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• Blog / Admissions

  The MIT Midyear Report Further information about completing the MYR.

  

  should report what your school reports.)For example: AP Chemistry A ... to report -- so if you're in a school that doesn't have midyear grades ... , you should list both quarter grades. For example: Biology A, A

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 1, 2012
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  MIT = Home the excitement of a freshman

  

  either. I still have not unearthed a pattern in the numbering of its ... exploding into a primeval scream in the moment I knew my life would never be ... will all crowd in the kitchen for waffles and a good time, and I cannot

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • September 14, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  I’m studying poetry to be a better engineer, and this is why

  

  bullet is destructive. Perhaps I should elaborate. A bullet is not ... hours in class analyzing those poems, and written 5000 words on a few ... powerful play goes on and you may contribute a verse.” I’m not going to make

  • by Michael C. '16
  • November 14, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Average The benefits of challenging yourself in high school

  

  As a freshman in college, one of the most important things I do is ... culture here on campus. All in all, I just wanted to end with a message to ... learn what I loved to do. Lastly, the path to getting into a good college

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • November 16, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  November 1 Updates The latest from the Admissions Office.

  

  . You should schedule your interview before December 10, even if you are ... [Editor's note in 2017: This post contains outdated contact ... ; It's November 1. MIT Early Action applicants are wondering, what

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 1, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  ZigZag Episode 7 A new episode features Commencement highlights and an interview with the party button guys.

  

  Commencement and MIDAS (a.k.a. the party button). Check it out. Marsha Bolton hosts this episode, and it features some interviews I conducted with ... working on a Masters in Fine Arts degree full time for the next year; Zig

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 18, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Future of Work How can people and computers be connected so that—collectively—they act more intelligently than any individuals,…

  

  years, Terkel's Working still holds up, it's a great read. I suspect in ... When I was in high school one of the most influential non ... . "Working" had a profound affect on me as I thought about work, and the basic

  • by Laurie Everett
  • March 6, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Combining the Arts and the Sciences Some of the best science writing is happening at MIT. Find out how to get…

  

  science journalist. I went there just to get a feel for what a career in ... -edge research. This semester I’ll be taking a Science Essay class. Should be fun ... , as a rule, be expressed in a language comprehensible to everyone

  • by Melis A. '08
  • January 21, 2007
• Blog / How to Food

  [GUEST POST] Cooked Cooking by Joy X. '29

  

  on the floor (in a bag) as hard as I could, and it barely cracked.  I ... friend Henry J. ‘29 from East Campus. What I love about East Campus is that ... , along with a lot of oil.  Here’s a fun challenge: take a guess at what we

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • February 14, 2026
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  All my pasts and futures A blog entry about band and quiz bowl, to prove that I'm still hip.

  

  could get more than a dozen members in the band! This was the first day I ... competition, I sent an e-mail to my floor telling them to keep three things in ... came up in the lightning round. Do you do quiz bowl? You should know

  • by Sam M. '07
  • March 19, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Back to Boston Recommended Orientation events

  

  of all of the fun I have been missing. I am involved in a couple of Orientation activities, so naturally I will plug them. WHAT: Women ... should be reading blogs (or sleeping more than an hour a night, or paying

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • August 27, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Love that dirty water

  

  I've returned from France to the States just in time for lots of ... that I've returned from a long time away, I'm getting ready to head out ... 're in one of those areas, I hope you'll come see me at one of my meetings

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 1, 2004
• Blog / How to Food

  Write about Tea (with tea (with Paige))

  

  coffee did make me a more well-rounded person. Anyways. So what I did, was ... I might become. Who knows what else will change about me in the next ... I started writing blogposts when I came to MIT. I wanted to be like a

  • by Paige B. '24
  • March 24, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Schedules are up!

  

  take 21A.100 (Intro to Anthropology) -- I'm concentrating in anthropology ... website, and I did not like what I read. There seems to be a lot of writing ... schedule for the next term, but this takes place several months before a term

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 18, 2005
• Blog / Advice

  You’re doing it wrong Some constructive advice from the Director for filling out the application

  

  adversely impact our review. I have highlighted a handful of my least ... to have complete information. I know some feel like it may be a hassle ... , please send a note or email directly to me.  While that may result in me

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • September 9, 2022
• Blog / Life after MIT

  My Friend the Parasitic Scientist A Random Hall alumnus on reality television!

  

  super well with Moogega and Ivan. What did you build in the EE lab? I ... computers? Nope! What did you bring with you to Nerdvana? I brought a bunch of ... I want to tell you about a friend of mine who is on television this

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • January 26, 2013
• Blog / Announcements

  Be a Blogger 2024!

  

  blogger application." While some days I'm in Cambridge at the MIT Welcome Center, most of my summer is spent in Framingham, where: I go on my ... "]an açaí tradicional,[/annotation] and sometimes to [annotation note="What I

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • July 1, 2024
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Next steps Relax, guys. I'm still going to be around.

  

  , so I'll be working a few hours a week in the Admissions Reception ... my mother that I'm expected back in Ohio for at least a few days ... are approximately a majillion labs to rotate in, and I need to get

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • May 26, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  a season of secondhand joy on mudita and vicarious delight

  

  hey. it's christmas season in mit. i was never a big fan of christmas ... something you use to eat a meal at a dining hall. people who live in dorms ... . food, in general, is a nice way to express care for someone else. there

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 12, 2021
• Blog / About Decisions

  “Who Needs Harvard?” Generating your college list based on which schools fit your personality, not your ideas of…

  

  biology programs. What I should have also paid attention to was the school ... Admissions: In a kind of virtuous circle, the "second tier" schools got better as applications rose and they could become choosier in assembling a

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 15, 2006