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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Eastward ho! Don't US people normally go to Canada or Mexico before they cross an ocean?

  

  This summer, I decided to take an internship overseas. Where in the ... musical chairs against a group of about 40 people (the majority of whom have their PhD). Yesterday I apprehensively put the equivalent of almost $450

  • by Stanley G.
  • July 20, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Upside-Down Letters We will get to the bottom of whatever caused this error, that much I can…

  

  To those of you who received your letters printed upside-down on the ... . We will get to the bottom of whatever caused this error, that much I ... , please don't let something like the automated printing of decision letters

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 16, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  senioritis i wish i had no work today

  

  senioritis in non-schoolwork things too. i don't feel like going to many of the ... fascinating algorithms class, taught by two of the biggest names in the budding field. i only registered for the class because i saw one of the professors

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 31, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Deferred Applicants Q & A Have a question about your MIT EA deferral? Read on...

  

  to the committee. We do not expect or require any of these things ... , regardless of when the application was submitted. (A little historical data: over the past decade or so, the average number of deferred students later

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 22, 2011
• FAQ / QuestBridge

  What is the MIT QuestBridge Supplement?

  of the MIT first-year application. QuestBridge Finalists that ranked MIT will be contacted directly about how to access the MIT Quest ... Our MIT QuestBridge Supplement is a way for us to gather some
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Anyone else OCD about saving space?? This blog is about things on my computer.

  

  install a billion types of software. Over the last few weeks, I've had to ... have to excavate the model like an archaeologist, with tools and ... ’s calendar and wanted to follow up with mine... Look at that sea of blue

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • November 4, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  One for sorrow, two for joy Never surrender your dreams.

  

  Cambridge, California, or China. Four of the greatest years of your life are directly ahead of you. I know many of you find it hard to picture yourselves ... wanted to take this entry to assure you of one vitally important fact

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 14, 2008
• Blog / Uncategorized

  My highest achievement at MIT.

  

  ="650"] Third to last day of the archery class I took for my final PE ... 's the closest I'll ever get to it. ... ="650"] The instructor let me take it home![/caption] I SPLIT AN ARROW

  • by Jenny B. '25
  • October 25, 2024
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Somewhat Random A little news bite.

  

  that I have the opportunity to read for enjoyment. Harry Potter has had ... 6 came out. And I also wore rockstar sunglasses when the Goblet of ... unrelated to MIT...well yea, but since finals are over and my brain is still

  • by Bryan
  • December 21, 2006
• FAQ / Life and culture

  Did an MIT grad start Khan Academy?

  , started the online learning phenomenon in 1993 when he started tutoring his cousin, Nadia, in math over the internet. By the end of 2006, more ... fund analyst to start Khan Academy, a nonprofit educational organization
• FAQ / International applicants

  What if I’m waiting for my green card?

  All applicants are requested to fill out the application with their ... application process you may send a copy of your green card via the application ... green cards are considered to have non-U.S. citizen/non-U.S. permanent
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Musings on Graduate School Starting to think about graduate school...

  

  about 18 months. So today, I attended an info session on the Masters of ... about the BE MEng is that I get to see what life as a grad student is like ... yes and no. For example, I've often heard of the stigma that those

  • by Bryan
  • January 10, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  MIT Econ Prof Wins Nobel Prize (with video) A pretty exciting week as Peter Diamond PhD '63 is the latest MIT professor to…

  

  TechTV. One of the things I like about the press conference is that it ... 't even fully erased! One of the nice and amazing things about Diamond ... . Diamond, a big Red Sox fan, how winning the Nobel compared to the Red Sox

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 18, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Back From Paternity Leave I'm back! A few words on the Harvard Admissions Institute and such.

  

  (the out-of-towners are exploring Boston) so I'm taking a minute to say ... Howdy folks, First of all, thanks so much for the phenomenal advice ... . It's truly something that I'll keep and refer to in the coming years

  • by Ben Jones
  • June 22, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  See her picture(s) in a thousand places In which I understand what Bruce Campbell feels like

  

  , too? Guy: Really? Sam: Yeah, you just have to go back to the admissions ... that this entire enterprise is nothing more than a spinoff of the ... 'm optimistic. If you're the guy mentioned in this blog entry, I was so shocked

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 3, 2005
• FAQ / Life and culture

  How hard are courses at MIT?

  getting in the way of their schoolwork. ... how to use them. Professors aren’t as concerned about if an experiment ... uncommon for exams at MIT to be open book; we don't want to test rote
• Blog / Events

  Reek Week Updated 8/3 to include pictures of Gilroy garlic ice cream.

  

  garlic gives you the power and strength to do things you otherwise wouldn't be able to do. The bales of hay outlined a picture of a clove ... 101S, immediately (2 seconds) after we pass the "Welcome to Gilroy" sign

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • July 29, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  And sometimes why? A reality check on the state of my MIT blogging.

  

  attempting to see every single city in Western Europe in the space of 12 ... it around the house. Also, a lot of upperclassmen are interested in ... was "I went to the mall and bought a pretty shirt." So, in my fifth

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 18, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sixth Sense No, I don't see dead people.

  

  So, less than THREE WEEKS until CPW! All of us in the office are working hard to prepare and plan for the weekend. If you're planning on coming to CPW and haven't registered yet, remember to log in to your My

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • March 27, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  And now, for a brief interlude from our regularly scheduled finals whining. I should be studying E&M right now, but this is much more fun.

  

  fashion, come home a few hours later and camp out in the basement of our house to work. This is not the point of the story, though. The point is ... going? me: Back to the house… to study…. Them: False. You’re coming with

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • May 17, 2009