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• Blog / Academics & Research

  back-to-school special i'm a senior now :o

  

  school i've been back on campus for about two weeks now, but it feels like it's been so much longer! it's been a busy but not overwhelming ... ), and statistical learning theory (9.520). outside of coursework, i

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • September 17, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  ZOMG CPW! The greatest shopping list ever.

  

  : 7 cartons of ice cream* 3 jars of fudge 3 jars of caramel 3 cans of whipped cream 2 jars of sprinkles 2 jars of cherries 3 boxes of brownie mix 3 boxes of cake batter 3 tubs of icing 4 decorating gels 4 packages of

  • by Laura N. '09
  • April 12, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Busy times

  

  busy for students, too, as today was the third day of classes at MIT. Two ... For those of you hoping for an Admissions status update, here goes: we're reading applications. Lots and lots of applications. It's been

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 3, 2005
• Blog / How to Food

  Six Recent Life-Changing Thoughts on Food There's six lessons (and a recipe) somewhere in there.

  

  in the friendliest sense of the phrase. His trip to Whole Foods ended with a miniature avalanche of lentils, peppers, onions, brown rice, fat pungent mushrooms, like a million thimble-sized cans of tomato paste, tempeh

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • July 21, 2009
• Blog / Classes

  busy semesters and how to manage them it's organizational structures all the way down

  

  "mentorship" phase of the "high school research mentorship program," so things ... surprises the people I meet, because I am constantly busy, and people expect ... the oft-quoted line of Gatsby: "So we beat on, boats against the current

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • March 10, 2021
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  A fortnight of Boston summer +1 for using the word "fortnight" outside of an SAT or literature class

  

  identify their school and degree (red means PhD, or doctorate of philosophy ... .05 (biochemistry) final. This was my only test of finals week, so I spent every ... it got to the point that, by reading the first sentence of a practice

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • June 23, 2011
• Blog / IAP

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

  

  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 ... between unique and magical. The Nuts and Bolts of Business Plans has taken

  • by Connie H. '15
  • January 21, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Musings on Graduate School Starting to think about graduate school...

  

  graduate school, I've just started to ponder what life is going to be like in about 18 months. So today, I attended an info session on the Masters of Engineering in Biological Engineering. A Masters of Engineering is a 5th year

  • by Bryan
  • January 10, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  rearview reflections newly-minted cruft rambles on post-mit life

  

  conscious years of existence in schooling of some sort, working a job has let ... Somedays, I check to make sure my diploma is real and I didn’t just ... other side of the table feels both intriguing and odd.   [caption

  • by Waly N. '24
  • January 28, 2025
• Blog / Hacks

  MacG 50ish years ago an email from an alumnus

  

  New England, the price of lobster fell to less than hamburger.  I recall ... I asked in a rambly 10-minute-long video tour of my MacGregor single ... is a qualified lightly"]lightly[/annotation] annotated version of his

  • by Abby H. '20
  • October 6, 2019
• Blog / Athletics

  Marathon Monday A Boston institution.

  

  Boston tradition – 115 years running (no pun intended). Of course, I ... record time). A number of MIT students run each year, but even for those ... around 11:20 am; thanks to the number of spectators heading that direction

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • April 19, 2011
• Blog / Athletics

  Sophomore Slump Last semester was not so great

  

  that I can take a greater variety and quantity of business classes and take advantage of the incredible opportunities that MIT's Sloan business school has to offer. The Future The future is looking brighter and

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • January 12, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Lies, Damned Lies, and Statistics If you want to come to MIT, you'd better learn a thing or two about…

  

  engineering programs, yes, but few other schools have 50% of the undergraduate ... (and it's difficult to think of a school which would be a good control ... statistical thinking. From Kahneman's Nobel biography: The standard example of a

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 1, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Aged And Confused thoughts from a fossil

  

  expectancy. I'm out of college myself, but people I went to school with are ... hamburgers. Don't be afraid of coaching. You may be very good at what you do ... the British, you may have heard fireworks and smelled the smoke of

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 5, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  My Brass Rat The Brass Rat is not a subtle thing.

  

  distributed at a swanky event at Top of the Hub, a very classy restaurant at the top of Boston's Prudential Tower. (In case anybody missed the implication, Top of the Hub is not somewhere students usually have the

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 20, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  What happened since the end. Bringing you up to speed on life since I finished all my schoolwork. FOREVER. (You're…

  

  Scatterred throughout the years are probably dozens of blog entries ... , "So sorry guys, but I have been insanely busy these last dew days ... like any good MIT student, 10 days of that has driven me absolutely

  • by Laura N. '09
  • May 28, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Sport CPW cpw at senior haus

  

  . I organized CPW in my dorm last year. It is one of my favorite times of the school year, because I love having silly events and meeting ... CPW has come and gone, and it’s left all the students of MIT with

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • April 13, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Dean Marilee Jones in the news Articles in the press about MIT's Dean of Admissions.

  

  MIT's Dean of Admissions Marilee Jones (our rockin' leader) is in the ... : Easing Stress of Getting In Looking at colleges with her daughter was often painful, Marilee Jones recalls. Not because of anything her daughter Nora

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 12, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Mind the Gap (again) About deferring admission for a year, also known as a gap year.

  

  the University of Chicago (and many other schools), we're happy to grant ... earn money for school. Many programs offer scholarships or compensation ... I'm currently in Indianapolis, busy with the Intel International

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 12, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Does MIT Offer Application Fee Waivers? In a word, yes. Click through for the extended answer.

  

  Does MIT Offer Application Fee Waivers? In a word, yes. As a matter of philosophy, MIT is committed to the idea of equal access to higher education for everyone. It has been our experience that the cost of applying

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • October 16, 2007