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• Blog / Admissions

  Meet the Admissions Officers With today's next post, I'll begin a summer-long occasional series introducing you to the MIT…

  

  couple months; I think you'll like them. Today, you can meet the first of ... With today's next post, I'll begin a summer-long occasional series introducing you to the Admissions Officers for the 2005-2006 school year. Some

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 28, 2005
• FAQ / QuestBridge

  How do I access the MIT QuestBridge Supplement?

  about how to access our MIT QuestBridge Supplement. If you are a QuestBridge Finalist that did not rank MIT, you can still use our supplement along with ... you must let us know in advance by emailing questbridgeinfo
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Thanks, man I'm feeling human again.

  

  Santa Fe is elevated 7,260 feet above sea level. It is not overcast. When there are clouds, the sun fills the space around them and splotches the mountains with their shadows. I'm sitting on the porch of a

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • August 27, 2013
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  New Year’s Resolution …of sorts. Since New School Year’s Resolution doesn’t have quite the same ring to it.

  

  year within a year is beginning. The school year, to be precise. Crops ... 's probably smart." Because when you get into a capital-g Great school, you ... , to fangirl, and maybe to show how MIT can become a home for fellow I

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • September 3, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  Peace Out, 2005 Saying goodbye to a great year!

  

  is the worst grade to get. It means you were "this close" to an A- but ... . Work is included in that, but you need to be able to sometimes take a ... 2005 in Review Being in college manages to teach you a lot of life

  • by Bryan
  • December 31, 2005
• FAQ / Academics and research

  Can I take a summer session?

  During the regular Summer Session, MIT offers a limited selection of the subjects available in the academic year, as well as a few subjects designed for special interests and needs of MIT students. All classes are for
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How the Career Fair saved my summer And forced me to try something new

  

  . There was only one problem. Saying I want to be a “cancer researcher” is ... This is a summer of new things for Maggie Lloyd. I rented a car for ... . You get to try a career for a few months to test the waters. If you don

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • July 17, 2011
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  And I am telling you I’m going And you, and you, and you, you're gonna love me.

  

  , but it's a really intense course: 9 days, 9 hours a day, 9 units. I can ... DID YOU KNOW? The highest ever cricket batting average of all time ... you wouldn't know it because I blogged only about things that happened

  • by Sam M. '07
  • January 14, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Surprising Research Results The chimpanzee-human relationship, and CEO pay.

  

  Perhaps the most interesting research is the work that surprises, startles, and really makes you think. On the train on the way back from a ... genomics research, had the following teaser on the front page: A Later Split

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 18, 2006
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Soup Dumplings, Fever Pitch Yesterday after work I headed downtown for the evening. First stop was one of my…

  

  story seemed to fall a little flat. And for those of you who were upset by ... (I'd say Clueless is a more faithful adaptation of Emma). The largest ... Cafe is the best place in town for soup dumplings (very, very yummy

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 27, 2005
• Blog / Events

  LeaderShape 2012 Six unforgettable days.

  

  experience. My own description is a little shorter: The best six days of my ... Shape serenaded me with a rendition of "Just the Way You Are", followed by a brief ... Shape, as detailed by MIT's Division of Student Life, is as follows: MIT

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • January 27, 2012
• Blog / Challenges

  i was sick when i wrote this :( a largely unedited post where i ramble about getting covid

  

  talked about, but I remember there's a whole debate over there about ... before the semester starts is not a vibe. Wednesday wasn't the worst day ... spring classes, I got a positive test last Wednesday and had to quarantine

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • February 7, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  So, you’re applying to college.

  

  , you probably aren't. For well over a year, from my rural roost, I sort ... my local community college. If you've got your heart set on a specific school, take a few steps back and ask yourself why. If you're thinking

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • October 31, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  More Odds & Ends Concerts (on & off campus), doors (on campus), and lectures (also on campus).

  

  me up on my suggestion, writing, "I've got a door for you, hailing from ... inscription translation is now an open question to be answered by you, as is the ... I'm a bit under the weather today, and I'm still working on the next

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 25, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I Ended Up Working for a Reality TV Show

  

  is to type one up entirely from a Mac at an Apple store.   ... Ambitious Adventures, a reality TV show following innovative cities ... people. But most "reality" TV is fake nowadays and so we want to do

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 5, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Late Night Thoughts On You Guys & This Whole Process Each of you is going to make the world a better place, whether or not…

  

  . You are all superstars, truly. And each of you is going to make the world a better place, whether or not you go to MIT. It's the truth. -B

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 11, 2004
• Blog / MIT Life

  One Art variation on a poem of Elizabeth Bishop

  

  The art of being hosed isn’t hard to master; the tasks (you hope) will teach you something new. To be busy, then, is hardly a disaster ... was busy, sure, but it wasn't a disaster. Practice working harder

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • October 22, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Truth Values [by Ken Haggerty '11] A fantastic one-woman show about life at MIT. (Now playing!)

  

  playwright. Truth Values, written by Gioia De Cari in 2008, is a roman à clef ... girl's romp through MIT's male math maze," and as neither a girl nor a ... a showtime into my schedule. ABOVE: Central Square Theater's new

  • by ARTalk
  • September 22, 2009
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  MIT’s Newest Nobel Laureate Can you autograph my problem set?

  

  -compound catalyst for metathesis--a chemical process wherein two reacting structures swap places--in 1990. Now I don't know about you, but I think this is ... EDIT: Matt mentioned there was a lecture in 10-250 by Prof. Schrock. I

  • by Bryan
  • October 5, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Live from the Glass Lab! it's...tuesday afternoon??

  

  One of my favorite MIT organizations is the Glass Lab, where students, faculty, and staff can go hang out and create beautiful glassware and ... great, if not THE great living glass blower, Lino Tagliapietra, is working

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 19, 2010