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• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Thanks, man I'm feeling human again.

  

  nervous about another year of school deserve a break, and I deserve a little ... the mountains with their shadows. I'm sitting on the porch of a coffeehouse in the railyard with a spoonful of melted ice cream, accidentally

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • August 27, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Omnibus Followup: Women in Engineering Melissa asks what the gender ratio is in engineering at MIT.

  

  Last entry, I covered most of the questions that had been asked, but ... up to near 50/50 like startup-school Olin College has, but I'm afraid ... of Women Engineers (SWE), only 19.7% of undergraduates in engineering

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 10, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Victorian Literature? MIT, perhaps surprisingly, has top programs in ethnomusicology, the history of Islamic architecture, and more...

  

  to pursue interests in the humanities at MIT -- I mean, the name of the school is the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, after all. Even as I ... opportunity to meet with Dean of the School of Humanities, Arts & Social

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 24, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet the Admissions Officers: Mari McQuaid Name: Mari McQuaid; Job title: Assistant Director of Admissions; Hometown: Verona, NJ

  

  Name: Mari McQuaid Job title: Assistant Director of Admissions Hometown: Verona, NJ High school: Verona High School College: Tufts ... on campus too! Just the general gestalt of the place is very cool

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 8, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  The Day Before Selection Begins "Tell us about something you do for the pleasure of it."

  

  down a notch - otherwise the lives of high school students are destined ... her school, she is pretty much a revolution of one as she tries to push ... freshman here at MIT now, although I have no way of proving that. The irony

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 15, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  New Year’s Resolution …of sorts. Since New School Year’s Resolution doesn’t have quite the same ring to it.

  

  . Here I was, admitted to a fantastic school, the news of which had ... year within a year is beginning. The school year, to be precise. Crops ... . Unlike the majority of admitted students enthusiastically celebrating à la

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • September 3, 2013
• Blog / About Decisions

  Into the Unknown with bravery

  

  idea of a school less familiar — in a city we've never lived, in a world ... The precipice of change is an unsettling place to be. We were there four years ago when we were seniors in high school, and we're sure many

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • December 17, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  Small talk How about that weather?

  

  memeber of the build time (staying at school until 10 PM on the days leading ... that I wrote up a small description of my high school/district and stuck ... Well my friends, yesterday I took a little bit of a nap on the bus on

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 30, 2005
• Blog / Uncategorized

  an unnecessarily detailed normal friday finding things to blog about when you're swept into normalcy

  

  amazing."]endgame[/annotation], pack my laptop, and head out of next house ... , 「本当だよ。」 i swear, that simple sentence hits harder than a pound of brick ... , my hall is quite weeb and a significant number of people have taken at

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • April 27, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  FUN Form FAQs U is for Ukelele

  

  grades. But you DO have to submit it, regardless of if you have updates or ... free to contact the office. I already graduated high school or I’m not currently in school. What do I do? Ya still gotta submit the form, even if you

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • January 16, 2018
• Blog / Events

  Commence the Commencing! and congratulations to the Class of 2014

  

  functional cohort (and some of my closest friends) from grad school are ... of 2014 will join them as alumni of the Institute. The 148th ... Storify, or via #MIT2014 on your social media system of choice. I must

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 6, 2014
• Blog / Athletics

  Support MIT Sports!! Vote for MIT Crew!

  

  surprisingly large part of many students lives here. And our school supports our ... for "Crew of the Week" and you can all help our crew team be recognized ... little support! For those of you unfamiliar, Crew is sort of a big deal

  • by Chris M. '12
  • April 24, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Did the quadratic formula explode?

  

  regardless of where you end up for school, you'll be able to get a great ... In one of the 28 (and counting!) responses to my last post, Kelly ... of applications I still have to read. The other work (yes, other work

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 16, 2004
• Blog / Announcements

  FYI: Undergraduates with family income below $200,000 can expect to attend MIT tuition-free starting in 2025 what it says on the tin

  

  ’t take into account the full range of aid that we offer, since they are ... : sorry for not blogging much lately. With my new-ish role —  Director of ... kind that is often read by a half dozen people within MIT. It's sort of

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 20, 2024
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Purgatory My 2023 IAP

  

  a weird time. A lot of people say IAP is one of MIT's best offerings and the most pleasurable month of the academic calendar, but I don't agree with either of those sentiments. I like to think IAP is a sort of

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • January 20, 2023
• Blog / People & Identities

  on the atlanta shootings from an asian american woman

  

  little space as possible offers the best protection. Both of them were ... year full of blades. If you are interested in supporting the victims ... of someone’s grandparent being shoved, beaten, or slashed goes viral

  • by Rona W. '23
  • March 26, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Hardest Thing Ever FOP, family, and how I'm doing so far... plus some findings on frisbee and free…

  

  I split the month of August between three states, between two coasts ... scattered. I spent a good part of the month here, at the Sufi Foundation of ... -fasting diet of watery vegetable soup and salad (occasionally and discreetly

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • September 4, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  The ________ Outdoors What do you think goes in the blank?

  

  , whose only concept of the outdoors is an item that is outside the ... wind up staying overnight in a terminal, or sleeping in the trunk of my car trapped on the road in 8 degree weather because there's 4 inches of

  • by Chris M. '12
  • June 10, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Livescribe’s Pulse Pen AKA, the "Magic Pen"

  

  semester! AHHHHHH!" No, this IAP I'm very much not busy, and it is wonderful ... back? In the end I got a very commanding 4th place out of 20, and I couldn't have done it without all your help. I feel kind of guilty begging

  • by Snively '11
  • January 12, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Dorm Companion #2: Cat The Boston Globe discusses MIT's four cat-friendly dorms.

  

  pets in dorms, and the number of pet-friendly schools appears to be on ... be completely free of pets, save fish), along with an accompanying ... freshmen, Arielle Lubin had a litany of tasks to check off before classes

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 9, 2008