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• Blog / Admissions

  Introducing the Class of 2013: Twins Chandler ‘13 and Taylor ‘13 The fifth in a series of articles about the incoming MIT class.

  

  Community School of Naples, what are the chances of two tying as ... School of Naples seniors Taylor and Chandler Burfield share many things ... Community School of Naples, both were on the Mu Alpha Theta team, were co

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 7, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Our nation’s greatest injustice I didn't exactly grow up in poverty, but socioeconomic inequalities have featured heavily in my…

  

  all of New Jersey's high schools in 2008, South ranked 92 out of 316 ... County Vocational School District (MCVSD)- a district of competitive ... session of the engineering school, the dreadfully named "High Technology

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 15, 2008
• Blog / Classes

  .nano pixels developing a love for pictures, reverb

  

  , life got harder, and school existed. Recovering one of these lost, sealed ... note="Definitely did not sit in front of a computer for hours, feeling ... would typically just dub, ignore, let sink into the crumbling abyss of my

  • by Waly N. '24
  • July 2, 2021
• Blog / Athletics

  Gobble Gobble Geeks with guns

  

  Each year of elementary school, in late November, one could walk into ... into the hearts of state schools around the country. What really frightens, what really concerns, all of the other schools is our pistol team

  • by Snively '11
  • November 27, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  There is a bench it’s a nice bench

  

  busy. “There’ll only be more of that as the semester continues,” he says ... the horror stories of upperclassmen being too hosed, too busy with their ... The rhythm sets in. It’s a steady rhythm. Roll out of bed at ten in

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • September 19, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  i’d like to write a happy post a sestina

  

  this meager offering. I'd like to write a happy post. Some light fare ... dances. Recently, I've had dearth of dances: This semester's place permits ... these grand adventures. (and some of us, we take those times and post

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • April 6, 2022
• Blog / Classes

  [Guest Post] This is Junior Lab, not Junior Theory By Jorian B. '25

  

  >=3 semesters of theory classes. The first few weeks (the Intro Period) are spent ensuring everyone has a common base of experimental ... is a test-run for the workflow of a “full” experiment. For the intro

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • September 1, 2025
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Alpha Phi Omega Leadership, FRIENDSHIP, Service

  

  ?" And there was Xavier '11, with a bag of Bertucci's rolls. (Bertucci's is a common source of pizza and rolls at MIT.) And that made my day ... President, or more colloquially, the Mommy. As Mommy, I was in charge of

  • by Kim D. '09
  • September 24, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Week of UROPing in few words

  

  writing (with more words), but my work builds upon some of my high school interests. Back in high school, I was really interested in the art of turning ... The first month of the year is a beautiful time for students here: no

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • January 31, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Oodles Of Doodles Chris Peterson once impersonated me as such: "Blah blah blah Irish people, cartoons blah blah…

  

  Happy New Year, lovely folks of the internet! Kids 'round these parts are back at school today - I dropped my brother off at school this ... have a cold so that means it is the perfect time... TO BLOG. In honor of

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • January 3, 2011
• Blog / How to Human

  I Don’t Know where am i going to be a year from now?

  

  ; high school –> college"]pretty much linear direction of my life ... reading, creative writing, and mentoring with a bunch of high school ... really happened to me before. Preschool through college, it was kind of

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • September 27, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Tangential Learning Isn't the point of research to delve into what you don't know?

  

  More than anything, I'd say that MIT offers a merciless crash course in time management.  You've got tons of things to do, as well as even ... time for anything. Fortunately, there's two periods in which most of your

  • by Emad T. '14
  • July 19, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Best of Times summer at the NYTimes

  

  about it. I also did good amount of UI/UX and product design for an intern ... embarrassing well-what-do-we-have-here pose in front of a nonsensical slide that ... everything is going in a positive direction. :) The rest of the summer was

  • by Connie H. '15
  • August 14, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Online Learning Ecology in The United Kingdom An xTalk on Amazing Programs and FREE Resources

  

  Learn offers courses based on the idea of learning through conversations. Over 3 ... University of Edinburgh offers many interdisciplinary, highly focused online ... . In case the overview of the University of Edinburgh online offerings

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • May 1, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  But What Are They Really Looking For? My thoughts (advice) on navigating (surviving) the college application process.

  

  . Also make certain you apply to a number of different schools. The chance of getting into any single school is quite small so you have to have a ... the list of schools to which you have been admitted, forget about those

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • November 11, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Florida, complete I'm back in Boston now, my meetings in Florida being done. It was quite a…

  

  people at 4 meetings across the state of Florida. I met many great students ... conference of the National Association for College Admission Counseling (NACAC ... Meetings... it's a busy time! While I am back in Boston, look for my next

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 19, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT ‘10: Molly Pounds Chicagoland's Molly Pounds '10.

  

  admission to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology - as a high school junior. Pounds will graduate from Crystal Lake South High School in June ... LONG / Northwest Herald CRYSTAL LAKE - Molly Pounds' love of horses

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 4, 2006
• Blog / Hacks

  A Brief History of Hacks Unfortunately I couldn't get Stephen Hawking to narrate.

  

  I was out meeting a friend and some of her friends that I didn't previously know last night, and the topic of school came up. (SIDE NOTE: that ... think the problem stems from not having a good word for "friend of a

  • by Chris M. '12
  • June 22, 2011
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Concourse, of course or how to make the most of your freshman year at MIT

  

  Just the other day, I joined a handful of parents at my 15-yr-old's high school. We were there to listen to a presentation about a new ... and students stood up in front of us weary workday parents, who were

  • by Kris Guay
  • March 30, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  HT@MIT: Cantab Lounge Poetry Slam An Amazing Show For A 10 Minute Walk And $3

  

  campus during the week due to the general hustle and bussle of psets, I ... hours of wonderful original content. But before I continue you may be ... their poem to the best of their ability. After they've finished a few

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • May 4, 2013