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• Blog / Challenges

  unquantifiable growth progress that can't be measured

  

  with quantifiable successes—exam scores, for example. And sometimes this ... upon what I have learned. Parse a text for irony and allegory? Simple. Scrutinize a block of imagery for theme and characterization? No problem

  • by Rona W. '23
  • May 5, 2019
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  January in Paris and two weeks of speaking French

  

  . Instead, we headed over to a café and enjoyed lunch with some of our guides ... Parisians who were very acquainted with the historical background and day ... the city, like the business sector and a neighborhood “populaire

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • January 23, 2018
• Blog / Events

  PumpkiNerd Carving My dorm had a pumpkin carving contest, and categories were funniest, scariest, geekiest, most original,…

  

  As I pasted in my previous entry, my dorm had a pumpkin carving contest, and categories were funniest, scariest, geekiest, most original, and best overall. Can anyone guess which category I entered my pumpkin

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • October 26, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  The Role You Play in the Admissions Process by Jenny Rifken, Director of Recruitment and Associate Director of Admissions @ MIT.

  to apply (I'll explain this in a minute) and honest with yourself in ... and you control two of them. You really can have a great deal of ... with the results. You decide where to apply and, ultimately, where to

  • by mitblogs
  • October 26, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I’m sitting at work right now Seems like as good a time as any to bang out a quick blog post

  

  (for his birthday, we made a Whirlpool Galaxy out of cake, frosting, and ... on the wall, with a picture of a spiral galaxy, and a Frisbee on the ... . Every now and then, someone throws a foam cup at someone else, for no

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 11, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Following My Passions At MIT [by Susan Shepherd '11] Can a writer fit in at MIT?

  

  look a little more closely, you might notice that for every student with ... a daunting task. I discovered MIT fairly early on in my search, and ... mathematics are very much a part of MIT's curriculum and culture, so too are the

  • by ARTalk
  • February 12, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Jigsaw Puzzle of Opinions Ramblings Of A Spring Semester Senior

  

  understanding of how my Ethiopian and American roots played a part. For example, I ... who I am. This all started when moving to Cambridge for a year caused a ... personal biases and cultural influences. It wasn’t until I took a moment to

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • March 25, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Online Learning Ecology in The United Kingdom An xTalk on Amazing Programs and FREE Resources

  

  requires the support of partners. For the Open University, a partnership with ... without regard for identity, income, or location. Ever dreamed of getting a ... students in 1971, 25,000 enrolled, and this at a time when the total student

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • May 1, 2016
• Blog / Life after MIT

  How To Fumble Your Way Through MIT and Still Turn Out Pretty Okay Step 1: Fumble. Step 2: Turn out pretty okay.

  

  introduction for the uninitiated: My name is Keri, I used to write here, and as a ... was born on the day I got into MIT. He's a child with feelings and a ... birthday and all. If you have a free moment or two, take some time to look

  • by Keri G. '10
  • August 8, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  QuestBridge, CPW, and YOU! A welcome from a couple of MIT Quest Scholars to our newly admitted Quest Scholars

  

  Boston with Dartmouth and Yale Quest Scholars. When I came for my CPW, the ... Ambassador (fancy word for students that interact with parents, alumni, and ... for about a year. But I’m passionate about all my activities, and if you

  • by Beatriz Valdez
  • April 2, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  We’re Up To Date! Tracking your application.

  

  have received. Now we're really ready to read applications! This is a good time for you to check your application tracking on MyMIT. It will show what materials we have processed for you. We should have the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 17, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Nate Silver visits MIT (or, do witches exist in real life?) No, he can't predict the outcome of your admissions decision. Probably.

  

  unemployed college freshman."  And the best part of being a prufesssional riter ... room, and the stubborn ExpressionEngine blogging platform with which I am ... blogging not being a real job, some people are professional bloggers.  And

  • by Michael C. '16
  • March 1, 2013
• Blog / Personal Projects

  Walking the Kerry Way journal of my fourth day in Ireland

  

  for, I requested beans and chicken. I made eggs with no oil and then ... showed a whole new space, the valley and the climbing mountain on the other ... forest to see the edge of a lake, the rippling water, and the beginning of

  • by Amber V. '24
  • August 10, 2023
• Blog / Events

  Commencement 2017 it's never too early to start reminiscing

  

  post some graduation pictures with some Commencement quotes and call it a ... wasn't given a ticket to Commencement. So I went with my friend in the ... -blowing new product. This product is a limited edition — and it’s extremely

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 9, 2017
• Blog / How to Human

  faith in the future

  

  leaving MIT and jumping into a future that was so solidly in place for me ... and just be a complete and utter dumbass for a little bit. I am not ... wading in a sea of big thoughts and feelings, but I can't individually

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 1, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  Sidebar: Visiting MIT this summer

  

  Timings for Boston-area Info Sessions & Tours, Summer 2005 Find below the timings for information sessions and campus tours at MIt & ... listed are for the information session, to be followed by a tour, unless

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 21, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  So you think you want to be a doctor: Pre-med at MIT

  

  's for med school, basically, and it's highly recommended that you take a ... 'm studying Mechanical Engineering with Biomedical Engineering, for instance ... have a more biological approach while 3.091 is more applicable to

  • by Melis A. '08
  • April 19, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Radio Radio

  

  allowed by the FCC, Turner and the lawyers for both stations found a legal ... WTBS [now TBS] for his station, and contacted the MIT radio station with ... condition that WTBS-FM would apply for and receive new call letters. Turner

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 2, 2005
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Deferred Early

  

  advice and instructions for deferred students on the blogs soon. ... As you know, we had a very competitive applicant pool in Early Action, and unfortunately we could not accept all of them. If your decision was

  • by Decisions
  • December 15, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Person Who Inspired Me to Start this Blog The girls of Sri Lanka have in Alia an incredible beacon of hope and defender…

  

  people who can’t locate Tibet on a map would clamor passionately for ... -Sevana, a home for sexually abused teenage mothers in Sri Lanka. No amount of ... clustered around a table in a long, dimly-lit room, holding and nursing their

  • by The Humanitarian Blog
  • December 9, 2007