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• Blog / MIT Life

  I am Treasured :) Graduate school visit #1 (Updated)

  

  Mission Log 3042007 It's 6 o clock in the morning, and I ask myself ... , and stroll down the stairs and ask myself the second big question for the day. Subway or Taxi? Realizing I'd filled out a survey online that

  • by Bryan
  • March 6, 2007
• Blog / Blog Projects

  the blogs turn twenty 👴🏻 the posts start coming and they don't stop coming

  

  apologizing for being late, and whom am I to reject tradition? So let me first ... you get older, time has a way of sneaking up and past you, the way that ... happen?  And would it have been worth it, after all, After the cups, the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • January 20, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  Homeschooled applicants Some advice for our homeschooled applicants.

  

  and other interested parties for a long time now; this is an early ... the MIT Admissions homepage. That page will launch soon, and I'd recommend bookmarking that page, and not this entry. But this should get the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 5, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Happy Holidays and Good Luck As regular action deadlines approach, try to relax a little

  

  the real You in your essays and in your apps as a whole. It's okay to ... California for Christmas, enjoying balmy daytime weather and good home cooking. Already, I find myself missing Boston and MIT, and I'm looking forward to

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • December 26, 2005
• Blog / Advice

  A Pre-MIT To-Do List (International Students Version)

  

  's climate in terms of how hot or windy or humid it is and pack accordingly ...   Make sure to convert some money into USD and keep it on you. The airports ... signed copies of your I-20, your letter of admission and proof of funding

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • July 17, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  making art for fun what a crazy concept!

  

  guessed it, digital art"]DAAMIT[/annotation] and online art friends. My ... feeling a bit of déjà vu and lasting trauma from college application essays ... 2026 adMITs since December and attended the First Year Arts Program FPOP

  • by Teresa J. '26
  • March 28, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Philosophy Things liberty, property, consent - that kind of stuff

  

  deal in the habits of atoms and molecules, economics explores those of ... of devising models and gathering evidence for and against them. The ... sense of right and wrong, a deeply intuitive notion of “ought,” and a

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • August 11, 2016
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Former MIT Students on TV Two in a flattering way, one in a potentially embarassing way.

  

  MIT alumna, Aomawa Shields '97. You can watch the pilot episode online or on your iPod. Aomawa was Course 12 (Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, or EAPS) and was a member of the a cappella group the Muses

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 10, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Time passes Someone left the cake out in the rain.

  

  front half of its body, and the child just kind of licks it off ... conference on sustainable energy with NREL, and I'm an undergrad so I didn ... hand and Fire Viper on the right hand--it's way better than a Fireball

  • by Sam M. '07
  • January 27, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Aliens, Bitcoin, Camps now i know my ABCs

  

  bloggers are home, with some recently graduated, or have just begun work and ... , picking up long-dormant projects, and starting new initiatives. I ... antsy, so I wanted to make a quick post and point your attention at two

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 19, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  Summer, East Campus rush, and the new term East Campus orientation activities, the summer, and the upcoming term.

  

  and preparation for the new term. Last week, for example, I day ... .) I'll write more about this as the term progresses and we spend more ... ), and then Thursday and Friday, I met up with an MIT alum in Texas who

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • September 6, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Magic of Those Ivory Keys (Guest Blog!) Part 2 of 3 of "Why I Declared a Humanities Major at MIT" series!

  

  the program, there is an online application form, and a 10 minute ... , I will continue playing and performing music. Chris: Real quick ... from my class, who is a double biological engineering (20) and music (21M

  • by Chris S. '11
  • May 27, 2010
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  scootin’ and zoomin’ a transportation saga

  

  frame, rear wheel, and whatever solid object (a real bike post, not a tree ... orange (yes, i know my avatar does not have an orange shirt i am sad) and ... directions) to memory to mental math and will very happily teach you about any

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • May 18, 2021
• Blog / Events

  In pursuit of freedom MIT might not be free, but plenty of things are.

  

  fellow FASAPers took a free subway trip into Boston and enjoyed free ... jumped aboard the free phone boat, and the project officially became a Big ... FASAP, an advising seminar for MIT freshmen that has not one, not one-and

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • October 21, 2008
• 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 documents completed and/or transmitted online) to recent COVID ... My entire professional life has revolved around education and college

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

  MIT Guests on The Colbert Report All the MIT guests Stephen Colbert has had on his show.

  

  (Head Honcho of the Bloggers and Senior Counselor for Web Communications ... chain of links and tweets that eventually ended up in my inbox which I ... Chemistry, Donald Sadoway, on his liquid metal battery and renewable energy

  • by Erick P. '17
  • July 17, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Bring Your Audience to Work Day In celebration of the annual Bring Your Audience to Work Day, the first Monday of…

  

  , they receive the least press, the least Hallmark coverage, and most ... something new or surprising, and it doesn't break my bank, why shouldn't I ... online blogosphere, this special day aims to shed light on the professional

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • July 2, 2007
• Blog / Challenges

  Awesome Robot Competition? LIVE?? Check out the 2.007 Final Robot Competition! LIVE May 12th/13th!

  

  Do you LOVE robots? Do you LOVE Wicked? Do you LOOOOOVEE FREE BODY ... and Design Final competition!!! This semester, MIT students have been ... , themed after the movie Wicked! Both me and Veronica P. '27 are taking the

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • May 12, 2025
• Blog / People & Identities

  dating while asian to love & be loved freely

  

  perhaps it was because our school was 80% Caucasian and in the heart of Portland, Oregon, the whitest major metropolitan area in the country. And it ... voted onto homecoming court and student government.  But it is also true

  • by Rona W. '23
  • August 30, 2021
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Things You Won’t Have to Buy (or spend *that* much on) This one's especially for the incoming freshmen.

  

  those are all awesome. This concerns saving money and taking advantage of ... guiding both current and incoming students to free or discounted software and hardware. Some programs are free without qualification - typically

  • by Emad T. '14
  • August 18, 2012