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• Blog / Admissions

  Meeting FAQ The answers to the FAQs at our Central Meetings.

  

  you in Southern California, I pose this question to you: Can you ... I'm in Southern California now, preparing for the following Central ... statistics? Is it easier to get in if I apply early? Last year, early action

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 28, 2005
• Blog / Advice

  A Pre-MIT To-Do List (International Students Version)

  

  , congratulations! You have a lot to be proud about. From experience, I can say that ... might be able to help you around campus. I got in touch with the Pakistani ... campus, which I am still very, very grateful for.  In addition to that

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • July 17, 2023
• Blog / How to Food

  My Favorite (Kitchen) Things cue julie andrews singing

  

  else you can do with a microplane? Buy fresh parmesan, like in real ... one of these for a long time. I’m sure you can imagine how hard pouring ... ’t claim to be a food safety expert, but I can claim to know how to have

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • January 7, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Design in Boston [By Doug '14] Events that showcase the creative capital in and around Boston.

  

  changed my major to 2A and decided to concentrate in product design. I was ... though of how everything around us was “designed.” I took 2 ... out all my classes I can see that design is literally around us all

  • by ARTalk
  • November 5, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Talks Energy at the White House "It is is our institutional responsibility to address the challenges of energy and the environment."…

  

  website! In particular, the Energy Initiative has been a key player in ... Excitonics explores organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) and how they can be ... sequestration. Professor Angela Belcher, whom I've blogged about before, unites

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 26, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Livescribe’s Pulse Pen AKA, the "Magic Pen"

  

  , tablets cost WAY more than $150! "How's the battery life?" I can go all day ... enjoying the laziest IAP I can muster. I sleep until at least noon every day ... one. Remember when I was a contestant in a blogging scholarship a while

  • by Snively '11
  • January 12, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  9 things I wish I had known before freshman year lessons from an almost-sophomore (see: law of conservation of freshmen)

  

  Let's face it: none of us are getting younger. In fact, I'm getting ... in a few centuries I might even be dead.  Dead. I was reminded of this ... on the block." In fact, I'll be a full-fledged crusty sophomore as soon

  • by Michael C. '16
  • August 15, 2013
• Blog / Events

  Party in the MIT This is some scary stuff.

  

  't represent ALL of Baker, but I can't imagine many dorms other than Baker coming ... Tell the truth, how many current MIT students read the title of this entry and knew exactly what to expect when they clicked it? I know that at

  • by Snively '11
  • September 25, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Class of 2010 Roll Call It's May 1st -- welcome to MIT!

  

  website, we though they might be interested in buying one for themselves (or ... shirts to any location.I would appreciate if you mentioned this in your ... your MIT reply form with an affirmative response, check in here in the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 1, 2006
• Blog / Personal Travel

  A Heartbreaking Lunch of Staggering Genius I'll write about campus dining some other day.

  

  -Georges again for the first time ever. (If this is in fact how I phrased it, Jess ... sprouted like a mushroom in my lung. “Dangit Jess, we're getting old.” You ... inflection. Jess disagreed, unbitingly. I can't blame her much; Jess and I have

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • July 30, 2009
• Blog / Challenges

  (Guest Post) how can it be home when it’s not finding a sense of belonging away from home

  

  moments where i ask how can it be home when it so obviously, clearly, is not ... "]IAP[/annotation], i began to cook™ for myself often. i would buy weekly groceries, make ... , i slowly made an active effort to make the place i lived in, mine

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • March 19, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  June Questions Omnibus 1 Bigfoot asked a few weeks back, "Will you be posting an omnibus soon, Matt?" Yes,…

  

  the AP and asked if I can join Intel in my junior year and he replied no ... applying to MIT in the fall and was wondering how many SAT II tests I must ... forgot to bring it in and now school's out. I can get a hold of my guidance

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 13, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Answering my own questions My perspective on the MIT student mentality about working hard.

  

  . 3. Minh and Lizzy asked how I found my UROP position. In the middle of ... virtue at MIT. In fact, I don't think I'd be exaggerating if I said hard ... granddaddy's yacht than we are by people who take 100 units in one term

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • February 10, 2006
• Blog / How to Food

  How to Survive in a Cook-for-Yourself Community and why meals plans are terrible

  

  meals throughout the day; I got most of my calories in two giant portions ... celebrity drop-ins (and I doubt Tyra Banks or Robert Plant will visit Senior ... all-you-can-eat for every meal; how large is a one-meal kit? Is it

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 10, 2017
• Blog / Life after MIT

  My Least Responsible Purchase I'm an impulse buyer but THIS was a bit much

  

  's website to see if I could afford one.  The math never worked :( In late ... .  After that I sat in the front seat and had the Tesla rep brief me on how ... I saw my first Tesla in July, 2009. I knew what Teslas were but it

  • by Snively '11
  • July 17, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Practical virology A little too practical, if you ask me.

  

  marathon today because I've been lying around in bed feeling pathetic and ... .27 (Principles of Human Disease), so if I have to feel like crap, at least I can be ... biology major, and the classes I've learned them in: 1. When you have a

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • April 17, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  It all comes to this The Senior Thesis (cue dramatic music)

  

  pages or longer than fifty. The research can be performed in your Junior ... presentation.” (2.ThA website) Some people choose to begin their research in the ... Senior year. I began working in the Lab for Multiscale Regenerative

  • by Melis A. '08
  • January 23, 2008
• FAQ / First-year application

  Where can I find info on Graduate Admissions/Masters/PhD?

  one of our departmental programs(opens in new window). Each department has its own application website and admissions requirements.
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Too Good To Go fighting food waste with good bargains

  

  someone who hasn’t changed their Chipotle order in years, I appreciate how ... brighten up my day immensely. I'd buy an ($8.00) sandwich from him just to ... Chipotle but Mediterranean. I LOVE their dispenser juice, as you can see the

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • July 19, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Festival of Learning: Expo how MIT is leading the educational revolution

  

  , Microsoft Kinect doesn't work well for people in black clothing!), I loved the ... —all in under five minutes per activity! I loved the experience. If only ... website offers free lesson plans for educators. Although anyone can purchase

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • February 20, 2018