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• Blog / Admissions

  A CPW Entry for Parents Students shouldn't have all the fun.

  

  parent event offerings based on feedback, requests, and questions. Some of ... Pike," follow I-90 east to the Cambridge/Brighton exit (exit 18). After

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 8, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Low Balance A epic story of Chinese food, heartbreak, and loss. All because I have no TechCash.

  

  ). "We could go to the student center?" his roommate Allin offers hopefully ... of time. We order Chinese food from Royal East, a place not too far

  • by Jess K. '10
  • December 18, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Introducing the Class of 2013: Jonte ‘13 The fourth in a series of articles about the incoming MIT class.

  

  university located in Cambridge, Mass. Craighead said he is looking forward to ... nearby Harvard University. When he visited the MIT campus, Craighead said ... University and Virginia Tech. The Ron Brown Scholar Program is the nation

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 30, 2009
• Blog / Classes

  Exam Cram a comic in which my friend tries to save me from chem

  

  Bonus: 3.091 (Solid-State Chemistry) class has a weekly meme contest. Because I'm a try hard and didn't know how to make proper memes, I drew a comic. The topic was on orbitals and hybridization. I really like it, so I

  • by Anika H. '26
  • October 24, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  First Day of Classes! Today, the MIT Class of 2014 begins.

  

  ; Plains States 13% South/Southwest 8% West Coast 18% Abroad 13% States ... Least distance traveled: Cambridge, MA The only two US states not represented: Montana and New Mexico The most represented US state: California

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 8, 2010
• Blog / Hacks

  Citius, Altius, Mens et Manus In the words of a great woman, "Yay, a hack!"

  

  DID YOU KNOW? The United States won 9 gold medals in the most recent Winter Olympics in Torino. ..and many thanks to Joe '06 for showing up with this photograph at 6:30 in the AM. Bigger? Even bigger

  • by Sam M. '07
  • February 28, 2006
• FAQ / First-year application

  How does MIT select students for admission?

  The selection process at MIT is holistic and student centered: each application is evaluated within its unique context. No school, state, or regional quotas are applied; neither is preference given to those with alumni
• Blog / Challenges

  It’s not all happy I know, shocker!

  

  in the easiest physics class offered). Getting sick, dragging myself to ... see me and other MIT students in various states of disheveled, unshaven ... having fun I'm working my butt off and am probably in various states of

  • by Snively '11
  • February 26, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Undecideds and the Order of the Phoenix Answering the important questions of those still making their decision.

  

  university, but when I visited Caltech, they said that about 80% of the profs ... Don Sadoway rated a 6.3 for 3.091 : Intro to Solid-State Chemistry. A ... offered, which is much more likely to be untampered with. The best news is

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 25, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Class of 2012 Profile Posted 49 states... what's missing? And what are the most popular names?

  

  & PR 16% Midwest & Plains States 10% South/Southwest 11% West Coast 21% Abroad 11% States represented 49 Countries represented 63 ... , MA The one US state not represented: Wyoming

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 21, 2008
• Blog / How to Food

  MIT Dining Halls my controversial ranking

  

  wow students as there is with a state school or a small liberal arts ... : ⭐⭐⭐ - Maseeh has some of the most seating and some bay windows, which doesn ... /approachable instead of offering a blunt "What do you want" (or the even more common

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • March 19, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet the Admissions Officers: Bryan Nance Name: Bryan Nance; Job title: Director of Minority Recruitment; Hometown: Queens, NY

  

  William Penn (New Castle. Delaware) College, year, major: Norfolk State University, 1989, BA Sociology (Home of the Spartans!); University of Delaware ... to know that you can't afford a College/University: First you apply

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 27, 2005
• Blog / Rural and Small-Town

  high schools, highway miles, and an MIT story waiting in rural ohio ft. Max B. '24

  

  . For most of my life the prospect of going to a “fancy” out-of-state university wasn’t something I had considered. After all, nearly all the college-educated people that I met had attended public universities in  Ohio. When I

  • by Nicole Cooper
  • April 30, 2026
• Blog / Challenges

  Pursuing CS as a (near) beginner being a prospective CS major with little programming experience

  

  , if you haven't read my bio) is an agricultural state. I knew a good ... University of Alabama at Birmingham is a popular choice that people from my ... Computer Science was offered as an elective. Every class except freshmen

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • February 14, 2022
• Blog / Classes

  What I’m taking this semester! senior fall

  

  improved my state of mind. And honestly, there isn't a single class that I ... universe out there where I kept following my 6th grade interests and majored ... League. I had no idea 21W.744 was even offered this fall until a friend

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • September 4, 2024
• Blog / About Decisions

  On schools & context

  

  different offerings. Different regions have different opportunities. Different ... selective universities, for the most part, hasn't changed. And with new ... & committee process is not based on high school, or city, or state

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 23, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT writing faculty comment on GPT and other AI assisted writing in education

  

  .I.-assisted writing. CMS/W is where I did my grad degree, and also occasionally teach ... and Media Education,” offers a short human-authored introduction and ... instructor should offer much better explanatory help to a student. But current

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • January 24, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Open Sesame…Ring. RFID magic + a ring = wearable CharlieCards

  

  undergraduates at the Singapore University of Technology and Design, was first used ... if you want a ring, too (provided you live in the United States and

  • by Emad T. '14
  • August 23, 2013
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  MIT students launch Camp Kesem Camp Kesem is a five-day overnight summer camp for children whose parents have had cancer.

  

  University in 2000 as a project of Hillel at Stanford; since then, it has expanded to 22 campuses in 14 states. Camp Kesem at MIT, founded by Caroline

  • by Melis A. '08
  • July 1, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT’s Undergraduate Research Journal: Get your work published! MIT's Undergraduate Research Journal, a student-run journal that publishes articles about research going on at…

  

  world news headlines include: *Chunk of Universe's Missing Matter Found ... quantitative data by MIT undergraduates. *Municipal Solid Waste: Effect of State

  • by Melis A. '08
  • September 27, 2005