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• Blog / IAP

  (another) postcard from GTL spain and an unexpected crossover with the Edgerton Center

  

  very own school. As small as people like to say MIT is, there’s a lot of ... and instead look at the faces that are right there with you. Sometimes ... . Essentially, the event is 100 high school students teaming up for a three day

  • by Veronica P. '27
  • February 1, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  Painting and a trip into Boston

  

  whether you can paint your room is one of those little quirks to look at. I ... to work on it. So Kim, who is a good painter, asked me if I wanted help ... new apartment and painting there. I, of course, agreed that this was a

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 7, 2005
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Watching Birdwatchers And getting into summer programs.

  

  NRAO is the National Radio Astronomy Observatory; they have a student ... Silence continues. I've finally picked a story, though. This is about how ... - who is a super expert birdwatcher - invited me to go on a "birding" trip

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 3, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  One wonderful day I might just make it, after all.

  

  you can" and "Oh, DON'T WORRY, we'll be cool if you just SEND ME a page ... ANYTHING DONE YOU CAN SEND ME CHRISTINA?!?!" and "AHHHHHHH!!!! ANYTHING ... 's all, "Oh, I'll just do it tonight! Maybe you can come over and we can

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 21, 2005
• Blog / Events

  In pursuit of freedom MIT might not be free, but plenty of things are.

  

  day on which I will again not tell you about FASAP. Except, that is, to say that my participation in this program about which I've told you a ... ütz followed by free dim sum. Freedom is a wonderful thing. Unfortunately

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • October 21, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  Finding my place at MIT It's an ongoing process

  

  is that a social circle is not something magical that you discover once and then sticks around forever. At least, not for me. A social circle is ... role model and still is to this day. Working in my lab gave me a sense of

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • April 2, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  PSA: The 2016 Siemens Competition is now open

  

  is the Siemens Research Competition. MIT is a University Partner for Siemens, which means that we 'host' a (virtual) regional event and provide ... applying. You can review the student entrant toolkit, as well as competition

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 11, 2016
• Blog / How to Human

  Goal Setting a learning process

  

  a BUNCH of things is always futile; you will inevitably get ... MIT student, which is pretty cool. There is one pattern that I have ... the years. Goal setting is a skill! Practice it! Work I never really

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • September 4, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  everything, all at once thoughts on science, ambition, and obsession

  

  made a comment, half-joking, something to the effect of "I can't wait to ... out, asking that question has opened up a whole can of worms about my ... worked way too hard in high school, to a point where it was actively

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • August 2, 2022
• Blog / Classes

  bucket lists, grocery lists, and a li(s)tany of other things this is actually just an excuse to make people list-en to me talk about minecraft

  

  , which is how you know I’m well and truly exhausted. Normally, playing and/or watching people play Minecraft is a hyperfixation that can consume my ... muscles can’t complete a chin-up.  Silly as that may sound, it’s the reason

  • by Teresa J. '26
  • November 3, 2022
• FAQ / Life and culture

  What is Concourse?

  Concourse is a unique community of first-year students committed to learning in a small interactive group environment with dedicated teachers ... a community lounge where ideas and people come together, not only for
• Blog / MIT Life

  living having the time of my life

  

  ends there as a new era starts. But what happens when you start to get ... just had the energy.” “What inspired you to make a pancake 3D printer ... when there’s free food or decide that feeding myself is worth the time

  • by Anika H. '26
  • May 10, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  ISEF Review Photos from the Intel International Science & Engineering Fair.

  

  ISEF is a huge fair, with nearly 1500 students from 40+ countries. On ... & Engineering Fair in Indianapolis, Indiana. On Thursday, we had a reception at ... a busy city intersection; at right, the crowd at the reception. Faye

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 14, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Undecideds It's crunch time for college decisions.

  

  college decision, I figure now is as good a time as any to the students who are still undecided: How can we help you make your decision? What more would you like to know about MIT? What are your lingering concerns? Etc.

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 20, 2006
• Blog / Announcements

  FYI: Undergraduates with family income below $200,000 can expect to attend MIT tuition-free starting in 2025 what it says on the tin

  

  kind that is often read by a half dozen people within MIT. It's sort of ... decade ago. You can read more in the article, but basically, in Admissions ... unusual wealth atypical of a given income level. For example, let’s say you

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 20, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  No more school, no more books Professors are people, too. Importantly, they're people who give free food.

  

  campus next year and hanging out with a lot of my friends. So what is there ... in fundamental discoveries on just about any disease you can shake a ... 'm sure a lot of you high school seniors are. On one hand, I've had a super

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • May 17, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  but her emails how to assert?

  

  "]sits on my shoulders[/annotation] is locked in a storage unit in Charlestown ... to SFS[/annotation] about what is included in a financial aid award ... -confident Women are only a few "I"s away from being vain or narcissistic Women. I

  • by Abby H. '20
  • June 5, 2019
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Hope My reflections on the death of Amaud Arbery

  

  ,”; for every black lives matter protest there is a kid who is being moved ... am. Believing that for every good person there is a much more wealthy ... fact that there was a video showing these men in the act. My blood boiled

  • by Ben O. '19
  • May 8, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  The New Year Barging in on the new blogger party.

  

  morning, a very sad, sad Christmas morning where you wish Santa had just ... the Boston skyline as a backdrop. Somewhere, there”s a calendar with ... . Then, there”s working at the front desk at Baker, serving as a tour guide

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • September 18, 2010
• Blog / Life after MIT

  MIT Econ Prof Wins Nobel Prize (with video) A pretty exciting week as Peter Diamond PhD '63 is the latest MIT professor to…

  

  Chemistry). MIT held a press conference to announce Prof. Diamond's win. Here are the highlights: You can watch the full press conference at MIT ... normal MIT classroom (it looks a lot like the room where I took 18

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 18, 2010