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• Blog / Personal Travel

  [Guest Post] The Southbound Train by Kylee C. '23

  

  ’d like to look in particular at the cultural role of passenger trains in ... country song to sell over a million copies, Vernon Dalhart’s version of ... euphoria as a southbound train. There ain’t nothing like slowing down to ride

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 10, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  Parting Remarks Part II: The Blogger Bio That Was I just graduated!

  

  . I woke up to a video of a black CNN reporter and his team being ... several ways to interpret this word, and I mean each of them; I don ... begun to take matters into their own hands after decades of protest and

  • by Abby H. '20
  • May 30, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  What to expect when you’re expecting CPW Some thoughts and advice in advance of Campus Preview Weekend.

  

  it, and I hope I can give you a better sense of what to really expect, and what not to expect. Your host: A team of admissions staff and MIT students spent much of thos week trying our best to find every one of you a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 6, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Our FAPnomenol Start of Sophomore Year! where we recount the tale of our first week back on campus

  

  like to call it) for all of high school, and we’ve been twins, well, our entire lives. Lots of people find it hard to tell us apart (and that ... , Allan, and get to know us :). *segway alert* We recently had many of these

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • September 7, 2017
• Blog / MISTI

  Jump into a new comfort zone!

  

  Nina Sinatra Class of 2012 Materials Science & Engineering ... project focused on studying and tuning the optical properties of polymer ... wonderful way to take my MIT journey above and beyond! Living and working in

  • by MISTI Program
  • October 19, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Final Countdown Duh nuh nuh, nuh... duh nuh nuhnuhnuh..

  

  seven days? A seven-page paper, six nights of studying, five hours to attend of the four classes I'm taking, three finals to sit through, two ... planning to spend the rest of the day buried in orgo like an ostrich in the

  • by Jess K. '10
  • May 16, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  In Anticipation of Pi Day 2017 bloggers past and present try to make you feel better right now

  

  senior year of high school. I’d tell myself not to worry about college ... who knew exactly what they want to do with life. I was terrified of the ... field to love, Political Science, and thinking of my thesis experiment now

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • March 13, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Keg of worms and phytoplankton

  

  ahead of me in school, was working on her college essay on the bus to a ... , is that Varsity Club didn't really seem to be an important part of Erin ... I'm at home now in Hampton Bays getting ready for the first of my

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 7, 2004
• Blog / MISTI

  visual depictions of my summer i've been a busy, busy bee.

  

  to nearly half his usual size and had none of the jovial playful spirit ... WILG (Womens' Independent Living Group) at the end of last semester. They ... halfway around the world to start my internship, and was housed at a really

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • September 3, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  What Essay Questions Should We Ask?

  

  very close ended to the very open ended: before my time, in the days of paper applications, we used to just include a blank piece of paper and ask ... types of essay questions we ask now, we try to optimize for those essay

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 27, 2014
• Blog / Announcements

  MIT Early Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  , and it is. As a matter of philosophy, we have typically preferred to ... want to make the most informed decision we can; the disruptions of the ... applications (or whatever else you choose to do) this year. The balance of our

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 18, 2021
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  MIT.01: Intro to the Institute, part 3 (Finals) You may begin at the sound of my voice. You have an hour to answer…

  

  teach, and I expect that it will be added to the extensive list of courses already existing on OpenCourseWare. To gauge the extent of how well you ... you to everyone! I got this!” Person looks around at all of us, and

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • September 26, 2013
• Blog / Announcements

  For those impacted by Hurricane Michael (and other disasters) clarifying our policies for applications affected by catastrophic events

  

  than their application to MIT. These kinds of events [annotation note ... application process because of delays caused by catastrophic events. We try to ... until Regular Action if that allows you to get the rest of your life in

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 22, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Stu Schmill ‘86 named Dean of Admissions Exciting news!

  

  I thought you all would like to know this exciting news! Schmill named new dean of admissions March 24, 2008 Stuart Schmill SB '86 has been named MIT's next dean of admissions, Dean for Undergraduate

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 24, 2008
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  an absolutely non-comprehensive guide to email sign-offs or, how to inject some fun into an otherwise boring routine

  

  contributions to the art of email. Without further ado, every email sign-off I ... a perfect spot for that! Before we move to the most absurd tier of ... reasons, and I was responding to an email on my phone at the end of a busy

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • March 9, 2023
• Blog / Events

  The Secret Life Of Marilee Jones Sam is the funniest, though... BOTB and CPW Feedback.

  

  didn't get answered? I had a fun time meeting a lot of you, and I hope to ... (She's a rockstar by night) So Thursday night we got a preview of Marilee Jones's singing voice when she sang to the students who had

  • by Bryan
  • April 9, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Day in the Life of an Over-Scheduled Frosh Another hosed blogger? ShOcKiNg

  

  upperclassmen in charge of the club, people I’ve come to call my friends, laugh ... to the difficulty of the classes here."]PNR[/annotation], but I might ... ’m ready to go to bed. I’ll get about seven hours of sleep before my 9

  • by Powers '23
  • October 21, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Cancer Research The history and future of cancer research at MIT.

  

  research, from the isolation of the first human cancer genes to the development of a technique for delivering chemotherapy directly to a tumor ... professor, Robert A. Weinberg, won one of the largest prizes awarded to cancer

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 29, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A Last Minute Rehearsal music in the time of corona

  

  attempt to make something positive out of this otherwise terrible situation ... going to the final rehearsal in the last days of us being on campus ... .  We were really excited to be a part of this production, originally

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • March 18, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  But What Are They Really Looking For? My thoughts (advice) on navigating (surviving) the college application process.

  

  things are becoming clear to me. This time of year my life has long been full of finding out about the lives of those who are applying to MIT and ... got to see applicants admitted and then watch them become a part of our

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • November 11, 2014