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• Blog / Admissions

  Average The benefits of challenging yourself in high school

  

  the first time and got hooked. Those two clubs were easily the defining ... As a freshman in college, one of the most important things I do is ... ? Do I leave my dorm room enough? Am I taking the most advantages of the

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • November 16, 2011
• Blog / Announcements

  FYI: Undergraduates with family income below $200,000 can expect to attend MIT tuition-free starting in 2025 what it says on the tin

  

  income threshold. And for the 50 percent of American families with income ... First, let me start with a venerable and ancient blogger apology ... Communications and Special Projects — I am doing more writing than ever, but the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 20, 2024
• FAQ / Academics and research

  Can I join the IDEAS Social Innovation Challenge?

  One of the highlights of MIT's yearly academic challenges and competitions, the IDEAS Social Innovation Challenge, connects students with the passion and talent to improve the world with the experience and resources of
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Lessons Learned in Lab Applicable to life.

  

  in situ hybridization) into an empty tube instead of first putting the ... :30 pm. As I walked out 3 hours later, I had the beginnings of a blog entry ... about more than fibroblasts and the hepatitis C virus. From lab, I

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • June 19, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  You’ve got questions; I’ve got (some) answers Answers to your questions.

  

  . I am very much a supporter of taking chances and increasing the number ... wrote my application, and I got in :). As far as solving the meaning of ... is the nuts and bolts of what MIT is. As far as how easy it is to meet

  • by Bryan
  • October 10, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  On taking a ‘Gap Year’ Consider deferring college for a year.

  

  with somewhat of a plan, and you'll probably be fine. Some members of the ... into one of the best, most stimulating and resource-rich universities in ... future you’ve always dreamed of (and, no doubt, the one everyone *expects

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 4, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Application Advice v2.0 How to survive the application process without losing your mind.

  

  struggle my way through writing the essay, and I think there are some ... that they’re capable of being an MIT student!” I mean really. Stop and ... shop building your FIRST team’s robot, the little kids you counseled in

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 20, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Right back where we started from You can call me Dr. Mollie.

  

  ’m Mollie! I’m one of the five or six(?) original bloggers, and I was the ... specify subtype and area identity in the projection neurons of the cerebral cortex of mice. (I wrote a review! And drew the pictures for it!) I

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 6, 2014
• Blog / Majors & Minors

  Choosing a Major there are so many

  

  catalog—Course 1, Civil and Environmental Engineering—and liked the idea of ... end of April, and I resolved to find a major, the major, the one true ... is an opinion of my mother and not necessarily the opinion of MIT. “I

  • by Amber V. '24
  • June 20, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  E-mail It's like D-mail, only the next letter.

  

  perks I was looking forward to if I got accepted. The first was a Brass ... right of passage, a treat you only get as a student, and there's something ... the *gasp* login screen. Simply type in your username and password (both

  • by Snively '11
  • September 30, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  World’s Largest Collection of Brains The new Brain & Cognitive Sciences Complex opens tomorrow.

  

  -foot building of limestone and glass, the largest research building on campus ... computer science department at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and the ... of patients with, say, schizophrenia and then pinpoint the genes

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 1, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Roombaaaa The longest trip I've ever taken in my life

  

  lost track of time. Nat and I caught the Red Line and the first bus that ... to make my way through the hustle and bustle of suited up MIT students ... upon the iRobot booth, and started talking to some of their

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • October 21, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Walk of the Strandbeest "New life forms" with PVC skeletons march on the Media Lab

  

  "Not pollen or seeds but plastic yellow tubes are the basis of this ... surviving the elements such as storm and water and eventually I want to put ... 's Strandbeest stood in the rain on a patch of pavement outside the Media Lab. With

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • September 16, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  Consider a Gap Year Deferring enrollment is an option you may want to consider.

  

  details). If you are a member of the Class of 2011 and would like to request ... one of the best, most stimulating and resource-rich universities in the ... ’ve always dreamed of (and, no doubt, the one everyone *expects* you

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 1, 2007
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Party!

  

  amusing photo, is an annual party, held the first weekend in May every year ... , which people later eat. It has other food, and bands, and two nights of ... , backed up by Campus Police. My good friend Erik '09 was the head of

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • May 8, 2007
• Blog / Events

  MYSTERY HUNT! Live from Mystery Hunt!

  

  It's going great!!! More pictures and quotes and all the good stuff ... eating an entire box of cookies and a bag of sun chips. Needless to say, I'm never eating either of those again. If you want to join in and remote

  • by Bryan
  • January 13, 2007
• Blog / Events

  And It’s Over! The end of the madness

  

  of MIT alums; lots of really smart people. They actually won the hunt 2 years ago (and I think 2 years before that...), so the Hunt last year was ... Congratulations to the Evil Midnight Bombers What Bomb at Midnight

  • by Evan B. '10
  • January 20, 2008
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  scootin’ and zoomin’ a transportation saga

  

  primary form of transportation was a scooter. Not the super-cool and high ... many classes, and one of the furthest east buildings), is 21 minutes per ... myself to the schedule of buses and needing to time it just right

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • May 18, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Plot Twist And what MIT Architecture has taught me about design and life.

  

  professor, the one who has seen the promise and struggles of your project ... fear of falling behind and never taking the time to question what you ... evidence, and in this way, design gains the objectivity of science and

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • June 9, 2012
• Blog / Announcements

  A reminder that there is no advantage to applying Early Action to MIT As always, you should apply when you feel ready

  

  other reason). We use the same processes and standards of review during ... delays and disruptions from the ongoing pandemic.  In the last few weeks ... our inbox, these delays have been the source of considerable anxiety for

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 21, 2020