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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  A Welcoming Environment Because the best way to feel at home at MIT is to know that you…

  

  feels left out. "We need every member of MIT to feel welcome, not just ... we talked more, I was surprised to find that Abigail's position, once a ... testament to this need comes from a story that Val, a freshman here who

  • by Emad T. '14
  • December 22, 2010
• Blog / Classes

  Things I enjoyed reading in 2020 if you read even one of these i will be happy

  

  the jump, ask yourself: "Why does this thing I'm writing have to be a ... excellent sequel. It's clear that the sport of football needs to change. And ... affairs, and is swiftly ruined." Hard to say much more without spoiling it

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 23, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Advice for Seniors From me to you. Why? Because I care

  

  your plan, you need to take a DEEP BREATH and know that you CAN and WILL ... . This year, I travelled to sunny Southern California. I visited high ... south as San Diego all the while attempting to hit as many points in

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • October 10, 2009
• Blog / Events

  To go home or to stay home Homesickness never hit...but I'm still thankful to be in L.A.

  

  eating way too much free food, I had no time to pine over being away from ... I gained by moving to MIT is so much richer in a lot of ways than the ... . I’ve enjoyed myself so much meeting so many friendly, down-to

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • November 27, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  More Information on the Waitlist Some answers for those offered a place on MIT's waitlist.

  

  students have sent their replies, colleges will determine if they need to go to their waitlist or not, and if so, how many students they need to ... this post will be helpful. How does the waitlist work? We are aiming

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 18, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Q&A for the Waitlisted Some (hopefully) helpful questions and answers for waitlisted students.

  

  they need to go to their waitlist or not, and if so, how many students they need to admit. At this point, colleges will begin admitting students ... this post will be quite helpful! How does the waitlist work? We are

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 20, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  TESS Science Conference III My first science conference!

  

  conference, and that I got my registration fee waived, I was stoked to go ... training after an eon as I write this sentence, so I need to add some code to ... Opportunities Program. Undergrads get to participate in real research with

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • August 7, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Champagne, pistols, and my new UROP blogging in a power outage. that's hardcore. though anna beat me to it.

  

  .  siRNA does this by binding to and destroying mRNA molecules before they ... Building.  That's because those nocturnal diurnal (what's the term for "does ... Green Building - then you know the world's about to end. Yes, ladies and

  • by Michael C. '16
  • November 29, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Making the hard decision a couple of brutally honest stories from friends here that had originally wanted to study…

  

  honest, I was pretty scared to write this blog post. So much so, that I ... state how much that experience meant to me. It was as if I had been ... cried. To art school, I got rejected once (I applied secretly and was

  • by Ben O. '19
  • May 17, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  Introducing Two New MIT Students… ...classes of 2026 and 2028 respectively.

  

  you know I recently added a new member to our family. Miles Nathaniel Nance made his way to the world on January 11, 2006 at 10:40 pm. My wife tried valiantly (15+ hours) to deliver naturally. Considering his size and

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • February 14, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  Small Victories The view from a month into MIT

  

  Hello (again) World! My goal to blog once a week has sadly failed ... go to. It's now evident how much MIT throws at its students. I'd be ... the future. There's no need to be too stressed. 3. Remember that a life

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • October 8, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  I GOT TWENTY DOLLARS IN MY POCKET (because I got a press pass to SpringFest 2013, of course. photos inside!)

  

  't mind too much - the concert was dedicated to the memory of Officer Sean ... As Matt wrote earlier, today was SpringFest 2013!  Or, to put it in ... that the MIT Admissions Office does not endorse the use of dope.  Unless

  • by Michael C. '16
  • April 27, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  Construction Thoughts on a major.

  

  , yet. Anyway, what does this all come down to? The reason I enjoyed ... *Ahem*. When I applied to MIT, I put down on my application that my ... to do) was mechanical engineering. I liked to build things and create

  • by Cam T. '13
  • December 26, 2009
• Blog / Challenges

  I Feel *a* Last or at least, I'm trying to

  

  does somehow. Song: Burned Out by dodie. The camera cuts once more to ...  rough semester. Like, an "Oh no what if I need to use all four Pass/No Records ... need to push through another semester and exceed my own expectations for

  • by Paige B. '24
  • December 22, 2022
• Blog / Life after MIT

  What happened since the end. Bringing you up to speed on life since I finished all my schoolwork. FOREVER. (You're…

  

  . When I got up, I rewrote the paragraph I needed, and proceeded to have ... used to be able to plow through novels much faster than this, but I guess ... closer together those entries were. I used to say that after 3 or 4 days

  • by Laura N. '09
  • May 28, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Week of UROPing in few words

  

  able to handle more force. Using the facts given by the computer, I ... . Without classes this month to focus on, I started working under some ... different fields to make work that can help the lives of many people, and 3

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • January 31, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  Please, Mr. Postman A fair and balanced look at the inbox of a typical MIT student.

  

  you want to see exactly what an MIT student does over the summer? There's no better way to do that than to look at my webmail inbox--to see ... "blogging" folder, which I haven't had time to set up yet

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 21, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Middle School To those who are having or have had a bad experience

  

  grade or to transfer after Thanksgiving break, and finish eighth grade ... stayed with us. They weren’t going to magically go away by transferring ... it. We think it would have helped middle school Allan and Danny to read

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • November 16, 2019
• Blog / Events

  DEAPS 2005 Yellowstone freshman year.

  

  remind us that we've lived. You don't need to find it in an FPOP, of course ... never blogged about it. Well, I'm going to now, because someone asked me ... in a pre-orientation program they thought I'd be able to help. Instead

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • June 25, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Introducing the Class of 2013: Scott ‘13, Cory ‘13, Edner ‘13, Jeremy ‘13, and Bee ‘13 The penultimate in a nine-part series of articles about the incoming MIT class.

  

  the scholarships* needed to attend this elite Northeastern university ... -- so much so that he has spent two to three hours on homework five nights ... With Orientation set to begin for the new MIT freshmen this weekend

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 26, 2009