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• Blog / Admissions

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

  

  middle 50% of students scored between 730 and 800 on the SAT I Math. Middle ... question I had. I am not a fan of standardized testing and got a 32 on my ACT ... of their SATs and have them compete like in 'The Scholar' on TNT? That

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 7, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Baby Steps It made tonight's newswire. The grass is still green in Boston Common.

  

  immediate peers at home had gone on to university, and a spread of gap years ... naturally at 8 a.m. on a daily basis and I've found a semblance of work ethic ... brilliant pallor of an airport lounge and sired a beast called restlessness

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • February 7, 2006
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Day 0: from DC to Quito A rough morning, a long nap, and a kindly neighbor

  

  January 10 On the plane from Panama to Quito What a goofy immigration card. I don't think I know my Date of Bird? - My alarm went off ... asleep until 3am (you know that post-essay adrenaline rush?) and couldn

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 4, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Putz and Tetazoo are friends!! field notes from a faraway land

  

  . Apparently this was one of the better feeds, with beans on bread and ketchup on ... East Campus"]Tetazoo[/annotation] and a resident of [annotation note ... immerse themselves in the habits and cultures of their host hall and send

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • November 21, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  An interview with AoPS "What Kinds of Students Does MIT Look For?" but ASMR

  

  ) and the transcript (immediately below that) here on the blogs. ‍Eric Olsen: On today's episode, Chris Peterson, Director of Special Projects at ... 's curriculum, that's grades. But it's also, and this is the second part of the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 7, 2022
• Blog / How to Food

  Dining, Dig-Ins and Dives Lady Afeefah travels across campus in search of the best eateries

  

  the biggest one on campus. With an ample amount of seating and multiple ... specials and kosher foods, the hall is open for business for most hours of ... -grilled bean burger with a side of a self-made salad. And while the burger was

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • June 7, 2019
• Blog / Events

  The middle days of the week

  

  days of the week: Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. On Tuesday, I went on ... more stacks of paper when they were printing Harry Potter and the Half ... children. The sheets of braille were already printed on transparent stickers

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 29, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  data justice for senior house

  

  community based fundamentally on principles of care and radical inclusivity ... each other to a high standard of self-awareness and factual accuracy. it ... my senior house friends are some of the most dedicated and caring

  • by Allan K. '17
  • July 17, 2017
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  A Day at Stanford University wait, what?

  

  . The buildings are built out of tasteful sandstone and, as a bonus ... of people do, in fact, look like people, and were created by famous ... maaaaybe I exaggerated some of those things. After all, this is based on a

  • by Allan K. '17
  • June 3, 2014
• Blog / Life after MIT

  [Guest Post] A Whiff of Nostalgia Amidst the Scent of Youth by Daniel Barkowitz

  

  Director of Student Financial Aid and Student Employment at MIT. He has over 15 years of experience in the financial aid and student financing industry, including stints on "all three sides of the fence" -- working for

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • January 20, 2025
• Blog / Events

  DATA FOR BLACK LIVES this weekend at the media lab

  

  , google's senior counsel on civil and human rights, spoke about the power of ... danger and the urgency of being on the highway was not new to us. Three ... woke up this morning, layered on two sweaters and a jacket, and went

  • by Allan K. '17
  • November 18, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Computer Timesharing in the 1960’s an extremely influential solution to computer bottlenecks

  

  is stored, accessed, and shared across a network of servers on the Internet rather than on your personal computer. Think "Dropbox" and even ... do, then get off and let the next person on.   MIT helped advance a

  • by Erick P. '17
  • October 6, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Women Rock All sorts of folk, and folk songs too.

  

  % International, and our minority community provides all of the cultural resources ... MIT student body is composed of about 55% male and 45% female students ... schools. I'm not going to name any other schools here, because many of them

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 7, 2010
• Blog / Classes

  .nano pixels developing a love for pictures, reverb

  

  -40 hours per week. But getting a glimpse of the 360 Photography Class on the ... like a 360 camera and have a hands-on experience in a tumultuous, virtual ... equipment and learn all about 360 photography. Coupled with a sense of dread

  • by Waly N. '24
  • July 2, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  The Ides of March

  

  On the ides of March, I attended the awards ceremony of the Intel ... , it made me feel like I was at the Oscars of high school science. And ... likely to infuriate or simply leave a scientist nonplussed. And nothing, of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 14, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  snapshot diary 2.0 an image a day keeps the psets (and workday) away

  

  cause of... [goes on rant regarding public transit and Robert Moses ... .   5/23/23And, with that, I was off on my way home. I took the Amtrak ... part of my internship wellness stipend on shin guards, socks, and (not

  • by Waly N. '24
  • January 14, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Last Five Days aka How I Spent My Summer

  

  scary and awesome! On that note, my favorite website of the summer was ... fumble through a lesson, I’ll be aware of why. And we’ll work on it ... ’s terrifying and exhilarating. The finale of my trip home is scheduled this week

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • September 11, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Love Affair: 11.027 & New Orleans [by Janet Li '12] Spring break in NOLA.

  

  mapping, collecting data on transit systems, and examining urban design ... one of the smaller majors at MIT, and it is an absolutely awesome field. MIT’s planning department is one of the best in the nation and

  • by ARTalk
  • March 27, 2011
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Hodge-Podge Random things from a random guy.

  

  right on the edge of campus and that every so often (a couple of times a ... five hours of sleep last night, but for some reason I'm awake and feeling ... this before, but my summer is very routine and kind of boring. I have

  • by Snively '11
  • July 14, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Work and Energy Can't do the former if you don't have the latter.

  

  up late, and climbing on roofs, I met the start of school with a ... blocked from memory. Any sleep I lost was never found; TGIF took on a whole ... noble intention in mind, I woke up bright and early on Sunday morning

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • October 7, 2009