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• Blog / About Decisions

  Disappointment I know how it feels...

  

  that but sometimes i need to remind her that failing just made me get up ... characteristics with the entire admissions committee. And no matter where you end up

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • December 21, 2011
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Lesson Planning When in doubt, get Legos involved

  

  rounds, my team ended up in third, but after our quick debrief, they ... what they were willing to give up—and which teams they thought they could

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • December 8, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  The Curiosity Instinct Every MIT applicant should ask a question - but not necessarily just "How can I…

  

  just chalked up my high school record (and my college choice) to natural ... can say is that there's a lot in the environment, the way that I grew up

  • by Emad T. '14
  • November 24, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Deep Breath what's next for all our applicants

  

  really choked up at CPW when I met some students I'd worked with at MITES. A big tear welled up in his eye, and he said: "you know, that's what

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 11, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Some Hosed Down Hodgepodge In which I breathe, then return to my business

  

  case you can't pick up a bland, regular copy at a T station somewhere in ... get the post up, but didn't get around to asking my senior lab manager

  • by Emad T. '14
  • October 23, 2011
• Blog / Life after MIT

  MIT Alum Adam Riess ‘92 Wins Nobel Prize Riess was a Course 8 Phi Delt with a minor in History.

  

  addition to his major in Physics, Riess also picked up a minor in History ... expansion will continue to speed up the Universe will end in ice. The

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 4, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Guest Blog: A Guide for the Hopeless and Drenched thoughts from mark '15

  

  living up to another’s expectations. No matter the means of inspiration ... , slowly count to ten, and open up your mind as wide as you can. You are

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 29, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Meant to Be What I've found at MIT

  

  hate them because you have to put up with them until they become useful ... , we make up a diverse class which makes for an amazing culture of

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • September 19, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Beauty, xkcd, and my classes The problem with me.

  

  to some speakers, and turned up the volume (I covered my ears) until it ... vibrate. As we turned up the volume, the molecules in the glass vibrated

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 9, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Questbridge College Admissions Conference A guest post from Louis Lamia '14, an MIT Quest Scholar.

  

  do it the right way, and to this day, every morning I wake up and look ... gather up hundreds of low-income, high-achieving students from all over the

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • September 8, 2011
• Blog / How to MIT

  Forget your plan for a minute The beauty of collage

  

  another elaborate drawing like the one you were up all night doing, why not ... ’ve never done before. And if none of those things end up working to help you

  • by Kris Guay
  • September 8, 2011
• Blog / Athletics

  So you want to be a student-athlete? Finding the balance

  

  ups and downs of MIT athletics. Playing hockey and lacrosse keeps me ... including travel time or pre/post practice habits (taping up, stretching

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • August 29, 2011
• Blog / Events

  (Still) Celebrating the 150th! Boy oh boy is it delicious (and free!)

  

  but this to say: you have to try a burrito from Anna's. If you're up for ... close-up shots of food, as I think they're quite overused; however, in a

  • by Cam T. '13
  • July 17, 2011
• Blog / Events

  The Blogger’s Cut, Year One Some other first year memories captured in photos

  

  , because now I can put up a few photos from moments that were good enough to ... and I teamed up with MIT's Aspire. Aspire, a graduate student-led group

  • by Emad T. '14
  • May 25, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Music Groups at MIT, Pt. 3 [by Jessica Noss '14, Guest Blogger] Techiya and Beyond.

  

  have any professor as a director or musical advisor. Techiya is made up ... , then going through all the major composers up to the twentieth century

  • by ARTalk
  • May 22, 2011
• 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.

  

  -compressed exaggeration of MIT. We don't stay up until 4am speaking in rapid-fire Math ... 've been working on all semester. Last Saturday, I hit up Grains Of Rice, an

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • April 24, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A Weekend in New York [by Davie Rolnick '11, Guest Blogger] Art Scholars go to see Wagner at the Met!

  

  , and epic-scale lust for the power caught up in a little golden ring ... singers were at times literally hauled up these metal bars by winches. How

  • by ARTalk
  • April 22, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The MIT Spring Concert This year's concert: Jason Derülo and Janelle Monáe.

  

  up-and-coming three-member indie band from Seattle to play. Nirvana ... be a free concert by the Grateful Dead today."). The band set up on the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 26, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Best (Work-Related) All-Nighter Ever Stressfully fun times at the Institvte.

  

  concept. With this in mind, I ended up translating a lot of this:   ... far through my gruesome post. On Tuesday, a local farm sets up shop in

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • March 18, 2011
• Blog / Events

  The Great Debate Can MIT brainpower, with the help of the LHC, finally put the matter to rest?

  

  hamentaschen remained unaltered, while the latke… well… it didn’t hold up so well ... cranked up. Oh, and Professor Sarma added that hamentaschen taste like goo

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • March 8, 2011