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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Guest Entry: A Yankee in Cambridge Math, exchange programs, and why we love MIT.

  

  is, unless you aren't looking for flexibility), then you're in luck. If ... 's twice as old as the United States. If I could massively overgeneralize for ... respect for tradition and history, whereas the latter is more concerned with

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • May 1, 2011
• Blog / Events

  It’s Almost Here! The sun? Orientation? Only time will tell.

  

  of events for August, Boston has been graced with cloudy skies ... Freshman Pre-Orientation Program, and was so excited to explore MIT for a ... saving time for last-minute decisions. Oh, and grab tons of free food. It

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • August 26, 2010
• Blog / Events

  Bumping Up Against—and Breaking Through—the Glass Ceiling Part 2 of my adventures at the National Conference for College Women Student Leaders

  

  described my lessons from the National Conference for College Women Student ... population, I never felt different for being a female engineer. In fact ... graduation ceremony for the GEL class of 2010 took place. It was encouraging to

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • July 20, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Goodbye Free-Body Diagrams Hello free -

  

  expenditures for 4.111 materials will be manageable as I can no longer depend on the parental units for feeding this creative money-sucker habit of art ... following is a crop of the syllabus we got for studio this semester. The

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • February 18, 2010
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Snow On working in a winter wonderland.

  

  Vermont and New Hampshire. In Vermont, for instance, I lived in the ... furthest south I've ever lived (except for one year I spent as an undergrad ... winter. You have to know how to dress for the cold. A few simple rules

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 21, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  EA Update: App Tracking & More All of the mail has been processed, and MyMIT Application Tracking is up-to-date.

  

  for EA applicants; the current status of your application is now shown ... a good time for you to check up on the status of your application ... for you. We should have the following: Application Part 1, Application

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 18, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Yes,The New App…It’s Really Here Or Why This Year's App is "Cooler" Than Last Year's.

  

  the Student Center (a building otherwise know as W20). It feels odd for ... . It was an interesting thing to watch. For, as you see, we have made ... decided that for our purposes that the long essay is obsolete... When you

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • August 19, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A bevy of beautiful Brass Rat bezels More on the evolution of the MIT class ring.

  

  To go along with Chris' entry about excitement for the unveiling of ... MIT officially gathers three times -- once, at the beginning, for the freshman picture; once, at the end, for graduation; and once, halfway through

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 9, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  The Interview…Part IV This should tie up the loose ends...for now.

  

  The deadline for Early Action has come and gone. I hope all of you who applied for EA got a chance to contact your EC and have an interview ... same things but do it in a detailed way that there just isn't room for in

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • November 4, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  The Interview…Part 2 The next installment of my saga...

  

  time had to do with what the ECs look for, what questions they ask and ... individual, and as a citizen of your world. You don’t make up for one part of ... interview report for as long as they are honest and reflective of who you are

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • September 30, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  My Last Blog: Introducing My Successor I started "The Humanitarian Blog" to spotlight the amazing work that MIT students are doing…

  

  conducted research for a report on how the next administration should approach China. Next up, we'll be working on a grant proposal for a project that ... continuing it as an alum, but I decided that it'd be good for someone new to

  • by The Humanitarian Blog
  • September 2, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  LSC: A Brief Summary [by Ashley Nash '11] Who wouldn’t want to join?

  

  Marshall" was shown for free. Occasionally they show classics, like Martin ... get to see them for free. I only have to work one evening each month, and did I say I get to see movies for free? Who wouldn’t want to

  • by ARTalk
  • May 2, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Cream Tea with the MIT Club of Great Britain Meeting MIT alumni in the UK

  

  cream and jam, and drinking tea, of course. For those of you who don't know, there are MIT clubs all over the world and they're basically for ... pretty much nonexistent for a few years until the current president, Linda

  • by Cambridge
  • April 27, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Blending In (Guest Entry) Of singing, eating, and shopping (sorta)

  

  -oriented school. Ohohoho, boy was I in for a surprise! The first night was ... asking one of the members for an autograph which, WAS, for my friend who ... the Cupcake Making Event for Women at MIT: Then a snapshot of the

  • by Snively '11
  • April 20, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  Online Decisions To Be Released This Saturday Only a few more days of waiting...

  

  Hi folks, Jess sent me an email a few days ago making fun of me for ... those who meet all of the following criteria: You have applied for ... for those who applied in Early Action and received a "final" action in

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 9, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The Years of the Rat More about MIT's famous class ring: the "Brass Rat."

  

  Following up on JKim's entry about excitement for the unveiling of ... officially gathers three times -- once, at the beginning, for the freshman picture; once, at the end, for graduation; and once, halfway through, for

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 21, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Whole 6.270 Story Where LEGOs take over my life.

  

  interested in being on a team with him for a LEGO robot competition during IAP ... $50 registration fee later I was enrolled in 6.270 for IAP. The ... robot that will play in a competition at the end of January. The goal for

  • by Snively '11
  • February 3, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Juniors: MIT and other summer programs Juniors may want to start thinking about summer programs including MITES, RSI, and WTP.

  

  enrichment summer program for promising high school juniors who are interested ... entrepreneurship. The Research Science Institute (RSI), sponsored by the Center for ... Camp (HSMC) Program in Mathematics for Young Scientists (PROMYS) The

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 16, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Early Action Decisions Coming soon to a web site near you!

  

  Hi folks, So sorry for the delay in posting this - we wanted to be ... /time changes for any reason, I will announce it here, but I do not foresee that ... of the following criteria: You have applied for freshman admission (not

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 10, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Gravity Rides Everything We are gathered here today to allude to rapidly accelerating bouncy balls and The Moon…

  

  this list, as an 8.02 exam, psets for 5.12 and 18.03, and being CPW rush chair for Senior Haus eliminated any chance of getting some of that. $10 ... your parents what to expect over the next year. (She's visiting for a

  • by Keri G. '10
  • April 17, 2007