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• Blog / About Decisions

  Because one story just isn’t enough My tale of being admitted. Laugh. Cry. Both. Neither. All of the above?

  

  year that EA acceptees were sent cardboard tubes, I thought my story ... .) Since I just tried to rewrite this story and did so poorly, I

  • by Keri G. '10
  • December 14, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Robots, Space, and the Stories In-Between Using Sci-Fi to Procrastinate

  

  , books, shows, or short stories, science fiction always gives me an ... amazing layers and character lines that tie into one overarching story that ... earth and the show follows several different stories of characters all

  • by Richard O. '28
  • July 30, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ratification: The Story of the US Constitution History @ MIT

  

  If you are at all following the news, you’ll know that the US Congress just raised the debt ceiling, after a protracted deeply partisan debate. Just like every political debate,…

  • by Chris S. '11
  • August 4, 2011
• Blog / Challenges

  MIT Medical: A Freshman’s Story Worth sharing.Worth reading.

  

  their story was particularly relevant because this is the time when the

  • by Paul B. '11
  • August 14, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Video: Friendly Robots! Professor Cynthia Breazeal shows off her interactive robots.

  

  The PBS show NOVA scienceNOW had a wonderful story last week on MIT Professor Cynthia Breazeal, Director of the Robotic Life Group. It featured not only her robotic "children" like Leonardo and Kismet but also her

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 25, 2006
• Blog / Athletics

  Video: New Zigzag MIT's podcast takes on athletics on campus, and more.

  

  A new episode of MIT's video podcast, Zigzag, is now available. It includes a nice piece on MIT athletics as well as a Thanksgiving story. Zigzag is produced by Academic Media Production Services (AMPS) and is

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 25, 2006
• Blog / Uncategorized

  ZigZag Episode 5 MIT's podcast has a new episode.

  

  Episode 5 (The Empire Strikes Back?) of MIT's experimental podcast ZigZag is now available, including stories about the 2.007 robotics competition and HawkCam. Marsha Bolton hosts this episode. Check it out: You

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 20, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  it really is beginning and so it begins

  

  excited nonetheless. I'll post pictures and stories later tonight.

  • by Bryan
  • August 24, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Stress

  

  Two pieces that stressed out parents and students may want to check out... Boston Globe article: College applications add to holiday stress NPR Morning Edition story: College Admissions: What Not to Do (with MIT

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 16, 2004
• FAQ / First-year application

  How can I explain my special circumstances?

  We understand that everyone has a unique story and that we can’t possibly cover every “what if” in an FAQ section. The MIT application allows plenty of room for you to tell us about any special circumstances regarding
• Blog / About Decisions

  A letter for you (yes, you)

  

  about your lives and how your individual stories have brought you to this ... that your time and your story have been wasted if you do not receive an ... how MIT can play a further role in your story. For others, it will be an

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • March 13, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Class Crossover Using engineering leadership while stuck on the wrong side of the internet

  

  -in-chief Anne broke the story on the internet, meaning The Tech was the first ... covering this story. How does this stuff relate at all to what happened last ... -in-chief (EIC) broke the story. We then built the rest of the team out of people

  • by Stanley G.
  • January 20, 2013
• Blog / Advice

  Thinking Outside of Absolutes A short thought piece on thinking about thinking

  

  optimized. Sometimes, things happen that are meant to make your story ... imagine the world like a story generator. Every choice acts like a prompt for a new plot. These stories depend on each other, but no story itself

  • by Richard O. '28
  • April 30, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Writing Science Fiction [by Susan Shepherd '11] Writing takes time, but fortunately MIT gives you good excuses to…

  

  Live in Vain” as well as just-published short stories, such as "Bug Eyes." Our first writing assignments were to write story beginnings, to ... me, was having to complete and revise a short story for the class

  • by ARTalk
  • March 24, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  a compilation of creative projects creativity? at MY institute?

  

  called Curveship.js, which allows you to view a story in [annotation note ... order or with a different narrator (broadly speaking, the "I" of the story) or narratee (broadly speaking, the "you" of the story). We were asked

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • December 16, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  To All the Blogs I’ve Loved Before Hello? Is this thing on?

  

  into the profession, they have said “unexpectedly.” My story is no ... reading the stories of thousands of students through their applications ... my job are pretty similar. I love stories, and I believe so much in the

  • by Jessica Ch'ng
  • December 12, 2018
• Blog / IAP

  The past four weeks, in maps. 3 continents, 4 weeks, 11 planes, made comprehensible.

  

  time on planes, so:     Stories to follow.

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 9, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Pi Day, Tau Time As the admissions decisions approach...

  

  Academy's newest employee? And did you see the story about Sal Khan '98 on

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 13, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Awkward Moment A little anecdote.

  

  Now I have a lot more stories where this comes from... Tuesday, I was walking down the Infinite with my advisor where SAVE (Save A Vital Earth) was promoting an energy campaign titled "Do It In The Dark." As part of

  • by Bryan
  • April 14, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Welcome MIT Class of 2010! By now many of the Early Action admitted students have received "Da' Tube".

  

  Effect a line and we'll chat! Tell us your story. I especially want to hear

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • December 13, 2005