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• Blog / Admissions

  International Admissions Conference My review of the annual OACAC conference.

  

  conference of the Overseas Association of College Admissions Counseling (OACAC ... plane) of the city of St. Louis, Missouri. A mural painted by our kind ... of place at the conference, since MIT is different than many other

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 12, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Why didn’t MIT have a logo until 2003? tracing the history of MIT's logo and graphic identity

  

  In another instance of historyposting, we'll look into the history ... different style of writing for this post, emphasizing the process of how I do ... asking about why the MIT colors are the way they are. And of course, being

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 22, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Summertime When the Thrills are Cheap and the living is easy.

  

  procrastinating about blogging throughout the majority of the second semester ... opinions, but the mind has always been fascinating to me. This is one of the ... Sciences. The departmental requirements are full of classes I would like to

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • July 28, 2009
• Blog / Events

  Why yes, I’m with the news I need a good fedora

  

  most Summit activities will be at Northeastern University, the Museum of ... the Museum of Science for free (yay MIT ID card!) and because I figured it'd be good to blog about it. We arrived at the Museum of Science and

  • by Snively '11
  • August 7, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  The Gender Problem Reflections on a year of Silicon Valley upheavals and confused HR departments.

  

  again a team of drastically more boys than girls.   The first ... that there are fewer women. But the interesting effect of being at MIT is that I sometimes forget what the outside world is like. Of course I know

  • by Selam G. '18
  • July 8, 2017
• Blog / About Decisions

  Some comforting blogs to read while you await decisions

  

  released — the few quiet hours that Ben once called the eye of the storm — I ... I wanted to open my decision alone so we could get the argument out of ... the 2019s in anticipation of pi day by Yuliya K. '18 (2015): but

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 13, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  Outside The Bubble Life? Oh yeah, I forgot I had one...

  

  (though you probably weren't...). I got the "i know this is a busy time of ... posts planned and then the first round of exams hit us. Some of them went ... am actually that much of a freak.) The fact that MIT’s its own little

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • October 28, 2010
• Blog / Athletics

  Adventures on the Charles Aka we go outdoors sometimes

  

  internships elsewhere) and I are trying to take advantage of the random ... because of the MITOC (MIT Outing Club) mailing list and other email ... we met up with the team! Meeting one of the captains of the team

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • June 15, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Blogger Freebie #2 And a plot twist!

  

  your schedule. Easy, over, done. However, the nature of MIT lends itself to one more blogger freebie. In four years of reading the blogs, I don ... the time to figure out that I had barely completed 65 out of 100 points

  • by Cam T. '13
  • November 15, 2009
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Get The Scoop The dish on ice cream around MIT.

  

  Without fail, if I could only eat one food for the rest of my life ... went at the end of last semester before it was time for us to take our finals. One of the nice thing about Tosci's is that they have some pretty

  • by Bryan
  • January 27, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Second… Fifth Week?

  

  fate of the MIT Class of 2010 is (more or less) set in stone. You ... communication course. In the next couple of weeks, I'll write a five-page paper on the different communication "cultures" of men and women, with

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • March 12, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Campos on Campus A True Westside Story

  

  IAP externship offer for the month of January and had the opportunity ... to think of myself as someone who asks the tough questions and is not afraid to get to the heart of issues. So in the spirit of Charlie Rose

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • June 20, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  it’s getting colder and i’m getting older on fall, friendship, and growing up

  

  , how it’s always dark out after my last class of the day, that tells me ... Masters of Engineering concurrently with finishing your bachelor's degree ... the chillest thing ever." For the most part, that's a stinking load of

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • November 3, 2023
• Blog / About Decisions

  In Which I Get Schooled By My Professor This video does not contain an improvised song, but it does contain Peter Reddien.

  

  weird gene expression with varying degrees of histone packing and ... ’ll table it for another post. Moral of the story: chromatin is a lot like me – if something’s messed up, it’s usually to blame.) The real gem of this

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • December 22, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  Admitted Students Update Lots of good and important stuff for both EA and RA admits.

  

  this fall (Yay! Welcome officially to the MIT Class of 2013!), that you're declining our offer of admission (it's okay, we know you're making the best ... Hello MIT Class of 2013! Here are some things that admitted students

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 16, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How I chose my classes A graduating senior's perspective; results may vary

  

  6.7800 (Inference and Information, the subject of the exam and by far the most challenging class I’ve ever taken) but four years of MIT ... good way). It’s one of the reasons why I’ve written so many blog posts

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • May 24, 2025
• Blog / People & Identities

  on the atlanta shootings from an asian american woman

  

  little space as possible offers the best protection. Both of them were ... year full of blades. If you are interested in supporting the victims ... to stay safe, but the request felt empty. How could any of us ensure

  • by Rona W. '23
  • March 26, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  for change in (expected + unexpected): print(change.get_thoughts())

  

  Tube advice videos or romanticized audiobooks or way too many of the MIT ... via the endless stream of short-form videos spoonfed to me by various ... ! There’s been a lot of the ways my life has changed, both expected and

  • by Allison E. '27
  • June 19, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Awesome Diva adventures When high school summer programs collide

  

  I’ve learned more about the inner workings of MIT from my summer job ... year I had applied to be a counselor, but I landed the job of AD. My boss ... Diva.” 617) Being AD means that any time any of the 77 students or any

  • by Kate R. '14
  • July 6, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Music Scene by a non-musician

  

  exist, I can confirm). It is the one form of art where I am perfectly ... that music is one of the most relaxing things, ever. Whether you ... affordable) way to relieve some of the stress MIT can give. And trust me, there

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • December 23, 2015