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• Blog / Admissions

  Application question: scholastic and non-scholastic distinctions? Answering FAQs about the awards section in the MIT application.

  

  way to fill this out. Do your best to place things where you think they ... " answers, rather one attempt at sorting. As long as you've done your best to ... -scholastic" has been causing some confusion, based on web comments and phone calls

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 8, 2009
• FAQ / Academics and research

  What are GIRs?

  subjects to help you explore your anticipated major. MIT’s GIRs ensure that ... social sciences to getting rigorous training within their area of ... the School of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences. During your first
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  [joint liveblog] finding the BALANCE with 2.009 watching the 2.009 annual showcase (with Kayode D. '27)

  

  you're SO MEAN WHAT THE HELL ur literally charging ur phone on MY laptop ... kayode is about to leave soon which means that i get to say what i want b ... need to be heavily grammar checked later on. It's been real, y'all. But

  • by Janet G. '27
  • December 9, 2024
• 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 ... freshman class starting school tomorrow, it's strange to think that I won't be returning to my beloved 254 suite in Burton-Conner, hanging out with

  • by The Humanitarian Blog
  • September 2, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  On the other side of CPW Being an MIT undergrad during CPW is definitely an interesting experience

  

  I wrote a blog post about how excited I was for CPW last week.  Other ... even sometimes sad being on the other side of CPW. I knew that it would be different - but I didn't expect everything to be so weird.  It made

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • April 16, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  A little something while you wait. Don't plan on doing work until we finish this.

  

  right there with year-ago-me. Yay, you now know where you're going to college (MIT, clearly), your teachers have given up on trying to make you ... can just add their answers to the game you're working on. So have at it

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • March 10, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  David Berry: A “Fearless” Innovator with a Passion for MIT Dr. David Berry, who received his S.B. and Ph.D. from MIT, received the honor of…

  

  simultaneously (!) Armed with the skill of ambidexterity, he was well on his way to ... decided to focus his career on finance and technology-based entrepreneurship ... honor and a privilege. Serving on the Corporation allows Berry to

  • by Melis A. '08
  • October 4, 2007
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  making art for fun what a crazy concept!

  

  ! Originally, I was banking on getting to take the glassblowing class over IAP ... art; it was more me struggling to learn how to use 3D modeling programs ... working on my projects for my liking. The closest I’ve gotten to drawing for

  • by Teresa J. '26
  • March 28, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Career Fair Round 2 less shirts and more interviews.

  

  to me. 2) I was serious about getting an internship.   See ... brushed it right back off thinking to myself "Oh, no one get internships ... was expected of me to get it. That made me feel invigorated enough to go

  • by Erick P. '17
  • September 29, 2014
• Blog / Challenges

  starting over and over again

  

  more insight. I feel like I'm getting closer to that moment, and it feels ... , Germany. I'm working on a research project applying machine learning to some ... term. I like to blame this on MIT, the hectic nature of structuring my

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • June 11, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fran Sancisco and Spother Oonerisms Racing tays and fighting lires

  

  , which is an Amazon Echo strapped to your dog's collar, so that it seems like your dog answers your questions. Also your dog is harder to get ... previous summers UROPing on campus, so I was hyped to explore the world

  • by Joel G. '18
  • August 7, 2017
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  two years after my book auction in retrospect

  

  On April 16th, 2020, my life changed. That’s a kitschy way to put it ... going to happen. I’d spent the last two weeks on various phone calls ... to get (along with my math degree). I was and am grateful that so many

  • by Rona W. '23
  • April 17, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  You Complete Me What makes an application complete for Early Action, and related Q&A.

  

  to help clarify things a bit. Scores: We don't need to have your full ... expect to see first quarter grades. If we need them, we'll call your school ... contact you or your school. That being said, it is your responsibility to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 15, 2007
• Blog / Events

  Paul Farmer at the Broad Lander update October 28

  

  says lunch on Oct 19th just opened up, and we immediately agree to it ... I try to attend at least one guest speaker talk a week (many of them are posted on the MIT events calendar), and they usually are are very

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • October 20, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  High Class Brass [✔] Order a Brass Rat [✔] Feel swanky [ ] Become Iron Man

  

  something new to my list, albeit I don't get it until May: the MIT Brass Rat ... after a while, you even start to identify with it. When I told my dad how ... 'm sure any MIT student can relate to quite often. On the shank with MIT

  • by Emad T. '14
  • February 17, 2012
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Milk, Cookies and Dangerous Secrets Somewhere at the cloying helm of exponential senselessness (weird post incoming)

  

  moment he gets to his destination. He makes a turn to the left, his back to a five-story structure on which three Greek letters are barely ... —Bonfire—only to realize a grievous error. He had forgotten to get any macaroni

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • October 29, 2013
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Boston Fun Tons of Boston fun, with a dash of Cambridge, too.

  

  - J.P. Licks Does your milkshake bring all the boys to the yard ... , so you can watch them prepare your dessert --> clogged arteries Longfellow Bridge Newbury St. The new way to spell Greek food at

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 8, 2005
• Blog / Events

  What if You Didn’t Like CPW? is MIT still the place for you?

  

  How was your CPW? It was definitely one of my favorites. I had lots of fun meeting a you future froshies in person. Today I wanted to ... /MIT. One post that hit close to home was titled "Did anyone here not enjoy

  • by Erick P. '17
  • April 21, 2014
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Mocktails happy new year new you

  

  , microwave-safe cup. Helpful tip: If you can't get the powder to dissolve, try ... your 2017 isn't as anticlimactic as my attempt to pop the screw cap off ... It's 2017 now according to the Gregorian calendar. I'm a frosh.5 (RIP

  • by Abby H. '20
  • December 31, 2016
• Blog / Athletics

  A sporting chance

  

  to really get into it. We had our own Baker House jerseys and ... 't really want to go to a "jock school," the kind of school where you had to turn out for the big football game and get drunk beforehand, or where

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 22, 2004