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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Victorian Literature? MIT, perhaps surprisingly, has top programs in ethnomusicology, the history of Islamic architecture, and more...

  

  to pursue interests in the humanities at MIT -- I mean, the name of the ... to mention in music composition, and in ethnomusicology? So I asked ... interests in the humanities and arts when you come to MIT. With top

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 24, 2005
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  an absolutely non-comprehensive guide to email sign-offs or, how to inject some fun into an otherwise boring routine

  

  ."]executive board[/annotation] and how people choose to divvy up the work from year to ... have included in an email to Next House, ranked in tiers from most to ... , These are in-jokes which I would take too long for me to explain to you

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • March 9, 2023
• Blog / How to MIT

  The Romance of Learning rainy days, language tests, and a book called Babel

  

  swimming in the back of my mind as I scootered across the bridge to my test ... learned in the previous units. After I finished the test, I wandered to ... to the one I was sitting in, dissecting literature, composing essays

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • October 23, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  Senior Week The beginning of the final week for MIT's Seniors.

  

  ; etc. In short, this is for you to get a sense of some seniors ... Professors," a trip to Six Flags New England, and Tech Night at the Pops. And ... 'll profile a senior each day, each an amazing person in their own right. The

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 4, 2006
• Blog / How to Food

  [Guest Post] Your Guide to Boston Cafes a letter from chomps

  

  year as a private diary to document my food adventures in college. While ... introduced me to 30 cafes in the Greater Boston area, and since then, I ... the T for all my cafe hops, so my location references are in relation to

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • January 15, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  On Supplemental Materials Further information about application supplements.

  

  talents in your application. Send this via US Mail to MIT, Room 4-243, 77 ... like to participate in one of MIT's 41 varsity sports teams, please be ... recommendation. This in general would not need to be on an MIT recommendation form

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 24, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  I Wish I Was an Astronaut I was a nerd even back in 3rd grade.

  

  Not really...but I used to. I wrote this little diddy back in 3rd ... course 16 anthem? Background: In 3rd grade, we had to do creative ... chose to do a rap about him. This only demonstrates how nerdy I was even

  • by Bryan
  • July 27, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Party!

  

  partying. It also has mudwrestling. In addition to my mudwrestling, I worked ... I don't have much to say, I would just like to bring this to your ... . Miller '07 in the mud pit at Senior Haus' Steer Roast. The match ended in a

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • May 8, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  More on DesigNerds DesigNerds: Product Design TV

  

  : Barry To: Bryan "that's great that students are interested in it! we are actually in the process of pitching the concept to the discovery channel ... So after getting a few questions and comments about DesigNerds, I

  • by Bryan
  • January 22, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Advice for Seniors From me to you. Why? Because I care

  

  . You don’t necessarily have to be getting straight As in all of your ... south as San Diego all the while attempting to hit as many points in ... in California, but it is good to be back home in Cambridge. I got a

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • October 10, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Open Thread: Deferred Early

  

  application anew and without prejudice in Regular Action. Many MIT students were ... here. Some of you may feel happy to be deferred. Some of you may feel sad. Some of you may have complicated feelings that you don't know how

  • by Decisions
  • December 17, 2022
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Not Farewell After All Hello again!

  

  . MIT forced me to figure out, early in my undergrad career, how I should ... -bye to life at MIT and in particular, to the MIT blogs (direct quote: “Farewell, MIT blogosphere”). But I’m back!! Just in time to join other

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • August 11, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Quick Update I am busy, this is short.

  

  Well, I'm back from Atlantic City and have 3 million things to do in ... breaks. Besides, I get to do awesome stuff no one else gets to do, like ... to 1.5 million things per day. Which is why this entry is short. Sanja

  • by Laura N. '09
  • August 16, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  New Portlets? Just throwin' some ideas around.

  

  manage to sequester a few minutes of Quinton's schedule, you'll see them in ... media, customized to your preferences, right in your portal. #2 OCW ... link to a given user's interests in academics as designated in his

  • by Ben Jones
  • November 8, 2004
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Blogger Decisions Released Many thanks to all of this year's incredible applicants!

  

  break!) and he hopes to get involved in a variety of public service and ... . Congrats to all four of you! I'll be in touch soon to get you up and running ... amazing applicants to whom we were unable to offer spots. To those of you in

  • by Ben Jones
  • September 7, 2007
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  City Strangers a comic

  

  , but I'll try to find my peace in this sprawling city, in you.  You ... from the fire escape. We listen to a drag queen read children’s books in ... text in the art for accessibility (and because my handwriting is very

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • June 25, 2022
• Blog / Events

  Balancing Life, School, and… More Life? Gotta start by taking advantage of Veteran's Day to... work... and, more importantly, BLOG!

  

  - this is where we get paired to our "big" as in "big sister" (sophomore or ... _____X In addition, I've been trying to get more involved in environmental ... 00t!) with my big Jessica (a girl from my sorority) at 10, get to the

  • by Marcela R. '13
  • November 11, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Financial Aid Tracking Portlet Now Available You should now see it in your MyMIT account.

  

  'm getting a bunch of comments in response to this post with financial-aid-specific questions and unfortunately I'm not equipped to answer them - please send them ... the financial aid tracking portlet in your MyMIT account. If you have

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 9, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Beauty, xkcd, and my classes The problem with me.

  

  shattered with a bang. *In contrast to "ood", an alien species from Doctor ... proportional to how much my ears hurt. Also, because I didn’t expect the glass to ... the cells in your brain talk to each other. In other words: it allows

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 9, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Q&A with Prof. Jonathan Gruber ‘87 (CPW Preview!) Our second CPW Keynote Speaker, Economics Professor Jonathan Gruber '87, answers a few questions in…

  

  elected to the Institute of Medicine in 2005, and in 2006 he received the ... come to MIT? A. I chose to come to MIT twice - in 1983 as a student, and ... remember how weird it was to be back at MIT - I never conceived of coming

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 7, 2010