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• Blog / Admissions

  More On The Interview… You don't need to take up the crumhorn to look "different."

  

  these conversations are a way for you and for us to learn about each other ... prepared to talk about the things that interest you and the way you pursue ... I wanted to offer a few more comments on the interview. While we have

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • October 30, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Spring Break post

  

  , and possibly others, have questions. Feel free to post your questions as comments on this entry, and I'll answer them. It saves me having to be ... Hi, readers. Congrats to those of you who got in. I remember when I

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • March 29, 2007
• FAQ / First-year application

  I’m a non-traditional applicant. How do I apply?

  There are many applicants to MIT from many types of backgrounds, and while we consider them all in their context, we need to know some common ... awhile, we would expect to see the results of your standardized tests
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Don’t Read This if you Already Go to MIT My life is good and I get plenty of sleep. Please don't hate me.

  

  recently, we flew through a cloud-bank and I was able to take the crazy ... walking in just before him (and obviously late.) So I circled to the North side of the building and made it to the room before he did, undetected

  • by Kim D. '09
  • November 22, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  I AM CONNECTED! Finally arriving on campus was way less exciting than finally getting my wireless connection to…

  

  from my own room in Burton-Conner on my new (to me) laptop and will soon ... dorm and my family helped me carry all my crates of junk up to my room ... to be "crowded" (meaning they were going to squeeze and extra frosh in

  • by Laura N. '09
  • August 22, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  We’re Up To Date! Tracking your application.

  

  have received. Now we're really ready to read applications! This is a good time for you to check your application tracking on MyMIT. It will ... following: Application Part 1, Application Part 2, Secondary School Report and

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 17, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  What do you do for fun around here? What,this isn't fun to you?

  

  number, and ATM machine. But if you want to be a functioning member of ... like a pretty interesting place (SPOILER: It is.) and I happily obliged. As I walked her around the myriad of different labs that serve host to

  • by Chris M. '12
  • December 9, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Spring Break and Study of Cities Abroad Students in the Department of Urban Studies and Planning enjoy a subsidized spring break abroad…

  

  to and from a foreign city over spring break, when students meet with ... the Euro. This spring, the class is heading to Amsterdam, and I think I ... other countries, and credit is awarded upon return to MIT. As I recall

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • November 23, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  Free Flu Shots Better than free pizza.

  

  endemic to birds, humans, and pigs. The 2009 strain was officially a pandemic from June 2009 to August 2010; the CDC estimates that between 43 and ... hospitalized, and between 8,870 and 18,300 people died due to H1N1. Influenza A

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • October 24, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  *waves goodbye* Homeward bound

  

  not even close to done packing. But, that's what tonight and tomorrow are for. I have to say, it's going fast. When I applied to MIT and got ... 'll just smile and think of how crazy MIT was. With that, I'm going to back

  • by Snively '11
  • May 19, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Clarification On Last Post I was really just trying to say that when I look at your names in…

  

  happen to know that girl (bus driver) and it is unbelievable the amount of ... ... at all. Which is why it's sad to see you comparing stats and trying to ... a single applicant's numbers, to tell you the truth, and I'd be hard

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 18, 2004
• Blog / How to Human

  Flipping Failure an IAP update

  

  the downs. I am glad I got to be a blogger over the last two years, and ... Failure. In this workshop, I and other participants worked on developing a ~5 minute (true and personal) story about challenge and resilience at

  • by Paige B. '24
  • April 28, 2024
• Blog / About Decisions

  Pi Day Eve A doodle and some old advice

  

  . Christopher Robin says it to Pooh Bear, and it's stuck with me since I watched ... to remember even (and especially) when I'm stressed out or when nothing seems to be going right. Best of luck, and remember that you're amazing

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • March 13, 2015
• Blog / Events

  The end, my friend Pictures from my graduation :(

  

  indoor track. All graduates (undergrads, Masters, and PhDs) were told to report to the gym between 7:45 and 8:15 am. With 2,335 graduates, there was ... the track and the precession began to organize on the artificial turf

  • by Melis A. '08
  • June 7, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Alia Whitney-Johnson: Making a Difference in Sri Lanka Alia Whitney-Johnson, a Junior studying Civil and Environmental Engineering, spent three weeks teaching the art…

  

  travel around the world to allow them apply their talent and knowledge ... shelter for raped and sexually abused girls. Her original plan was to ... feeling of distance and to give something more than my fundraising letter

  • by Melis A. '08
  • November 9, 2006
• FAQ / Prepare for MIT

  How do I apply to the Women’s Technology Program?

  students to Mechanical Engineering (ME) through hands-on classes (taught by MIT graduate and undergraduate students), labs, and team-based projects
• 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…

  

  a fearless innovator with “new and insightful ways to tackle ... knew what he wanted to do with his life, and he admitted that he always ... and management, David originally wanted to become a neuro or orthopedic

  • by Melis A. '08
  • October 4, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A new semester but if I give you my daily schedule here, what will I fill my Facebook…

  

  physics, grade a few papers, and in exchange I get to say I helped teach a ... quick and dirty introduction to the fundamentals of circuit building and ... Python>Java is TRUE) I love python, it's so easy to read and it makes a

  • by Chris M. '12
  • February 8, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Snow! Getting out and saving your sanity

  

  -ish snowstorm. Of course now school is in full swing and I'm running full-tilt to try and get things done to graduate in June (eeep! real world! yikes ... fulfilling to me right now than designing climbing and ski gear for someone

  • by Chris M. '12
  • March 2, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Theory of Actual Reality

  

  , and I want one of you -- yes, freshmen -- to come work in my lab and get ... Classes of 2009, 2010 and beyond, I suspect that there will be more work to be done on this problem -- and many, many other problems to be solved

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 22, 2004