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• Blog / MIT Life

  Guest Post: Taylor Pons from the First-Gen Program #FirstGenPride

  calls) getting to know staff members who work at MIT in different roles ... One of the coolest parts of my job is that I actually get to spend a ... the first person in their families to go to college, their university

  • by DJ Rock
  • April 14, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  What Essay Questions Should We Ask?

  

  very close ended to the very open ended: before my time, in the days of ... answer. A) and B) are somewhat in tension, but we try to balance them as ... old applications, which got me down to the Institute Archives, looking

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 27, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

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

  

  ’s rights, and race relations. She plans to do the M.Phil. in development ... underprivileged students. He eventually plans to pursue a doctorate in biological ... prestigious Rhodes Scholarships to study next year at Oxford University in

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

  Famous people who didn’t go to MIT Some people are more successful because they turned down admission to MIT.

  

  You don't need MIT to be a success. Don't get me wrong -- I think MIT ... Gillespie applied to MIT from a relatively small public school in Georgia. He was the first applicant from his school to MIT in a long time, perhaps

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 23, 2010
• Blog / Events

  The Places You’ll Go Places I've recently gone.

  

  !) and busting my butt off at my JOB. I chose to get an internship in ... I went to 9-to-5 life in downtown Manhattan. Some of you might have ... 's Headquarters happen to be right here in Boston! (This is not a very widely

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • February 13, 2009
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Above MIT The sky's the limit.

  

  takeoff is a good place to start with a disclaimer: my father was in control ... frequents these blogs! * The word "prospective" doesn't distribute to parents ... really, don't plan out your child's future that far in advance, dude. Wait

  • by Piper '13
  • May 29, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Adventure Coming full circle at MIT

  

  little depressing. But in the end it was all worth it. I got to work with ... 8 teams have the opportunity to pitch their products in this ... spent long hours in lab to finish our products :) It's a great celebration

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • December 21, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Livin’ la Vida Española (Pt. 1) De Madrid, ¡saludos!

  

  how many students from Spain apply to MIT each year, but just in case ... Spain had taught me how to appreciate the "little moments" of my life ... student in the program is required to write 3 short entries for the blog

  • by Chris S. '11
  • January 21, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Kick . . . start

  

  and getting excited to finally make it to campus in just three short ... help fabricate portions of projects for these classes. In addition to ... whether you'd like to contribute.  I make an appearance in the video at 3

  • by Snively '11
  • June 8, 2012
• Blog / IAP

  Sunrise If a picture is worth a thousand words (minus inflation), that makes this post much…

  

  time studying and you won't get to sleep much. But I've really been ... IAP, for those who are just tuning in, is one of the greatest times to be at MIT. It's all the geek-culture, learning cool things, without

  • by Chris M. '12
  • January 22, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Excitement On The Road Adventures in the Princeton Hospital ER.

  

  -worker is fine, thanks to the wonderful medics and folks in the ER. But more ... So Marilee and I spent much of last night in the ER at Princeton ... exciting for two reasons... first, it was my first ride in an ambulance

  • by Ben Jones
  • May 18, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Happy Pi Day

  

  to pick up your UMA pi day T-shirt! All contest winners get pi ... in room 2-102** the UMA (undergraduate math association) will be holding the following festivities in honor of pi day: Pie baking contest Pi

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • March 14, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Very, Very Important News That title is written to tantalize your RSS readers.

  

  in the next few days; in the meantime I really need to say something ... Hi folks, Today was the 8th day in a row of selection committee. Everyone is super tired, but we'll all get a bit of a break soon and we

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 24, 2005
• FAQ / Academics and research

  What are GIRs?

  social sciences to getting rigorous training within their area of ... foundation for study in your major. In your second semester, you might add subjects to help you explore your anticipated major. MIT’s GIRs ensure that
• Blog / MIT Life

  Color by Numbers

  

  So in Burton-Conner, you're allowed to paint your room under several ... first task was to figure out how big the room was. This posed an immediate ... long and harsh journey down to Economy Hardware (how did we know about

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 15, 2005
• Blog / Public Service & Activism

  Ethics, AI, and the College of Computing some student voices in a campus controversy

  

  members of the LGBTQ community. In a charged letter to President Reif ... to avoid such situations in future. This is what Nasir Almasri, a ... place, the MIT community needs to be involved. In many cases, donors of

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • April 5, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Sorting Hat of Sorts Where you live may be one of the most important parts of your time here…

  

  there so that the freshman can get the best idea of where they want to ... you can re-rank the dorms you'd like to live in. Maybe REX changed your ... voodoo. I seem to remember that most people get their first or second

  • by Chris M. '12
  • July 29, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Murals of Senior Haus "find where you thrive"

  

  inside of the building in an effort to preserve the years of artwork ... Drive to the Kendall T stop a lot (back in my PNR daze) and this sign was one of my favorite things to pass. I often thought about how long that

  • by Abby H. '20
  • May 8, 2018
• Blog / Athletics

  weather and stuff a Californian’s first experience of fall and also other things on my mind

  

  woah woah woah, hold on Fiona, its going to get a whole lot worse in the ... minutes total, no matter where I’m going: I get to leave later and not be ... is great for now but once it gets unbearable (in the real winter) I

  • by Fiona M. '20
  • October 2, 2016
• Blog / How to Food

  Yet Another Blog Entry My expenses for the semester in pie form, topped with a scoop of IAP.

  

  . Since food happens to be one of the protagonists in this blog, here's a ... well-nourished fruits in the Boston Area, thanks to the plenteous ... two dinners a week on average in addition to leftovers that could be

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • January 13, 2009