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• Blog / Admissions

  Lies, damn lies, and statistics

  

  University of Chicago New York University somewhere else I forget Rejected ... because on the rare occasions I visit it, so much of what's on it makes me angry or sad. A bunch of the parents were very skeptical that you don

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • October 7, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  You Got The Gig So excited about ALL the Things!

  

  Hi!! First of all, I'M SO EXCITED TO BE AN MIT BLOGGER!! When I got that message from the infamous King of the Internet, Chris Peterson ... in a lab at Stony Brook University back in New York, supervising my

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • August 29, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  First Post A little about myself.

  Hi there, I’m Jenny Rifken and I am the new Director of Recruitment and Associate Director of Admissions at MIT. I’m so glad you’re joining ... ER or Ally McBeal of admissions. But I digress… I fell into admissions

  • by mitblogs
  • September 14, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Professor Ernesto Blanco: A Lesson in Creative Engineering "Science and engineering are like two sides of a coin, where the value of the…

  

  teaches us about the FUNdaMENTALs of design and we have guest speakers share ... included the Chief Engineer of General Motors and an engineer from Texas Instruments who designed a sensor that detects the weight of a passenger and

  • by Melis A. '08
  • March 28, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Happy May! Everything I owed you...

  

  MIT, as it provides an administrative view of the Institute (we're often ... How NOT to be a MIT Student (aka. my daily dose of stupidity) *sets ... , completely out of breath *TA passes an exam along* *gets mad at self not for

  • by Chris S. '11
  • May 1, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What do you want to be when you grow up? Worst. Question. Ever.

  

  , only in Rome instead of New York...made some sort of huge difference. I ... world. Hopefully, after four years of TFP, this hypothetical job will not entail flipping burgers. The only practical result of this for me, since I

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 2, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  51 Things I Want to Say to 2022s one senior's autumn thoughts

  

  by the Class of 2021's struggles to adjust to the Institute. This post ... Dear Members of the Class of 2022, It's been an absolute pleasure to ... jokes. Now that I'm leaving the Institute, I feel confident that it's in

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • May 30, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  No Good Deed Goes Unpunished ...in which I introduce myself and set the tone for this "theater of the absurd."

  

  , Delaware and most recently Ithaca, New York. I am a graduate of Norfolk State ... power brokers. For some time now I've been intrigued by all forms of communication and their effect on society, in particular that of minority

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • August 11, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Middle School To those who are having or have had a bad experience

  

  realized we started reading the MIT blogs when we were still in the thick of ... want to write today.  It started when we moved from Brooklyn, New York ... laugh, and formed a small group of friends, who we’d sit with at lunch

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • November 16, 2019
• Blog / Events

  A Brief History of Thursday I met Kip Thorne.

  

  back then was Michigan Institute of Technology in my uncorrected mental ... I'm the type of person who never wins the lottery. Were this a ... -enviable genetic makeup is devoid of lottery-winner DNA, and (3) I've heard that it

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • May 9, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  In Which I Sound Like an Old Man I'm really not that old...according to CVS cashiers, I apparently look 17 =p

  

  --it's the center, somehow, of scientific and technological development in the United States, if not the world. It's like a New Yorker's view of New York ... semester - and also, I've mastered the art of changing out of a suit in a

  • by Chris S. '11
  • January 21, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  UROP Deadlines and Openings The deadline for Fall Direct Funding is September 15, so hurry up and find yourself…

  

  UROP students pursing research in the School of Science. It's pretty easy to apply for one of these awards, just write that you are applying for ... there is not a lot of hassle with filling out timecards. All of this

  • by Melis A. '08
  • September 7, 2005
• FAQ / Interview

  What if my interview is waived?

  every applicant. If we are unable to offer you an interview, your ... . The interview is not a required component of the application, and the admissions committee will be aware that we were unable to offer you an
• Blog / Academics & Research

  January Blues living alone, daily grind, angsty music

  

  Thursday a feeling: walked home in 24-degree weather after ... fear: spending my life like i am this month, in a bubble of people who ... overlooks a city but is not quite part of the city a thought: my capacity to

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • January 16, 2016
• Blog / Athletics

  They may take our lives… ...but they'll never take our free Celtics tickets.

  

  , offering advice on how to get tickets, which games would be best, and other ... whatnot. MORAL OF THE ENTRY: You can be pre-med at MIT, but you'll have to ... like something out of The Running Man, except without Richard Dawson

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 14, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Poetry Prescriptions Things I've Made and Consumed. Sophomore Fall, All of It.

  

  dinner, I brought out my stacks of books and offered my friends ... , have dinner with an older one, and attend the latest iteration of the Wandering Cricket Night Market after a thunderstorm. Now, after dozens of

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • January 13, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  LIGHTS. pretty pretty

  

  installations showcasing the result of MIT’s technological prowess meshed with the ... flood of celebrations - all to commemorate MIT’s 150th year. These ... from this past weekend’s celebration - FAST Light (Festival of Art

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • May 10, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  If you could track minute-by-minute data on yourself, would you? 4 Weeks of sleep, activity, heartrate, and computer usage data reveals something

  

  Study: Continuous Data Stream of MIT Student Reveals Something  Department of Physical Education | Department of Biology Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139   INTRODUCTION

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • April 6, 2016
• Blog / Events

  17 Days "Hey baby, I motion for an one-on-one unmoderated caucus!"

  

  part of the PE GIRs (General Institute Requirements) set down by MIT ... your Swim Test offered in the beginning of the year, and it basically ... , after 12+5 days! I'll let pictures tell the story of this last two weeks

  • by Chris S. '11
  • November 12, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How I chose my classes A graduating senior's perspective; results may vary

  

  part of 6.2600 (Micro/Nano Processing Technology) and 6.2410 (Quantum ... that spans many iterations of a particular technology." The most useful ... 6.7800 (Inference and Information, the subject of the exam and by far

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • May 24, 2025