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  Comments 3999 & 4000

  

  squarely into a historical context of artistic and creative activities. Much ... profoundly frivolous. As director of the Comparative Media Center at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Jenkins has played a leading role over the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 25, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  International Selection Day 2

  

  *Update as of 2015: Early action is available to both domestic and international students.   Today was the second and final day of ... hope you're listening!   Marilee Jones, the dean of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 7, 2005
• FAQ / Academics and research

  What is EECS?

  ; Computer Science (EECS) is everywhere. Each year, EECS prepares hundreds of ... , nanotechnology and more. Part of both the Schwarzman College of Computing and the School of Engineering, MIT EECS consistently is at the top of U.S. News and
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Professor Ernesto Blanco: A Lesson in Creative Engineering "Science and engineering are like two sides of a coin, where the value of the…

  

  importance of experimentation. I'll end with a story that he shared, based on ... teaches us about the FUNdaMENTALs of design and we have guest speakers share ... included the Chief Engineer of General Motors and an engineer from Texas

  • by Melis A. '08
  • March 28, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Honse. Nnnyeeeeeeiiiiiigghhhghhhghhhhhh!!!!! 🐎

  

  those of you who don't know, this is what a pony looks like: [caption id ... don't translate well into hot glass – long faces, spindly limbs, and ... into nobility, she spends her days prancing around regally, refusing to

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • March 26, 2025
• Blog / Events

  Hot Crosswalk Buns free food and football cleats

  

  again, and ran back out into the middle of the road, plying passerby with ... Ave Bridge into Boston. I planned to run a quick errand on Newbury St to Niketown, to ask the resident experts what kind of cleats I should get for

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 4, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  The Google RISE Global Summit and some thoughts on STEM outreach.

  

  . One of the most important tasks in the world right now is getting more ... public outreach a gajillion notches - $11,906 worth of notches, to be precise - by receiving a very selective award from Google (of equal monetary

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 21, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  An Afternoon In/Out Of The Snow

  

  How and what would I write in the utter absence of the ever-present presence of our preexisting expectations of admissions blogs, unburdened of the literary coherency associated with the formal duties of a prefrosh

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • January 22, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Taste of the Real World an adventure in life

  

  into Idaho and Oregon. Other real world aspects of my summer involved ... on in the world, only able to scan the New York Times every couple of ... earthquake in Japan or election signs popping up outside of Kresge. The world

  • by Becca H. '12
  • June 22, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Most of You Will Be Deferred Option three

  

  . Dear Ella,  We have completed our early action review of your ... 't read the rest of the email. I turned the windshield wipers back on. I ... lot of attention to MIT Admissions. I didn't read the blogs. I didn

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • December 6, 2021
• Blog / Athletics

  Gettin’ Fancy Two formal events in two days?

  

  ) and the end-of-season fencing banquet. Here are some thoughts if you’re into that kind of thing. The Photography of Ring Delivery: Ridiculous ... elucidate why such great effort is put into emphasizing the presence of a new

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • May 3, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A week in my new world A little bit of everything

  

  directly into other people’s heads (pay close attention to my use of the word ... of moving into MIT!!! I am not going to lie it wasn’t until the plane ... class. I walk into a lecture room of about 10-12 students and the

  • by Ben O. '19
  • September 18, 2015
• Blog / Blog Projects

  Behind the Scenes of Thirty Pies aka i ramble about logistics at for a Very Long Time

  

  path into something pretty walkable.  During this period of my life, I ... to make some sort of bad ideas flavored blog for our Pi Day ... . 7 The Dawn of a New Project That is Not Good for My Academic Wellbeing

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • April 13, 2026
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT of the Late 1800s, According to the Students snippets of history from the first 10 yearbooks

  

  the youngest of the family which has been brought into being by the ... One of my UROPs this summer was exploring the history of immigrants and international students at MIT. The Institute has a long history of

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • August 27, 2016
• Blog / Life after MIT

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

  

  And speaking of awesome MIT alumna... Later this month, Heidemarie ... in space when STS-115 launches. More than one-third of the nation ... total of more than 15,000 hours in space. (Check out the MIT Astronaut

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 16, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Belonging Who belongs at MIT?

  

  into a discussion about the kind of person who's happy at MIT. It ... want to throw yourself into this madhouse of spaghetti pugilance. I ... going to be brief -- the new freshmen remind me of bouncy balls and are

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 29, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  A Time to Enroll You have doubts, I have gifs

  

  can afford MIT. We know that the cost of MIT factors into most students ... It's May 1st. Most of your friends have decided where they are going ... well at MIT.     First of all, please   and let

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • May 1, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Skies over MacGregor Views of campus, Boston, and the Charles River from ten stories up.

  

  tenth, eleventh, and twelfth floors of the high rise and is broken up into ... back into Random.     As a bonus, here is the melody and vista of a fire ... spent a lot of my time in MacGregor, which is where Cory was living for

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • August 21, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Kickstart My Art highest form of expression

  

  culture at MIT. MIT has a lot of students who are creative, self-starting people; cool ideas pop into their heads and off they go to make them into ... . Now, Mark could do a lot of things in a lot of organizations, and all of

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 29, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Yo quiero… A Spanish themed entry?Ok, not really.

  

  came back, I slept from 3:30 PM tp 8:30 PM. That's 9 whole hours of sleep ... take 5-hour naps in the middle of the day. They're usually only 3 hours ... desk of an admissions officer. On Monday I went food shopping, which was

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 8, 2005