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• Blog / Admissions

  Supplemental Materials Answering questions about extras beyond the formal application.

  

  submit the supplement are not), and there is no audition process to take ... your research mentor. It is unlikely that if you submit a complete research paper that we will be able to have it properly evaluated during our

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 29, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Retrospective Wait, what? I'm done with my first year?

  

  Society): It was with deep sadness that I bid farewell to first semester ... stretcher! And it'll have a button to lower/lift it! Which means my biceps and ... that Nobel Prize? It’s all too much to memorize! :D Part VI: Post

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • May 25, 2010
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Blogger Pets some serotonin for your noggin

  

  is a bunch of photos because it’s so hard to choose between all of this ... though that is not what Dom is short for. i like to call him a dirty little ... larger whole by seemingly unhinging his jaw which is amusing to watch

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 13, 2021
• Blog / IAP

  Teaching Abroad: a Guest Blog Post by Elizabeth Q. ‘14 Learn a new language, teach science.

  

  things to love about the MIT student community, and one of them is that we ... GTLs is a great way to explore teaching – you get to try teaching very ... ’m Elizabeth ‘14, one of Anna’s many friends). I’m here to talk about teaching at

  • by Anna H. '14
  • April 13, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  “Let’s see those cell phones up in the air” cause every little thing's gonna be alright

  

  that's not worth it. This post is dedicated to the current seniors ... Lifehouse is performing for free across the river. I decide to take an ... as we got on the bridge towards Boston, I knew it was going to be a

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • September 25, 2011
• FAQ / Academics and research

  Is Math fun at MIT?

  A lot of our students select math as their field of interest when applying to MIT—which is no surprise, since our math department is one of the ... topology, to applied mathematics areas such as combinatorics, computational
• Blog / MIT Life

  Onto the next world! a stupidly long metaphor

  

  . Perhaps it's a bit of an overexaggeration, but it seems that this is a ... moment I came back to California for winter break. It's strange to think ... unabashedly. This is the person I was meant to be. And MIT gave me that chance

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 24, 2019
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Designing dead ends A look into the "misc." folder on my desktop

  

  you think about it, this blog is a way to reincarnate them. Perhaps this ... Twins.[/caption] It was a lot easier for me to focus on sharpening my UI ... designed with color! (It shouldn’t take long to notice that my design

  • by Jeremy W.
  • September 24, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  I Hate Change but at least, I'm creating it

  

  change is so quick you can't even process what's happening. Flashback to ... that next year, I'd be alone. And as selfish as it was, I began to ... everything. I couldn't stay in 2East. I need to do what's best for me. It's a

  • by Paige B. '24
  • February 17, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  Seattle was gorgeous until the smoke came in

  

  college is how many opportunities you get to live in a new place for a month ... Mount Rainier[/caption] If you keep climbing, it starts to feel like ... almost didn't want to eat them.   But as much as Seattle is

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • September 22, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The First Ending it's the last day of classes and I am having some feelings.

  

  my total time in college is coming to an end. I suppose this is ... 's to come. I don't think this is going to be one of those posts. I don ... breakfast is always longer than you think it is. Far and above it all it

  • by Allan K. '17
  • May 15, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Nuns, fret not! Like baby alligators in the sewers, you too will grow up fast.

  

  seemingly obvious hole in the middle. So I know how easy it is to dwell on ... to cover all the weaknesses that come with your environment, because it ... microbiology as you are - but it's also good to show initiative and look for ways

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 2, 2006
• Blog / Uncategorized

  cute date ideas or like. hang out ideas

  

  to waltz is a very useful skill if you’re determined to break it out at ... playgrounds, though we didn’t make it to the Cop Slide, which unironically is my ... I will get a good grade in Simmons Hall, which is both normal to want

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • November 11, 2025
• Blog / How to Human

  first impressions of LA the struggles of moving cross-country for an internship

  

  a crosswalk to go over to where it was waiting, and had to backtrack ... is so lovely. i wish everywhere was like this. it's not too hot yet and ... and i think i'm going to have a great summer :) PlayStation is spoiling

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • May 31, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What can you do with a bad grade in quantum? What is my life going to be? (Avenue Q, anyone?)

  

  It took me a while to internalize that a grade is fixed but one's reaction to it is not. Like I mentioned, 8.05 (Quantum II) was a rough time ... said something like "it is not uncommon." I found some awkward way to ask

  • by Anna H. '14
  • January 4, 2013
• 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.

  

  .5 million grant from the Greater Texas Foundation, Project STEEM is geared to ... . His success is as much a story about new immigrants as it is a tale ... dozen Boston Latin School graduates each year head to Harvard. "It would

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 26, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Introducing the Class of 2013: Sean ‘13 The third in a series of articles about the incoming MIT class. Plus, a related…

  

  their professors as they try to strike it rich at blackjack by counting ... -rounded member of the student body as he prepares to play baseball there, too. "It ... baseball team, which this summer is trying to earn a third trip to the state

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 27, 2009
• Blog / Life after MIT

  The After

  

  is life like after MIT? Same same and different. I’m still an engineer, working in the machine that is Big Tech. My day to day involves a lot less ... amount of time spent in CAD. I’m still hacking it out here in the world of

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • January 26, 2025
• Blog / How to Human

  remember me on family

  

  it is only worse. I wish I had something more...insightful to say ... how hard I tried to deny it, but there was a larger part of me that ... matter how hard he fights it, his memory decline is inevitable. I hate

  • by Cami M. '23
  • June 1, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Al Kwon ‘08: Researching drug delivery Al Kwon, a Junior majoring in Biology, talks about some of his really exciting work…

  

  . It may sound like Greek to some of you, but he explains it all below ... find your UROP? A: Once you find your first UROP, it’s easy to find ... -mails to different labs and only heard back from about 4 labs! It was really

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 12, 2006