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• Blog / Admissions

  Just a Little Patience The latest word.

  

  )I'm almost not sure if I should mention this, but my friend Ankur '03 is one of ... their applications. I assure you, the MIT Records Office team is going ... pretty much everywhere this time of the year. Not surprisingly, my fellow

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 11, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Beantown, H-Town, Blue Hills, House of Blues With cameos by home, beatboxing, and happiness

  

  month. Let's go back a few weeks. At the time of writing, it is Halloween ... --skipped some, too. This is what I wrote on the night of October 10: What a ... not expect to like Houston. But now I understand the phrase "southern

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • November 5, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  First Day of Classes! Today, the MIT Class of 2014 begins.

  

  Today is the first day of the Fall Semester at MIT, and thus is the ... welcome to the class is the Freshman Convocation, where the freshman class is addressed by the faculty and MIT President Susan Hockfield. Would

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 8, 2010
• Blog / Life after MIT

  A ditch on the side of the New Jersey Turnpike

  

  one or this one? Craig: The symbol on the left is not a letter, sir ... Palace. My house is called Ducksberry. And (finally getting to the point ... 's a long and not terribly interesting story, but the short-short version

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 7, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  FREE FOOD! FREE FOOD! EVERYWHERE!! AM I YELLING??

  

  is not true, I will say the picture very much is, and I did enjoy all ... , I've already returned my MIT mug to the Coop. MOM: THAT'S NOT FUNNY. Okay, so, in retrospect it may not have been the best idea to freak my

  • by Jess K. '10
  • September 2, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  hope springs eternal a warm feeling

  

  , even more folks will rush in, and even though I know that it is not ... fast. But what will really matter is whether or not we have forgotten how ... semester is to not just keep our communities alive, but to make sure they

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • February 8, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Firehose Warning: insomniac blogger on the loose.

  

  chemistry), not to mention the peculiarities of second-order ordinary ... on the same day. Yes, I'm not very happy about that fact, but it ... was the point. Not because I'm trying to show off - I read most of those

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 19, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  a tour of New Vassar also known as west garage

  

  'm not sure it has a vibe yet. Seeing how new the dorm is, I thought I ... outside. I'll be honest - I'm not the biggest fan of the architectural ... security desk is the piece "I DON’T WANT TO SEE MYSELF WITHOUT YOU" by artist

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • March 20, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Cancer on my mind Wait, shouldn’t that be Carolina?

  

  part of the exhibit is a series of images. These are real images not ... engineers and half are scientists. Or I could point out that it is the first ... really impresses me is the way MIT understands how a wonderful art exhibit

  • by Kris Guay
  • August 18, 2011
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Engineers Assemble! It's not a double-post, it's a franchise

  

  's golf ball plan to stop the oil leak off the coast of Louisiana? He said, "When we heard the best minds were on the case, we expected MIT, not the ... Manufacturing guru), is among those selected for the job. You can read more at

  • by Dave McOwen
  • May 16, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Back From Vacation A week of total relaxation didn't stop me from thinking about MIT constantly.

  

  I am back in the office, did you miss me? :-) St. John was awesome, but not as awesome as MIT. Consider the evidence: Sigh. But a week ... . Here I am, preparing to do an info session for the people on the beach

  • by Ben Jones
  • July 10, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Welcome to Maseeh! A look into MIT's newest dorm

  

  As you may or may not know, I'm a Maseehdonian (aka I live in the new ... new people since we're a new dorm. The culture at Maseeh is also unique ... that is a blend of the other dorms' cultures here. The diversity is

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • October 30, 2011
• Blog / How to MIT

  The Ultimate Showdown Making important college purchase #1

  

  software that is just computationally intensive, and it's not the best idea ... , I'll share my thoughts on what's hot and what's not. So I'll make the ... parts - Sometimes more powerful The Cons: - Not mobile - A lot of

  • by Bryan
  • July 10, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  To Those with Dreams Deferred in which Selam of Pi Day Past rants about how things are arbitrary

  

  Aquarius or Year of the Horse is Not Important and you don't need to base ... discovered yet. After all, mathematics is not inherently tied to the workings ... because today was the One And Only 03/14/15, which is 3.1415. But it's only

  • by Selam G. '18
  • December 17, 2016
• FAQ / International applicants

  What if I don’t have a school counselor?

  Many international applicants don't have a school counselor. The school counselor letter is not a required part of the MIT application; it ... without a letter. The Secondary School Report Form is designed for U
• Blog / Admissions

  What Makes You Tick? To all the Early applicants.

  

  offering help to one another is in tune with the same spirit. I'm not ... , at least, I hope you are - just not the worrying part). Therefore, I ... is not due to blind confidence either, as I really felt that my

  • by Chris S. '11
  • October 14, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Surprising Research Results The chimpanzee-human relationship, and CEO pay.

  

  Perhaps the most interesting research is the work that surprises ... not have been as clean as humans might like. The study from the Broad ... the hype to see what is really going on with salaries of CEOs in the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 18, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Celebrating the Moon Landing MIT celebrates today's 40th anniversary of the Apollo 11 landing.

  

  Today is an exciting anniversary -- July 20, 1969, was the day Apollo ... work is rocket science," they started the interview with the question ... is the same age as me, but unlike her, I have never developed the first

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 20, 2009
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Underground An ode to the MIT tunnels

  

  an ode. To be totally honest, I'm not even really sure what an ode is ... 39 tabs open in Chrome (which is apparently the threshold at which the ... the infinite (if not all, I'm not sure) lead to the tunnels. It's the

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • February 8, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Reason to Celebrate My advisor is a genius.

  

  incredible distinction, and one of the best things I've enjoyed at MIT is that they are not distant from the students. Freshman year, I had a recitation ... So over in the world of UROP, things were pretty exciting this week

  • by Bryan
  • September 24, 2006