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• Blog / Admissions

  Admissions process reflections from a crusty Junior Try not to bite all of your fingernails off.

  

  accomplishments and those of my friends, we couldn't help but feel some degree of ... I’ve recently had a number of startling revelations: I’m almost ... a list of 14 colleges that I was planning on applying to, but I had

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 5, 2006
• Blog / Athletics

  Alive and Kicking I kick, therefore I am ~taekwondo~

  

  , maybe try and improve at one of the many sports you know how to play in a ... mailing list). But being at home, I knew practice of any sort would be hard ... is offered every quarter. At MIT, we got semesters, but there are 5 PE

  • by Waly N. '24
  • August 3, 2021
• Blog / Announcements

  MIT announces new College of Computing coordinating the teaching, research, and ethics of AI across all programs of study

  

  literacy and numeracy. At the same time, the ethical elements of computing ... of undergraduate majors at MIT? A: About 40 percent of MIT ... Yesterday, President Reif sent a letter to all members of the MIT

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 16, 2018
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Happy 375, Boston! Turning 375 years old is no easy task.

  

  This year the city of Boston turns 375 years old (that makes Boston how many years older than me?) And of course, who has a 375th ... when I hit 20). To kick off part of the festivities, free hot air

  • by Bryan
  • July 1, 2005
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper ‘84, Astronaut The 24th MIT graduate to go into space.

  

  fun at MIT I decided to stay an extra year and finish my master's degree ... And speaking of awesome MIT alumna... Later this month, Heidemarie ... in space when STS-115 launches. More than one-third of the nation

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 16, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Credit for Reddit i am internet and so can you

  

  from a library book about reproductive biology, with a degree of ... seemed to pay me any attention at all (this was a recurring theme of my ... fortunate to work at an academic institution that welcomes that kind of

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 29, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  New Year, New Semester Celebrating Lunar New Year and a new spring schedule

  

  was significantly improved by the fact that a couple of the tables at ... takes time for you to settle down at a table and get all of your materials ... banquet. For $10 ($8 for members), attendees got to sit at round tables, eat

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • February 15, 2016
• Blog / Athletics

  walking into the MEng thoughts about a 63-mile trek

  

  This past Sunday, at 4 AM on the side of U.S. Highway 1 on Badger ... darkness of Highway 1 in the evening, until, finally, at 2:50 AM, we stumbled ... Bachelor of Science degrees, which means that all degrees are SBs

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • September 8, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  I had a terrible week Also, I think that making puns about the President is Obaminable.

  

  unless there's a predicted payoff of at least $10, with exceptions for ... in a fresh layer of panic, bolted outside in 40-degree wind chill, ran ... the string become rays of light propagating through space at 3*10^8 m

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • October 26, 2009
• Blog / Athletics

  They may take our lives… ...but they'll never take our free Celtics tickets.

  

  whatnot. MORAL OF THE ENTRY: You can be pre-med at MIT, but you'll have to ... , offering advice on how to get tickets, which games would be best, and other ... like something out of The Running Man, except without Richard Dawson

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 14, 2006
• Blog / Classes

  meandering my nonlinear academic path so far

  

  research has to offer. By the April of my freshman year, I declared 6-9 as my ... lol” kind of way, since one of the first things I had to get used to at ... me, one of the few things that were happening were trainings at the

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • January 5, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  Doctor Who?

  

  getting a PhD by offering a gift to his committee beforehand--while most of ... --just one of the many things they'll let you do with an MIT degree. Here's me ... talents: croquet. Of course, when you have young people at the party like

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 30, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Why Course 2A is Cooler than You I'm back from the dead, to tell you all about my major and its ridiculously…

  

  are a lot of core requirements that must be completed before a degree ... dozens and dozens of cool classes offered in Course 2, but most students ... of selling out is no way to treat yourself. Coming soon: a look at

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 29, 2007
• Blog / Best from staff

  Ten years at MIT for me 🎂 a few notes on the occasion of my 10th anniversary at MIT

  

  and work at MIT, ten years ago today. I've been thinking about what I ... this institution and the work of admissions has meant to me, is too ... congratulated me. I asked him to tell me about MIT, and he sort of spread his

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 10, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  Expedition New England Travel That is Good for the Soul.

  

  offer. Of course, with P-Sets and all, it is easy to get caught up in your ... at one another. It reminded me of my own family and grandma when we ... looked around it as I stopped at a local coffee shop for a cup of cold brew

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • October 26, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Application Cycle Your MIT application is just the beginning

  

  strangers.”) Have no fear; there is light at the end of the tunnel. Second ... , many of us are receiving job and graduate school offers. It’s with a bit ... apply for degree programs at Oxford (I’m hoping to studying Integrated

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

  Sophomore Fall Recap Entropy, Research, and Other Out-of-Class Happenings

  

  of the protests, I love the Saturdays at PPLM. The activity pushes me ... in the winter of my freshman year. But life matters were really ... certainty is wildly oscillating. You can not compute the derivative of its

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • February 17, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Events That You Should Come To! totally biased, but hey, it's my blog

  

  offered at MIT will be there to address your questions. There's always been ... . And explore the rest of New House while you're at it! --- Other Must ... to throw at your friends for the whole duration of CPW, here is your

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 5, 2010
• Blog / How to Food

  Gluten-free at MIT Oh hey, that rhymes!

  

  at MIT. Can people opt out of the meal plan in order to make their own ... of you following at home), since they're only open for dinner anyway ... stir fry or salad--both of which are offered nightly, so I'm always

  • by Keri G. '10
  • April 2, 2008
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Not my college essay It's Blog Action Day and the topic is poverty.

  

  keep my room at a feisty 80 degrees this winter and start a refuge ... 's most of the freshman class!) signed up to clean up harbors, work at the ... 's literally opportunities at every click of a mouse. Each week, a kind

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • October 14, 2008