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• Blog / Academics & Research

  World’s Largest Collection of Brains The new Brain & Cognitive Sciences Complex opens tomorrow.

  

  grown out of medical schools, where researchers could tap a ready pool of ... opening of the new Brain & Cognitive Sciences Complex at MIT: On Friday, MIT plans to dedicate what it bills as the largest collection of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 1, 2005
• Blog / Life after MIT

  [Guest Post] A Whiff of Nostalgia Amidst the Scent of Youth by Daniel Barkowitz

  

  For the integrity of alumposting, I'm pasting Daniel's bio from 2009 ... Director of Student Financial Aid and Student Employment at MIT. He has over 15 years of experience in the financial aid and student financing

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • January 20, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  A Little INSPIRation Guest Post by Vaishnavi Rao '17

  

  faculty, staff and alumni in the MIT School of Humanities, Arts, and Social ... In the midst of a whirlwind-like semester I promise to eventually blog about, I had the chance to connect to Vaishnavi at one of the

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • December 1, 2015
• Blog / Athletics

  Football home opener College football is as American as apple pie.

  

  .02 and 18.02 with the rest of us -- no "Rocks for Jocks" at this school ... I realized the other day that, despite the fact that most of you are ... there are very few pictures of me in a cheerleading uniform on good hair

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 18, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Share the joy

  

  school Class of 2006) that you know and encourage them to expand their mind ... constraints of school and homework. Most summers of high school, I worked to ... 've been told that sarcasm isn't funny this time of the year. I'm sorry about

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 8, 2004
• Blog / Events

  Re-halloween Reuse, reduce, recycle, remember not to leave junk outside your door.

  

  hauling two Ikea bedside tables down a busy street in the middle of a ... List of Rejected Halloween Costume Ideas, 2008 Edition 1.Washing ... was to create an political statement about the troubled state of Random

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • November 6, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Southern California Fires Our thoughts go out to those affected by the wildfires.

  

  , where every school in the entire county has been closed. San Diego County has 646 public schools, with nearly 500,000 students. A thousand homes have been destroyed. From myself and all of my colleagues in Admissions

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 24, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  Why I came to MIT A few reasons I chose MIT, and I few reasons that would have made me…

  

  concentration of excellence at schools like MIT is really unmatched in the large state school environment. Sure, you can find a group of equally smart ... recommendations is one of the biggest factors for getting into graduate school, and

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • March 7, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  What to expect when you’re expecting CPW Setting some expectations, discussing myths & realities.

  

  Since nearly two-thirds of the admitted students are attending Campus ... big MIT event, there's a lot of hype, rumor, and mythology surrounding it, and I hope I can give you a better sense of what to really expect

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 15, 2009
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  HT@MIT: Foodie Edition The Friendly Toast, Oasis and Teriyaki House, my three favorite restaurants

  

  offers some of the best, what I've been told all my life is, Chinese food ... there's no doubt they make some of the best sesame chicken I've ever had ... afternoon, T-House is always on the list of potential restaurants.  

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • July 15, 2013
• Blog / About Decisions

  More for Admitted Students What to do now if you've been admitted to MIT.

  

  you're declining our offer of admission (it's okay, we know you ... Hello, MIT Class of 2016! Here are some things that admitted students ... MIT Portal: Over at MyMIT, you'll find a bunch of stuff only available to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 15, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  Updates for the Admitted There's good stuff on your MyMIT portal.

  

  you're declining our offer of admission (it's okay, we know you ... Hello, Class of 2012! There's lots of fun stuff now on your My ... hundreds of events listed on the schedule, from formal events like the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 20, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Carnival A glorious carnival is marred by the passing of a beloved goldfish. (24 pictures)

  

  . Sam offered to dispose of him for me. Hmm, urinal or toilet ... fish "Ian Brelinsky" in honor of Ian '06. I guess I have led a very

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 3, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A Last Minute Rehearsal music in the time of corona

  

  attempt to make something positive out of this otherwise terrible situation ... about one of these events that we were involved with and the experience of going to the final rehearsal in the last days of us being on campus

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • March 18, 2020
• Blog / Life after MIT

  My Friend the Parasitic Scientist A Random Hall alumnus on reality television!

  

  I want to tell you about a friend of mine who is on television this winter. TBS’s new reality show King of the Nerds features two people from ... Cognitive Sciences; specifically, he was interested in the neural basis of

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • January 26, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Mens et Manus: Building a Camera at the Hobby Shop [by Biyeun Buczyk '10] If you have an idea, you can build it.

  

  …things get busy around this time). See that knob there? I made it out of a ... --building my own 4x5 pinhole camera out of foam core and playing with the Student ... thought of buying my own 8x10 view camera burst as soon as I looked up the

  • by ARTalk
  • May 6, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Pageant and pomp and parade The whippoorwill of freedom zapped me right between the eyes.

  

  photos, plus Bryan SOAKING WET! One thing Bryan didn't do in his busy ... fighter planes flying over at the end of "The Star-Spangled Banner!" And ... you a puppy. I awoke from uneasy dreams on the morning of July 4th at 5

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 7, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Summer Lovin’ Tell me more, tell me more!

  

  one. Just a glimpse of what I did in high school: Summer '04 - Canada ... version of Lifeguarding in my high school, and truth be told, the Taiwanese ... myself outside of the classroom. In high school, I was pretty limited in

  • by Chris S. '11
  • February 8, 2008
• Blog / Classes

  On IAP A time for P E R S O N A L P R O J…

  

  've finished! Yay! Seeing the P on my report card brought me tears of pure joy. No, not that kind of P. The pass kind of P! I passed calc, writing, and ... front of the class I was like, "Uhhhhh, I don't have anything??" It was

  • by Mimi S. '22
  • December 27, 2018
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  What’s cool about Nick’s room artsy people, walls, and East Side living

  

  for me.. well, I guess I’m lazy. Or busy. Or a bit of both, because the ... we take for granted as residents of the East Side. In a similar ... culture, you’re probably aware that the halls of our dorms are covered with

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • December 3, 2014