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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Every Piece of Media I Consumed in My First Week of Class that was relevant to my studies, i guess

  

  class, it is a media studies class, we do listen to music in and out of ... this content for this class, but I still do the readings just so I'm in ... ). These were, in my opinion, really great articles to open with since I

  • by Cami M. '23
  • February 13, 2023
• Blog / Events

  Sal Khan, Gabriel Abrantes, and the Man in the Shiny Red Satan Suit Yesterday was crazy, or: How to Quit your Job, Learn Everything, and Think about Art

  

  2:50 PM, Wednesday, May 8 I am in a café on Mass Ave, waiting for a ... the phone. A tall, tattooed man walks in wearing a skintight red devil ... arms in the air, and yells: "I'm SATAN!" The man at the register looks

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • May 10, 2013
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Wonder what an Amtrak station in the middle o’nowhere looks like? Pulling an Anthony on you: pictures of train stations, followed by my IAP so far.

  

  ago containing, well, pictures of an Amtrak station in the middle o ... you've discovered my secret: in addition to spending time at home with ... 's warm here, you still have to drive to get anywhere in Florida, Jamba

  • by Keri G. '10
  • January 17, 2007
• FAQ / First-year application

  Do letters of recommendation have to be submitted in the MIT application portal?

  Our preference is for recommenders to use our application portal to submit documents. However, they do have the option to submit their additional documents via Naviance, SOCIR, or other methods.…
• Blog / IAP

  Ciao, Italy! (Part 2) late post due to usual MIT firehosing

  

  day in Bologna, especially after chancing upon a fellow group of ... girl studying abroad in the quaint city. They included a window into a ... , moderated by a fearless French girl, who knew all four. In that beautiful

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • February 17, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The most beautiful class schedule yes. good

  

  and you fall asleep in your chair, or at least get pretty sad and decide ... totally positive.” When I registered for classes in the fall (last) semester ... -related material on the side in order to “not lose interest in economics.” Personally

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • February 3, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  What are French House residents doing this summer? Writing code, making models, reading, buying comic books, eating brownies, playing Guitar Hero 3...

  

  brownie from a mug (an activity I highly suggest) in my apartment in Boston, almost directly beneath the Citgo sign. A brownie in a mug! I'll have to ... participating in a UROP through the MIT Energy Initiative, where I am using MATLAB

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 26, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  2 More MIT Students Become Rhodes Scholars ...but no bloggers this year.

  

  Carolina], will graduate from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in December, majoring in civil and environmental engineering. A Truman Scholar, she was also named as one of Glamour Magazine’s top ten college women in

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 24, 2008
• Blog / Announcements

  We will not be taking anyone from the wait list in 2020 closing out the wait list for the Class of 2024

  

  students will accept our offer of admission and enroll at MIT in the fall (as ... list are invariably awesome, and we hope to find a space for them in our ... came in, earlier this week, it turned out that fewer first-year students

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • July 30, 2020
• Blog / How to MIT

  24 Things I Learned in My First Semester and a Half for the lovely 2024s!

  

  Disclaimer: I actually wrote this on my flight to California back in ... 't expect to be this different. Anyway, in my time here, I've learned a lot in ... . 1. Live and breathe PNR. Don't stay up until 3 in the morning to

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 17, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Short, Sweet, and to the Point: MIT in five senses or less (Guest Entry) Hear, See, Touch, Smell, and Taste MIT

  

  sing with them in Lobby 7) Boston was astounding. All other groups were ... ; in a sad justification of his self-imposed theme. And you would be ... take it all in, and I think that’s what MIT looks like overall. If

  • by Bryan
  • April 21, 2008
• Blog / How to MIT

  socializing safely ...but also leaving my room maybe once a day

  

  here's the thing: most of my MIT friends are currently in the ... , and it's been...exhausting, in a sense; I miss being able to bump into friends in the halls, at Stud, or as I'm hurrying down Dorm Row to class. I

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • October 15, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  on being seen ...and why that might be important

  

  more closely with students as a college counselor in a high school setting. There is a great deal that I enjoyed about engaging in one ... ,” and I suspect that I will share some of them in due time.  However, as I

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • May 31, 2020
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Hope for the Axolotl: On the Amphibian Extinction Crisis Happy Save the Frogs Day!

  

  awareness about the amphibian extinction crisis. When I was in high school I ... what you found in the comments for the rest of us to see). I hope you ... in my closet, full of beads and wrapped in a pink feather boa. In a

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • April 27, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  . 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 pitching articles? Like some fancy writer in a Paris café, except in a

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • July 17, 2012
• Blog / MISTI

  Summer at last and my last days as a teenager...D:

  

  Last year, I spent the entire summer working at ETS in Princeton, New ... languages I’m really interested in are Chinese and French. Since I ultimately decided to concentrate in Chinese , MISTI-China was the logical follow

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • May 31, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Order of Operations In what order should your application be submitted?

  

  of this sort. You can do all of the parts of the MIT application in ... teacher is on the ball and sends in your recommendation in September, we'll hold on to it until the rest of your application comes in. The same goes

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 18, 2007
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Law & Order: MIT Alum Unit Going to law school after MIT, and a profile of the first sitting federal judge…

  

  reason, people don't seem to realize that you can come to MIT, major in anything (science, engineering, or even our well-regarded programs in ... a significant caseload in New York City's Family Court, and a third is

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 24, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  , as a rule, be expressed in a language comprehensible to everyone ... (1995), Dance for Two (1996), or Reunion (2003). In 2002, he cofounded the MIT Graduate Program in Science Writing and is now an adjunct professor

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

  The Nobel Connection 2 MIT alums have won Nobel prizes this week!

  

  received his PhD from MIT in 1983, won the Nobel Prize in medicine for co ... his grad school days at MIT. Random fact: Andrew Fire began his PhD in ... prize in Physics for using cosmic radiation data to support the Big Bang

  • by Melis A. '08
  • October 4, 2006