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• Blog / Events

  The Week of Weeks 9/19-9/23: Libraries, MISTI, and Career Weeks. In other news, 9/26-9/30 hangs its head in shame.

  

  Career Week. Events of Libraries Week include: Photos with Tim the Beaver ... accused me of having with the Lewis Music Library.) Events of MISTI Week ... (Okay so that was just Monday & Tuesday of MISTI Week. Their schedule

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 20, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  The Ides of March

  

  On the ides of March, I attended the awards ceremony of the Intel ... . David is off to the CUNY Honors College next year. The STS awards ... , it made me feel like I was at the Oscars of high school science. And

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 14, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Order of Operations In what order should your application be submitted?

  

  Recently, I've been getting a lot of questions like, "Can I do my ... of this sort. You can do all of the parts of the MIT application in parallel. That is to say, order doesn't matter. (All of this assumes you have

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 18, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Case of the Saturdays This is the true story of 5 mechanical engineers and 1 neuroscientist selected to spend…

  

  birthplace of Anne Sullivan, tutor of Helen Keller, but I'll tell you this, I ... " YES! So as college students, we're constantly looking for deals, and we ... actually planned on sleeping in, I was out of the house by 7:30 and on my way

  • by Bryan
  • July 16, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  The Role Of A Teacher A discussion regarding recent events in a Colorado classroom.

  

  topic that I think is worthy of discussion. Normally I don't enter this sort of territory with my blog, but I think it's directly relevant to your age group and the journey towards college. As you guys are among the

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 8, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Tale of Two Majors Trying an Evel Knievel approach with my studies.

  

  of classes and try to get as many degrees as humanly possible. My grandpa shared an anecdote of his childhood with me that I think really ... I first came to MIT, I had an idea of what I wanted to do, but who

  • by Bryan
  • November 16, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Class of 2010 Roll Call It's May 1st -- welcome to MIT!

  

  with their college t-shirt on, rightly proud of their future home for the ... It's May 1! Welcome to the MIT Class of 2010! If you have sent back ... comments. We're excited to have you as a member of the class! We've spent the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 1, 2006
• FAQ / First-year application

  What are my chances of admission?

  get a lot of requests from students asking what their chances of admission are. We couldn't do that without a thorough review of an entire ... process. We don't advise any student what their chances of admission may be
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  The Dark Side of the Moon Mi vida. Nada m√°s.

  

  college essay to froyo! (seriously though, I've never heard of that term ... Sometimes, when life at MIT gets too tough, this is what I think of ... percent skill, fifteen percent concentrated power of will, five percent

  • by Chris S. '11
  • October 24, 2008
• Blog / Events

  The Great Snowball Fight of 2013 fame. glory. snow. killian court.

  

  of the movie was a little joke by Pixar. And I refuse to bow to the ... 's that time of year that meteorologists call winter, characterized by snow ... of snow on MIT: What better way to celebrate than with a giant

  • by Michael C. '16
  • February 9, 2013
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Leaving home…

  

  for college. I talk to my future classmates daily, and it seems like something of a college preparatory nature occurs multiple times per week. For seven months, the notion of a new life and future along the Charles River

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • August 28, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  Should I include my ethnicity on the MIT Application? As a minority, how many times have you heard some off-handed comment about someone of…

  

  about someone of color getting into college because of their race? The implication, of course, is euphemistically known as affirmative action. You may ... you were admitted on the basis of your merit. So should you report your

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • August 16, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  The swing of things MIT happenings.

  

  projects are all happening at once, and lots of people are pretty hosed ... of the Institute. So even if none of us will ever have to deal with the ... freshmen) recommended by the committee, plenty of us are pretty mad about it

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 16, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  here’s your reminder to follow @tinycarebot automated reminders to care for yourself

  

  . From the panoptic point of view of our office, we can tell, almost feel, the stress of the process as it gathers, crests, and breaks, partially ... emails, phone calls, and blog comments, to say nothing of spillovers to

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • January 4, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  You Are Welcome Here (and at Elmhurst College too)

  

  his very first documentary. Of course, I would have loved his ... of teens at his school. It is about gender and how kids are choosing to ... , I’ll link it here.) And speaking of diversity, there are a few things

  • by Kris Guay
  • August 29, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  All About The Author A bit about me and my job as Director of this site.

  

  , which means I've been out of college for eight years. Every fall I ... rooms when people try to hide from us and our pursuit of content. And we ... begin by telling you my thoughts on this new portal. Lots of schools have

  • by Ben Jones
  • August 6, 2004
• Blog / Admissions

  Introducing the Class of 2013: Scott ‘13, Cory ‘13, Edner ‘13, Jeremy ‘13, and Bee ‘13 The penultimate in a nine-part series of articles about the incoming MIT class.

  

  , 2009 valedictorian of Chisum High School and Paris Junior College ... college courses as high school students. Landers is now a graduate of Paris ... encouraging them to attend college. "We are very proud of Cory Ward and Scott

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 26, 2009
• Blog / Life after MIT

  The Scholar

  

  college admissions-themed scholarship competition. The first of six episodes ... give the winner a college education from a top-rated school of their ... ultimate American prize. For the chance at a full ride to the college of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 7, 2005
• FAQ / Academics and research

  What is EECS?

  , nanotechnology and more. Part of both the Schwarzman College of Computing and the School of Engineering, MIT EECS consistently is at the top of U.S. News and ... ; Computer Science (EECS) is everywhere. Each year, EECS prepares hundreds of
• Blog / Admissions

  Writing Workshop I just wrote an entire post and my browser crashed. dfsdfksdfojfoajwefoiajdwf.

  

  substantial amount of college essays, but I have a couple things to say on the ... of applying for college - she read EVERY single thing I ever sent out ... prize when you get into all ten of your top choice colleges in a few

  • by Jess K. '10
  • November 12, 2006