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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Double diplomas The only thing better than one MIT degree is TWO MIT degrees!

  

  the truly worthy will be able to dance at graduation with a diploma in each hand), so I'm going to try and demystify the process a little. The ... ). In a nutshell, everybody at MIT has to either take or pass out of the

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 12, 2005
• Blog / How to MIT

  Tips and Tricks to MIT What I have learned in my first semester at MIT

  

  you can enjoy that!). No one can move from living in a house to on their ... go and try something new, revisit something you love, or just go to a ... me long time to learn all of these new subjects at MIT." It is more of

  • by Ben O. '19
  • December 5, 2015
• Blog / Events

  A Study Break. Or two or three. Or four. I think you get the idea.

  

  treatise on how to gain weight and never let it go, 2) a poem of seemingly ... “singular” creates a tone of loneliness and isolation that contributes to the ... brain intent on quarreling with one another. I’m not ashamed to say that

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • September 21, 2013
• Blog / Challenges

  speculation also a post about touching grass

  

  to new basketball plays in fractions of a second. it turns out the kind ... ask me questions i often pause for a while to think before giving a ... factor might be that the presence of other people forces me to think at a

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • March 19, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  What should I be doing now? Tips for regular and early applicants.

  

  update on what you might want to be thinking about: For Regular Action ... for your interviewer (Educational Counselor) on the MyMIT website. [If ... interested in playing on a varsity sports team at MIT, please contact the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 28, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT goes on the road Beginning Sunday until the end of October, my Admissions colleagues and I will go forth…

  

  applicant "competitive," how we make decisions on which students to admit. We ... . This is also a good chance for students to meet their interviewer face-to-face and to set up a time for their interview. We will always finish with an

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 5, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Blended Learning at MIT benefits of technology in MIT classrooms

  

  to Biology), MITx software registered 3,000 clicks in a given day on ... allow instructors to focus on critical content in the classroom and rely ... more time on problem-solving discussion. New tools, such as embedded

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • November 23, 2015
• Blog / Life after MIT

  One new blog, three post-college thoughts just popping by to say hello

  

  followed up on a friend's suggestion to read American Gods, finally ... Prose," which was a birthday gift from a new German friend. Reading it on ... down on my knee in order to put a hand over my mouth and stifle my

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 1, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  Transfer Admissions Released Next Wednesday, 12/21

  

  I wanted to post a quick update for our transfer applicants. We will ... emailing all applicants with their decisions, so you should expect to hear ... admitting a small number of highly qualified applicants at a rate

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 15, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Moves and Music(als) Illustrated with tons of images and a video, and not *as* many words

  

  pretend to twirl a drum stick - to prove it. So let me fix that: Because Elizabeth '13 has a good point: we all need some way to show you we're not ... 's say you're a student who's interested in MIT, and you want to continue

  • by Emad T. '14
  • November 24, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Dear July A video experiment just for the heck of it

  

  creates an annual video series called "Letters to July," sort of like a ... current feelings to a personified July. Because of my summer class (to be ... in my 30 day trial period to tinker around and make a couple videos for

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • July 30, 2014
• Blog / Life after MIT

  An Entrepreneur’s Story How billionaire entrepreneur Pat McGovern '59 got his start.

  

  Yesterday's New York Times had a nice piece about MIT alum Pat Mc ... , and, as it is here, it is often a very interesting story. Read on: I was ... things to hand-wire a computer. I used doorbell wire, nails, light bulbs

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 22, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Some notes for applicants Thoughts for both EA & RA applicants.

  

  a bit on your regular action applications. As I like to say, plan for ... for your interviewer (Educational Counselor) on the MyMIT website ... than we do. If you are interested in playing on a varsity sports team at

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 25, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  The Interview…Part 3 Connecting with your Educational Counselor

  

  still be trying to figure out who your EC is so let's talk a bit about the ... to still set up a meeting, perhaps by each agreeing to drive a distance ... frustrating. When you contact your EC give them a little time to get back to

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • October 9, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Christmas in December and July

  

  the wait was an hour and a half, so we headed down to Cafe of India ... answer my backlog of admissions-related questions. For a quick MIT fix ... admitted and deferred students will find a message from Dean Marilee Jones on

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 21, 2004
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Poker, Mountains, and Magic The four words of this title have no other exact match on Google

  

  pretty poster and a cute saying are all it takes to motivate you, you ... Casey ‘18 to build a computer program that plays poker (triplicate sit ... application to computer science. Unlike Tic-Tac-Toe or Chess, poker is a game of

  • by Joel G. '18
  • February 6, 2015
• Blog / Events

  How I Spent My Sophomore Spring Break I didn't go to Florida or Cancun, but I still had a lot of fun!

  

  in a team with an MIT alum as a mentor to work on our teamwork skills ... alum from the class of '82, and she had a lot of really great input on ... .  We chose to present on the issue of dorm security here at MIT, and

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • April 6, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Hooked on a Feeling High on believing everyone's in love with me.

  

  with a cliffhanger--Ruth asking about an entry on David Hasselhoff. Well ... and noticed a tabloid magazine on the counter which, as far as my ... Hasselhoff here. On my daily runs along the Rhein, I pass by a sheep farm. Oh

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 6, 2006
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Of MUN and Academia What is Course X in Chinese?

  

  to a 9-credit exploratory class, but quickly began disliking the class ... Sometime in the last month, I was forwarded a request to blog about ... different conferences we had: BarMUN (a new BU conference for collegiate

  • by Chris S. '11
  • February 18, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Small talk How about that weather?

  

  . We even met on a nerdy class trip.) But feel free to shoot me an email ... Well my friends, yesterday I took a little bit of a nap on the bus on ... , despite the fact that there was definitely a layer of snow on the ground

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 30, 2005