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• Blog / Athletics

  So you want to be a student-athlete? Finding the balance

  

  competing in my sports. I want to share my perspective on the pros and cons of ... decided not to continue playing their competitive sports after high school ... in shape year round. I never have to worry about voluntarily getting to

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • August 29, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  Famous people who didn’t go to MIT Some people are more successful because they turned down admission to MIT.

  

  You don't need MIT to be a success. Don't get me wrong -- I think MIT ... Gillespie applied to MIT from a relatively small public school in Georgia. He was the first applicant from his school to MIT in a long time, perhaps

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 23, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ushering in a New Era An open letter to Pass/No Record (with footnotes!)

  

  . ***: I would not recommend supergluing objects to your fingers ... transition from high school to college can be a tricky one, but you were always ... superglued to my finger once***. I just wanted to let you know that I’ve met

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • February 9, 2014
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  One of these labs is not like the other GELlin' like a felon

  

  select a leader. Once you have, leaders, raise your hand” Me: *turns to ... : “Alright, you have a packet in front of you. You have 30 minutes to complete the task inside that packet with your team.” Me: *looks around, blinks

  • by Stanley G.
  • September 17, 2012
• Blog / Challenges

  Questions from Beyond one last blog

  

  curious if I still had access to things from my old job. Because you're ... building to since I was 19-years-old and decided I wanted to work in communications. The problem is, I’m starting to think that getting to this point

  • by kellen manning
  • July 8, 2022
• Blog / Events

  Admitted Student Gathering Thank you MIT Club of Northern NJ for throwing a great one!

  

  to Admitted Student Gatherings, social events for mingling with other prefrosh, current MIT students, and MIT Alumni. The one closest to me was ... student in the immediate area, I was pretty excited to meet other 2017's in

  • by Erick P. '17
  • April 9, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Summer restaurant recommendations Some of my favorite restaurants.

  

  and an excuse to eat with your hands. 544 Tremont St. Boston, MA T ... MIT iGEM team, was on his way to eat with some friends at a new (for him) restaurant. Summer is a time where students find even more time to explore

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 15, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Next steps Relax, guys. I'm still going to be around.

  

  need to decide which lab you'd like to do your thesis project in. There ... to celebrate his birthday and my graduation. Adam still has a year to go until he graduates, and then he hopes to stay at MIT to get his

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • May 26, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  EA Telethon! Yay for the class of 2010!

  

  the Early Admits to the class of '10 as I possibly could. And it was seriously a lot of fun. First of all, I finally got to meet Alia and Mike, who are super awesome. They were really a lot of fun to hang out with

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 27, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Two opportunities for high school students And you don't have to live near Cambridge, MA this time!

  

  .edu Thank you and we look forward to seeing you at the fair and reading your ... Hi prospective students! I’m writing to tell you about two events ... interested students were disappointed that they did not live close enough to

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • September 28, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  iDoor Opening your boyfriend's dorm room door? There's an app for that.

  

  Almost a year ago, I met a kid who tried to convince me to come back to his room with him to see his hydraulic door. To this day he insists ... completely innocent and simply limited to showing me how he could use water to

  • by Jess K. '10
  • July 8, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Letting the days go by Fish finders, the Apprentice, and techie fashion.

  

  your overall success as opposed to extracurriculars or other activities ... With all these applications, it's tough to find time to blog. There are lots of terrific applications! This will be a challenging year to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 7, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Florida, complete I'm back in Boston now, my meetings in Florida being done. It was quite a…

  

  Restaurant & Bakery in Miami. After Miami, it was off to Florida's Gulf Coast, where I was due to do a meeting in Tampa. Like in Orlando and Miami, I had the opportunity to meet and dine with the Tampa Bay-area Educational

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 19, 2005
• Blog / Public Service & Activism

  On election day Practicing an applied civic education

  

  .[/annotation] Meanwhile, TurboVote — a software system that makes it easier to register to ... that inform Institute affairs, make policy recommendations to serve ... voting, and faculty have been instructed to avoid scheduling assignments or

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 3, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  Awesome Robot Competition? LIVE?? Check out the 2.007 Final Robot Competition! LIVE May 12th/13th!

  

  DIAGRAMS??   Well then, you’re going to LOVE the 2.007 Manufacturing ... working tirelessly to create robots to overcome this year’s challenge board ... class and plan to write a longer blog about our experiences, but we couldn

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • May 12, 2025
• Blog / About Decisions

  Waitlist Decisions 2012

  

  waitlist are anxious to hear an update. Although a few things are still settling down, we wanted to give you all an update as soon as possible ... ). Unfortunately, this means that we will not be able to admit anyone off the

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • May 4, 2012
• Blog / Events

  Dark Side of the Moon And everything under the sun is in tune, but the sun is eclipsed by the…

  

  it. I know I will be. Really bad photos to follow. Also, if you ... . *** Update circa 11:13 PM: As it turns out, it's actually really really hard to ... good day with your standard digital camera - especially when that thing

  • by Paul B. '11
  • February 20, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Human Factor And String Theory Two links to start your weekend.

  

  are pretty busy by day, but at night we've been heading to this sports ... being in Boston or Cambridge. Sortof surreal to experience that in ... . This trip will conclude my fall travel season, so I'll get back to

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 26, 2007
• Blog / Events

  A Morning With Sir Tim Berners-Lee This morning I attended a lecture in Stata, given by Sir Tim Berners-Lee, the guy…

  

  happened between people in your life. Maybe most of them come down to one ... site to learn more about him. My favortite page is the one on which he answers questions for kids. I particularly like his answer to the last

  • by Ben Jones
  • June 1, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Happy New Year! how i celebrated the coming apocalypse

  

  . But I didn't know how to make these, as my education in engineering ... precisely control the pressure to make sure it stayed within a safe range and ... morning of the 17th, when it went live, I was on a plane to Denver with my

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • January 3, 2012