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• Blog / Admissions

  For Applicants Admitsphere.org, four hens, two ducks, best wishes and high regard from Mac-town, Oregon

  

  I know it's late in the college application season--the deadline is near and the pressure is on--but for all of you who are still typing away ... in order to learn how to win at high school, college applications, and

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • December 27, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  11.125 educating myself on education

  

  how relevant English is in their lives and how present literary devices ... . Basically, anything that is designed to quantify a process will not only be ... created to measure. Maybe I’m just a nerd who has taken a lot of tests in

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • March 26, 2018
• Blog / Announcements

  For those whose applications have been interrupted by disasters and disruptions providing what information and comfort we can

  

  -income communities, which itself is a product of policy decisions regarding how ... not, there is no way to simply put your head down in college and learn a ... , and civil unrest around the globe, just to name a few. This is, alas

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 29, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT goes on the road Beginning Sunday until the end of October, my Admissions colleagues and I will go forth…

  

  in the MIT undergraduate student body? And, which foreign country is ... MIT is a good match for you? We will of course talk about admissions ... . This is also a good chance for students to meet their interviewer face

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 5, 2008
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread talk amongst yourselves

  

  Decisions come out in 36 hours, and I know a lot of you may be ... about admissions. this is a safe haven from that. you should not be ... can talk about stuff you do that you might have included in your

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 13, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Dorm Companion #2: Cat The Boston Globe discusses MIT's four cat-friendly dorms.

  

  allows cats in four of its 11 undergraduate dorms, a rare amenity that ... working in a veterinarian office and has two older cats at home. "I've grown ... pets everywhere," Nilsson said. "I don't think there's a school in the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 9, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  That’s right, you’re sick Thank you, nurse, for stating the obvious.

  

  .02 is like being hit by a train that is much bigger and moving far faster ... much rest as possible. Is there any way you can take a break for the next ... 's anyone who's ever been fine, it's me. See, I have not been sick in over a

  • by Keri G. '10
  • March 8, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  1 day in the life of an MIT student

  

  conversation with Katie '17, but she is in my sorority as well as a member of ... good food, and ask questions about how to become a real person in the ... 's considering doing a UROP in Brain and Cognitive Sciences as an EECS major. But

  • by Ana V. '15
  • November 12, 2014
• Blog / Events

  I Feel Cool Welcome to MIT, Mr. Gates!

  

  at the Gates scholars, who not only got to meet Bill Gates in a smaller ... I had a quick, whispered conversation in the audience: Ranjeetha ... academic question, and then - "So I'm curious...how does being such a rich

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • April 21, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Hartford meeting wrap-up Giving a better answer to a question I was asked in my Hartford meeting.

  

  exciting activities. In the spirit of "better late than never," here is a ... during the Q & A section that had me flummoxed. A young man in the front ... machines, and much more. Also, a number of dorms and houses maintain their

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 9, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Getting a Physics Major – Part I I split this up because i need to start studying for finals.

  

  , learned independently how to program in Matlab, conducted your full set of data analysis in Matlab, learned how to use Latex, written a 4-page ... Juniors in physics tend to complain a lot. The more of them there are

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • December 14, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Building, building, building, building This one goes out to the one I've left behind.

  

  ?" Yes, MIT is infamous for accumulating a collection of unusual and (dare ... inside is vibrant, if not necessarily practical. I take pride in biking ... , in which students were asked to write an essay analyzing its use of

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 28, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  my day in pictures

  

  you push a button: http://xeaphyr.tumblr.com/post/150788176669/i-made-a-teeny-computer-count-in ... 9:41 am: in lab   5:51 pm: in lab again...   7:44 pm: ...still in lab       it's been one of those days. we have

  • by Allan K. '17
  • October 13, 2016
• Blog / Athletics

  World Cup Finals

  

  A story from a few years ago: During the 1994 World Cup, I lived in ... had a great career) Which is why I celebrated with a heavy heart ... , Roberto Baggio. (It was in no small part due to his braids, I'll admit.) My

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • July 10, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Friday liveblog Let's see how long I can keep this up...

  

  campus to discover there's been a hack in Lobby 10! The hack is two giant ... surgeon. 9:28am: A parent's question: "How important is it to choose a major ... : "Living and learning at MIT is not a spectator sport." 9:24am: President

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 13, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The End of an Era The last lecture of 6.001

  

  that a course invented then [the 80's] is still so dead on in what ... unbelievably hosing. This particular post, though, is about a particularly well ... with it coming in. And because of this, the class has gotten a lot of

  • by Evan B. '10
  • January 8, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  MIT Culture Shock

  

  's weird to realize how easily you can immerse yourself in something, and not even realize how strikingly different it is from what you consider normal ... 10 PM, which was glorious in a way, but just meant that I got far less

  • by Laura N. '09
  • August 21, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  Finding Your Match and why it matters

  

  meaningfulness of finding your match. Maybe MIT is a match for you. In case it isn ... . That something is match. We talk a lot about match here at MIT ... at a rural but well-resourced public high school in New Hampshire. I

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 21, 2011
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  My Freshman Journey with Internships or: i get rejected a million times in a row

  

  't really have that much experience in writing cover letters or a resume; in ... hiring frosh. And in the case that the program is freshman and/or sophomore ... hosts the fall career fair. This is a pretty big deal at MIT, where all

  • by Cami M. '23
  • May 16, 2020
• FAQ / Academics and research

  What is the HASS Requirement?

  among the finest in the world. With more than a dozen academic fields, the ... . The requirement deepens our students' knowledge in a variety of cultural and ... Institute's capacity for innovation.  MIT SHASS is home to research that has