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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Incentive to Drop Out Two MIT students get $100,000 and lots of opportunities in a two-year fellowship.

  

  Yesterday, the Thiel Foundation announced the first class of the "20 Under 20 Thiel Fellows." Though actually numbering 24, all of the Fellows are indeed under 20 years of age. According to the press release, more

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 26, 2011
• Blog / Personal Travel

  The Grandest of Road Trips Reflections on a cross-country road trip, on an international plane flight, on a full bladder.

  

  through Seoul, and I'm holding it. This is not because of lack of access - I ... decrease the suspicion of the two other people in the emergency exit row with ... of the trip. What's wrong with her? I imagine they'd think, their

  • by Jess K. '10
  • June 1, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Results of My Summer cookies, web usability, and painting

  

  procrastinate and let you know how my summer turned out. Did most of my diet consist of Doritos? Will the effects of eating so many Doritos have a long ... bake dozens and dozens of cookies? The scintillating answer to those

  • by Connie H. '15
  • September 10, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Diary of an All-nighter 9-5 is so out! Try um, 5 to 9...AM!

  

  : school got harder. We're in rough terrain - first wave of exams, or in my ... freshman year due to a lack of motivation…or something. But I don’t think it ... review” of the semester – which means everybody presents their design

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • September 30, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  Wait List Confirmation Form If you're on the wait list, we sent you an email last week.

  

  to enroll in another college/university by May 1 (even if it means ... students we will be able to admit to the Class of 2018. If you have any

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • April 7, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  NACAC Conference Wrap-up from the national admissions conference.

  

  of University of Maryland, Baltimore County. Donna Shalala, President of the University of Miami. At right, Donna Shalala addresses a standing room only crowd, with University of Miami Dean of Admissions Ed

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 26, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet the Admissions Officers: Bryan Nance Name: Bryan Nance; Job title: Director of Minority Recruitment; Hometown: Queens, NY

  

  University, 1989, BA Sociology (Home of the Spartans!); University of Delaware, 1999 Masters of Public Administration (Home of The Fightin' Blue Hens AKA ... Name: Bryan G. Nance Job title: Director of Minority Recruiting

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 27, 2005
• Blog / Classes

  Holding pattern undergrad | me | graduation

  

  , but still managing to get through the questions with varying degrees of ... to come back to 40 degrees and rain. A great part of being a senior ... I never thought I'd say this, but I'm kind of bored. A combination of

  • by Taylor V. '19
  • April 6, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  The swing of things MIT happenings.

  

  projects are all happening at once, and lots of people are pretty hosed ... International Science and Technology Initiative helps students find ways to study ... of the Institute. So even if none of us will ever have to deal with the

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

  Lots of questions today! Lots of answers, too.

  

  at each other, and both of us were like "You know, I really don't like dancing." Adam's line of reasoning is that once you're in a relationship ... instead of dancing. 2. Another anonymous commenter asked, Hi! I am thinking

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • May 9, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  A ditch on the side of the New Jersey Turnpike

  

  to come in heavily. I decided I'd help with the buckets and buckets of filing to be done. Doing all that filing reminded me of Being John ... with a doctor: Dr. Lester: Which of these two letters comes first, this

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 7, 2005
• Blog / Events

  2015 Brass Rat finally unveiled!!!

  

  long and rich tradition of  "The Standard Technology Ring" (but everyone ... Last Friday, Kirsten '15 and I (well actually the whole class of 2015) lined up outside in the chilly weather right outside of Kresge auditorium

  • by Ana V. '15
  • February 24, 2013
• Blog / MISTI

  Mussels and Brussels Lessons in engineering and culture from a nation of kindness

  

  Maggie Lloyd Class of 2012 Alumna MIT-Belgium Program Internship ... internship in another nation would be a perfect post-graduation, pre-rest-of ... country I’ve never been to before that speaks a language I kind of

  • by MISTI Program
  • August 6, 2012
• Blog / IAP

  Rebecca Black, the Old Spice Guy, and How to Sell Staplers the makings of a great IAP

  

  IAP has been a time of very... well, different learning than I had ... wide assortment of classes that MIT offers over IAP, both for credit and ... " and the second, "The Nuts and Bolts of Business Plans" (ranked by INC

  • by Connie H. '15
  • January 21, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Rebound Rumble! Another year, another FIRST Robotics Competition!

  

  One of the defining experiences of my 3 years in high school(we had a 7-9, 10-12 system) was being a member of FIRST(For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) Robotics Competition(FRC) Team 1710

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • January 19, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Not About the Name First impressions

  

  level of anxiousness climbing, I stepped into a taxi with a fellow ‘15er and just took in the imagery of the Charles River. The cab driver ... which they got rich, of course. You hear all kinds of stories about MIT

  • by Ana V. '15
  • September 3, 2011
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  I Remember…

  

  . Regardless of what you major in, or how many degrees you leave with, or what ... downtown to pick up the envelope, and the rush of feelings that went along ... MIT email addresses, and even then, you could only see the profiles of

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • August 7, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Who’s that new kid? ANOTHER one?? Are you KIDDING me?! She doesn't even fit on the page!

  

  Is this thing on? Um, okay. Some of you are probably like me and come from one of those families where you are the only one who knows how to turn on the computer, change the height of your mom's office chair

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 10, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Pumpkin Drop Trick-or-treating is not enough.

  

  know a lot more about the nature of the Universe than we do now. ... that it reaches the peak of its trajectory one meter above the roof of ... landing? You may neglect wind, viscous drag, and the altered aerodynamics of

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • October 31, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Cancer on my mind Wait, shouldn’t that be Carolina?

  

  it's because yet another good friend of mine just had surgery for ... winning book on cancer, or maybe it's because I just took a tour of the Koch ... elaborate on the many wonderful aspects of this Institute, namely its

  • by Kris Guay
  • August 18, 2011