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• Blog / About Decisions

  After the Storm Thoughts about decisions from someone who's been there.

  

  find out whether or not certain friends of mine - from across the nation ... everyone here at MIT. When we say we wish we could have offered you admission...we mean it. To all of you waiting to hear back from other universities

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 17, 2008
• Blog / Blog Projects

  8,726,400 SOS: When in South Africa guest post by a fellow '21

  

  opportunity that SA has to offer. They are a constant motivation for the nation ... deeper into the possible opportunities a program like MISTI could offer ... professors and departments at Wits University and the University of Cape Town I

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • July 31, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Trip Report: IOI 2015 in Kazakhstan of khans and computer science

  

  (to my knowledge) even offered at my high school, at least while I was ... , comparatively-wealthy, and rapidly-developing nation. Between matches, contestants ... than 170 countries that offers accurate, comprehensive, and current

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 10, 2015
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Numbers are names too What, you don't speak entirely in numbers at your school?

  

  degree in that major/sub-major in 2005. (Yes, I made it in Word. Yes, I do ... , "undesignated" sort of means "same degree, fewer classes" -- many people, for ... answered for me: And your teacher is right: unless the MIT class offers an

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • February 17, 2006
• Blog / Advice

  a blog from the universe aka me + my tarot cards + finals season procrastination

  

  flip- because who can argue against the will of the universe? heads ... ="attachment_107004" align="alignnone" width="300"] the universe (Siri) has spoken ... to be universal enough that there’s almost always some interpretation

  • by Veronica P. '27
  • December 14, 2024
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  PSA: there’s a new mit.edu!

  

  , the right side offers a daily glimpse of the culture and output of MIT ... degree of creativity and their deep understanding of current and ... universities homepages and instead went for something that tries to be useful to

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 25, 2018
• Blog / Events

  MIT Nightlife, Part II ABC, easy as duct tape, zip ties, Athena headers and packing tape.

  

  kinds of spam- the actual kind, telling me I need a degree from some on-line university (....hello, why would you send that to an at mit dot edu email ... , someone on my floor forwarded an email he got offering free dating service

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 5, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Summertime, and the livin’ is easy Unless, of course, you've decided to do something with all that free time.

  

  Development at Northwestern University, or CTD. At CTD, you spend 6-7 hours a ... , there's CTY at Johns Hopkins University, which Jess went to. Both CTD and CTY also offer distance learning courses during the school year, which

  • by Keri G. '10
  • November 13, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Tales From The Nance Effect Road Show My travel to the land of Boomer--Sooners, Miners. Wild Cats, Sun Devils and Rattlesnakes

  

  ) "Dry heat" huh... You know what? 99 degrees is 99 degrees. End of ... ) "Dry heat" huh... You know what? 108 degrees is 108 degrees. End of ... me is fully aware that when it comes to sports I L-O-V-E the University

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • September 29, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT’s FPOP for Entrepreneurship a week of connecting incoming freshmen with MIT startup founders

  

  offers to email intro me to one that he knows. In that email though, he ... active suspension technology and went on to receive offers from major car ... chronic diseases. Co-founder and CEO Laura go a degree in mechanical

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 29, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

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

  

  staffers why, having gotten a degree from such a prestigious university, they ... it was all a joke. Mr. Lazar decided to attend Cornell University this ... School who will attend Brown University in the fall, recalls a tour of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 5, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  How to do everything wrong and still get into MIT Perfect SAT scores and #1 class ranks are so last millennium.

  

  University, because I'm from the Columbus, Ohio, area and knew I could probably ... National Merit scholar, so I knew I'd have to do really well on the PSAT. So ... National Merit. Bad news: I got a 1430 on the SAT I. NOTE:I do not

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 15, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  First Post A little about myself.

  terrific universities (including MIT). I never aspired to have a career in ... opportunities it offered and loved being able to talk to students and their ... or university. The lectures, concerts, interesting conversations, and

  • by mitblogs
  • September 14, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  Reflections and Decisions Take advantage of every opportunity you can

  

  offer you my congratulations. Welcome to the most stressful four years of ... wear, or what will eventually be on your diploma. You grow based on the

  • by Becca H. '12
  • December 20, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I’m sitting at work right now Seems like as good a time as any to bang out a quick blog post

  

  , from all over the place: BU, University of Kansas, UVA, Macalester ... there. We are summer students at the National Radio Astronomy Observatory ... supervisors, all from different universities. I actually applied to this program

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 11, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  The Minerva Delusion the political economy of an educational scam

  

  educational press has been buzzing about the launch of Minerva University ... (former head of the New School), and Pat Harker (president of the University ... as a reasonably meritocratic mission, at least for an online university

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 6, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  what we mean when we say the people why we like “the people”

  

  , personalities, and backgrounds that MIT offers. One can argue that the people as a ... , compared to people I met at other universities, are more passionate about ... 't think that would've happened if I went to another university (my friends

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 25, 2023
• Blog / Athletics

  Nationals! In which MIT XC goes to Iowa

  

  qualified for nationals after placing fourth in New England, while the men ... of our nation, inescapable no matter where we travel to. In any case, I ... nationals, you can't know what your teammates are doing; the field is so large

  • by Alina G. '11
  • November 27, 2010
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Winter Storm Warning Brr, it's cold out there. And snowing.

  

  Issued by The National Weather Service Boston, MA 7:49 am EST, Sun ... BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW AND WIND CHILLS IN THE 5 TO 15 DEGREE RANGE. ------------------------ My thoughts? 1. The National Weather Service has apparently never

  • by Laura N. '09
  • March 1, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  April Questions Omnibus 1

  

  second major. Also, if you stay a 5th year to get your M.Eng. degree in ... degree in that 5th year. Niraj wrote, "I have a question about choosing ... delay responding to our admissions offer may have until Tuesday, May 3 at

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 4, 2005