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• Blog / Advice

  Parting Remarks Ending the same way I began

  

  , non-scripted, talking for too long videos that I used to make for the ... classes I decided to make this last video just sort of going through how MIT was for me. For those of you that have been with me for the long haul

  • by Ben O. '19
  • May 12, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  Jargon

  

  useful, is a badge of honor. drop - (1) v. To de-register for a subject ... . (2) n. An inelegant shortcut to get something done quickly, for example ... length equal to the height of Oliver Smoot '62, most commonly used for the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 6, 2005
• 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 / Admissions

  Parental Advice Sometimes you just need to get out of the way

  

  I have known for some time that my approach to things can be ... spontaneously reaching for the flip video camera when my son refused to eat his ... direction.  Frequently, the hardest thing for me to do is nothing, because I

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • September 11, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Changes To Your MyMIT Account The no-online-notification thing may change in the future, but unfortunately not this year.

  

  longer any apps to track, only decisions... For those wondering about the ... A quick response to some of the questions we've been receiving: you won't notice any change to your MyMIT account until we're confident that

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 14, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  blind spots on privilege

  

  glassblowing and psycholinguistics to creative computation. There are clubs for ... attendance to professional or academic conferences for undergraduate students ... prepared for if I knew how to calibrate my expectations better. If I ruin my

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • November 4, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  David Berry: A “Fearless” Innovator with a Passion for MIT Dr. David Berry, who received his S.B. and Ph.D. from MIT, received the honor of…

  

  Institute “adheres to the purposes for which it was chartered and that ... a fearless innovator with “new and insightful ways to tackle ... research endeavors. As an MIT undergrad, he worked for two and half years Ram

  • by Melis A. '08
  • October 4, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Answers To Your Questions Dec 2006 This is a big one!

  

  for math/science?" You're welcome to submit supplemental recs ... to grades? For example, would a B+ in an application be viewed in the ... for A levels, can i ask my GCSE teachers? Or is that too long ago to

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 20, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Whoa…You’re Old Bryan returns from the crypt of grad school

  

  disguise...kind of) and still have managed not to pull an all-nighter (for ... started MIT, I never once expected to stay here for this long (partly ... switch disciplines for my PhD. It's definitely a risk for me to study

  • by Bryan
  • September 8, 2009
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  to the skeletons in my closet an open letter to you

  

  eating at me for a couple of days now and what better to rid yourself of ... were going to be friends for life. i thought this was it. i thought you ... to you since our high school was a breeding ground for academic

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 27, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  One Wheel To Rule Them All one small step for boy, one large step for nerdkind

  

  a prefrosh, mistaking me for another 2013, I was ready to cruelly ... filming area to the elevators, I unintentionally and for a few brief seconds ... good read for the amateur type theorist or functional programming geek

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • January 10, 2012
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  an absolutely non-comprehensive guide to email sign-offs or, how to inject some fun into an otherwise boring routine

  

  moderated mailing list, for everything from clarifying COVID policies to ... them; if you're asking for something or have something to genuinely thank ... break! Excited to go apple-picking for the first time with y'all! These

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • March 9, 2023
• Blog / Athletics

  MIT is going to pump you up! A bit about a cool new fitness program called getfit@mit

  

  legit =). (Thanks to Kim Shive for the extra info on Team Blatieshoe ... Have any of you read “The Idea Factory: Learning to Think at MIT”? If ... long bike rides to clear your mind and “ah-ha” moments while chatting

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 29, 2008
• Blog / IAP

  IAP trip to the natural history museum! turns out nature's history is pretty cool

  

  things that you don't need to sign up for. I went into this IAP with no ... choice for several trips I took to Boston in high school, and we never got ... -blowing. We moved around together marveling at how it was possible for nature to

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • January 27, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  you can’t be everything to everyone you just can't

  

  to work on the hunt. so i was looking forward to it for quite a while now, and it's traditional for people in my living group, floorpi, to ... say, okay, well, i'm going to the party. i'll be there for an hour, max

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 8, 2021
• FAQ / First-year application

  Who will have access to my application information?

  At MIT, we hope to get to know you better through the application process and want you to be able to express yourself authentically. We understand that some information you may choose to share with us is information
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How to train your sticking-together rock I am so happy that "computer" is not a no-no word today

  

  big sticking-together force! It's also possible for the forces to ... rocks, but it's usually much easier to use other rocks for that. So ... taking rocks and training them to add and remember numbers. Wow! Rocks

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • January 17, 2024
• Blog / About Decisions

  Don’t Worry, Be Happy A few words of advice.

  

  for something. The years that I'd worked hard to get into college had ... will be an emotional weekend for us all, but just remember to have some ... try to find your way around. Have fun. See MIT. And for anyone who

  • by Bryan
  • March 17, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  How to Perform an Organ Transplant Doctors agree! "This is really the only guide we could find online."

  

  Step 1: Wait and Hope You have to wait. Not a week. Not a month. At ... people in your community are ok with this new addition to the family and get ready to catch the organ! [caption id="attachment_45482" align

  • by Mimi S. '22
  • August 4, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  All Over Again Applying to college all over again.

  

  Four years ago, I started to apply to colleges. Four years later, I ... 've just started to get exposed to interesting topics in bioengineering that ... starting with mechanical engineering and now going on to PhD programs in

  • by Bryan
  • June 8, 2006