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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Summer Programs For MIT Students Planning early -- MIT-sponsored ways to make an impact next summer

  

  laboratories, and universities around the world; - support of MIT faculty for ... One of my sophomore advisees asked me about MIT summer opportunities ... the educational and life experiences of students through leadership and

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 3, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Likelihood

  

  of you applying to schools that use likely letters, I hope you get one in your mailbox. And for those of you applying to MIT, I wish you the ... some other top colleges do." For those of you not up to speed on what a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 19, 2005
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  The Halls are Alive with the sounds of students...

  

  signal the start of the fall term. But, even more than their sounds, I love to see and hear about all the cool things offered to students or ... asked by prospective students. What kinds of clubs do we have?  Usually

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • September 25, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Crazy admissions stories A story about craziness from both sides of the college admissions process.

  

  applying to college. Willard M. Dix, college counselor at the University of ... School who will attend Brown University in the fall, recalls a tour of ... admissions staff at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill was

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 5, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Life and Learning in the Other Cambridge

  

  the end of the year. The university is made up of some 30 colleges which ... other. Students do not apply directly to the university, but rather to ... semester of MIT. I offer the analogy that MIT semesters give large pillars of

  • by Cambridge
  • May 8, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Juniors: MIT and other summer programs Juniors may want to start thinking about summer programs including MITES, RSI, and WTP.

  

  juniors. MITES and RSI are free; WTP is subsidized and offers financial aid ... three have extremely competitive admissions. If you are planning to apply to one of these programs, don't procrastinate! The MIT programs are

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 16, 2008
• FAQ / QuestBridge

  What happens if I’m not selected as a Match?

  choose to accept the offer, or not accept the offer and apply to other ... with any schools. If you ranked MIT as one of your College Match schools ... proceed: You may use your QuestBridge application to apply through Early
• Blog / Admissions

  First Post A little about myself.

  process. Universities are never-ending places to learn — in and out of the ... applying. While its good to listen to the advice of others, you have to find ... Hi there, I’m Jenny Rifken and I am the new Director of Recruitment

  • by mitblogs
  • September 14, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Do You Have A Core Curriculum?

  

  Washington University in St. Louis, and down the hall was a colleague from ... income students. The fair was held in the Great Hall of City College, a ... Great Hall looks like a Cathedral of education. The popular question of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 9, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ask Me Anything! Responses life and admissions

  

  offer, and if it is right for you. I can think of at least one excellent ... for 4 full classes + 6 extra units people often apply to one of these ... buildings don't seem as elegant as some of the other universities I visited

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • October 26, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  Outside The Bubble Life? Oh yeah, I forgot I had one...

  

  Universe” and soon it’s like, “Oh yeah! The rest of the world! I forgot it ... finish, but don't get too embedded in your bubble universe [of college apps ... Sorry I’ve been a little MIA, folks. I am fully aware of my absence

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • October 28, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet the Class of 2012 Profiles of MIT's new freshmen.

  

  local school, I applied at University of Texas, but my first choice was ... to out-of-state private universities. These stories, I think, give a ... of applying my skills to design vehicles or systems used in space

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 2, 2008
• FAQ / Academics and research

  Does MIT offer exchange programs?

  MIT offers a number of opportunities to study, work, research, and teach abroad.  
• Blog / MIT Life

  Dear prefrosh, a letter to you

  

  universities I applied to. Everyone at MIT was so open and accepting of people ... to one of the top universities in the world. My freshman year is ending ... Over these past couple of weeks, I've had the absolute privilege of

  • by Cami M. '23
  • April 25, 2020
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  SCIENCE ALERT: “smoking gun” evidence for Alan Guth’s theory of inflation! Good thing I already have Alan Guth's signature on all of my class registration forms.

  

  exactly what happened in the first moments of the universe. And word on the ... there are a lot of universe expansion images on my Facebook newsfeed ... 14 billion years ago (ish), the universe Banged and rapidly expanded

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 17, 2014
• Blog / Events

  A Break from Break I went to the Undergraduate Women in Physics Conference at Yale. And I'm blogging about…

  

  -Chittenden Hall: Yale is very proud of its seal. It was on absolutely everything ... myself sick and just laid in bed the first two days of the hunt, feeling ... headquarters in building 12. I left after 5 minutes and returned with a can of

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • January 22, 2008
• Blog / Study Abroad

  The Other Side The view from another cambridge

  

  called Formal Halls, and of course attended these huge celebrations at the ... say anyways.  When I applied to the Cambridge- MIT Exchange (CME ... Cambridge University students swap places for a year (or in my case, a

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • March 31, 2014
• Blog / Blog Projects

  8,726,400 SOS: It’s Coming Home (by it, I mean me) guest post by Rukia. H '21

  

  *written by Rukia H. '21 as a part of the 8,726,400 Seconds of Summer ... past month, which is strange considering none of the teams I support ... knows that if you sit me in front of a TV and give me a game to watch, I

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • July 18, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  ABCs of Senior Year friends, jobz, cats, "eight-oh-two"... + AMA!

  

  , the 3 cats my hall welcomed this year (including two kittens!). Shadow ... own 31 different teas, mostly decaf. I also currently own 6 flavors of seltzer and 2 flavors of kombucha. Wholesome. 8.02 (“Eight-oh-two”): the

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • October 23, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW at Random Hall! While the science gets done, you can build a neat fort with the Settlers drinking…

  

  day like the one before. Random Hall, full of little people, waking up ... Random Hall. Come play them with us! 22:17 - 02:47 RHOP Random House of ... spin in Random Hall: the prospect of a delicious Sunday brunch made from

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • April 11, 2013