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• Blog / Admissions

  Omnibus Followup: Women in Engineering Melissa asks what the gender ratio is in engineering at MIT.

  

  in the United States are women, and that number drops to 17.9% by ... world. But we're trying to improve things. For example, there are several programs MIT sponsors that try to get high school students interested in

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 10, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Q&A Passing along some e-mails, and my responses to them.

  

  high school senior asked: I am applying to some schools in the US for ... stuff) to more advanced theoretical work for those with the requisite ... opportunities for doing research. I'm actually not 100% sure why I went to MIT

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 21, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Bridge Building: In Progress The culmination of what I've learned in civil engineering

  

  part? Easily carried by one person My team decided to go a bit of a ... to use for our bridge. We have a pretty simple design (a truss bridge ... frame, with only the deck left to complete.   A team effort to get

  • by Becca H. '12
  • May 4, 2012
• Blog / Classes

  Ranking Every Class I Took at MIT it's that time

  

  that way at times. I thought it was too late for me to make things ... for a bit and spend three hours really dedicating yourself to a crochet ... Incubator (Margery Resnick) For this class, I traveled to Spain for a month

  • by Cami M. '23
  • May 24, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  Donate for Eric and Ann Whalley Please give to support the parents of a 2010 alumni, both victims of the bombing,…

  

  to support the parents of a 2010 alum, who were both victims of the ...  http://bit.ly/whalleyrecovery. My name is Jess Kim, and I'm a 2010 alum. I've tried to make sense of ... that may never happen. My heart is broken for Boston and the victims of

  • by Jess K. '10
  • April 17, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  Clinging to the Coattails of Identity Who am I now?

  

  !"]FPOP applications[/annotation], advisor forms… You thought the get-to ... culture. If you’re in the market for somewhere to be from, I give Hawaii a ... -grilled hotdogs, and cold Capri-Sun, where we'd wait for the family next door to

  • by Allison E. '27
  • August 29, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  5 / The final countdown A month of stress and relief

  

  TO SET THE MOOD: Cologne by Haux       The last ... : I was to spend Christmas at home for the first time since I left for ... was back to cramming for finals. I did have friends who came to visit

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • January 3, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  3D Ping Pong Quantum Mechanics (Or why the sciences here are even better than you may think)

  

  glasses to wear for the upcoming experience. You pass through another ... to refract certain types of light to get not one rainbow - or even ... foil. Rutherford, of course, did it to get a clearer picture of atomic

  • by Emad T. '14
  • September 20, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Big Dreams, Small Mind The troubles of being in school and doing research for too long.

  

  I have almost always wanted to work on. For those of you that have ... . The idea is quite new at MIT, but I got to talk to the head of the ... really cool ideas for the maker space, and honestly I encourage you to do

  • by Ben O. '19
  • September 24, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Telethon FAQs from a small but enthusiastic sample of prefroshies

  

  'd have losing streaks for a while, give up hope, suddenly get a real, live ... through to a handful of people, but you seemed really cool! Thanks for your ... , the inevitable "MORE FOOD THAN YOUR BODY HAS ROOM FOR", talks by faculty

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • April 5, 2012
• Blog / Events

  December Events

  

  film. Open to: the general public Sponsor(s): Center for Bilingual ... a brief presentation by the panel members, which will be followed by a ... Clinic for Students! WHEN? Monday (THIS WEEK!), 12/5, 11:30-2:00pm WHERE

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • December 3, 2005
• Blog / Events

  When Friday Arrives… A glimpse into my social life, among other things.

  

  2012 Facebook group, and reruns of Scrubs. I should get to bed (and I ... joys of MIT. In actuality, I have much, much more to say - but for now ... awesome feeling. All that's left to finish up this semester is the final

  • by Paul B. '11
  • May 10, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  Pursuing CS as a (near) beginner being a prospective CS major with little programming experience

  

  school go to for pursuing pre-med. It's difficult to find a physics ... algorithm would pick one of the choices for their schedule. It refused to give ... interest which sparked my decision to pursue STEM in the first place: CS. By

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • February 14, 2022
• Blog / Events

  Sweet Transvestite "Round of applause for the man in stilettos! I can only run like that when…

  

  getting back from Harvard Square, we decided it'd be best to bike. But it ... get to Harvard in those 4-inch bright red heels or not to get there at ... can get up to Boston on a Saturday night. Basically, the company gives

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 17, 2005
• Blog / IAP

  IAP & Snowmageddon Infinite amounts of pancakes, international adventures and poutine, and icy apocalypse preparation

  

  guess an unofficial theme for this IAP has been to explore and get off ... catching up on my movie/book/TV show list fell by the wayside. Not to mention writing and casual vlogging. But my friends and I have managed to get out

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • January 27, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  aeroastro privilege all-expenses-paid tour to seattle and los angeles

  

  get access to our own machine shop, laboratory, and lounge in the ... biggest building in the world by volume. It's perhaps difficult to visualize ... Astro for short) has its benefits. For instance, we all got priority tickets

  • by Allan K. '17
  • January 10, 2015
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  HT@MIT: Foodie Edition The Friendly Toast, Oasis and Teriyaki House, my three favorite restaurants

  

  , while I frequent the latter, getting to the former is more of a luxury ... fries and you flag down a waitress to get your anticipatory doggie bag ... Hey guys, I'm back to blogging once a week after a ridiculously crazy

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • July 15, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Decide my major! Because putting your future up for a democratic vote is clearly the way to go.

  

  enough to sway me 5. AND we get them for free when we declare. Course 7 ... suddenly felt very old. To add to this, I have to declare a major by April ... , in some cases!) to work, a task made difficult by non

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • April 2, 2009
• Blog / Classes

  Tales of Two Parallels East Campus History class!

  

  other by sight or name were quick to meet. I came in fresh from REX and ... classmates for their takeaways, too. Here’s a review by Anhad S. ‘25: This was ... tomfoolery that EC residents get up to and extrapolate them over almost 100

  • by Amber V. '24
  • August 25, 2022
• Blog / Uncategorized

  The Good Stuff yeah, man

  

  that most people never get to the good stuff! Most of what gets taught in ... requirements.) It's a little harder to do this for math classes, especially ... , right? So let's see how I do. Feel free to ask in the comments for

  • by Qiaochu Y. '12
  • September 22, 2011