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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Telethon FAQs from a small but enthusiastic sample of prefroshies

  

  longer than we'd planned; my hallmate and I swore we would only stop in for ... composer, and once I went to a Boston Pops concert and this girl who was in ... -MIT organizations too. What will dorm life be like? I don't know where I'll fit in

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • April 5, 2012
• Blog / Events

  Be Our Guest Not to name drop, but... Steven Levitt, Paul Polak, Iqbal Quadir, and Brigitte Madrian all…

  

  ) and told us we would get 12:00 - 2:00 with Steven Levitt in early ... I have had the good fortune to hear several excellent guest speakers ... Quadir (head of MIT's Program in Developmental Entrepreneurship and

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • December 6, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Meant to Be What I've found at MIT

  

  events have happened in my life. I experienced the best FPOP ever aka DPD ... about somewhere. I think in numbers. The other day, I called one of my ... shocking. In a good way. Every person that I've met here has done some

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • September 19, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Español Foreign Languages at MIT

  

  , but I think the Spanish classes have taken a step in the right direction ... do it anyway since that’s how homework works). I’m looking forward to ... There are two books in my backpack right now. The first is a little

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • March 23, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  One Week MIT: It's so dangerous, you'll have to sign a waiver.

  

  session for MURJ, the research journal I'm co-editor-in-chief of GM ... really, it's only slightly more work than usual (other weeks, I would have had psets in 24.900 and 5.12 instead of tests). And all in all, I'm not

  • by Paul B. '11
  • October 20, 2008
• Blog / Hacks

  Harry Potter and the Infinite Corridor (updated!) Don't even try to post a spoiler.

  

  Currently at Au Bon Pain in Harvard Square awaiting the arrival of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. I figured it would be cool to take ... Hallows, I will punch you in the face. I'm not kidding." Photos from

  • by Bryan
  • July 20, 2007
• Blog / Extracurriculars

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

  

  So we were a little more efficient this year in making decisions (i ... major in 11 (she writes, "I know that my major is the same as Anthony ... globally. Chris Su '11 lives in MIT's newest living-learning community, i

  • by Ben Jones
  • September 7, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Reischauer Scholars Program For those interested in Japan or international relations.

  

  on back order (in my head, since it got DELETED), but I just wanted to let you guys know about a program that I participated in back in high school. I studied Japanese for three years in high school, so my junior

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 10, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Finding Inspiration encouraging motivational inspiration

  

  many of you, I’ve watched motivation jump off of a building, and with it, inspiration and optimism. I’ve searched high and low, from Facebook to Instagram to Reddit but to no avail. Motivation was nowhere to be found (a.k.a. I

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • November 7, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  What to expect when you’re expecting CPW Setting some expectations, discussing myths & realities.

  

  Preview Weekend (CPW), I figured it would be worthwhile to spend a little ... in to the weekend, I think you can learn a lot. That being said, CPW is ... it, and I hope I can give you a better sense of what to really expect

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 15, 2009
• Blog / Athletics

  We’re So Back a collage of preseason

  

  only 1-2. Harvard ended last season ranked 17th in D1, so I was really proud of how our team competed against one of the top D1 teams in the ... ="102711" image4="102714" /] 4. Boston :) I am so so so happy to be back in Boston

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • September 2, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Checking My Calendar I know I'll eat my words come late September, but I'm looking forward to three…

  

  is a snapshot of a week in February 2009, when I was at MIT, while the bottom is a snapshot of the same week in February 2010, when I was at the ... . But the fact remains that no matter how you slice it, I was busy around

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • August 17, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Summer Circus but like a nerd circus. So you know, less elephants and more calculus. Just as…

  

  -oriented and less "how many hours are you in the office" based, so I can work ... of the hilights reel. To start things off, I'm working in the new ... 1st, I'm currently competing in a high-stakes race through classics of

  • by Chris M. '12
  • July 7, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Introducing MIT Illuminations at the Welcome Center

  

  In September 2021, when I posted about the new Welcome Center that is ... Illuminations in MIT News where I am quoted telling some of the story of the ... ="79764" /]   As I said in the post about the Welcome Center, we started making

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 19, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  Life, the Universe, and Everything I’m significant! …screamed the dust speck.

  

  once. I had this moment most recently while sitting in my 18 ... , the walls of my room and B-Entry in MacGregor have many nice things. I ... There comes a time in everyone's MIT experience, from the application

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • September 13, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  [Guest Post] Olivia S. ‘20 en Monterrey teaching algorithmic thinking to girls in México

  

  strategic and some less so, about how to solve this problem. Déspues, I, my co ... doing essentially nothing (I'm @ing myself), other MIT students have hit ... ! _,.-'~'-.,__,.-'~'-.,__,.-'~'-.,__,.-'~'-.,__,.-'~'-.,__,.-'~'-.,__,.-'~'-.,__,.-'~'-.,__,.-'~'-.,_ Monterrey, Nueva León, México-   After finals, I decided to immediately

  • by Abby H. '20
  • June 4, 2018
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Before You Arrive on Campus: Orientation Edition On REX, safety, free stuff, and making the most out of it all!

  

  closest-to-perfect space here at MIT. P.S.: I may remember more in a ... . Exhilarating! Remember that scientific discovery you always wanted to discuss in ... in dubious or passionate affairs with upperclassmen (or even classmates

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • August 12, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Goodbye, Hope to See You Again For those moving on today...

  

  -qualified applicants, because we truly believe in you. And, in the process, we grew very ... choice is yours -- which school is the best fit for you? We knew coming in that approximately one-third of all of the students we admitted would

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 1, 2006
• FAQ / First-year application

  How much is the application fee?

  one in the Fee Waiver Request section of the application. MIT practices
• FAQ / First-year application

  How does the MIT admissions process work?

  're happy to shed some light into that black hole. In fact, we outline our