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• Blog / About Decisions

  This One is for the Families… ...but applicants can read it as well...

  

  smart and when I called them from the airport as I was leaving in ... and tried to keep it in mind at every stop I made. In a few days this ... 'll enjoy the moment. I certainly would were I in your place. Revel in it a

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • March 12, 2009
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Virginia Tech’s Commencement

  

  ingredient in healing. I have always had a gut feeling that the whole closure ... ." In the past five years, I have watched all 429 videos that are ... . This is an incredibly insightful talk. I first watched it in 2002, and

  • by Laurie Everett
  • May 31, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT ISEF Reception MIT will be present at the Intel International Science & Engineering Fair in Albuquerque this…

  

  ) to me (in the comments or via email). I hope you can join us! MIT ISEF ... 'll be at ISEF 2007 in Albuquerque, I hope to see you there! ... in the Intel International Science & Engineering Fair (ISEF) on

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 12, 2007
• Blog / Events

  Food Fights behold the deliciousness that could be yours

  

  I like eating. I like eating a lot. By which I mean both that I greatly enjoy eating, and I also enjoy eating great amounts of food. When I was a sophomore in college I once ate for the Internet. I had missed a

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 15, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Hurricane Katrina Trying to help, to the extent that we can.

  

  to work with you and accommodate your situation as much as we can. I ... Before getting too far into this entry, let me just say that I and all of my colleagues in Admissions and across MIT have those people

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 2, 2005
• Blog / Events

  IAP is moving along

  

  hallmates Brian '08, Ilan '08, and Matt '08. This year, I'm a TA. I'm in the ... that many friends already do and that I've been interested in doing for a ... : As you can probably tell, I'm trying to finish up my PE requirement

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • January 14, 2007
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Eating Studio Ghibli Foods 🌾 At a mini-restaurant pop-up by MINCE <3

  

  (Lunar New Year themed, in the McCormick Green Room!), but I felt like this ... -up[/caption]When I walked in, instead of the flowers and greenery I was expecting, I ... pictures of each dish before digging in. [annotation note="I kept thinking to

  • by Fiona L. '27
  • March 11, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT’s Fight against Gender Discrimination in STEM an excerpt from a fall class paper

  

  can definitely say that I learned a lot and improved in both reading ... , that was not exactly the case in practice). I wanted to learn more on the ... conditions of women at MIT. I have personally witnessed a shortage of women in

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • January 6, 2017
• Blog / How to MIT

  7 Rings actually just one but ya know

  

  You guessed it, I'm finally: And because there are literally so many ... rat, the ring design and what happens at ring delivery, I'm going to skip past that. As surreal as it feels, I've finished half of my

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • April 23, 2019
• Blog / Majors & Minors

  New Major in Climate System Science and Engineering

  

  —  in this topic, I wanted to make a quick blog post letting everyone know ... institutional behavior. Many of the best jobs held by leaders in the field, will ... problem, an expanding set of exciting career opportunities are emerging in

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 21, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  MIT and Slavery a developing history, and a live webcast

  

  universities is entwined with the history of slavery. Last spring, I sought Craig’s advice on how MIT could best explore its historical connections in this realm. Based on our conversation, SHASS Dean Melissa Nobles and I

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 16, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  We have nice things on the walls And I have pictures.

  

  . There are nice things on the walls of my room, too. I bought these in ... towers in New House), and the top floor of House 5. There are around 27 ... rest are singles. We have nice things on our walls. This is something I

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 10, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  As if course numbers weren’t enough: Learning your A, B, Cs, and OEs Different majors at MIT, and why I chose mine

  

  in a future entry.) I’m ashamed to say that I had received an email ... in 5 and 7, with minors in 9 and 14”. Translation: “I’m crazy.” Well ... are all numbered (e.g. “I have 5.111 at 12:00 in 10-250”) wasn’t enough

  • by Melis A. '08
  • November 11, 2007
• Blog / Challenges

  Navigating Offcampus Housing 101 finding housing is a fucking nightmare

  

  community. I went home until the end of the semester and moved in mid-May, so I wasn't involved in the process of finding an apartment. I'm told ... . Doable in a week, even. Little did I know that it would take over a month

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • August 11, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  I’m still here (and MIT’s still hard) The little comment that wasn't. (This isn't edited. It sounds awkward at times. Deal.)

  

  think it's kind of hard. OH, CHRIST. I HAVE NO CHANCE OF GETTING IN." (I ... .) In response to all of these comments, I'd like to deliver a poorly ... I started writing a brief response to some of the comments on Chris

  • by Keri G. '10
  • January 12, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Fold, Throw, Recycle I used to get in trouble for doing things like this.

  

  In kindergarten, I used to get in trouble for throwing paper airplanes in class, but apparently, that's not the case at MIT. I received this email just now in my inbox. I might try to revive my skills. For

  • by Bryan
  • December 11, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  last concert

  

  they can hear themselves). i thought it was cool that our final setup ... equipment; i think i got better at event planning in the process i won ... have no idea what to do with my interest in music now that i’m no longer

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • May 26, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  ETH Zürich, hier komme ich! A semester of all things Swiss German and chocolate to come

  

  I'm studying abroad next semester at ETH Zurich in Switzerland! (Or ... friends and I had considered taking part in the Cambridge-MIT Exchange for ... . The following day, I got an email with an offer for a spot in the

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • November 1, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sights, Sounds, Smells, Tastes, and Feels of IAP photo dump

  

  .   In New York, my friends and I tried an all you can eat sushi ... soon, I just moved in.   As part of Orientation each fall, MIT ... wanted to try an experiment in Soylent, a meal replacement shake. I first

  • by Erick P. '17
  • February 9, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  No more school, no more books Professors are people, too. Importantly, they're people who give free food.

  

  , just a test review led by the TAs. I don't believe in test reviews (I ... in fundamental discoveries on just about any disease you can shake a ... of year for end-of-the-term dinners, and I've been to two in the past

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • May 17, 2006