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• Blog / Challenges

  in an effort to be whole again recovery

  

  mental state. It felt fragile and unstable, ready to just let go at any ... in a cafe in Back Bay and typing this very blogpost to talk about my ... brings us here. To me sitting in Jaho in Back Bay surrounded by

  • by Cami M. '23
  • September 23, 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.

  

  14 billion years ago (ish), the universe Banged and rapidly expanded ... exactly what happened in the first moments of the universe. And word on the ... degree. Please do stop by and see your advisor on registration day." and I

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

  Middle School To those who are having or have had a bad experience

  

  students who had just moved states, we were also the "new kids" trying to fit ... trying to mass enroll students, so they offered us a spot right after our ... for a class in 6th grade"].[/annotation] The universe was pointing us in

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • November 16, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  Advocating for Science on Capitol Hill, Part 2 With guest appearances by NJ Representative Rush Holt and MA Senator Elizabeth Warren

  

  Congressman about pulsars. *     *     * The United States House of ... , dangling with flags from all of District 7’s many universities and colleges ... letter. Still in shock, I offer my contact information as usual. Dan says

  • by Anna H. '14
  • May 5, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  FIRST Robotics and Alumna-hood I miss my team.

  

  university. All hope is lost for the latter if you can't do the former. Of ... 's Award (the most prestigious award FIRST offers its teams.) I did become ... shouldn't be wielding a drill in my state", the thought "it's weird to see

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 10, 2012
• 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 ... . To Perlman, mathematics offered the best way to cut through the mumbo ... happened to be in the audience and offered her a job. She joined Digital in

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 13, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Angular Velocity Saved My Life bikes and bullet time

  

  must have been coming from 90 degrees to my left, from over the BU Bridge ... degree angle.     The car kept driving and I, rapidly ... , because of the bend in the road, I hit it at about a 45 degree angle.  

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 19, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  PSA: new HASS concentration in Computing and Society studying humans? studying computers? porque no los dos?

  

  rise to the level of a [annotation note="Although, if a minor is offered ... minor in the same field."]minor[/annotation] but does offer more coherence ... offer insights to improve the social, cultural, and political impact of

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 29, 2019
• Blog / About Decisions

  More Information on the Waitlist Some answers for those offered a place on MIT's waitlist.

  

  . How many people are on the waitlist? We offered 722 applicants ... . Who do you admit from the waitlist? For example, if someone from state X ... colleges? You should accept the offer of admission from another college

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 18, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  More Information on the Waitlist Further details for waitlisted applicants.

  

  . How many people are on the waitlist? We offered 454 applicants ... ? For example, if someone from state X or major Y declines, are you likely ... offer of admission from another college before May 1, even if it means

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 17, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Q&A for the Waitlisted Some (hopefully) helpful questions and answers for waitlisted students.

  

  . How many people are on the waitlist? We offered 739 applicants ... . Who do you admit from the waitlist? For example, if someone from state X ... date for other colleges? You should accept the offer of admission from

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 20, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  36 Units of Class To make room for 12 units of Life

  

  graduation day. We’d open our diploma folders, read our degrees, and be like

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • October 13, 2018
• Blog / Events

  The Class of 2017 Graduates from MIT

  

  for grabs to a degree few still among the living have ever seen. And ... receiving their diplomas from President Reif and Provost Schmidt  

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 9, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  AOs write the “What do you do for fun?” essay Ever wondered what admissions officers do when they're not reading applications?

  

  up in Lagos, Nigeria and immigrates to the United States for university ... I glide out on the ice in the 10-degree Vermont winter morning. I can ... moved out of state and went back to visit family, I always made sure I had

  • by Jeremy W.
  • July 9, 2021
• Blog / Residential Life

  four ways to unstrip a screw tΞp work week tales

  

  Charles River on the north and the glittery high rises of Back Bay Boston on ... that's why we're stuck with the house in this state." One prominent hole

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • September 3, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  Welcome MIT Class of 2015 This week, the new freshmen arrive on campus!

  

  Residents Number of US states represented: 46 90% African-American 9 ... & Puerto Rico 15% Midwest & Plains States 12% Southwest & ... Distance Traveled Cambridge MA Most Represented US State California

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 22, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Q&A The ones that passed the "lmgtfy" test

  

  . "Distinguish" can mean "win every math award ever offered by the United States of ... school that offers *any* AP classes. Basically, the goal of the admissions ... . Is it very hard to find work with a physics degree? Also, do you kind

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 10, 2013
• Blog / About Decisions

  Denied by MIT, Now A Goldwater Scholar finding her way four years later

  

  ... I've spent the past four years at [state university] which have been ... the university she planned to attend. She thanked me and said she hoped

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 18, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Language What Learning Chinese at MIT has meant to me

  

  I entered my research lab at Emory University I was very quickly ... of travels from Hong Kong to the States; I got to hear about my lab ... chances of ever entering an American university, and assisted an elderly man

  • by Ben O. '19
  • February 26, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Spreading the word Yesterday, new father Ben and I did a presentation on blogging for the annual conference…

  

  Admission Counseling (NEACAC), hosted by Boston's Northeastern University ... highly selective universities are now need blind, that wasn't always the ... other state, and more students from India than from Vermont, but in the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 2, 2005