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• Blog / Challenges

  Life of a Black Person A followup to the amazing Black Lives Matter Post

  

  deaths of four hardworking police officers in Dallas, it feels like America ... siblings and I looked at him. I was the biggest of us at only 5’4” 110lbs ... Americans at the competition of almost 300 students, both stood at the

  • by Ben O. '19
  • July 11, 2016
• Blog / Uncategorized

  an infinite nine year old and the infinite nineteen year old he became

  

  metaphysical walls of Sachse, Texas, where I’d grown up. They had immigrated from ... professor at a college in Dallas—had a conference in a city far north from our ... ’t many columns in Texas so I can actually say this was probably one of the

  • by Caleb M. '27
  • September 23, 2025
• 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.

  

  &M-Commerce photo/Jared Horn) COMMERCE, Texas - Cory Ward of Yantis and Scott Landers of Cooper, Project STEEM mentors at Texas A&M University-Commerce, are ... fall. This summer they are mentors in Project STEEM, a program at Texas A

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

  Commencement 2009 Oh hey, I'm an alum.

  

  the details of the day explained to us. No such luck. We checked in at a ... ). Students get their rings at the end of sophomore year, and wear them with the ... really. I was near the beginning of the ceremony (Degrees are awarded

  • by Laura N. '09
  • August 28, 2009
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  suggestions for MIT merch but they're bad

  

  you’re both waiting at a stop light. MIT "Beware of Student" Sign – An ... of year again for my favorite seasonal meme: The holiday season is a time for gift-giving. A couple of weeks back, I visited the MIT Coop to

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • December 10, 2021
• Blog / Events

  A Couple of Firsts With a picture game

  

  do a great job of describing life at MIT. They’re all creatively ... some of a few of my "firsts" here at MIT (There's many more, but this is just a few.) But instead of just throwing them at you, I’m going to show

  • by Erick P. '17
  • October 17, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  An IAP in Texas, chapter one Reporting on location from Fort Worth.

  

  Worth, Texas area, where I'll be spending all of IAP (and the summer) interning at the headquarters of North America's second-largest railroad, BNSF ... (Only in Texas can you legally drive 80mph on an Interstate highway

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • January 2, 2007
• Blog / Hacks

  Practice Safe Hacking No, there are no LEDs

  

  Hacking at MIT is steeped in tradition and still occurs to this day. Hackers deploying any hack always subscribe to a strict code of ethics. This code of ethics is: # Be subtle. Don't leave evidence that you were there

  • by Snively '11
  • April 24, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Faking It self-consciousness and struggling and pretending to be cool, woo

  

  importance of being emotionally open, but in real life I am not like that at ... ) today and saw three of my favorite people at MIT, all of whom I met ... what happens when i don't. The week before my freshman year of college

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • September 24, 2016
• FAQ / First-year application

  Can I apply for first-year admission if I already have a degree?

  currently hold an undergraduate degree. Students who have already completed a bachelor's degree may not apply to MIT for a second degree in a new field. To pursue graduate study at MIT, you need to apply to one of our
• Blog / Admissions

  *witty title here* (Guest Entry) You want awesome? I'll show you awesome!

  

  night reading and looking at pictures of the most amazing place I'm going ... before noon since Massachusetts is an hour ahead of Texas and I didn't go ... 's an 1/8th of a sphere?...) Now, I'm from Texas, so every time I heard

  • by Snively '11
  • April 21, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Livin’ la Vida Española (Pt. 1) De Madrid, ¡saludos!

  

  on at MIT): 6. I'm in Europe because of 21F.782, which is a Spanish II ... every day (from 10 AM to 1 PM) and at least one test every day of class ... IAP language program that exists at MIT. There are plenty of other

  • by Chris S. '11
  • January 21, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Where the Free Things Are A List of Free Opportunities and Tools for Students

  

  : The University of Texas at Austin, The University of Texas at Arlington, The University of Texas at Dallas, the University of Houston, and Texas ... not fit in this blog so at the bottom of this section is a link to a

  • by Richard O. '28
  • January 30, 2025
• Blog / About Decisions

  Paper Planes You ask, I answer

  

  helpful, but only to a degree. Class Rank means different things at ... Here are a couple of other good questions that I have been asked by ... ...Referring to the application fee:“Full name of the applicant must be on the money

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • October 18, 2009
• Blog / Personal Travel

  this ain’t (not) Texas yee, and I cannot stress this enough, haw

  

  , Texas has a strong presence of different political views across the board ... "Howdy, how can I help?" I meekly smile at the word usage, and answer his ... place: Austin, Texas. Texas is not what I had expected it to be. The

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • September 29, 2024
• Blog / Challenges

  We Made the World We’re Living In, and We Have to Make It Over Envisioning alternative futures

  

  ; A fountain at the entrance of the Watergate building, my first day at ... Yesterday, Friday, was my third day working at the Atlantic. I ... heavier. I spent yesterday in a newsroom, with the weight and force of

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • July 10, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT ‘10: The Plano Four Colin Taylor '10, Timur Sahin '10, Joanne Shih '10 and Albert Chang '10.

  

  Taking aim at MIT Plano West sending 4 students, more than any school ... Dallas Morning News From left: Seniors Colin Taylor, Timur Sahin, Joanne Shih and Albert Chang will be going to the Massachusetts Institute of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 27, 2006
• FAQ / First-year application

  May I apply before I have begun my final year of high school?

  We do not require you to have earned a high school diploma, GED, or ... and socially ready to begin your studies at MIT, we will consider your ... applying during their junior year of high school."]before beginning their
• Blog / Athletics

  The Swim Test Saga Four laps (and zero displacement) closer to graduation

  

  average of one serious leg/foot/ankle injury per academic year at MIT ... : ??? Uh oh. Visions of watching your friends receive their diplomas while ... random man at the end of his lap. "Can we share this lane with you? There

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 22, 2013
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  MIT and Black Greek Letter Organizations An Interview

  

  there is a D9 presence at MIT and show the many benefits of joining one ... had at some point considered joining one of the MIT ... fulfilling to serve his organization at this level. He gained a lot of skills

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • September 13, 2020