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• Blog / Admissions

  Looking Back, Looking Forward In which I take a study break, discover some embarrassing videos, and tell you why…

  

  'll finally get to meet you in person. For those of you coming to CPW - be prepared for an amazing time, complete with the prospect of little to no ... handle it. During CPW, I sat in on an 8.02 (Physics II: Electricity and

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • March 31, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  October Questions Omnibus 2 Wow, lots of questions to be answered...

  

  will be in time for the application submission to MIT! However, I have an ... ! What SPECIAL factors do you look out for in these research essays? Can ... this?from email?? in MyMIT or??" You can send me an email (you can look

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 30, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Smashing pumpkins and other halloween treats Turning back time and dropping squash off of tall buildings

  

  backward correlates with a small increase in the number of fatal auto ... skating rink. Students got to ice skate for free in their creative Halloween ... from The Matrix. For the record, I was a Matrix fanatic in 8th grade. I

  • by Melis A. '08
  • October 30, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Boston Book Festival #3 of 3 Boston Adventures

  

  , Thirteen Ways of Looking. Another best-selling author, Claire Messud, came to ... authors! I purchased Colum McCann's new Thirteen Ways of Looking ... . My favorite author spoke in the same manner that he wrote. I wondered

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • May 14, 2016
• Blog / Events

  Silent Dance Party If we had the chance, we'd ask the world to dance.

  

  number, size, and volume, to the point that people in China can almost no ... worth the look on Roe's face when he walks in to a room full of 20 people ... in the future. On a more positive note, I have a single for the first

  • by Jess K. '10
  • September 17, 2007
• Blog / Life after MIT

  An Entrepreneur’s Story How billionaire entrepreneur Pat McGovern '59 got his start.

  

  looking for a cheaper price, so I said I could use high school students and ... sent me checks for $20,000 each. I rushed to deposit the checks in my ... philanthropist behind such ventures as the McGovern Institute for Brain Research at

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 22, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Video games I’ve played this semester trimps, mother 3, hades, and vampire survivors

  

  . Mother 3 A charming Nintendo RPG for the GBA, Mother 3 has an interesting ... translation, known for having thousands of hours of effort poured in by fans ... it's unlike Hades in many ways. The story almost feels like an excuse

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 30, 2022
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Three of a perfect pair Biking! Clothing! Exploding! A day in the life.

  

  , but for hers. Think of the children. Also, you shouldn't be driving in ... lobsters. Then we ran around for twenty minutes looking for a parking meter ... . Luckily, all of our mothers had instilled in us at an early age to always

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 5, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Mathematics for Computer Science – “Top 10 Proof Techniques NOT Allowed” 6.042 has been a very engaging and entertaining class thus far.

  

  classes for junior fall. One of the classes I'm in this semester is 6.042, or in regular-speak: "Mathematics for Computer Science". It. Is. SUPER ... 6.042 10. Proof by throwing in the kitchen sink: The author writes

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • September 12, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Regular Action Deadline Some answers to frequently asked questions about regular action and the MIT application process. Our…

  

  . We believe the word limits as stated for the essay questions in the ... Report, an online form which will be available in about a month. On this ... Admissions is currently closed for the holidays, and is not accepting emails or

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 29, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Regular Action Deadline MIT's regular action deadline is January 1.

  

  . We believe the word limits as stated for the essay questions in the ... Report, an online form which will be available in about a month. On this ... , one in science). We we only use the scores that make you look best, and

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 29, 2010
• Blog / Classes

  classes i’m taking this spring study abroad edition

  

  look like problem sets, but we do not have to turn them in every week ... for each class in the entire term. this is because a lot of your grade ... requirement yet. in hindsight, it was a really good decision! the professor for

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • March 22, 2024
• Blog / Challenges

  Somewhere in between Trying to find out where I belong at MIT

  

  occasionally law school, looking for places to live in their new found location ... the whole “I took a year to study in China, but I studied Chinese, so it ... a degree in Chinese, but I have to go for another year to finish my

  • by Ben O. '19
  • May 13, 2019
• Blog / IAP

  The Abstract The adventure density has been high

  

  I owe you an explanation for my absence (and you'll get WAY more ... acceptable use of IAP! I turned my cell phone off, set up an auto-response on ... : After my last final on December 20, I flew home to London for winter break

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 4, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  August, Airplanes, and why not throw in Spring Break, too? My traveling styles. And, I don't even know, maybe a catch-up thing?

  

  thing was from a display in the airport. I was looking for more proof that ... -just-walked-3-miles-for-this look my face. After getting on the wrong train in DC ... there for more than 4 hours, so they delayed my arrival time in Chicago

  • by Ana V. '15
  • March 31, 2013
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  every book I read in 2022 all nine-plus of them

  

  dove right in. I was back home in New York for a couple of weeks, it was ... didn’t. Jemisin is, however, an extremely popular and successful author ... Murderbot series, in contrast, is perfect. It’s well written, funny, has an

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • January 8, 2023
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  World Cup Final in Boston An MIT- and Boston-centric look at the Italian victory.

  

  an Italian victory in World Cup soccer. It would be hard to imagine greater excitement in the streets of Palermo. For France, though, all they ... was huge here in Boston, home to a large Italian-American population

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 10, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Why Leadership? (guest post) Inclusive leadership and vision-building at LeaderShape 2018.

  

  Wonderland Camp and Conference Center in Sharon, MA for the MIT Leader ... this speech. Because I might have sat back and waited for an opportunity ... communities are most important to you? what would the future look like in my

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • January 21, 2018
• Blog / Challenges

  Alien in America A display of feelings; a post that might not make any sense.

  

  yell "China China!" or when just a month ago, in Nanjing, some creepy ... friends, Netsanet (name changed) is an Ethiopian born in the United States ... an armory in my head full of counterarguments, of examples, and most of

  • by Selam G. '18
  • July 14, 2016
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Guest Entry: Leadership @ MIT You can become a leader on the MIT campus. Here's how...

  

  are required for competitive higher positions in all organizations ... leadership roles in our fields. Leadership at MIT has become an Institute ... group processes…The description for a good leader can go on and on, but in

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 14, 2008