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• Blog / About Decisions

  On schools & context

  

  /character oriented, which I agree with, but why do so many of the kids at certain ... -based. That is, we consider each applicant on their own, within the context of ... families have different resources. The primary job of the application reader

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 23, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  Dishwashers, parents, space: what do these things have in common?

  

  use of a dishwasher is the last frontier in an immigrant household, an indication of complete Americanization. The dishwasher is a rare kitchen appliance in most countries outside of the US and apparently many immigrants

  • by Melis A. '08
  • October 9, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  As The Saying About Assumptions Goes… Assume = Ass + U + Me.

  

  on the topic of extra-curricular activities. We collectively lamented ... (and reward) the latter when we read, and that one of my favorite admits ... in order of priority). (We'll pause here to clarify for the record that

  • by Ben Jones
  • July 12, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Juniors: MITES, RSI and WTP deadlines approaching Summer programs at MIT for 11th graders.

  

  The three high school summer programs hosted by MIT -- MITES, RSI ... subsidized and offers financial aid. Here's a little more about them: Minority ... , engineering, and entrepreneurship. The Research Science Institute (RSI

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 26, 2007
• Blog / Announcements

  Welcoming you to the new MIT Welcome Center a new home for admissions, and all the institute's visitors

  

  3-108, which was part of the [annotation note="Now that we're no ... passageway between buildings 3 and 10."]complex of rooms along the Infinite ... ="Overlooking...Chipotle."]new office,[/annotation] on the second floor of a new building, E38, which is

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 28, 2021
• Blog / About Decisions

  News for Admitted Students Some next steps for those who received the good news.

  

  globe will be hosting gathering for the Class of 2014, as nearby campus as ... 're enrolling this fall (Yay! Welcome officially to the MIT Class of 2015!), that you're declining our offer of admission (it's okay, we know you

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 15, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Just some potpourri Zoo! New computer! Cooking! Books! Spine-crushingly tedious work at the lab!

  

  -year-old brother, and I am the happy owner of a shiny new Sony Vaio! My new Vaio is ... clueless about the actual workings of my shiny new Vaio; I know enough about ... Monkeyluv last week, and I am currently in the middle of a book I've been

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 22, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  (beginnings in which I say hello, and explain that unclosed parenthesis.

  

  all the previously mentioned Awesome Stuff that it offered. And I loved what I saw - not just the content of the blogs, but also the fairly ... , appealed to the journalist side of me). And that's why I'm really, really

  • by Michael C. '16
  • August 28, 2012
• Blog / IAP

  IAP in BRASIL! my summer in january

  

  the Southern Hemisphere as part of an MIT course: [annotation note ... I could talk about, but here's a snippet of what the class is about ... of books. The literature primarily encompasses black and indigenous

  • by Victor D. '27
  • February 5, 2026
• Blog / Life after MIT

  My Guilty Pleasure or why it's all about "the Hockey."

  

  . They buy blocks of tickets for events in the Boston area and offer them ... nice to find another place to study. My favorite option was the room of an upperclassmen down the hall who liked to study in one of the

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • January 1, 2009
• Blog / How to Food

  Come on, let’s go food truckin’ Where to find some cheap, reasonably tasty, and sometimes even healthy eats on campus.

  

  sandwich "barbecue", but I called it Sloppy Joe in front of the Europeans to ... went over pretty well, even though nobody quite got the hang of using the ... the quote of the evening, for me at least, came when Andreas from

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 24, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Note of Hope for Freshmen at Career Fair Yes, freshmen can find jobs!

  

  ; students are printing leaflets of resumes before the printers get tied up on ... ; I was so jealous of my friend Helen--she was working at the ed ... only a handful of the 2019s I know who ended up interning over the summer

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • September 21, 2016
• Blog / Events

  Grace Hopper a celebration of women in computing

  

  My employer recently sent me to the Grace Hopper Celebration of Women ... -dominated field. It was also a chance to get a selfie with CTO of the United States ... Matsuoda, the VP of Technology at Nest, she admitted that she didn't do

  • by Piper '13
  • October 29, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The New Show In Town [by David Freilach, Guest Blogger/Assistant Director, LVAC] ARTalk guest blogger David Freilach checks out the…

  

  to take a hardhat tour of the new Central Square Theater less than two weeks before it opened. I suppose as a member of the MIT community and a ... 's productions of Alice Underground. (Photo by CST) The tour was lead by Debra Wise

  • by ARTalk
  • August 14, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How to Fail: Part 1 Dealing with failure and trying to move past it.

  

  know what I thought was my shining glory, my thing to be proud of, the ... orientation, and one of the speakers asked, “How many of you thought high school was easy?” About two thirds of the auditorium raised their hands. I sat

  • by Selam G. '18
  • April 21, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  how i (kinda) studied for finals brought to you by "a PNR mindset"

  

  without the risk of failure Above all us, every upperclassman has one piece of advice: enjoy it. Naturally, a mental battle began the first week ... WEEK OF CLASSES Monday - Calculate the Scores I Need to Pass So far, I

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • December 22, 2024
• Blog / About Decisions

  Aftermath Literally.

  

  . This is understandable behavior. The past few months of your life were ... of the biggest perks about getting accepted early is also getting on ... longing for the “chill and settled” state-of-mind SSSs had since say

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • December 17, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  An Ode From A Science Fair Junkie in honor of intel isef 2018

  

  become a mosaic of all that life gives you. Your high points lay the ... full of finals studying to do. I’ve been one of those 1800 kids for the past three years of my life. And in the blink of an eye, I’ve gone from

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • May 13, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Day in the Life But make it four

  

  little montage where you get to see the live comparison of how each person ... our best to snap a picture every hour of what we were doing at the ... consider this an editorialized or ideal "day in the life at MIT." Of course

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • February 10, 2026
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Makers @ MIT how MIT supports student creativity and craft

  

  manufacturers to share their talents and hone their skills. As part of the ... and organizations have come together to support the National Day of ... with plans to support the creation of 10 new community fabrication labs

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 18, 2014