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• Blog / Admissions

  Clarification On Last Post I was really just trying to say that when I look at your names in…

  

  Hi folks - a comment I received in response to the last entry: I ... a single applicant's numbers, to tell you the truth, and I'd be hard-pressed to find a single admissions officer who could. Because you are not

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 18, 2004
• FAQ / International applicants

  How do international students apply to MIT?

  limited to): the IB, A Levels, the French Baccalaureate, and CBSE. Your ... We understand that it's difficult for international students to apply to schools in the U.S., but almost one-quarter of MIT's applications
• Blog / How to Human

  Advocating for Science on Capitol Hill, Part 1 My name is Anna Ho, and I'm here representing the American Astronomical Society.

  

  important changes in policy. This week, his job is to prepare a delegation of ... year olds, expected to become experts in a wide variety of areas often ... the next closest thing.” To help staffers, there is a non

  • by Anna H. '14
  • April 24, 2014
• Blog / Events

  101 Things to Do Before You Graduate from MIT What every MIT graduate should have experienced.

  

  At orientation, we received a list of "101 Things to Do Before You ... been to a Bruins game, but two of my best friends, Anna '08 and Maria '08 ... Ring Delivery, we went to the Top of the Hub for some cookies and a good

  • by Melis A. '08
  • September 16, 2007
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  MIT.01: Intro to the Institute, part 3 (Finals) You may begin at the sound of my voice. You have an hour to answer…

  

  MIT is likely to face, come 2113? 6)Over a 1000 freshmen will be ... will you say hi to, if a new fish is born today? 7) “Are new fishes born ... one freshman in the eye without freaking him or her out to begin a

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • September 26, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What’s happening with the Digital Currency Initiative developing blockchain technologies here at MIT

  

  managed to raise $500k in funding and a ton of faculty sponsors to ... organized a MLTalk with the DCI developers and Media Lab director Joi Ito to ... , the DCI announced a $900,000 Bitcoin Developer Fund to to cover salaries

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 28, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  Grocery Store Run Run, Geza, run!

  

  line for hours for milk, to enjoy a weekend in the beautiful New England ... decent shape, my whole family decided to visit. We had a great time. My ... . Needless to say, this was not a bad position to be in. She forced me to

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • September 28, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  Finding my place at MIT It's an ongoing process

  

  I saw going to college as a rebirth. I really disliked high school. College was a chance to both remake myself in a friendlier mold and to build ... something I have to rebuild. I was a pretty lonely high schooler. I didn

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • April 2, 2019
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  is leadership the same as management buzzword alert

  

  : how to delegate things. delegate is a fancy word meaning getting someone else to do it. in esp we have a saying, which is "your job is not to do ... "hey do you want to pick this up?" and neither of you put a date it won

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 7, 2022
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  From East to West: An American’s Cross-Atlantic Voyage The start of my MISTI UK experience

  

  knights from London to Bristol, where I currently reside in a castle. I ... me. He closed his eyes and heaved a sigh. Turning to me, he grumbled ... (a little slower, but cheaper). As tempted as I was to take the Lizzy

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • June 10, 2025
• Blog / Community Projects

  Bad Ideas events I went to (another late IAP post) i can’t believe ellie beat me to the punch

  

  was probably the one event I was most excited to go to. There were a lot ... much milk as you possibly can. Casein (a protein found in milk) binds to ... tried to kick a small target on someone who’s running away from me. By the

  • by Anika H. '26, MEng '27
  • March 8, 2025
• 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…

  

  in response to this degradation – degradation of a noble activity ... Emerge the old-fashioned way: one trip to Sri Lanka at a time, one lecture ... from Victoria’s Secret to Sarvodaya, a Sri Lankan group that

  • by The Humanitarian Blog
  • December 9, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Toilet @ MIT The Ben Schreck Shits 2015 Calendar.

  

  decided to clean up the toilet, which was also a photoshoot on its own, with ... wanted to expand the idea and manufacture a bunch of calendars to sell. Is ... a fresh one from Home Depot. We upgraded from trash toilet to lowest

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • November 16, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Bicycle Diaries Like the motorcycle ones, except far less artsy and with a serious lack of Gael…

  

  locked it up for me, after which we took the bus to Harvard to see a comedy ... was press a button to lock your car and you were good to go? Parking a ... like I am stealing, since I'm only unlocking a lock that is locked to

  • by Jess K. '10
  • November 4, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  On Comics and Role Models I interviewed one of my favorite professors because she’s amazing

  

  , what information to include and focus on, and how to write for a comic ... assignments grew in length (from a 1-page comic to a 20-page full issue with a ... , we read and discussed a new webcomic or graphic novel to see all the

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • December 18, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  [Guest Post] Why did I come to MIT? by River A. ‘26

  

  even learned to sow at the Metropolis Makerspace and made a reversible ... a wooden pull toy. I am learning how to be a leader through dorm ... degree to be (6-2? 6-1? 2A-6? 6-3?). To be transparent, this approach has

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • February 2, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  A New Year’s Resolution, MyMIT-Style Thoughts on my proposal to make MyMIT more community-based.

  

  vacation outlining a lot of changes I'd like to make to MyMIT to make it a ... functionality a bit to make sure you're seeing new stuff all the time. The major part of my proposal was an outline to turn the portal into more of a

  • by Ben Jones
  • January 7, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Spring break Q&A: Part 2 where I FINALLY answer the rest of your questions :'D

  

  Thanks to everyone who left questions in my Q&A! I haven't gotten ... 're that ambitious. Work on a project that you've always wanted to work on ... while you're a student, and a class that you planned to take in sophomore

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • April 15, 2026
• Blog / Academics & Research

  In case you want to travel over IAP… You have a lot of options!

  

  ’s possible to do so on a college student budget. But what if you’re pursuing a really technical major, and it’s hard to get outside credit from a school ... of IAP abroad programs. I thought it might be useful to write a quick

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • November 11, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  grad school vs. undergrad should you MEng?

  

  . I’m a teaching assistant. To get funding, most MEngs have to TA or RA ... fellowship. In particular, we have the 6-A program, which allows you to intern ... market was difficult and they struggled to land a job. Totally

  • by Rona W. '23
  • December 9, 2023