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• Blog / Admissions

  Value added You are not the same person you'll be at the end of undergrad, and your…

  

  to grad school. You are not the same person you'll be at the end of ... education at MIT. I'm smart, okay, but I'm not, and never have been, one of ... obvious at the time you apply. You have to know what kind of environment

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 25, 2006
• Blog / Events

  MIT Graduation Webcast You can watch MIT's Commencement live and online.

  

  , including the Commencement Address by Ben Bernanke PhD '79, Chairman of the ... Webcast here The webcast begins at 8:20 am Eastern Daylight Time with a special "pregame show" hosted by Dean of Admissions Marilee Jones. The

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 9, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Selection continues Regular Action domestic selection is underway.

  

  As you've read over at Ben's blog, the admissions officers are currently in the middle of regular action selection for domestic applicants ... through the holiday, and we'll continue working on the Class of 2010 every

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 20, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Vivek Venkatachalam- Constructing a Very Low Temperature Scanning Tunneling Microscope Vivek Venkatachalam worked with researchers in the Low Temperature Scanning Tunneling Microscopy Lab at MIT's…

  

  Scholberg, now at Duke, doing particle-physics simulations. As part of the ... at MIT's Center for Materials Science have completed constructing a scanning tunneling microscope that operates at very low temperatures and in

  • by Melis A. '08
  • October 13, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  The summer begins…

  

  and housing lottery preferences. With most of this behind me, it feels ... at home with friends and family before heading to MIT. I'll be leaving this weekend to explore some of Europe by rail, and I promise to post

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • June 15, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  And Then There Was One Juan Salvador Acosta has broken the pact and succumbed to the mighty razor.

  

  been answered at the end of it.) ... catch the tears that would otherwise run with the ink of your applications

  • by Ben Jones
  • January 31, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Selection

  

  Quick update: Right now, the "committee room" (room 10-100, converted for the purpose) is very quiet, but in 2 hours it will be abuzz: selection of the Class of 2009 begins today at 1:00pm Eastern Standard Time. I

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 3, 2004
• FAQ / Life and culture

  How did the blogs get started?

  behind the blogs was to open a window into the lives of MIT students: what they do, think, and feel. MIT was one of the first universities to have ... , uncensored posts reveal a lot about MIT students, academics, and life at MIT
• FAQ / Life and culture

  What is MIT Code?

  MIT uses numbers for everything. You could be in 10-250 taking 18.06, which is 4-0-8, for 6-5. At MIT, all of your friends would understand ... week, 0 hours in lab per week, 8 hours of homework per week, for
• Blog / Hacks

  Vespertilio No spoilers here.

  

  've been doing with the last six hours of my life. Latter? Methinx yes. At 9 ... the building was lit. I looked at the top half of the building, lit up ... As I type this it is 3:28 AM. I have to be awake for work at 4:45 AM

  • by Snively '11
  • July 18, 2008
• Blog / MISTI

  My Summer in Japan Tokyo, Spaceships, and Lots of Ramen

  

  Class of 2022 that is doing her masters at MIT for Manufacturing, was ... my pleasure to welcome you to Japan: the country of neon-lit karaoke bars, culture spanning thousands of years, and heated toilet seats. This

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • October 1, 2023
• Blog / IAP

  Ciao, Italy! part 1 of art, food, and churches

  

  computer science, math, and physics at Liceo Classico Ugo Foscolo. Day 1: Ciao, Italy. Because of the snowstorm in the Northeast of the U ... of Boston were cancelled, so after arguing with the American Airlines

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • February 5, 2018
• Blog / Events

  The Blogger’s Cut, Year One Some other first year memories captured in photos

  

  ;marquee> tags, but I'm afraid that if I did, my boss would laugh me out of the ... me, I'm excited. Before I could reap the joys of summer, though, I had ... sort out and clean, but you'd never know that by looking at my dorm room

  • by Emad T. '14
  • May 25, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The Brass Rat

  

  Last night, I attended the ceremonial unveiling of the design of the MIT Class of 2007 class ring. (Thanks to Mitra for the invitation!) Each class year at MIT officially gathers three times -- once, at the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 28, 2005
• Blog / Personal Travel

  F=-kx spring break in nova scotia, nyc, and dc

  

  Stocked up on stationary at MUJI Saw Phantom of the Opera <3!!! Caitlin ... . Just an “oh that’s new” kind of way.  At Walmart, we spent too much time ... 's cousin, who works for the city of Halifax. Tasted ciders at Bulwark Cider

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • March 31, 2024
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Eating Disorder Awareness Week – The Secret I Kept by julia p. '24

  

  , like how losing a number of family members and friends at a young age ... taking 3 math courses at once, in addition to all of the normal 8th grade ... lash out if anyone got in the way of me eating a specific thing at a

  • by Cami M. '23
  • February 23, 2022
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Unlikely Candidate Finding the unexpected “right fit”

  

  year at MIT right now, I clearly got more out of that info session than ... so at first. In senior year of high school, I was not understanding AP ... " after we took our exams at the bimonthly Science League competitions

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • October 9, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Third times the charm or so I hope

  

  presentation at a client site in front of an executive panel in two weeks. Throw ... seem to pop up out of nowhere. No kidding. Inbox currently at over 51k ... -and-the-firehose-oh-havent-you-missed-me-dearly kind of back-to-school welcome. Before having much time to recharge from

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • October 1, 2017
• Blog / Athletics

  That wasn’t skiing, that was falling with style! Guest post by Katy Kem '16

  

  favorite thing about MIT – the ski team! For those of you who don’t know, at ... icy race course at Okemo, scared out of my mind. I frantically texted my ... proud of myself. If you want to get better at something fast, do it six

  • by Joel G. '18
  • April 5, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT launches AI Education website I worked on this cool thing for my UROP!

  

  some frequent readers of the blogs might know, I have a UROP at the Media Lab that I adore and pour a lot of my time and energy into. Recently, a ... access to all of these resources while they're stuck at home. You can see

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • April 6, 2020