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• Blog / Announcements

  For those impacted by Hurricane Michael (and other disasters) clarifying our policies for applications affected by catastrophic events

  

  Southeast. Meanwhile, according to ReliefWeb, there is flooding across Latin ... , we want to make sure that any applicants so affected, now or in the ... @mit.edu. We’ll be here to talk to you and figure out a way to make sure we get

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 22, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  ISEF, BAMF, and other west coast adventures planning my next two weeks

  

  opportunities and events, and c) illustrate the bicoastal life that I (and a lot ... great competition that sends many alumni to MIT and is broadly aligned ... Thursday, which is Public Day and when the finalists are at their projects to

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 13, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Writing the MIT Application Essays Hurgh. I know.

  

  The secret is... there's not really a secret. Just some tips. 0:18 A ... you want to study?" essay 5:17 The "how do you improve the lives of ... the MIT essays: This year's prompts and some advice from Petey

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • August 28, 2017
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Start of Something New Please forgive the High School Musical reference.

  

  set in the McCormick penthouse, attempted to create edible meals, and ... clearly not a wise decision. And how the many incredible events at MIT all somehow schedule themselves at the same time and cause tangible sensations

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • October 2, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  PSA: CrowdMath, by Art of Problem Solving and MIT PRIMES, is a thing now a brief note in between committee breaks

  

  A few weeks ago I got an email from Richard Rusczyk. Richard is the ... the opportunity to collaborate on a large research project with top ... 't know there was such a thing as the advanced math education world. If you

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 11, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Space Robots II: Attack of the Paradigm Shifts why undergraduate research is so much more than an opportunity

  

  satellites on the International Space Station! How cool is that?! Just a ... thing about being in a major that is both interesting in itself and widely ... >?  I just have no idea - there's to much exciting and wonderful in the

  • by Piper '13
  • January 27, 2012
• Blog / MISTI

  “Heroes” The second in a trilogy of Berlin photo entries, featuring Michael Jackson.

  

  , like the one in Prague. This is actually a field of huge stones, and you ... didn't want to turn. That sucked eggs. So we asked the lady sitting there ... that is why you should always carry WD-40. We went to the Berlin

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 14, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Spring Classes Online (...and a bit about a fall class, too.)

  

  Engineering. This is a great way to get introduced to the field, with some ... you pulled a hack (though the hosts said "prank")? Is it wierd to be in ... professional responsibilities and ethics. A required on-line evaluation is given

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 8, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Houston-area Suburbia kid Makes Trek to MIT Campus Preview Weekend with Mother By: Kevin, '11

  

  I was with the better half of my umbrella that tried to fly away on a ... 's premiere a capella groups performed and that was awesome as well. The next ... band at MIT) and he even found the perfect place for my arcade that has a

  • by Bryan
  • April 22, 2007
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Prof. Junot Diaz on The Colbert Report! MIT Writing professor Junot Diaz, winner of this year's Pulitzer Prize for fiction, appeared last…

  

  the interview, you should know that Lou Dobbs is a television ... know want to know what a triffid is. If you've got all that, enjoy ... A week ago, Professor Junot Diaz of the MIT Department of Writing

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 24, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  I can’t feel my face Snowmageddon 2018

  

  .  Plus, that ridiculous hood does a great job of keeping the snow and wind ... cold. Why-is-the-air-trying-to-kill-me cold. Something known (rather ... was actually the warmest that it’s been outside in a week. This has

  • by Taylor V. '19
  • January 5, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  McCormick: Girls Wanted Minh '10 shares her love of McCormick Hall.

  

  , and triples, and the Annex is a fairly recent addition to Mc ... entries, but the short version of the story is that I’m currently a freshman ... this anymore because I’ve kind of rearranged a lot of the furniture and

  • by Melis A. '08
  • June 24, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Class of 2018 Spring Welcome Events Come to Your Area Get a head start on meeting other members of the Class of 2018.

  

  . There is a whole MIT community that can’t wait to meet you ... to the class of 2018. If there’s an event in your area, you should ... MIT portal for the locations and times of these events, and for a comprehensive

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • March 20, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  Reflections Some thoughts on the admissions process, both to those who were admitted and those who…

  

  I know that it's been a long year, and now that you've had a week to ... of you to help make the world a better place. And I know you can ... great care and thoroughness that they deserve. On behalf of the entire

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • March 28, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  self care define it or perish

  

  me. every day is a grind, and keeping up with academics is about the ... , it helped me discover and focus on the things that make me feel like a ... encounters — a great thing about living with six people is that there's always

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • November 2, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Look as good you will not Some summer reading for the nerds out there. Which means all of you.

  

  enough to appreciate it. Not that everybody at MIT is a Star Wars fan. I ... doubles up unable to continue. Vader raises his arm and a flask on the table ... understand that it's just a device to show Vader's command of the Force, but I

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 1, 2006
• Blog / How to MIT

  Super Sketchy Background Activity the experiment, part 3

  

  playlists. You know, vibes and all that. A year ago we expanded on the idea ... [/annotation]. One of the first projects that comes to mind is when we asked Alison to ... Day video that Angela and Audrey already blogged about, but there were a

  • by kellen manning
  • June 5, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Why Do We Fall? so that we can learn to pick ourselves up

  

  tremendously and that didn't help. I switched to studying the text intensively to ... . My current action plan is to minimize watching lectures and reading the ... , someone is always going to undercut you and counter your "I only got 5 hours

  • by Erick P. '17
  • February 26, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Mastering Physics Has No Soul I love online assignments. har. har.

  

  sitting on my desk right now) In the meantime, if there is anything that I ... there? Believe it or not, there's a lot than meets the eye (stuff about ... forcing MIT down your throats. I feel like you should go to the school that

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 18, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Incoming freshmen, come to the Activities Midway tomorrow! Find a group where you can continue your hobbies and try something new.

  

  attention, which means that you will get a lot of free goodies and food. There ... that will be represented, click here. Below is a map of the table ... Johnson Athletics Center. You will have the opportunity to see almost every

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 30, 2007