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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Nobel Prize Week An exciting time for research, both noble and ignoble.

  

  according to the MIT course evaluations, Schrock is considered one of the best ... week is routinely characterized by setting my alarm to wake up super early to check the website and see if any MIT folks won. I have to be

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 5, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Writing is useful for science. Surprise!

  

  the pertinence of writing to science. The answer was: writing is an ... Institution, but the rest is open to the general public. So, if you knew what ... , and why all of this means that you will be able to get the scientific

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 30, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Do You Have A Core Curriculum?

  

  ." There are a variety of ways to take these courses. Each of the science ... your choice to form your HASS concentration Unlike the science core, you ... the normal student using 8 terms to get a degree, most take at least one

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 9, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Trip Report: IOI 2015 in Kazakhstan of khans and computer science

  

  advise you to find your local EdUSA office and look through the resources they have there. One of the best things about my job is I get to travel ... Boston to Frankfurt, and then Frankfurt to Almaty, the cultural and

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 10, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  An interview with AoPS "What Kinds of Students Does MIT Look For?" but ASMR

  

  and pursuing them is, again, going to be the best thing for them and ... , that my to the question of what we look for is the kind of thing you can ... brought to you. And then last thing, and this is the thing that's the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 7, 2022
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  MIT.01: Intro to the Institute, part 1 And maybe a problem set

  

  and took a gap year. The story of how I decided to take a gap year is probably best saved for another blog post; the important thing is that I did ... get used to. Eventually, I made the decision to attend MIT—how could I

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • September 8, 2013
• Blog / About Decisions

  For Deferred Students Some advice and answers.

  

  definitely by the end of February. You may also want to keep us up-to-date with ... enough to make you a contender in the Regular Action round. Let your ... application will once again be considered by the committee during regular action

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 17, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Second Day of Class Course shopping and such.

  

  during the pauses in my days since getting back to Boston (the river is ... Google Calendar. It is slightly amusing to see fellow classmates toting ... works the best for me is, "well, if I can't remember the event, then it

  • by Chris S. '11
  • September 10, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  Deferred Students Update Some Q&A for deferred students.

  

  ." Your application will once again be considered by the committee during ... definitely by the end of February. You may also want to keep us up-to-date with ... action applications. We will admit the best applications we can during

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 18, 2007
• Blog / Life after MIT

  The Wisdom of Khan revealed the MIT secret

  

  secret, the best way to do this is to actually care about them. Make people feel that you are listening to them. Another little secret, the best way ... happier. Replace the words “I have to” with “I get to” in your vocabulary

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 8, 2012
• Blog / IAP

  The Space Between In which I attempt to explain IAP. (Hint: it's not a Dave Matthews Band song.)

  

  fall semester, my natural, MIT-conditioned response is to rattle off the ... way to completely serious and intense offerings like the EMT training ... country during IAP can be a great way to expand your global horizons without

  • by Paul B. '11
  • January 7, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  This is what happens when we don’t do work Here is the infinite rollercoaster of fun I promised not to take you on.

  

  hand, life is good. Except for the part where I need to start three ... I'm long overdue for a blog update. To dispel your mental image of me ... excitement. Actually, there's been too much excitement for me to find the time

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • April 24, 2011
• Blog / Events

  “Freshman Musical Dorms” A question inspires an entire entry about housing. But I threw in some other stuff…

  

  you said Cortezar is sci-fi... Cortezar is one of the best things to ... you're a student. You get to live in a dorm (your assignment from the ... questions 4 u about MIT but had to get in gear and out the door. btw I am so

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 5, 2006
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Weekend Trip to Salem, MA romance, adventure, and no witchcraft

  

  . “Yikesey” is the word I’d use to describe them. Although we managed to not ... the MIT routine sometime. Later that day, we went to get food with a ... . The Salem story is proof that it is totally possible to enjoy a young

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 7, 2016
• Blog / About Decisions

  Story of Tim Tebow My friend Steve '11 wrote a blog for the not admitted.

  

  true story. Tim Tebow was the best college football player to ever ... losing to Alabama, Tebow played the best game of his life in the Sugar Bowl ... reading if you will. Remember Tim's promise. Best of luck in the weeks

  • by Chris S. '11
  • March 16, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The ‘How to College’ Masterpost A comprehensive guide for frosh, from all corners of the interwebz.

  

  internet related to the topic. If you’re not like me...well, I still hope one ... can’t wait to arrive! Remember to be careful around the muggles when ... on entering college. So click away! If you’re like me, then in the

  • by Selam G. '18
  • August 13, 2015
• Blog / How to Human

  How to Meet More People a guest post from Amy F. '20

  

  be famous? In what way?” to “Of all the people in your family, whose ... is easy: go to more public events, make friends with your friends ... day, understand the way you think, know your biggest aspirations, and be

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • June 18, 2018
• Blog / IAP

  [Joint Post] A Jaunt Across Europe (Part 1) vomiting in Venice and other Italian adventures

  

  across Europe. It seemed like the perfect way to get into bike trekking ... ASAP, we decided to take the ferry over instead of getting there by foot ... . GTL (Global Teaching Labs) is the specific program that I was going to

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • March 31, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Home is the place where, when you have to go there, they have to take you in Internet in the bathtub! And a bunch of stuff on choosing a major.

  

  annoying, because it's alphabetical by school rather than what is to me the ... Well, I'm back home in the great state of Ohio, getting ready for ... over the river and through the woods) to my grandmother's house for the

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • December 24, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  The ratio of people to cake is too big.

  

  another quality stapler in the office for me to use, so all is well in the ... during the "reading season." A reading day is a day that we admissions officers are expected not to come into the office (where there can be

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 13, 2005