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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Cultura MIT students use online collaboration with their French counterparts to learn about each other's cultures.

  

  completions, where we at MIT enter (in English) what first comes to mind when we see words and sentences related to work, money, food, culture, and other ... , and we compare and contrast the different responses to gain perspectives

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • October 30, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  You Gave Love A Bad Name A night of talent.

  

  is basically a talent show with acts ranging from magic acts to dances to serenades. Some of the acts from the night included my former ... decided to juggle knives while "surfing" on a makeshift surfboard consisting

  • by Bryan
  • October 8, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Cool UROP position UROP opportunity: helping people fight obesity using robots

  

  -- Hardware The Robotic Life group in the Media Lab is looking for a UROP to help with a project applying sociable robots to the real-world problem of obesity. This project intends to help people who are trying to lose weight

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 20, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Only You Have The Power Only YOU have the power to decide your own worth. Don't ever, ever, ever give…

  

  say it simply guys... only YOU have the power to decide your own worth. Don't ever, ever, ever give that power to someone else. Don't give it to your parents, don't give it to your siblings, don't give it to your

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 8, 2005
• Blog / Announcements

  Reaching for the STARS* *Small Town And Rural Students

  

  select group of 16 colleges and universities, including MIT, dedicated to ... intended to build upon good work already being done to promote greater access to post-secondary educational opportunities. At MIT Admissions, our

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • April 4, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Regular Action Deadline With the deadline approaching and the Office of Admissions closed for the holidays, I'll try…

  

  the holidays, I'll try to field some questions here. Please remember ... regular action admission to MIT. This means that you should you should click ... discourage procrastination. The closer you send in your application to the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 29, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Two Cool Projects

  

  In this second-to-last entry, I want to encourage all of you to check ... Kendra Johnson '09, Sacha Yaku aims to empower the women of Santa Ana, Ecuador through the sale of their jewelry and ceramics. It is analogous to

  • by The Humanitarian Blog
  • May 31, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Ringing in the second half of MIT The Class of 2019 gets their brass rats...at last

  

  . This Tuesday, the Class of 2019 got together to celebrate the time we've spent together so far, and to toast the next two years of our MIT journey ... where the whole sophomore class dresses up in everything from onesies to

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • April 23, 2017
• Blog / About Decisions

  Themed Online Distractors (for EA Decision Day) to the 2020 MIT Protofrosh

  

  're probably nervous, which is normal. No one is certain they'll get in. That's a fact. I hope you can find the best environment to await and process the ... and good music. Find your own best way to cope with tension. If you

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • December 16, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Angry Nerds Sometimes you've just got to flip the bird.

  

  finger as crowds amassed on the sidelines to see what the commotion was about. But instead of a police presence, and maybe a trip to MIT Mental ... feeling rising in my mind that I've forgotten how to put in words. Fu

  • by Chris M. '12
  • October 9, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  What is the value of college? Food for thought in your college search

  

  work are committed, first and foremost, to helping young people reach their aspirations. Even though the challenges faced vary from role to role and institution to institution, some common themes emerged. While

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • May 21, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  Obama’s Visiting MIT! Does that mean he gets an advantage in the admissions process?

  

  posts that mentioned MIT President Susan Hockfield's trip to the White House to join President Obama talk about clean energy research (video below). Now, he's returning the favor and coming to visit us this

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • October 20, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  You Make The Call So you think you've got what it takes to admit the Class of 2010 to…

  

  Back in the good ol' days (winter of 1983 to be exact) there was a ... was to show you a controversial play where a penalty has occured and ... to play today? You guessed it... Admissions: You Make The Call. So you

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • September 9, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The MIT Spring Concert An annual tradition bringing famous bands to campus.

  

  . Every year, MIT brings to campus a national act to headline a big concert ... the band's most popular song (according to iTunes) and my favorite song ... ("White Rabbit" / "Somebody to Love") 1969: Janis Joplin ("Piece of My Heart

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 23, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Testing requirements FAQ Some Q & A regarding testing for MIT admission.

  

  more questions, here is a quick FAQ to provide some more answers. I hope it is helpful to you. Q. Do you prefer the SAT or the ACT? A. We ... /M). Q. I am an international student, do I have to take the TOEFL? A. No

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 12, 2007
• Blog / Athletics

  Refactored

  

  staff to get together and catch up. And before that, I was sleeping off ... MIT portal, be patient. We still have a lot of application pieces to enter and ... really this was a conference about ideas and solutions to the problems that

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 2, 2004
• Blog / Majors & Minors

  New Major in Climate System Science and Engineering

  

  Science and Engineering. According to its website: Climate change is the ... adapting to climate change require an understanding of both the Earth system ... students to become leaders, helping to accelerate high-impact, science

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 21, 2023
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Be a Blogger 2022!

  

  time for those of you who might want to be bloggers to share your garbage ... posting the blogger app and prospective bloggers coming out of the woods to feast upon it  What does it mean to be an admissions blogger? MIT students

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 1, 2022
• Blog / Announcements

  Be a Blogger 2019!

  

  you who might want to be bloggers to share your thoughts with the world! What does it mean to be an admissions blogger? The best representatives ... holistic admissions authentically, but we can’t write about what it’s like to

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 1, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  What Essay Questions Should We Ask?

  

  old applications, which got me down to the Institute Archives, looking ... , and think about whether we want to change them.  Strategically, our essay questions are intended to prompt certain responses from

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 27, 2014