Search

Search Results

• Blog / Life after MIT

  Summer Decisions

  

  unexplored intersection of science research and public outreach. Before the ... shape: get a master's in Science Writing from MIT and a Ph.D. in astronomy ... aren't the most important part of your application. Letters of

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 15, 2013
• Blog / Events

  science bowl we ran! a competition! virtually!

  

  loved it. Science bowl, for those of you who haven’t heard of it, is a ... school and lost touch with science bowl. Fast forward to the end of ... friends who would totally enjoy science bowl. I rounded up a handful of my

  • by Phi A. '21
  • November 16, 2020
• Blog / Events

  Brass Rat 2017 revealing our class's Brass Rat at the 2017 Ring Premiere

  

  The MIT Class of 2017 Brass Rat was revealed on February 13th during the 2017 Ring Premiere. I had the pleasure of serving on the 2017 Ring Committee, and I enjoyed designing our class's Brass Rat. As a lover of MIT

  • by Erick P. '17
  • May 8, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  They say you learn more by living abroad than by going to school

  

  apartments over 2 days - all in 90-degree weather. There were all sorts of ... weeks ago, and spent the first week in the comfort of my relatives’ home ... , touring, eating lots. There in Chengdu, capital of the Sichuan Province, I

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • June 17, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Hosed life the last few weeks

  

  state of business, stress, and exhaustion; swamped and overloaded with ... a firehose. Here's a quick look at my calendar and a recap of the past few weeks.   WINTER BREAK It's been a whirlwind of events

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • February 20, 2016
• Blog / Uncategorized

  The Good Stuff yeah, man

  

  last fall at the University of Cambridge through CME. (I'd describe ... a lot of other math majors would be (Random). I figured I would have the rest of my life to meet other math people, and I really wanted to

  • by Qiaochu Y. '12
  • September 22, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Skullhouse CPW chicken waffles fire smores volcano steak shake

  

  CPW doesn't get boring, even for current students. Despite many of us ... Independent Living Groups) in general put on a lot of events to dispel the myths of MIT fraternities and sororities and show what our communities are

  • by Erick P. '17
  • April 13, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Ask me anything about portfolios Go ahead—don’t be shy!

  

  supplemental portfolios may feel especially useful. We offer portfolios of the ... deadline of the cycle to which you are applying. If you’re applying through ... ’ve compiled some of my thoughts on the portfolio process and collected some

  • by Jeremy W.
  • October 26, 2021
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Summertime Science Got that summertime, summertime science...

  

  feat of making science unbelievably boring. So while I was at home this ... : (This is how I brainstorm most of my doodle entries, for those of you who ... to know is that I love science (and other things, like bluegrass music

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • September 14, 2013
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  CHICON 2008 by C/4C Adam Fuhrmann '11, C/4C Patrick Ernst '11, and C/4C Daniel Darlington '11

  

  Squadron of West Virginia University to be the National Headquarters of ... Darlington, Ernst and Fuhrmann traversed the nation to a gathering of ... behalf of the society. During these sessions we had discussions with

  • by ROTC
  • April 24, 2008
• Blog / Class Projects

  neutrality isn’t about objectivity—it’s about who has the power some words on facebook trending topics, and also net neutrality

  

  matters. As Ithiel de Sola Pool (of MIT Political Science fame) says in ... battling for control of the new technology. The arbiters, applying familiar ... .” To apply this notion of infrastructural power specifically to networked

  • by Allan K. '17
  • May 20, 2016
• Blog / Life after MIT

  One new blog, three post-college thoughts just popping by to say hello

  

  friends in Heidelberg find this idea of "campus life" weird. "University" is ... SHELF of Isaac Asimov books at home) I went on a science fiction binge. I ... enjoy the communication and social aspects of science as much as I love

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 1, 2014
• Blog / How to Human

  liquid nitrogen and everything else 🐸

  

  last year of Mathcamp. In hindsight, it’s no surprise that I applied to ... offer a view of Mt. Hood. I was excited to go to Portland for a totally ... , one of which was to the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry, or OMSI

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • October 9, 2025
• Blog / About Decisions

  [Guest Post] An Overthinker’s Guide to Finishing Your Transfer Application by Warren K. ’27

  

  ’re applying to more than one school. Don’t fall into the trap of the “dream ... , Leeward Community College, and the University of Hawaii at Manoa, I had ... -time, so I had to budget my time carefully. I made the plan to do most of my

  • by Jeremy W.
  • March 4, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A flash of brilliance and answers to some questions

  

  area of pedatrics and i would like to know if and when i apply to MIT ... ). About 82% of MIT undergrads who apply to medical school are accepted ... Necessity is the mother of invention. So I was making meatballs

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 13, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  the perfect choice doesn’t exist not the same river, not the same you

  

  feeling like the same thing. two. i've applied to a lot of places as ... zero. once again you can determine how busy i am by the rate of my ... whatever time i have left, because it can just take an arbitrary amount of

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 22, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Awesome Diva adventures When high school summer programs collide

  

  year I had applied to be a counselor, but I landed the job of AD. My boss ... of them offers me a blueberry (best solution ever, right? It was a good ... I’ve learned more about the inner workings of MIT from my summer job

  • by Kate R. '14
  • July 6, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Early Action this year I'm so impressed with our applicants

  

  *Update as of 2015: Early action is available to both domestic and ... ’s mission to use math and science to improve the world. We had more Early ... previous years, this was an extremely selective Early Action cycle. Of those

  • by Kris Guay
  • December 19, 2012
• Blog / Challenges

  in search of a reset day just out of reach

  

  for the first half of the summer had only one real “deadline”, and that was towards the beginning of the project. I could work at my own speed ... practice writing essays. My internship in the latter half of the summer also

  • by Phi A. '21
  • September 20, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Tales of my first Career Fair Among other things, shirts for the next 33 days

  

  , and an 18.02 exam on Friday. In the midst of spending the day studying ... upperclassmen. "OF COURSE IT IS! GO FOR THE FREE SWAG," they all encourage me. So I register online and the second step of the registration tells me to

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • October 2, 2015