Search

Search Results

• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  I’m a Muslim Woman and… on this #MuslimWomensDay, meet some p cool ppl

  

  what Florida would do. We were in such an intense state of fear. And ... other force, you can call it the universe, you can call it fate. There has ... attending one of the most advanced universities in the world. I can’t tell you

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • March 27, 2018
• Blog / Blogs That Aren't in English

  Applying Sideways (in Chinese) 橫向申請 / 横向申请

  

  , which makes me feel bad about how long ago, but the pandemic crowded a lot ... of readers access whatever wisdom remains in that long-ago post.

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 12, 2021
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Beacon St. and Marlborough St. Rooftops and flowers on two streets in Boston.

  

  gardens. I love our long, long, daylong and nighttime walks. I love feeling

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • April 27, 2016
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Prof. Junot Diaz on The Colbert Report! MIT Writing professor Junot Diaz, winner of this year's Pulitzer Prize for fiction, appeared last…

  

  discussion -- check out this half-hour long interview from NPR's Fresh Air: 'Wondrous Life' Explores Multinationality. Long-time readers may recall that

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 24, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  The Case of the Disappearing Admissions Officers Where have the Admissions Officers been lately?

  

  How long has it been since I last blogged? So long that it took me 9 tries to remember my blogging username/password. So then, where have I (and Ben and Nance) been? Reading applications. Lots and lots of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 22, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Q&A Round Two Answers to some questions

  

  . Adam asked: Wow, only an hour and a half long classes!?!?! Classes vary ... four hours long in some cases (like tomorrow for me). Shen asked: And

  • by Bryan
  • February 13, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  She came in through the bathroom window. The greatest construction project in the history of MIT--yes, even greater than Simmons Hall.

  

  's longest single hallway, the Infinite (actually only about 825 feet long ... engineers," who agreed that the sex change operation had been a long time

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 2, 2005
• Blog / Public Service & Activism

  On election day Practicing an applied civic education

  

  Today, November 3rd, 2020, is Election Day in the United States. Many millions of Americans have already voted by mail or in-person; more will cast ... students from a variety of socioeconomic backgrounds across the United States

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 3, 2020
• Blog / People & Identities

  OUTRAGED. #ican'tbreathe

  

  in the States. I’ve written before about my experience in India as a ... discourse is complicit with the state of things as they are today!  On the

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • May 31, 2020
• Blog / Blog Projects

  8,726,400 SOS: What do those ROTC kids do during summer…? guest post by Karen C. '20

  

  States Air Force. If you’re a current MIT student, you may have seen us ... back to the United States to complete her Air Force ROTC Field Training

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • August 23, 2018
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Colin Webb’s Commencement Speech "We learned, as graduating MIT engineers, that our job is to build bridges."

  

  's transportation systems]   Or even in the United States, we can use data and ... nuestros jóvenes [Spanish: Here in the United States we can use information

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 17, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

  Waitlist Q&A A bit of clarification on being waitlisted.

  

  . Who do you admit from the waitlist? For example, if someone from state X ... students in the United States (waitlisted students with international mailing

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 15, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Hail to the king, baby. The coolest thing that never happened to me... plus, the journey back Boston way.

  

  plate game--you know, see how many different state license plates you can ... about 36 states (plus Ontario) in around 6 hours (hey, 72%, that's an A in

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 22, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  Bookends and every time / i leave this place / i'm terrified, terrified

  

  's charge for the graduates, the receipt of the diploma—these are pomp. The

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 2, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Skullhouse CPW chicken waffles fire smores volcano steak shake

  

  the best steak in the world, guaranteed or I'll give you my diploma

  • by Erick P. '17
  • April 13, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Greetings from MIT Labs! Introducing MIT: The Game

  

  ) MIT diploma We began closed beta testing of the game to our Early

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 1, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  Reflections and Decisions Take advantage of every opportunity you can

  

  wear, or what will eventually be on your diploma. You grow based on the

  • by Becca H. '12
  • December 20, 2010
• Blog / Hacks

  Harry Potter and the Infinite Corridor (updated!) Don't even try to post a spoiler.

  

  revoke your admission or diploma (jk) The t-shirt I was planning on

  • by Bryan
  • July 20, 2007
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  I can tell that we are gonna be friends (part 1) I'm talking to you, Alan Guth.

  

  the father of the inflationary theory of the universe - and figured, in ... Physics degree. Please do stop by and see your advisor on registration day ... new universe" - and I'm going to ask him to take the time to explore

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 2, 2011
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Radia Perlman ‘73, Mother of the Internet Radia Perlman has three MIT degrees and more than 80 patents.

  

  her bachelor's degree in mathematics in 1973 and a master's in ... last few years, she's served as a professor at Harvard University and the University of Washington. She's also penned books and technical articles on

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 13, 2006