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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  What’s happening with Senior House The thing that happened, why the thing is upsetting, and what can hopefully be done

  

  rates, whereas the cheapest dorms (East Campus, Random Hall, Senior House

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • June 13, 2016
• Blog / Life after MIT

  ADMIT ME PLZ? filling out the app. for some reason it's a lot easier this time

  

  fees -- I don't think "I left my passport at home on the east coast" is a

  • by Chris S. '11
  • August 8, 2014
• Blog / Events

  Give Me Liberty . . . Or Give Me a Towel!!!

  

  us to the East. Our general met theirs in the center of the field as

  • by Snively '11
  • August 20, 2008
• Blog / Events

  CPW 2008 @ MIT – Awesomeness Guaranteed (Guest Entry) On things that other colleges (namely their dean of admissions) will never letyou do.

  

  of East Campus (which was amazing, by the way).   Senior House

  • by Snively '11
  • April 17, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Vast Oral Tradition Bela Bartok, a fluorescent rabbit, and Helen Keller walk into a bar. Stop me if…

  

  to the 10.28 end-of-term dinner at Royal East... and if there's ever a

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 10, 2005
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Conspiracy and intrigue

  

  playing in it! One thing I really love about 5th East - when those of us

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • September 11, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Questions Omnibus, Part 1

  

  example, my friend Jake got a terrific room his freshman year at the East

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 7, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  “Never Calculate without Already Knowing the Answer!” xTalk about the "Art of Insight" by Prof Sanjoy Mahajan

  

  ). Sanjoy Mahajan sees a general trend of pragmatism in the United States ... is defined as entropy  log(# states), a sort of quantifier of ... the 2600-Year History of the University, Online Learning Resources from

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 1, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  About MIT Recommendation Letters Some helpful tips and guidelines for your teacher letters.

  

  -- do not do this (these requests rarely happen in the United States, but ... else. If you attend school outside the United States, and have teachers ... for MIT Admissions. While much of this advice is universal, YMMV1 with

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 16, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  This title is irrelevant In which I discuss two important aspects of undergraduate life: scientific research and climbing stairs.

  

  universe. It was a blurry moment of vague, smudgy happiness that I couldn ... Matt Damon). For instance, I enjoyed Introduction to Solid State ... about my life's goal of designing solid-state polymer batteries. I emailed

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • January 28, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  July Questions Omnibus 1 Answers to the many questions left in the comments of McGann's Factors.

  

  -material like a letter stating why one wants to study there or the optional ... practically done everything my school has to offer and am also the president of ... benefits from moving on to a university, whether it is MIT or wherever else

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 7, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Biological Engineering at MIT My thoughts, feelings, and opinions (and slight ranting) about biology both at MIT and in…

  

  schools offer biology or BME (biomedical engineering), but there are very few Universities that will offer a biological engineering degree. I have ... research is done at a University and normally works towards exploring

  • by Ben O. '19
  • November 20, 2016
• Blog / Events

  Grace Hopper a celebration of women in computing

  

  -dominated field. It was also a chance to get a selfie with CTO of the United States ... -MIT adventures, I have less to offer you. But! I still know undergrads! I bumped ... applications. Anne Condon's talk on DNA programming offered an interesting way to

  • by Piper '13
  • October 29, 2014
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Class size A response to a comment brought up on Ben's blog.

  

  . I don't understand why colleges don't offer up more triples. Yes, it will be cramped. However, offering this up in advance gives people the ... if MIT had to go the way of large state schools and begin having

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • December 14, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Africans@MIT: Cassava Connection Part 1 of a series, starring a man, a plan, and a root vegetable.

  

  United States, where the initial “Articles of the Confederation” that was ... University of Texas at Arlington, Pelkins transferred to MIT his sophomore year ... Milton, however, stayed in Cameroon, and attended university there at the

  • by Selam G. '18
  • April 2, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Hug Your History Teacher Because it's 9/11

  

  controversy, we just had a blogger deftly navigate an analysis of the Penn State ... and took this picture. So, as a licensed history teacher in the state

  • by Chris LaBounty
  • September 11, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Updates from Admissions The latest from the home office in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

  

  , parents, and guidance counselors in the Mid-Atlantic states. Currently, I ... , the Mountain states, and the Midwest -- look for more information soon

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 28, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Mini-contest: Your Application Reflections I'd like to share your application experiences.

  

  feels like to apply to colleges overseas or out of state. The pressures ... , and home state or country. There is no prize for "winning" except that I

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 4, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  On Essay Writing A guide to essay writing for the express purpose of obtaining admittance to an institute…

  

  offers one. Secondary applications are unique to each school and generally ... soon as they come in and they start offering interviews and acceptances ... questions they will inevitably be asking. It is a truth universally

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • July 22, 2016
• Blog / How to Human

  on happiness and well-being Coursera attempts to cure our depression

  

  are ones that offer a lot of fulfillment. Things are a bit hypocritical ... state in which you're performing an activity where you are fully immersed ... Specificity — generally, the higher degree of quantitative precision with which

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • June 11, 2020