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• Blog / MIT Life

  A speech, of sorts

  

  we will be looking toward a new year. I write this in the hope that it ... renegotiated every year. A new undergrad dorm is being planned in Ashdown ... Association Vice-President, or UAVP, of MIT. In March, I ran for president, with

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • May 19, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Perks of Being a Humanities Major and downsides, too

  

  everyday subjects in an entirely new light. The question then is, “Why didn ... far the experience has strained my brain in wonderfully new ways. Or old ... . Professors who interpret it later in class amaze me. My favorite readings are

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • September 23, 2015
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  goodbye goodbye goodbye what's in store for me?

  

  when it comes to new hobbies and wondering what my future has in store ... graduation! And to my summer in New York! ... 'm terrified to leave MIT. How do you make new friends as a new grad? What if I

  • by Cami M. '23
  • May 31, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  In case you want to travel over IAP… You have a lot of options!

  

  literature in London. Unfortunately, since the program is so new, the funding ... great. You get to travel and experience living in another country, and it ... in another country? And what if you’ve got other plans for the summer

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • November 11, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Be a Blogger 2016! how to be a blogger

  

  . New bloggers will also spend at least 3 hours a week "in residence" in the admissions office during normal business hours, to a) help new ... It's summer in Cambridge, which means three things: 1

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 28, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  A Q&A for Deferred Students

  

  . Anyway, on to the questions: "It's over! No one gets in RA ... at your application again and consider it in the context of the Regular ... underlying benefits or disadvantages in already having your application read

  • by Chris LaBounty
  • December 17, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Skullhouse Road Trip Seattle, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Austin, New Orleans, North Carolina, Delaware, New Jersey, and New…

  

  into Bourbon St. In New Orleans, the streets were lively until well until ... , John '17's home in New Hampshire. We had a nice lunch with John ... , Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Austin, New Orleans, North Carolina, Delaware

  • by Erick P. '17
  • June 9, 2017
• Blog / About Decisions

  Share Your Story, 2014 edition How did you find out you'd been accepted? Was there any celebratory dancing? Please tell…

  

  hair looks especially good today! Did you do something new to it? Nope, just didn't shower? Me too. But seriously, congratulations! In my 9 ... one experiment we ran in class involved everyone writing down their

  • by Jess K. '10
  • March 18, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  I like to do the jumble sometimes

  

  one of my new top choices (that, combined with a major in geography ... 'm back in Boston briefly before heading to New Jersey and New York on ... students (hi!). The biggest challenge in New York will be finding a friendly

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 9, 2004
• Blog / Events

  I went outside! *inhales, belts 'for the first time in forever' at the top of lungs*

  

  's Camelot cabin in Rumney, New Hampshire over the weekend. The trip wasn't very ... alone MIT. Which is why my first blog post in a million years is about me ... cabins that students can use for a small fee. One of the halls in East

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • April 9, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Where Have I Been? Oh, what a bad blogger I have been.

  

  manage to deliver them to me in html-friendly ASCII). So when you see a new ... trust me. :-) Second, I've been trying to build some new relationships ... fill in specific holes. Recent additions include Prof. Eric Grimson, our

  • by Ben Jones
  • January 23, 2007
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  The Scholar, Episode 2 A few thoughts on last night's episode of the reality television show "The Scholar"...

  

  neediness in terms of paying for college, are from middle class families. I ... underrepresented group in American universities is low income students) Trivia. The ... is supposed to be a new kind of reality show, I guess I shouldn't be

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 14, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  what’s on my desk? creative furniture

  

  quick post to check in and say happy tuesday. it's 52 degrees and ... pictures of my new room at east campus yet so here are some pictures, because it's sunny in my room right now. yeah, i use a standing desk

  • by Allan K. '17
  • March 8, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT ‘10: Another Fab Four Sarah Dupuis '10, Zachary Bjornson-Hooper '10 Emily Houston '10, and Renaldo Webb '10.

  

  talented peers from 49 countries as partners in learning. Talent and accomplishment are already evident in the class: Sarah Dupuis of New Preston, Conn ... From the MIT Alumni Association's New & Noteworthy When the 1,005-strong

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 28, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

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

  

  Dinner! I live in this really small living group on campus (smaller than frats, sororities, and ILGs) called iHouse - in fact, there's only 20 of us scattered in 17 rooms on the first two floors of New House, one of

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 5, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Life Coming Full Circle C’mon & zoom, c’mon & zoom, c’mon & zooma zooma zooma zoom.

  

  architecture to media. And since then, I’ve been embarking on new adventures ... . Back in April, when I was still anxiously waiting to hear back from the ... : what if I took the risky route and just stayed in Boston - writing and

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • July 17, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Combining the Arts and the Sciences Some of the best science writing is happening at MIT. Find out how to get…

  

  journalism at Fordham University in New York City. It was an interesting panel ... , as a rule, be expressed in a language comprehensible to everyone ... (1995), Dance for Two (1996), or Reunion (2003). In 2002, he cofounded the

  • by Melis A. '08
  • January 21, 2007
• Blog / Life after MIT

  MIT Alum Adam Riess ‘92 Wins Nobel Prize Riess was a Course 8 Phi Delt with a minor in History.

  

  attended Watchung Hills Regional High School in Warren, New Jersey. After ... This morning, MIT alum Adam Riess '92 won the Nobel Prize in Physics. Adam Riess, MIT Class of 1992, Nobel Laureate in Physics 2011 Riess

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 4, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  14.11: Putting Social Science to the Test—Field Experiments in Economics A new class on experimental social science, including: race discrimination, gender differences in behavior, persuasion,…

  

  new class on the topic of field (that is, "in situ") and laboratory experiments in the social sciences -- both what these experiments have taught ... Social Science to the Test - Field Experiments in Economics. From what I

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • February 5, 2006
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  One Month of Baby Steps my feet hurt

  

  Hi, I’m Kathleen. I’m a first-year student and a new blogger here at MIT! I arrived in Cambridge one month ago, but it feels like its been ... me is saturated with newness. I’m still adjusting to making new friends

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • September 26, 2018