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• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Regional Meetings begin Texas, Puerto Rico, and Florida are first up.

  

  do!), you'll be able to check your name and go in; if you haven't, we ... favorite times of the year. I really enjoy coming to you and seeing your city ... hello to my colleagues who come to your area.

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

  Victorian Literature? MIT, perhaps surprisingly, has top programs in ethnomusicology, the history of Islamic architecture, and more...

  

  , so they will be your only teacher in their subjects. But perhaps the most important thing is that you're not necessarily sacrificing your

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 24, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  An MIT FAQ Because it's better to laugh at blatant stereotypes than to let them make you angry

  

  epithet. Q. (related to previous) Do you spend all your time studying? A ... be a little too easy? The major you write down on your application might help the admissions committee understand why you're applying to MIT

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 28, 2005
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Work in Progress So. I decided that I needed a new banner.

  

  . It will include a picture of your truly, so you can all see how ... lockers. All MIT students get Athena accounts, which allow you to have your ... as your Athena locker. So Ben sent me a link with info about how to

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 13, 2005
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Three of a perfect pair Biking! Clothing! Exploding! A day in the life.

  

  tour bus when you're trying to maintain a safe following distance of ... person coming at you on a bike, steer clear. Not just for your own sake ... upon your table. You're not allowed to pour any tea for yourself unless

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 5, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  XREG

  

  For those of you who commented in the last post or emailed me, thank you for your birthday wishes =) I'm in the office today, reading ... your questions. Hope you're having a great weekend!

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 5, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  The ratio of people to cake is too big.

  

  your effort in your applications! It makes my job very stimulating (but ... ; Manic Sages" Thanks, other Matt! And if you're a high school

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 13, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Monkey Dance

  

  Your Mystery Hunt puzzle of the day: Dead and Gone I finished up ... Society on your activity list, you may want to seriously consider asking Julie Mallozzi to do a screening of her film at your school. It's a great

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 12, 2005
• Blog / How to Food

  Dining Hall Alchemy The art of turning cereal and chicken tenders into slightly tastier cereal and chicken tenders

  

  your MIT dining experience is by experimenting with exotic food ... Strawberry Special K. Pour your choice of liquid into the bowl and serve immediately with a side of fresh strawberries (assuming you're early enough to

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • May 11, 2025
• Blog / Athletics

  Lax bros and their workflows

  

  you’re involved in outside of lacrosse. Sydney: Hi! My name is Sydney ... me about your lacrosse background and your lacrosse experience at MIT ... away from academics and work. How is your season going so far? Sydney

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • April 14, 2025
• Blog / Advice

  Things I did instead of thinking (about decisions)

  

  you turn to chewing on college applications. Perhaps you’re like how I ... think about the marshmallow in front of her, or how you’re not thinking about a white elephant right now. Maybe, like me, your brain would do

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • November 27, 2024
• Blog / How to Human

  loveallurfriends <3

  

  mentally thank the breeze for kissing your skin. I strolled right past Next ... your mind, though. That behind the endless meetings, the rigid calendar ... with someone is a commitment, in a similar way. I will be there for your

  • by Shorna A. '25
  • March 6, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  grad school vs. undergrad should you MEng?

  

  at a company in exchange for that company funding your degree. I TA an ... MEng is a great way to pursue research if you’re unsure about a PhD, or ... personal belief is that simply having a master’s degree on your resume won

  • by Rona W. '23
  • December 9, 2023
• Blog / Uncategorized

  a quick and dirty guide to MIT jargon what is a 6-3 anyway?

  

  lab doing research. "So you’re the new urop?" 3. n the work assigned by your urop (see definition 1). “Sorry, I would, but I’ve gotta do my urop ... is 2A-X, X being your concentration. It can be department you can argue

  • by Amber V. '24
  • April 7, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  how to adult spoiler alert: no one knows

  

  when you're eleven, you're also ten, and nine, and eight, and seven, and ... eleven, not until you're almost twelve. That's the way it is.” working on ... . but as kellen told me, you’re a writer if you write. so here i am

  • by Melissa Cao '20
  • November 3, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  3.A03 Metalsmithing Throughout Time come to MIT, get to forge metal with your bare hands!! (and a hammer)

  

  freshman year with our first-year advisors; once you declare your major, you ... that at MIT, unlike some other schools, you're required to meet with your advisor at the beginning of the semester and have them approve your course

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • November 27, 2018
• Blog / How to Human

  talk to people! from the person least qualified to give this advice

  

  after they ask me things. potential good friend: Hey! You're looking pretty tan! How was your summer? me: Good. I went to the beach. pgf: Oh ... you're supposed to ask them how about their summer. Unfortunately, as is

  • by Abby H. '20
  • October 11, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  The Class of 2018 Graduates from MIT

  

  shibboleth. when you go to turn your rat around today, please, take a moment ... less when you're out there in it. because that's really all any of us can ... everyone else in your worlds to do that, by helping them to learn and

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 8, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Festival of Learning a hackathon for students and instructors connecting technology with education

  

  interest, you can snip the relevant quotes, tag them in relationship to your ... can write your paper right in the desktop app, with your knowledge map and quotes list right by your side. An added bonus: Snipmap

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • March 17, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT’s FPOP for Entrepreneurship a week of connecting incoming freshmen with MIT startup founders

  

  to know the other freshmen in your program. Most (all?) departments ...  InsideTracker. InsideTracker pulls the results from your recent blood tests and analyzes your specific key biochemical and physiological markers. After a while it

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 29, 2016