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• Blog / Admissions

  Having Trouble Reaching Your EC? Some advice on getting in touch with your interviewer.

  

  sometimes takes a while to hear a response. Some of this may be attributed to ... that might take them out of the area traveling, or otherwise be temporarily and unexpectedly unavailable. But there may be other reasons. I

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • October 31, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  ask me (an mit alum, maybe) anything! aka, am(amam)a

  

  filled with road trips, starting to rock climb climbing, hanging with ... figured I'd say hello to all of you lovely folks in the style of Qiaochu Y ... 've never seen an AMA before: in the comments below, feel free to ask any

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • August 12, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Summer Circus but like a nerd circus. So you know, less elephants and more calculus. Just as…

  

  completely pwn all existing and soon-to-be existing electric cars as far as ... redesigning the wrist joints that allow it to turn in place, and then we'll be ... week), but also a pretty great place to be during the summer. Even if it

  • by Chris M. '12
  • July 7, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Stephen, I’m Putting You On Notice!

  

  complex concepts may be difficult for him to grasp (after all, truthiness ... Believe it or not, admissions officers occasionally try to do things besides reading applications to MIT. One of the things I enjoy doing in my

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • April 30, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  “Well, you just cost me money.” Best. Desk Call. EVER.

  

  'd need to call the main number and be more specific. guy: well, i was ... forwarded me this in the meantime and I had to share. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Emma Subject: BEST DESK CALL EVER To: bmf me

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • February 23, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I’m in Lusaka, baby, so why don’t you blog me? I told Sam to blog this entry since I'm in Zambia (that explains the title).

  

  so exciting to be here finally that the bug bites and jet lag and ... the next 5 days or so. We hope to meet with 3 students from the University of Zambia (UNZA) before we begin our trip to the community of Mwape

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • January 10, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT ‘10: Ervin Puskar Bosnia, Ohio, Cambridge. A video news report on Ervin Puskar '10.

  

  years ago from a refugee camp after being forced to flee his home in ... BG High Grad Gets Full Ride to MIT Amy Bingham / WBKO A former Bosnian refugee is going to the nation's number one engineering school on a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 2, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Culture, not the bacterial kind Some questions you should be asking about all the schools to which you're applying.

  

  shuttle to take me to SFO for my red-eye flight to Boston.) I'm really kind ... the blog, because I get to impart all kinds of advice from an almost ... at UCLA's interview weekend, I was lucky to have a faculty member tell

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • February 4, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Dear Mom, Vol. 1 If I told you my life was a circus, would you believe me?

  

  some of these people are supposed to be in class right now, but the ... answer, so I resorted to sending her an email. I decided that I would ... would write back in the days of old at WJ Bryan. To: [email protected] From

  • by Bryan
  • October 6, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Help Wanted Calling all artists! Design Mitra's new banner and get profiled in the blog

  

  will be forced to make a really lame one, and then make up another person ... As part of my desire to make this blog more interactive, and since ... exposure. The experience.") Well, I'll write a whole blog entry dedicated to

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • July 2, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Spotlight: MIT stands with the people of all nations we are one MIT

  

  weekend.     The purpose of this homepage is to reaffirm MIT ... . By 1895, 39 from a total of 984 students were international. Three ... , President Maclaurin began his tenure at MIT with a vision to build a more

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • January 13, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  An MIT Adventure Life at the 'Tute

  

  immediately sent to NYC to conduct some school visits. I was so nervous riding the subway for the first time, but getting to meet the students at the ... MIT receives; it’s not uncommon to have folks from Russia, India, China

  • by Beatriz Valdez
  • August 20, 2012
• Blog / Events

  ZBT Soiree A part with many desserts and friends... fortunately, I left before the karaoke part. (9…

  

  event.) For dinner, I went to India Quality, in Kenmore Square. After dinner, I hopped on the Boston West SafeRide and went to Zeta Beta ... , cheesecake, fondue, mousse, etc. The lemon squares, however, were not to my

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 29, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Decision letters mailed

  

  committed to admitting no more than one-third of our class during early action. We feel that the pressures to apply early are too high, and don't want to further contribute to that by leaving only a very small number of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 10, 2004
• Blog / How to Human

  College must-haves My advice on what to get for college!

  

  you're going to be living in Burton Conner, MacGregor, or anywhere else ... 't live without my fridge in Next. You might be able to get a used one, I ... , better to be thorough. 12. A bathroom caddy. Depending on you live, you

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 2, 2006
• Blog / MISTI

  Things got poopy in Beijing and edible.

  

  dining experience? Personally, it's nice to be able to say "been there ... This past weekend, I went to dinner with a group of MIT and Johns Hopkins students interning in Beijing. This was my first opportunity to meet

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • June 28, 2011
• Blog / Life after MIT

  The Remnants of Four Years What happens when you have to start packing

  

  about.  Free t-shirts seem to be for everything at MIT; classes ... , but that may take more creative juices (and to be honest, skills) than I ... have to pack up your life from the past four years.  No more of this, "I

  • by Becca H. '12
  • June 6, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Blogger Wrapped 2020 blogger wrapped, wrapped

  

  , so I'm honored to be able to take up the mantle for what will be my ... about it. This year, I'm going to be extra and do a bloggers wrapped ... to be pretty satisfying. Bloggers Wrapped, Wrapped First, the basics

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • December 12, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  amongst the stars a comic

  

  in NYC.  In an attempt to get back part of my soul after what ... my new comic books. Alone in Space by Tillie Walden, whose motifs ... , inspired me to draw the comic above. There are a lot of nebulous feelings I

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • April 15, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  whiteout conditions forget your mission, just get out alive

  

  whiteout conditions is a song by the new pornographers, and it ... vague desire to go to classes and do work. but i don't actually want to. i wake up and i'm already tired. i no longer know if i want to go to my

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 26, 2021