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• Blog / Admissions

  October Questions Omnibus 1 More Q, and more A.

  

  units of credit. It's not really a culinary course in the traditional ... condensed it to a 8-page report? Where can I add it in the MIT application? Can I add it in Section 13 of the MIT Application ?(where they ask you

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 12, 2005
• Blog / Public Statements

  The Class of 2019 Graduates from MIT

  

  (webcast embedded from commencement website. I'll return to this blog ... graduating), in the embedded webcast above.  On Wednesday night, I had the ... destabilization, of an inevitable shift in your identity, of a sense of who, what

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 7, 2019
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Unpacking Surprises to sum up 4 years at MIT

  

  September and I’m not at MIT registering for classes and trying to squeeze in some fun before chaos resumes again. In case you missed it, thousands of ... science in K-12, but for a number of reasons (including the architecture

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • July 7, 2013
• Blog / Events

  The Stuff of MIT Legend I'm about to tell you a super cool story. It happened two years ago, but…

  

  's worthy of a blog entry, even if I'm 2 years late in posting it. Yesterday ... create classes in everything from "Alebgra 1" to "The Atomic Science of Space Weapons" and everything in between. You can check out some of the

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 23, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Prof. Jeff Karp and his gecko-inspired band-aid Mimicking nature to create a better surgical adhesive

  

  three feet per second, and in last decade scientists have begun to ... station. But Prof. Jeffrey Karp, an investigator in the Harvard-MIT Health ... immune system, and tested these nifty band-aids on pig intestine in the lab

  • by Melis A. '08
  • May 31, 2008
• Blog / People & Identities

  a jaunt to Philadelphia We went to the AWP writing conference!

  

  sitting in a coffee shop in Arizona, finishing this blog many months later, because I got too hosed to finish it in March."]room.[/annotation] It’s late ... loft bed where the wall is white and blue and red, though not in any sort

  • by Amber V. '24
  • May 26, 2022
• Blog / Events

  How I Spent My Sophomore Spring Break I didn't go to Florida or Cancun, but I still had a lot of fun!

  

  were empty.  The cats were begging for attention for the first time in ... sophomores that prepares us for success in the workplace.  Throughout the year, we have obtained guidance, support, and training in our internship

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • April 6, 2014
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  …and other things you can do with your four-day weekend context around the marathon

  

  ; the exhaustion in the undergraduate community has been palpable since ... seemed worse than anything I had seen in a long time—I imagine the exodus ... that I cannot quite recall, and in any case, it didn't linger, not in the

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • April 25, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  Slow down, fast train. Take me with you!

  

  DID YOU KNOW? In Guam, Hawaii, and Saipan, you can get SPAM at Mc ... 't half-ass anything on Conner 2, unless it's every problem set I turned in this semester, we totally blew every other senior breakfast in history

  • by Sam M. '07
  • May 26, 2007
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  No time for your stupid question. A posthumous entry about the Ig Nobel awards.

  

  Posthumous isn't the right word, but it's among my favorite in the ... in heaven. Last Thursday, I had the pleasure of attending the Ig Nobel awards ceremony in H****** Square. The "Igs," sponsored by a bunch of Mensa

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 15, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Info for MIT QuestBridge Finalists Don’t know what QuestBridge is? You can skip this entry.

  

  This is a blog entry specifically for finalists in the Quest ... tests in November/December/January. Am I still eligible for the Match? A ... interview? A: You can find your interviewer's information by logging in to

  • by Beatriz Valdez
  • October 23, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  [Guest Blog] CourseRoad! A simple way to make your four year plan!

  

  Danny B. '15 is an 8-Flex/6-3 major with aspirations in both fields ... to be part shameless plug for my website CourseRoad, and part ... of software to help MIT life in some way. Without much else to do, I

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • August 25, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Rrrrrrr. CPW! [UPDATE] CPW Smoke. Don't breathe this.

  

  Internet the other day and stumbled upon a website that touted a video of ... Blendie looks like an ordinary blender, it is in fact a voice activated blender -- with a catch. Blenders don't speak English, so in order to

  • by Snively '11
  • April 1, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Does MIT Offer Application Fee Waivers? In a word, yes. Click through for the extended answer.

  

  Does MIT Offer Application Fee Waivers? In a word, yes. As a matter ... have no real interest in MIT from applying (the ones who do not wish to attend but just want to see if they can get in). How do I know if I should

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • October 16, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Brains and treason and bouncy balls, oh my! A brain dump largely about - what else? - brains.

  

  from way back in February, which are back with a vengeance (although ... pretty set on what my major for a while now (in fact, I specifically ... 's Department Open House was great - freshmen interested in the field got to talk

  • by Keri G. '10
  • April 8, 2007
• Blog / Uncategorized

  (Guest Post) esolangs oh man

  

  lived in Jenny’s current room during orientation week before the Next House Housing Lottery switched up everyone’s rooms. In the class ... renumbering classes relatively soon so this might become obsolete in a few

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • April 5, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  The Parent’s Guide to CPW ...it's not just for Prefrosh!!

  

  At this point, the admission website must appear to be "all about CPW ... enjoy the weekend with us. Each one of us in the Admissions Office has a ... weekend has in store for that set of guests. But before I do that here are

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • April 6, 2010
• Blog / How to MIT

  Boys like cars and money $1 billion is not enough for thefacebook, but $9 an hour is good enough for…

  

  -motivational posters online at this website. I was walking to the down Amherst Street ... Environment offices, when I was accosted by a man in a bicycle taxi. MAN: "Hey ... with strangers. But as the man sped off in search of another victim, I

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 25, 2006
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  summertime! and the livin's easy?

  

  've been in a bit of writing rut but, as I was reading through an email I ... different lives: sad girl sulk in Boston, wanderlusty adventures in Europe, and domestic comfort in Austin   anyways   Things I

  • by Kanokwan T. '25
  • July 15, 2024
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  MIT.01: Intro to the Institute, part 1 And maybe a problem set

  

  hurtling into the room. A month later, I was in the United States for the ... this unusual freedom were rife with extravagant eating, curling up in ... forgotten in dingy, cobwebbed boxes and heard them sigh with relief at renewed

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • September 8, 2013