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• Blog / Athletics

  Nadal, Federer, Helfant ‘85 Adam Helfant '85 is the new boss of professional men's tennis.

  

  one thing that strikes me is that there are a lot of MIT applicants who ... , Helfant lived in Burton-Conner, the same dorm that currently is home to ... Engineering, earning his degree in just three and a half years. After MIT, he

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 31, 2009
• Blog / Majors & Minors

  Urban Studies and Planning at MIT! On the DUSP: Part 2

  

  Urban Studies and Planning (Course 11) is a small, interdisciplinary major ... very... abstract. After bouncing around for a while, I'm now a double in ... planning. In particular, my main interest is in transportation, particularly

  • by Victor D. '27
  • December 3, 2025
• Blog / Classes

  IAP thoughts two weeks late, but with an illustration!

  

  architect be placed in a particular climate change context? Is there a way to ... probably write a post about it, but this is not that post. Instead, this is ... : the micro-internship and the class. But even then, “having time” is a

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • February 15, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  PSA: new HASS concentration in Computing and Society studying humans? studying computers? porque no los dos?

  

  . However, an MIT convention that spans the two is the HASS concentration, a ... rise to the level of a [annotation note="Although, if a minor is offered in the same field, a student may extend their concentration into a

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

  On Greatness

  

  can I fit in?" It's a question that's been on the forefront of my mind lately, and it's got me thinking about incredible people and what it is in ... to is: No one has become great by wanting to be great, greatness is a

  • by Chris M. '12
  • June 11, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Our Essay Questions i am havink qvestion

  

  MIT application is that we don't prompt for a single, longform essay ... Update: this list is no longer accurate as of 8/18/2015. But the ... . Instead, for a variety of reasons, we use our own application, hosted

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 1, 2013
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  snowfall as the snowflakes fall, they remind me of home

  

  ="incidentally, admission is free for MIT students"]Museum of Fine Arts[/annotation]with a ... matter in the entire month…until Friday," to which I say, "weak sauce"']a ... . [annotation note="in sOuTh dAkOtA"]At home,[/annotation]the snow starts in

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • October 31, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  The DHL Fiasco I really want to thank those of you (you know who you are) who turned…

  

  unethical. So - thanks again to everyone who helped turn this wrong into a ... Hi folks. Hope everyone had a good weekend. Mine was good until the DHL fiasco, but thanks to many of you, that was a lot better than it

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 14, 2005
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Survey says… A LOT of freshmen report that they were leaders in high school!

  

  they held some sort of leadership position in high school. Out of a list ... confident in their the ability to “function effectively as a member of a team ... this. I was a captain of my Cross Country and Track teams in high school

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • January 25, 2011
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Random notes A little bit of this, a little bit of that.

  

  producing and is rumored to also be in the film. I don't know if you caught it in all the pre-deadline craziness, but a recent entry by Melis entitles Everybody Loves A Math Joke is now the most popular post ever on the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 9, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Saturday at the water park

  

  This is a tale of two college kids from two completely different ... my boyfriend and I ended up at the water park in the first place is that he's from a ski family; they own a condo in Maine and he's a

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 8, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  We, the people

  

  the Senior House dormitory), who snuck in just as the film began. I didn ... -line summary of the film: "It was a geeky, MIT-type of film." In many ways, he ... . The dramatic climax of the movie, in true MIT style, is Mohan's attempt

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 18, 2004
• Blog / MISTI

  Bavarian Rhapsody I'm just a poor boy, I go to MIT.

  

  the 2006 World Cup is "a time to make friends." Who wouldn't want to be ... the Hofbräuhaus, which is probably a little like Durgin Park in Boston ... Munich that afternoon, but there were a lot of people walking around in

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 29, 2006
• FAQ / Life and culture

  Is campus safe?

  well-being of the entire MIT community. "The MIT Police mission is to ... on a safe academic environment as well as emergency medical service 24 hours a day, 7 days a week all year long. We provide these vital services
• Blog / Admissions

  Trip Report: IOI 2015 in Kazakhstan of khans and computer science

  

  . Participation in the ISOs is neither a requirement nor expectation of applicants ... EducationUSA (EdUSA) office in American Corner. EdUSA is a U.S. Department of ... in a kind of academic olympics. At IOI 2015, 322 students from 83

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 10, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Mistakes & the inspiration we need to move on

  

  My lack of blogging this semester is largely a reflection of how this ... that I wanted to try and do a minor in course 20. I figured I'd start ... end. I forgot what I was really interested in, which is honestly just

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • November 19, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT ‘10: Corey Kubber MIT will help Corey Kubber '10 "develop and grow, with some eccentric, genius-type people."

  

  member of Mensa International, which is open to people who score in the top ... recently won a $2,500 scholarship from the Morikami Museum in Delray Beach ... , presented the scholarship to Kubber in a ceremony at the museum last month

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 30, 2006
• Blog / Announcements

  A New Year, A New President Introducing Dr. Sally Kornbluth, the 18th President of MIT

  

  coaster —  you can tell this is a center for intellectual fun." In response ... read more about President-elect Kornbluth in a comprehensive article from ... ="I'll see if I can post a video later if it becomes available."]In a Q&A

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 20, 2022
• Blog / About Decisions

  Pi on Pie So much pi[e].

  

  this blog post I’m going to go back to grading. (“Grading” is a word ... ’s Random Hall weekly-ish study break. In honor of Pi Day Irina O. ’15 and ... .909859317102744... π pies over the internet.   (A secret: the pies are a lie. Their

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • March 13, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  wow. my first three weeks being an actual student actually at mit

  

  'm still in a state of shock (so try to forgive me if this post is all over ... giving his students free tickets to a show he's playing. How rad is that ... . We split in to groups and designed objects meant to fix a problem in

  • by Joe B. '18
  • September 19, 2014