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• Blog / Community Projects

  dormspam-the-game (Part 1) wits, skill, and the teeniest amount of luck

  

  involved "wits, skill, and the teensiest amount of luck," to quote the ... hide and a place to seek from a list of 20 locations on MIT's campus. Your score, which you aim to maximize, is calculated as (the number of

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 13, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Why Do We Fall? so that we can learn to pick ourselves up

  

  Reflecting on the lessons of last semester, I knew I was going to ... all of Monday night from 8pm to 2am studying. I woke up promptly at 7 ... through all of my other commitments, I studied from 10pm to 2:30am. Then on

  • by Erick P. '17
  • February 26, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Questbridge College Admissions Conference A guest post from Louis Lamia '14, an MIT Quest Scholar.

  

  Some of you may look at my last post and wonder, "what's happened to ... year where we get to take vacation! So I did quite a bit of that - went ... to rest and relax. In addition, I attended one of the Quest

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • September 8, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Music Groups at MIT, Pt. 1 [by Jessica Noss '14, Guest Blogger] Audition for everything.

  

  back to Tech,” one of their classic nerdy MIT songs (the most ... to join lots of email lists) and signed up to audition for eight of the ... to sign up for the ninth one, the Logarhythms, but one of the members

  • by ARTalk
  • May 3, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Changes To Your MyMIT Account The no-online-notification thing may change in the future, but unfortunately not this year.

  

  A quick response to some of the questions we've been receiving: you won't notice any change to your MyMIT account until we're confident that everyone has had a chance to receive his/her decision via mail (or telephone

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 14, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Homeschooled applicants Some advice for our homeschooled applicants.

  

  take advantage of their less constrained educational environment to take ... addition to evaluation of the homeschooling portfolio, are very helpful. Some ... encourage all of our applicants to take advantage of the interview, if

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 5, 2006
• Blog / Athletics

  I like to break a mental sweat, too. Missed it by that much.

  

  quite a bit to be desired, and all I really know about the rules of tennis ... perhaps a little dishonest, did lead to this most interesting of ... all of 96 pounds or something, came face to face against five hairy

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 5, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  on anger understanding and learning and navigating

  

  ever realize," she started, "that none of the boys ever stay to clean up ... wasn't exactly full of people I wanted to be around or make friends with ... mean rather than trying to hide it under the guise of "being an honest

  • by Cami M. '23
  • August 12, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Dear prefrosh, a letter to you

  

  this? During this time, I've been able to talk and spend a lot of time ... of dedicated letter of sorts to the prefrosh since I've had a lot of ... to address and I guess this is something I really want all of you to

  • by Cami M. '23
  • April 25, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Makers @ MIT how MIT supports student creativity and craft

  

  opportunity to recognize and encourage a new generation of makers and manufacturers to share their talents and hone their skills. As part of the ... and organizations have come together to support the National Day of

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 18, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  An Awesome Autobiography in rage comic form

  

  to me, and on to you. It is pretty awesome, and another piece of data ... part of the Internet - though culturally close and easily accessible via a tesseract - an 86 year old man posted his autobiography to reddit in

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 14, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  18 and Counting Congratulations, Professor Diamond!

  

  ago now (goodness, I'm old). And it's the age of many of our excellent applicants - meaning, all y'all! It's also an excellent number of years for MIT. Howso? Well, 18 is the number of years in a row that the Nobel

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 11, 2010
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Coffee Talk Random things I love about MIT #1

  

  One of the things I truly love about MIT is that you never know when ... modular design, scalability and the potential and weaknesses of ... -imagining, too. Professors Ulm and Vandamme have shown how to slow concrete creep

  • by Dave McOwen
  • September 13, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Life as a Talent Scout I could be the next Randy Jackson.

  

  , Battle of the Bands, I went to check out a potential band for the ... the Cheesy Tots. I don't even want to know how many years of my life I ... Battle of the Bands 2007? I guess you'll have to wait and see ;-) In other

  • by Bryan
  • February 28, 2007
• Blog / Life after MIT

  So long, farewell, auf wiedersehen, adieu To you, and you, and you and you and you.

  

  opportunity to help people discover the MIT that I know. Those of you who are ... 's always open. I might even have cookies or pie. Those of you who want to be ... you'll get a chance to be part of the community here. Please let me

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 4, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT ISEF Reception MIT will host a reception at ISEF in Indianapolis.

  

  required) to Associate Director of Admissions Matt McGann. I hope you can ... The MIT Office of Admissions will host a reception for participants ... Thursday, May 11th, from 4:00pm to 5:30pm at the Indianapolis Artsgarden

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 3, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Welcome

  

  approximately 87 hours of my life gone to waste. No pressure. ... Welcome to the new blogs server! I'm currently at my summer ... fan), but I can make random references to geography and pop culture. And

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • June 30, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  International Selection Day 1

  

  *Update as of 2015: Early action is available to both domestic and international students.   I wore a tie today, which might clue you in to a selection committee meeting: it was the first day of international

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 6, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Don’t believe everything that you read

  

  Someone emailed to me a funny post from one of those rumor ... of excellence in math, science and engineering will tend to fare well ... found the secret on guarenteed [sic] Admissions to MIT This comes

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 8, 2005
• FAQ / International applicants

  What if I don’t have a school counselor?

  /principal to upload your official transcript (with three years of subject grades ... school counselor letter is not a required part of the MIT application; it ... . Because school systems vary outside of the U.S. and many international