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• Blog / About Decisions

  Denied by MIT, Now A Goldwater Scholar finding her way four years later

  

  something and that it was worth trying for anyway. It's a really huge ... story of a student we had denied in 2011, and how well he had done ... are), then someday you'll look back on this Pi Day and realize it all

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 18, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Your Friendly Neighborhood Dream-Destroyer "How Could You Work There?"

  for a living. And yes, turning down applications is a huge part of the job. However, when I think of the colleagues I work with on a daily ... helping coordinate the opening show for our Campus Preview Weekend - a super

  • by DJ Rock
  • May 30, 2019
• Blog / IAP

  small changes feeling big my winter in Armenia

  

  , circuit-build, and code—culminating in a solar-powered night light. The project was very cute and a good means to pick up skills. The experience was ... , followed by Russian, with English a distant third. A circular park anchored

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • February 17, 2025
• Blog / How to Human

  trust how do you decide who to trust when there are lots of untrustworthy people?

  

  , interacting with a broad spectrum of people seems to be worth the risks and ... world we live in and it probably won’t be for a while, so in the meantime ... as a kid, i used to always be on edge when interacting with people

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • January 11, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Cellular neurobiology The more syllables it has, the cooler it is

  

  : "Dendrite" comes from the Greek for "tree". If you look at a live neuron in 3 ... , which form a scaffold for the receptors and their associated factors ... for you to try out the squad and see if you would enjoy being a

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 1, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What do you want to be when you grow up? Worst. Question. Ever.

  

  mood lately and want to do nothing but lie on a beach reading all day for ... 've been corresponding with Telefónica lately, a telephony and IT company ... short today), and then I wandered around the fair, looking for cool

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 2, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  musings on duty and purpose brought to you by slow ambles through lobby 10 at twilight

  

  work and to live with a goal, to plan for a job in which I can help other ... ’d been part of for a long time, that I knew a lot about and that, by senior ... Thanks to Petey and Kathleen for giving me the idea to blog about

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • November 13, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Case of the Considerate Robbers and other winter adventures

  

  ) and the traditional empanadas, stuffed with meat, egg, and a singular ... cash, an iPhone, a set of keys tagged with the apartment address, and a ... stipend for accommodations, food, and a bit of travel! They have incredibly

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • August 3, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  Fun things I’ve done lately! life isn't all being hosed

  

  . Along with my friends and my roommates, I've been on a mission to actually ... visited before, for the primary reason that it was a nice-looking park that ... app when I had a fun idea for an app; I play board games with my

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • November 8, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  You Got The Gig So excited about ALL the Things!

  

  Rachel, and I love course 3 (materials science).  I love looking at how ... got to go to Washington D.C. for a week and I met the most intelligent ... . After we chilled with the President and met a bunch of Senators, we all

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • August 29, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  On APs Trying to clarify the role of AP courses in the MIT admissions process.

  

  process, we are looking for students who enjoy a challenge and love learning ... sometime the only) option for students looking to be challenged and ... -- sometimes a fifth, sixth, or seventh AP course for the year (!) -- and

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 14, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  MIT Guests on The Colbert Report All the MIT guests Stephen Colbert has had on his show.

  

  , and Freedom University (a college for undocumented students).   ... (Head Honcho of the Bloggers and Senior Counselor for Web Communications) sent out an email with a link to a retweet by @cmsw_mit of a tweet by

  • by Erick P. '17
  • July 17, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Growing Pains And Every Other Type of Ache

  

  , have a golden retriever, and live in a blue townhouse, with sunflowers in ... heart lay with the study of life, and then I decided to become a computer ... love Next. 3E is a place where I’ve found people I adore and a close

  • by Shorna A. '25
  • December 6, 2022
• Blog / Public Service & Activism

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

  

  , a poster reading “Celebrating Complicity with a Billionaire and War ... , to work together and find opportunities for both countries to benefit ... administration came under sharp criticism for collaborating with a regime that

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

  Checking In A brilliantly exciting recap of the last month.

  

  -fed at every turn. Even though I lived in Berkeley and Oakland for over a ... for Waitsfield, Vermont, where I spent a week hiking (and eating... a ... .) So now I'm back and making plans for the summer. I have a bunch of

  • by Ben Jones
  • June 13, 2007
• Blog / Athletics

  IM sports totally rock

  

  hockey jersey, I swell with pride. It's a great design for a uniform (I ... affiliation with such a great community and really cool architectural building ... a degree, and lifelong friends, and...) to show for it! Sorry for the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 17, 2004
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Another Toy Story Turns out toy design isn't all play, but that doesn't mean it's not fun!

  

  toy to look like. Eventually, we had to merge our works-like and looks ... takes a VERY long time... and our last part was going to be finished ... end for the PLAYsentations. It was incredibly wonderful. Looking

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • May 25, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Putting The Pieces Together: Hacking at MakeMIT in which four biological engineers spend 16 straight hours making something

  

  Markforged 3D printers), as well as opportunities for consultations and prizes ... a table by the windows with an excellent view of the Z center and ... head-banging, we never stop laughing and having fun. Being faced with a

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • March 12, 2017
• Blog / Events

  A Couple of Firsts With a picture game

  

  ” and wear it around my neck along with a reporter’s hat. Oh well, on to ... , Google, Tumblr, Twitter, Yelp, and Google! (I spent a lot of time at the ... . But who cares! I met all of them, got a sense of what they’re like, and

  • by Erick P. '17
  • October 17, 2013
• Blog / Life after MIT

  I’m more than twice as old as when I started my blog Rumors of my relevance are greatly exaggerated

  

  I filled it out by hand and mailed it with a stamp. I remember this ... with a 15-year run (and counting) in my chosen field, peeking behind the ... behavior, at least try to be a little patient with them now, and even indulge

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • January 20, 2025