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• Blog / Admissions

  Schools of dreams

  

  student and person she is. It occurred to me that we admissions officers ... and reputation, it is often discounted. So, at the end of each of my ... school I'd write about because I refused to apply to it, despite it being

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 17, 2004
• Blog / Uncategorized

  We Really Aren’t Kids Anymore avoiding the part where it all has to end

  

  we (the class of '24s) were supposed to just get it. Like we were ... get to redo my first year at MIT. Whether I liked it or not, whether I ... it's already beginning to have an (albeit mild) affect on my life. For

  • by Paige B. '24
  • July 9, 2023
• Blog / About Decisions

  why i chose mit the paths not traveled

  

   alumni—each graduating class is over a thousand people—that it isn't easy to generalize ... a trip had to include visits to prestigious college campuses. It ... Tournament and Math Prize for Girls. It would be easy to editorialize, to imbue

  • by Rona W. '23
  • April 21, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  Staying in Touch Family back home or here in Boston!

  

  every night to update her on what major I now am looking at (It literally ... talk about the daily routine after my work is done for the night. It was ... Cambridge that are my favorite places to walk around or visit. MIT is quite

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • October 1, 2017
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Jigsaw Puzzle of Opinions Ramblings Of A Spring Semester Senior

  

  saying it is bad to be influenced by those around you, in fact that’s how ... personal biases and cultural influences. It wasn’t until I took a moment to ... food but the Ethiopian side of me is so used to people begging you to eat

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • March 25, 2015
• Blog / Challenges

  running out of time the woes of every single graduating student

  

  spontaneously gathering people to celebrate took walking 20 feet from my room. it ... graduating seniors, the summer is our last chance to vibe before we start our ... ...," nor can I quantify the anxiety it evokes. I did a "senior sale" to get

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • April 27, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Decide my major! Because putting your future up for a democratic vote is clearly the way to go.

  

  on how awesome MIT is. But that’s old news to me, because it seriously ... declaring what I tentatively want to do with my life. This is terrifying. I ... of liking it. It’s like dress up. Only… with… your life. And this is

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • April 2, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  An Online Going-Away Card for Ben Jones Today is Ben Jones's last day at MIT. Comment here to wish him the best.

  

  in at least some small way. He created this community and made it what it is today. His writing has entertained, informed, and inspired. And ... As Ben wrote last month, he will be leaving MIT today to take up a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 26, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  Disaster Relief .

  

  I haven't been able to focus at all today. I didn't really understand the scope of it til this afternoon. Times Report on the Earthquake When I describe Sichuan to people I always mention the food, and the

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • May 13, 2008
• Blog / Events

  TBP Dinner Sex@MIT is the most-watched video on CNN.com! (but it's not pornography!)

  

  Institute" class is currently the #1 Most-watched video on CNN! Go to http://www.cnn.com/video/ to watch it =) (I blogged this class back in July) Here I am during ... of Sam '07, a nationally honored engineer) to hear a musicologist

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • December 10, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What Are YOU Up To This Summer?! (2010 Edition) Happy summer!

  

  exciting picture of what you're doing this summer! You don't have to be in it ... . My email is up there in the banner - I'm curious to see what all of ... . You'll like it. lesson one: LEARN TO PEE, lesson two: LEARN TO POOP

  • by Chris S. '11
  • August 10, 2010
• Blog / How to Human

  Going Home ... but where exactly is that?

  

  back to Boston that's been delayed for ~2 hours. One part of me is ... ,051 miles away. I think if you were to ask me point blank, "Where is home?" I ... majors is wonderful and I shouldn't be afraid to experiment you don

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • January 6, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A Weekend in New York [by Davie Rolnick '11, Guest Blogger] Art Scholars go to see Wagner at the Met!

  

  am so excited. Rheingold is the first opera (Wagner called it the ... Cycle. It is the tiddler of the bunch, lasting but a single act and being ... it on loop while writing long math papers... It is effectively a

  • by ARTalk
  • April 22, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Listen to Admissions: Holly on applications, art, and action team an experiment in the sounds of admissions

  

  reason I love working with Holly is because she's always down to try ... listen to it whenever and however you like. I listen to a lot of podcasts and radio shows, and used to run one for my college newspaper, so it

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 4, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Nerdin’ Out algorithms are too cool

  

  class is so incredibly relevant to daily life. (warning: i'm about to ... . And it links it directly to the item that basically controls my life ... know how to do this, but why is this important?! And why should I care

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • October 7, 2012
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  We, the people

  

  places, goes to India. It is through initiatives like D-Lab or the IDEAS ... to get a turbine to generate electricity for the village -- can it get ... Wall Street to work at MIT is because MIT's mission inspires me. We are

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 18, 2004
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Doors of East Campus a la Humans of New York

  

  may not have much 'deeper meaning', it is still a way to express your ... This is the first in a series of a couple of posts I wanted to do on ... people can testify to that. East Campus culture is very heavy on

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • June 16, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT ‘10: Ervin Puskar Bosnia, Ohio, Cambridge. A video news report on Ervin Puskar '10.

  

  BG High Grad Gets Full Ride to MIT Amy Bingham / WBKO A former Bosnian refugee is going to the nation's number one engineering school on a ... math, and now it's paying off. He's preparing to leave for Boston on a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 2, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  in the pursuit of knowledge want to see a MacArthur Genius dancing to gangnam style?

  

  , wonderful as it is, is so secondary.  And it's all about the primary sources ... offer that expert food, he or she is probably more than happy to talk to ... substantive about Iran on stage is like expecting a monkey to type Hamlet. So

  • by Michael C. '16
  • October 19, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Questionable Views Questions and views, and questions about views. The views are not necessarily questionable, although you…

  

  enough to have a river view, and this is what it looks like: My window ... It's Q&A time! Ajit asked: "who is the person in the 5th picture ... sitting on the bed is Ace, April's friend who came to watch us do all of the

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 18, 2005