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• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Craziest of Weeks I had one.

  

  formally welcome you admitted and delightful goobers to the Institute. Four ... expletives (that I can't post on the blogs) with my dad. I earnestly hope that ... . Thursday morning: Spend the morning with my 20.380 group working on our

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • March 21, 2013
• Blog / Events

  Seeing The Dalai Lama In which I join the press (for a bit) and listen to His Holiness

  

  known as His Holiness, the 14th Dalai Lama. Not just because he's a Nobel laureate, a spiritual leader, and one of the foremost advocates for peace and ... people. Thankfully for me, I was able to see him in the first of three

  • by Emad T. '14
  • October 15, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  MIT and the SAA HOORAY FOR ACRONYMS

  

  AM. Since I have the worst luck in the world, I had a serious case of ... hard kicks in the face. (Remind me to tell you about how I failed my swim test last month.) This morning was out of the ordinary, though, because

  • by Keri G. '10
  • April 28, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Selecting the new bloggers! With a new school year approaching, it's time to pick the next set of bloggers.

  

  Perhaps the second most exciting time of the year (after selecting the incoming class) is the selection of the new bloggers. And now, with ... has become the tradition, the blogger selection committee will include

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 27, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  After the Storm Thoughts about decisions from someone who's been there.

  

  For the past six months, I have been truly privileged to share my MIT experiences with all of you through the admissions blogs. Whether I talked about my classes, my dorm, my fraternity, the hacks, the research

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 17, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Excitement On The Road Adventures in the Princeton Hospital ER.

  

  So Marilee and I spent much of last night in the ER at Princeton ... , I'm almost positive that the Princeton Hospital is supposed to be ... -worker is fine, thanks to the wonderful medics and folks in the ER. But more

  • by Ben Jones
  • May 18, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  State of the Mail We're processing a lot of mail.

  

  As I write, our terrific Records Office team is processing the ... , sorted, entered into the database, filed, and reviewed. My advice to you is to please be patient as you watch the application tracking system on

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 6, 2006
• Blog / UROP & Other Research

  living the dream: UROP edition! in which i run experiments on children (well, kinda)

  

  In my New Year's reflections post, I mentioned that over the winter ... 't relevant to the post as a whole and because I didn't know a lot of the details yet. Now, I'm two weeks into the semester and in the thick of being

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • February 22, 2019
• Blog / MISTI

  The train in Spain is ungainly, take a plane I'm an MITblogger, get me out of here!

  

  DID YOU KNOW? Square wheels will roll if the road is in the shape of a catenary curve, which is the shape that a string hangs in when you hold it between two supports. Barcelona, I don't know about. The first

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 23, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  PSA: the app is live for freshman

  

  The MIT freshman application for the prospective Class of 2022 is now ... your business, but try not to worry too much. Remember the difference ... 's the only one you will ever have. I believe in you. Good luck.  

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 10, 2017
• Blog / Events

  The Making of a Mystery A James Grimmelmann Guest Blog

  

  Assistant at the Berkman Center for Internet and Society, and I still stay active in the policy space through several ongoing projects, programs, and ... intellectual mancrushes of mine are as profound as the one I have for Professor

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 17, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Summer & the Coming Commencement stuff and things.

  

  I'm happy to be here again for the summer. So I did this once my freshman year, stayed on campus, that is, working with the LIGO burst team, next to the Plasma Science and Fusion Center (with the enviable name

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • June 4, 2008
• Blog / Athletics

  MIT Quidditch: The Best Thing EVER? Yes.

  

  Today. I. Joined. Quidditch. The awesomeness is still sinking in. This afternoon was the first warm, sunny, beautiful day we've had here for a while. I bike year-round, but today was the first time since fall

  • by Kim D. '09
  • March 7, 2010
• Blog / Hacks

  Harry Potter and the Infinite Corridor (updated!) Don't even try to post a spoiler.

  

  Currently at Au Bon Pain in Harvard Square awaiting the arrival of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. I figured it would be cool to take ... Looking for Charms ... stumped Looking for Defence Against the Dark Arts

  • by Bryan
  • July 20, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Summertime, and the livin’ is easy Unless, of course, you've decided to do something with all that free time.

  

  about Summer 2007 programs up until around January, but the info from last ... . YOU DO NOT HAVE TO DO ANY SUMMER PROGRAM TO GET INTO MIT, by the way. I ... amounts of free time. Let's start off with the Center for Talent

  • by Keri G. '10
  • November 13, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The best picture we took in Paris Slightly delayed for some slightly successful attempts at photo editing.

  

  Science, and Applied Biological Sciences", existed in the MIT Course Handbook for 17 years without any faculty or staff, until the last remaining graduate student lost all contact with the department. Starting in the Fall

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 25, 2006
• Blog / Events

  BLOOD MOON FEST IS REAL!! "the blood moon rises and the blood moon falls but the wave of whimsy it…

  

  the blog and immediately told me that we had to make it real. Despite ... folding table, a giant BLOOD MOON FEST banner, and access to the Simmons ballpit. What I needed was supplies to make pies, something to hold the food

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • March 22, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  taste ai has no taste.

  

  might’ve seen me mention that I spoke to The Washington Post for an article about Gen Z and the job market. As you can see, the word [judgment] is in brackets, meaning it isn’t part of the original quote. From

  • by Rona W. '23
  • August 20, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  Meeting our new president! my very brief foray into professional journalism

  

  morning I had the incredible opportunity to attend the announcement and ... received an email letting us know that the event would be to announce MIT's 18th president!!! The email was understandably but delightfully cryptic

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • October 20, 2022
• Blog / Majors & Minors

  making things a blog about being a meche major

  

  mechanics, is two hours long; reading those posts gets me through the rapid ... the psets, untangling each other’s equations when they get in snarls ... other up. I'm sure most majors are like that. More of us trickle into the

  • by Amber V. '24
  • October 20, 2021