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• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Idol A selection committee fantasy.

  

  In a few minutes I'll head over to the committee room to begin Day 7 ... committee this year even more than I have in past years. Maybe that's just ... . Simon: When you do math in public, how do people generally react? Is this

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 22, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Congrats Jenn Lai ‘11, Rhodes Scholar This blog entry does not contain video of Jenn playing "Rhapsody in Blue" with the…

  

  concert So sad. The best I can do is a photo from the concert: 2. Did you ... 44 Rhodes Scholars, and 7 in the last four years. Below, find Jenn's "official" biography from rhodesscholar.org (links mine): Jennifer I. Lai

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 21, 2010
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  LAST! It's the end of the world as we know it!

  

  physics (in which case, I'll have to switch my major). The interesting ... ,at MIT you can do an IROP (close cousin to the UROP) study there If I ... .S. in light of the dwindling time we have left here on Earth, I propose

  • by Chris M. '12
  • September 10, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Large Format Photography [by Biyeun Buczyk '10] Please, please let there be no light-leaks.

  

  a marathon. Why? I’m now the owner of an 8x10 view camera. In my last post, I mentioned that I was in the process of building an 8x10 ... camera from scratch, in between classes and a summer job, I finished it in

  • by ARTalk
  • November 6, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Tests of the non-standardized kind Stop thinking about the SAT and start thinking about 18.01!

  

  're not used in all exams, and actually, I think I use them more as an ... Today I am hijacking Laura's entry on tests, because a) it's something to write about on a very cold rainy day, and b) I have some really

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • October 12, 2005
• FAQ / First-year application

  Can I request that my scores not be considered after submitting my application?

  Scores cannot be redacted from applications after they have been submitted. We encourage you to look at this blog post to better understand the rationale and details of our testing requirement.
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Remember? A Blast from the Past

  

  later, I presented myself to my mother in shame, fully expecting to be ... kept on the highest shelf in the fridge. As I licked my spoon clean, I ... under control, she opened her mouth. I braced myself. In Tamil, she said

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • February 16, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Humans 101 @ MIT introductory SHASS classes this fall and recapping the lightning talks

  

  CPW. I explained the Lightning Talks in a blog entry last year ... film As an alumnus of (and occasionally lecturer in) CMS, I've always ... out where their interests lie. Many MIT students are interested in SHASS

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 26, 2017
• Blog / Events

  MIT Open House Well, come on in y'all!

  

  -sized stuffed panther doll in the middle. To this day, I have no idea what was up ... activity, too, and I'm really looking forward to how people respond to it ... the half hour, in room 32-144. I don’t want to give anything away

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • April 27, 2011
• FAQ / International applicants

  How do international students apply to MIT?

  to schools in the U.S., but almost one-quarter of MIT's applications ... comfortable evaluating your application in context. A committee of experienced MIT admissions officers will review your application in detail. We
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  (un)Empty Nest Welcome Back!

  

  campus, I can’t wait for summer to end. I missed you guys! ... Later” for those sadly uneducated in the ways of cheesy ‘80s movies ... several thousand prospective students in our Info Sessions. Still, the

  • by Dave McOwen
  • August 26, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  Fall 2015 Wait List Decisions Will Be Sent Today

  

  the time and effort you have put in to letting us know how much you love ... , as well as Teacher's Day in Mexico and South Korea - at 6PM Eastern ... . Last week, I mentioned I had been a transfer student. Well, I also was a

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 14, 2015
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Hogwarts Institute of Technology Except we have 11 houses instead of 4.

  

  this past summer I reread the entire series for the first time in a while ... inside. But until then, I’ll try not to look anything directly in its eyes.... ... Hey friends!! I wanted to drop this brief blag here because I WAS SO

  • by Selam G. '18
  • November 1, 2015
• Blog / MISTI

  Labs throughout the world open their doors to MIT Biology students

  

  . What next? I may return to France in IAP or next year as part of ... can use the technical portions of my internship in my UROP. In the long ... In the summer of 2011, MISTI sent 22 Biology students across the

  • by MISTI Program
  • November 16, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  An Explanation I always end up writing about underwear!

  

  , I'm not graduating. Yes, I'm in the dorm for the summer. Yes, I'm in ... Several years ago (I believe it was 3 but it may have been 2) there ... opted to stay another year in order to finish up and graduate. One day

  • by Snively '11
  • April 30, 2009
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  beauty is overrated

  

  compel stirrings like that in other people. I never saw what was powerful ... who seem too preoccupied with aesthetic, because aesthetic can get in ... witness a lot of beauty in the world; I spent a year in New Zealand and

  • by Rona W. '23
  • November 20, 2022
• Blog / Events

  Of Dancing and T-Shirts (Guest Entry) Who had fun at CPW? I did!

  

  , dumping the gajillions of photos I shot before 3:30pm on Saturday. I can ... videotape their cover of "Here In Your Arms" (solo by Kevin Schoenfelder, I ... , thesis projects), but I also learned about architecture in general

  • by Snively '11
  • April 22, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Mid-January Updates The latest from Cambridge.

  

  , and you are looking to send us an update, I would recommend doing so in ... hope you can start to relax. I'm still getting some really stressed out ... . If you are in the regular action pool (regular action applicant or

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

  Good Luck Jo-Jo!

  

  competition, and went on to compete in Miss America. You can read all about ... (Jo-Jo) Chang '03. I first met Jo-Jo my senior year at MIT, when I was ... as Freshman Class Vice President. After graduating in 2003 with a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 24, 2005
• Blog / MISTI

  Low The first in a trilogy of Berlin photo entries, featuring Zinedine Zidane.

  

  "death strip" in which you can be shot on sight, houses countless tanks for ... destination. In the 36 hours we spent there, I think we got to see about one ... just big screens in it so even more people could watch, but I don't know

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 13, 2006