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• Blog / Academics & Research

  And now for the feature presentation… ...IN STEREO.Don't ask. It's an LSC thing. I don't really get it myself.

  

  feature length entry for your enjoyment. I (finally) got around to editing ... off. The drive fits, but it doesn't take much for it to slide around just enough for my computer to get angry with me for removing hardware

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 28, 2006
• FAQ / First-year application

  How does MIT select students for admission?

  The selection process at MIT is holistic and student centered: each application is evaluated within its unique context. No school, state, or regional quotas are applied; neither is preference given…
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Your college application motivation soundtrack for November Reflect, rewrite, repeat

  

  App essays, or gearing up for the MIT regular deadline. Wherever you are

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • November 2, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Reaffirming our support for international students

  

  for residents of certain countries. This past weekend, a group of ... reaffirm our support for international students (as we did before for our ... America safe. We embody the American passion for boldness, big ideas, hard

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 3, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Introducing Amino: Desktop Bioengineering for Everyone an MIT alumna makes a counter-top sized biolab that enables anyone to grow living cells…

  

  for Rihanna and Imogen Heap, developed smart materials for Aston Martin ... group with a thesis titled "Amino: a domestic system for synthetic biology ... materials for designers, technologists, and artists to explore, and yet

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 13, 2015
• Blog / Best from staff

  Ten years at MIT for me 🎂 a few notes on the occasion of my 10th anniversary at MIT

  

  All dates are auspicious, but some more than others. For me, August ... wanted to put in this blog post for some time. The problem is that talking ... , which was for Admissions Counselor for Web Communications, to work on the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 10, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Reaffirming our support for undocumented students and clarifying our policies for applicants as Regular Action approaches

  

  , including (but not limited to) those who are registered for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA). Since 2012, when the program was launched ... profiled Jose G. '17, the current President of DreaMIT, the student group for

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 9, 2016
• Blog / Challenges

  Set Your Alarm for CPW 2019 i'm entirely serious

  

  out if MIT is the right place for them. This amazing blog post by Yuliya ... took for me to punch it into place felt like several minutes. Feel bad. Fun fact: I had been the travel coordinator for my friend group (Kathryn Z

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • April 10, 2019
• Blog / About Decisions

  Things to Do While Waiting for Decisions Like elevator music, except without the awkwardness of standing next to a stranger whose priorities…

  

  was waiting for early action decisions. I know there's no real way you ... few things I can think of.. Things To Do While Waiting For College ... . Enjoy! (Even if you're not waiting for college decisions, this is

  • by Jess K. '10
  • December 2, 2006
• Blog / Classes

  a semester i’m excited for to the tune of "a girl worth fighting for"

  

  want to take! I'm even excited for the required classes, which is really ... creating STEM games for middle schoolers in Nepal, and I'm pretty interested ... East Campus will be good experience for that. 6.033 (Computer Systems

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • February 7, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  For Those Weeks When You Just Cannot We all have those weeks, sometimes you need a break

  

  a sad week for me. It was a short week, but the longest week I've had ... had one recitation and a few other committments for Tuesday, and I threw ... our scheduled appointment for the next day Talk to a professional

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • October 19, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Faculty Luncheon for Local* Admitted Students *local: from New England or New York, or anyone who just happens to be in…

  us in addition to the many activities they're planning for Campus ... -key, informal event, where you can sit down for a delicious lunch and chat with

  • by mitblogs
  • January 21, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Three cheers for the MIT Marching Band Is the band ready? You bet they are.

  

  , featuring the bloggable Mollie. For MIT students, they're remarkably happy ... photographer for The Tech: "BRYAN HEAMON! ... Hi! ... Take our picture! ... Thank you!" 8. Ruth '07 playing quads for the first time in her life and

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 24, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Events We’re Pumped For! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  

  's already been two years since ours! But CPW is honestly just as fun for undergrads here as it is for pre-frosh, so we are all just as hyped as you are ... getting lost looking for events? Instead, get lost in this year’s Next Big

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • April 11, 2018
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Sleep is (not) for the weak Myth: All engineers are insomniacs

  

  amount of sleep before my body revolts at me for being off schedule. A ... myself to my room at the end of the hall and proceeded to sleep for 12 ... , but I’ve never tooled through the night without sleeping for a

  • by Stanley G.
  • October 24, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Children of Eden, seek for your garden. You and your children to come, someday to come home.

  

  i was going to write a post about Thanksgiving and Drop Date and not dropping 18.02, but it was boring. So I deleted it. Don’t complain; I’ve spared you the…

  • by Keri G. '10
  • December 2, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  A Protocol for MIT Admissions Essays Chemical SOP: Pen, paper: irritant if digested; Brains: gateway to thinking

  

  activities. Think about what the people you asked for recommendation letters ... your interviewer might say about what you’re like in person. For each ... be filled in with your essays. For each quality, especially sparse ones

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • September 26, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Where have I been for so long?

  

  -state machine. It takes a while for the robots to look like much of anything ... also taught me how to use the necessary tools), the spacers for the caster, and the aluminum mounts for the optical encoders (the little

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • January 22, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Q&A I asked current freshmen about the things they wish they knew for their CPW!

  

  have about this exciting weekend! Feel free to post any additional ... event you want to attend or star each event for every day on your phone so ... 't enough for your parents, you can tell them that MIT has a 24/7 student

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • April 9, 2014
• Blog / Events

  Not in our stars, but in ourselves Or in ourselves not to see our stars... or something.

  

  jumping from side to side. To their credit, they did so quickly, but in

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 12, 2005