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• Blog / Life after MIT

  I’m more than twice as old as when I started my blog Rumors of my relevance are greatly exaggerated

  

  In 2004, I applied to MIT.  It was a paper form, the first part, and ... over, trying my best to be legible.  I was 17, and I thought this sort of thing mattered.  It was the first year of the MIT Blogs, after all, and I

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • January 20, 2025
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Things that make you go hmmmm……. Obama’s transformative presidency………for geeks????

  

  ," having a science viewpoint and being steeped in the geek culture of science ... . Dan Sarewitz, a professor of science and society at Arizona State ... ’) Happy Holidays blogosphere. Some of you may be wondering where I have been

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • December 30, 2008
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Where is the banana… ...and why is that man chartreuse?

  

  Ave shortly after, traveling southwest at a trajectory of 42.6 degrees ... as I have no other use for this absolutely ridiculous piece of ... front of him is a two-way mirror through which a nervous-looking aardvark

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 11, 2006
• Blog / MISTI

  Art & Science in Paris

  

  Sara Ferry PhD 2015 Nuclear Science & Engineering internship ... This past summer I worked at Le Laboratoire, an experimental art-science ...  inspired by the possibilities for the future of accessible drinking water and

  • by MISTI Program
  • October 19, 2011
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Guest Entry: Leadership @ MIT You can become a leader on the MIT campus. Here's how...

  

  words of wisdom for survival at MIT. MIT offers many workshops, programs ... graduate students of the School of Management, undergraduates are offered the ... By Chun Li MIT students have often heard of the bitter joke that

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 14, 2008
• Blog / Public Statements

  Asking for letters of recommendation (during a pandemic) tl;dr: mostly the same as during normal times, but clarifying some points of anxiety

  

  email about letters of recommendation. A composite of these questions ... teachers know me much better in person, so I was thinking of asking teachers ... of regular and advanced classes, but..." — but they all boil down to

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 6, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  first week class reflections i am home

  

  institution. the university that is on the lips and minds of so many people ... in session and i have...an assortment of feelings. i guess my last post was a lot of feelings, but there's a lot of feelings still. too many

  • by Cami M. '23
  • September 11, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  checked off 101 things to do before you graduate...

  

  Taekwondo, I once went to a tournament at the University of Vermont, which is ... kind of crazy to me  Earn your degree ✅ Somehow did this one… ... this one on April 2nd. Of last year. I was looking through my blog drafts

  • by Waly N. '24
  • May 31, 2024
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Thoughts from Science Bowl 🥣 a story about now-nostalgic times

  

  science bowl meetings because my friend did. These kinds of clubs were rare ... of a high school experience I'll never get back. Science bowl isn ... the palm of your hand.” “Really? I always thought it was faster. It

  • by Fiona L. '27
  • March 30, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Can You Save the World’s Oceans? Who, me? Yes, you.

  

  )." -"Impacts of Biodiversity Loss on Ocean Ecosystem Services", Science, November ... "It has been calculated that if no accident prevented the hatching of ... the backs of cod." -Alexander Dumas, 1873, on the prolific reproduction

  • by Chris S. '11
  • December 8, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Admissions updates ...including the state of the mail and EA application tracking.

  

  application tracking system. We are receiving buckets and buckets and buckets of ... updates The deadline to schedule your interview if you are applying for ... will be applying to MIT, I recommend you go ahead and have your interview

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 12, 2008
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Gap Year, Week 1 my plans for a year away from MIT during COVID-19

  

  previous posts why I decided to take a Leave of Absence this year. The event ... undergraduates were sent home last March. I was frustrated that so much of my happiness relied on my proximity to a university campus from which I could so

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 31, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Wearing the apron This was written on an empty stomach

  

  -magical tangle of wires and “science”, and I didn’t care to learn more because I ... One of the greatest parts of college is independence. One of the hardest parts of college is independence. High school is very structured

  • by Taylor V. '19
  • October 8, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Yes, we care about your stories Reflections from the road

  officers at many colleges and universities will travel across the country to ... a similar version of the question, “Do you care about this life ... violence during my first year of high school? Can I write an essay about how

  • by DJ Rock
  • October 10, 2019
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  A Characterization This might or might not enrage you.

  

  wasn't a result of sleep deprivation. I was bored out of my mind. The same thing will happen with Lord of the Rings, Chronicles of Narnia, or pretty much any other science fiction or fantasy movie or series of movies

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • August 28, 2009
• Blog / Events

  East Campus Rush 2014: RAW SCIENCE There shall be no entertainment or amusement in our courtyard, only roller coasters

  

  community. We will showcase our various science projects that we have been working on over the past week. Some of these science experiments include a ... . But it is all in the name of science. All events taking place over the

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • August 22, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I have such cool friends! A guest post by a good friend of mine from my undergrad days.

  

  internship. I had decided instead to apply to a handful of web start ... 've been insanely busy reading thousands of applications - probably many of ... cool that I just heard about recently... One of my very good friends

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • March 10, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The First Ending it's the last day of classes and I am having some feelings.

  

  just walked out of my last freshman year class and that a full quarter of ... supposed to be one of those posts where I talk about how much I've grown over ... myself as a prefrosh, wishing all you younger-uns best of luck for what

  • by Allan K. '17
  • May 15, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT ‘10: Quentin Smith Google Quentin Smith '10.

  

  Institute of Technology's Research Science Institute, with an office in ... Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the fall to study computer science. Still ... Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the fall, is one of two Presidential

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 3, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Blogger Wrapped 2023 For all of the Blogger/Spotify Data Junkies

  

  first time I even considered applying to MIT was in January of 2022, when I received a January MIT Newsletter and saw a summary of Ankita D. ‘23 ... anymore so! i am simply not an active-music-listening kind of guy" This

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • December 10, 2023