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• Blog / Life after MIT

  MIT Econ Prof Wins Nobel Prize (with video) A pretty exciting week as Peter Diamond PhD '63 is the latest MIT professor to…

  

  's historic World Series win in 2004. In responding, he made reference to the ... D '63 was awarded the Nobel memorial prize in Economics. For MIT, this ... TechTV. One of the things I like about the press conference is that it

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 18, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  *THE* double a room tour from an (only slightly) obnoxious duo

  

  the time we said our goodbyes in May, The Double was already a space in ... events for all of the newcomers to our building. And while that promise ... to lock into the double before classes came around. As soon as we got

  • by Veronica P. '27
  • November 17, 2024
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  ‘Twas the Night before Finals Likely the highlight of my literary career. And some words of advice to EA.

  

  there arose such a clatter, I sprang to my Mac to see what was the matter. “I’m going to fail physics!” I saw one frosh yell. “Is torque in or out ... My apologies to Clement Clark Moore. ‘Twas the night before finals

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • December 15, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Search Continues On the internship search and deciding what I want to do with my life.

  

  Office. In addition to the Career Office, there's also UPOP, a program for ... call from Procter and Gamble alerting me to the fact that I had an interview at 3.45 PM. Now do keep in mind that I went to sleep at about 4 am

  • by Bryan
  • November 15, 2005
• FAQ / Life and culture

  How does one attain a Pirate License?

  H. '20 is one of the students who has earned official MIT Pirate ... arrrrrrr! Come to MIT and earn your Pirate Certificate. All MIT undergraduates must complete eight points of physical education classes to graduate
• Blog / Events

  Melis and the AXO Chocolate Factory AXO Fondue was last night!

  

  years ago. While there are 120 girls in AXO, there is only room for 25 to ... : As this is the first big event that I planned, I got to learn the ... the same event, you know it's the place to be and be seen =) Last night

  • by Melis A. '08
  • March 5, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Application: August 19 In a few short weeks, the MIT 2012 Freshman Application will be posted.

  

  that there is no reason to apply five months in advance, let alone two ... can be doing in the meantime: Making a list, spreadsheet, or Google ... universities to which you'll be applying (including the financial aid

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 1, 2011
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Perspectives from Deutschland Ich bin Anna und ich studiere Astronomie!

  

  University of Marburg. In the morning, I will walk for twenty minutes to my ... this, I’ll move back to the US for graduate school in astronomy at ... ’ll be using infrared data to learn how the Milky Way formed. But before I

  • by Anna H. '14
  • August 12, 2014
• FAQ / First-year application

  How do I track the progress of my application?

  You may track the progress of your application in the application ... business days to process materials at the busy Early Action and Regular ... don’t panic. While it is important to submit your application on time
• Blog / How to Human

  Making friends

  

  . In APO, the tradition is that Bigs are supposed to let their Littles ... is "I make friends with the people in APO, the Assassins' Guild, the UA ... . Pretty soon, people were turing each other in all over the place to see

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 11, 2006
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Not Admitted

  

  pebble. The place you want to be is farther than this, right? That’s why it ... who fall into this category, this is an open forum for you to talk ... intentions, as that is the spirit of our process.

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2022
• Blog / Events

  Orientation Wrap-Up Reason #457 why I love Orientation: I don't have to pay for food for a…

  

  So Orientation is pretty much also a week of free food. The saying ... been touched on yet. "/> Our CityDays project involved going to the ... advantage of our free rides on the T, we went to JP Licks. Susan Hockfield

  • by Bryan
  • September 4, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  MITAdmissions.org: Now 100% More Clickable also, report any other bugs you have here

  

  having trouble using our site on mobile devices because the navbar and first blog weren't clickable. The upshot is that our CDN was for some injecting visibility:hidden to a div at the top of the page. It's been

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 21, 2014
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Spreading Santorum around MIT Or rather, just spreading awareness of Santorum.

  

  strong that I felt the need to express it in an avant-garde photomosaic on ... vs. Spam as a stepping stone to the presidency. Still, I must say, I ... is a lovely picture, and I've been trying to find an appropriate

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 6, 2005
• Blog / Announcements

  A special announcement about SAT Subject Tests MIT has made the decision to no longer consider the SAT Subject Tests

  

  tests, but we will require all students to take either the SAT or ACT. In ... MIT has made the decision to no longer consider the SAT Subject Tests ... the ACT? We will continue to require the SAT or the ACT, because our

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • March 20, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Do you have jobs? Can I have one?

  

  in the end they want to know the same things: who you are as a person ... thing that has been paying off for me is the time I spent in UPOP (MIT ... After I finish my M.Eng (Master's of Engineering) thesis in the

  • by Kim D. '09
  • October 8, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Things that are hard. Though not as hard as this.

  

  best color in the box. From the ages of 3-10, my life goal was to be quarterback for the Detroit Lions, though I was eventually was forced to give ... Reformed Church (though I was technically born in Detroit, the not

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • September 17, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Sentimental Objects (part one) random trinkets from freshman year

  

  ’t just go to for the food. But in all seriousness, this event is super fun ... We are very sentimental people. Not like the keeps-every-birthday-card-in-a-cute-box-sentimental type. More like borderline-hoarders-that-have-to-assess-the

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • September 29, 2017
• Blog / Life after MIT

  That rings a bell Made of brass?

  

  , only for it to ultimately reappear under the couch.) I don’t know how ... /herself) having gone to the Institute. After several study and work abroad ... continued to travel frequently, even working in South Korea for a year and

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • January 21, 2025
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  The Double Edged Sword On Time Magazine's article titled: "Are We Losing Our Edge?"

  

  article is that the US is no longer the superpower when it comes to ... there's tremendous economic pressure to suck you away from what is perhaps ... , is a senior majoring in chemistry at Princeton, but when recruiters

  • by Bryan
  • February 17, 2006