plans to leave campus. Fortunately for me, music is just a floor

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • December 23, 2015
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  A Pythagorean Triple of Awesome Otherwise known as the weekend of the 4th of July. Just another long weekend in…

  

  other and getting yelled at by the Sheriff for being too close to the ... Sam and I over to her place for some afternoon tea and sandwiches and just catching up. Robin took a year off last year and went to Paris for a

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • July 18, 2010
• Blog / Events

  Moving On, Moving Out, and the Conservation of Freshmen Reflections of a (kinda) sophomore.

  

  'm heading home to South Bend for a week to recover and recharge before ... to achieve a genuinely positive result for the community, so I felt it ... person. Keep an eye out for pictures!) Finally, according to the

  • by Paul B. '11
  • May 22, 2008