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• Blog / Admissions

  PSA: how to take the Bebras Computing Challenge this fall

  

  USA is that it has really has taken root in the midwest and mountain ... data to the schools where the challenge is proctored to help them ... homepage) is an international challenge that introduces students to

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 26, 2017
• 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…

  

  teaching the art of jewelry making to eighteen Sri Lankan young mothers in a ... The MIT Public Service Center provides fellowships for students to travel around the world to allow them apply their talent and knowledge

  • by Melis A. '08
  • November 9, 2006
• FAQ / Academics and research

  How awesome is MIT Physics?

  The MIT Physics Department is one of the best places in the world for research and education in physics. Fourteen of their alumni and eight of their faculty have been awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics.
• Blog / MIT Life

  Sue me, I’m a multicellular organism snob

  

  think it would suck to be a penguin... I'm not so much a fan of the -80 ... , Adam and I headed to the Museum of Science -- MIT students get in free! The museum, besides being a great place to immerse oneself in biology

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 27, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Conference Where Everyone Was Younger Than Me I'm talking highschool Thiel Fellows, 30 under 30 winners, and Shark Tank participants

  

  student, you sort of get used to being one of the youngest. Everyone else is ... Hotel Pennsylvania and it was amazing. Most of the people I talked to were ... online reputation, BrandYourself is definitely the way to go. Romain Vak

  • by Erick P. '17
  • June 30, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  Snow! Getting out and saving your sanity

  

  to handle. The cold though, especially up in the mountains, is ... -ish snowstorm. Of course now school is in full swing and I'm running full-tilt to ... people are excited by that, because the cold, bleak winter is a tough time

  • by Chris M. '12
  • March 2, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Off to Southeast Asia Even Admissions Officers get to take a vacation sometimes.

  

  . Nominally, the purpose of the trip is to be in Malaysia for a (Malay) friend ... -written. Two of the forthcoming entries will introduce you to two new additions ... MIT in the comments section of their posts. I'm disappointed that I didn

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 20, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  MIT gave my pod free art supplies!! and despite being hosed, we used them

  

  to explore painting in different mediums. The final budget went to the ... is a painting I created to explore the use of color, light, and shadow ... gouache, and the rest are in acrylic. Shoutout to Arts at MIT for the

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • June 7, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  FAQ

  

  in, we will review them, and the decision will be reviewed if there is ... longer than in others; there is no deadline for receiving the grades other than "as soon as you can." The bottom line is: Please send in

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 17, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  GUYS IT SNOWED!! yayayayyaayy

  

  (Wednesday, 12/6), but in the last fiveish days leading up to Wednesday it ... put the combined might of our six alarms together to make sure that we ... —this happened just before registration–but like…. the narrative structure is nicer

  • by Allison E. '27
  • December 7, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Admission Interview Tick tock!

  

  . Every student in the MyMIT database is assigned an alumni interviewer, aka Educational Counselor (EC). The interview itself is usually conducted in your ... EC directly, and the contact information is listed in your My

  • by Dave McOwen
  • October 8, 2009
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Show your creativity: the Year of the Pig While we continue reading applications full time, another mini-contest.

  

  , and started her ascent to stardom by starring in the Abercrombie & ... to Lost Evie above).We'll have winners in each category. The rules: Remember, Peggy is my favorite pig in the world. No demeaning or defacing her

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 13, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Regular Action Deadline & Taking Questions Advice for RA applicants; I'll answer questions Thursday.

  

  Please remember that January 1 is the submission deadline for ... strongly discourage procrastination. The closer you send in your application to the deadline, the longer it will take our records office to process

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 26, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  The CPW Weather Machine Strikes Again a frivolous day in the sun and grass

  

  -making process (the part where he explains his thoughts leading up to using vinegar to slow the breakdown of pectin in the potatoes is pretty cool). As ... The weather sobered up just in time for CPW, and we celebrated the

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • April 18, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Glass Flowers A trip to Harvard to see the glass flowers (8 pictures)

  

  ?). Early this morning, some friends and I went to the Harvard Museum of Natural History We went mainly to see the Blaschka Glass Flowers ... (independently) were expecting glass flowers like at the Bellagio. Not so much

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • October 30, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  The Ides of March

  

  . David is off to the CUNY Honors College next year. The STS awards ... think a big part of that is it's not really in the nature of the science ... in the Science Times wondering who is "the next Einstein." Could it

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 14, 2005
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Just A Small Town Girl Blogging in an awesome world.

  

  bizarre thing to get used to. But in addition to the people I met from ... liberal-artsyness is still intact even after coming to the institvte). I ... and class to go to. In the meantime, tell me what you guys want to know

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • September 17, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT ‘10: Another Fab Four Sarah Dupuis '10, Zachary Bjornson-Hooper '10 Emily Houston '10, and Renaldo Webb '10.

  

  , is the first person in his family to attend college. A graduate of MIT ... accomplishment are already evident in the class: Sarah Dupuis of New Preston, Conn ... will change the world. Hailing from Moraga, Calif., Bjornson-Hooper is

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 28, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  disinterprerto! a centennial, a harry potter dream, a made-up spell, a corny metaphor

  

  as an AeroAstro is amazing in a lot of respects. 9AM classes for ... win!) in Tucson next April. And late last week, the entire Aero ... students looking up to them from the audience. Then Michael Collins stands up

  • by Allan K. '17
  • October 28, 2014
• Blog / How to Food

  food diaries pt. 2 recipes for people tryna Little Chef it up

  

  the most time-efficient way to consume Helth.   Shrimp Scampi I ... in, honestly. Shakshuka   This has got to be one of the ... an alternative to pressing the water out of tofu with a heavy object is

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • July 19, 2020