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• Blog / MIT Life

  Doctor Who?

  

  getting a PhD by offering a gift to his committee beforehand--while most of ... -blowing business is addictive. Of course, the real smash hit of the party was the ... is Russ, after about 30 miles of biking: As you can see, Russ

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 30, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  It’s Pi Day, Pi Day the infinite is alive with the buzz of drones, and the 2020s bake pies

  

  transferring to one of the state schools that had admitted me the first time ... twice (once to a law school, whose offer I declined, and once to CMS/W at MIT, whose offer I accepted), and denied seven times. In fact, two of

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 14, 2016
• Blog / Events

  Let’s talk about science…and chocolate A day of scientific enlightment followed by one of chocolate consumption.

  

  Institutes of Health (NIH) to several judges and Harvard Medical School faculty ... influential members of the MIT community take time out of their busy schedules ... In Ancient Greece, the word “symposium” referred to a gathering of

  • by Melis A. '08
  • March 5, 2007
• Blog / Challenges

  My Rejection Resume working up the courage to look failure in the eye

  

  return offer. Obviously, it's nice to be on the other side of things ... school. That's totally okay. In fact, the point of this post is mostly to ... of them. Full disclosure: I got admitted into MIT and my safety school

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • October 12, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Your February Updates & Notes Form submit this by February 15

  

  schools -- have no concept of "midyear grades." This is okay. You ... , "I’m not currently attending school; MIT has all of my grades ... . Thanks for taking care of business! 

  • by Kris Guay
  • January 14, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Your February Updates & Notes Form some things you should know

  

  , "I’m not currently attending school; MIT has all of my grades ... on time.  Thanks for taking care of business! ... that is required of all students (including those admitted or deferred in

  • by Kris Guay
  • January 22, 2015
• FAQ / Interview

  What if my interview is waived?

  every applicant. If we are unable to offer you an interview, your ... . The interview is not a required component of the application, and the admissions committee will be aware that we were unable to offer you an
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Back to Boston My summer plans! And some things I wish weren't a part of them.

  

  keep my busy this summer, one of which is... THE DREADED MCAT. Yeah ... (thank you, amma!), watching bits and pieces of "Family Ties" with my dad, sleeping a minimum of ten hours a night, and re-reading all my Harry Potter

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • May 29, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  I’m a Muslim Woman and… on this #MuslimWomensDay, meet some p cool ppl

  

  in Seattle, W.A. where most girls wore the hijab in school as part of ... back to the very first week of college. One of my friends offered me a ... freshman year at MIT. Coming back to school in the fall, I of course didn

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • March 27, 2018
• Blog / People & Identities

  Amicus briefs and the ABCs of a diverse MIT A SCOTUS filing with Stanford et al, and a strategic action plan for an inclusive…

  

  science. As such, American businesses at the forefront of innovation in STEM ... thrive." As the report says, MIT has offered generations of people the ... as ‘friend-of-the-court’ —  is filed by entities not themselves parties

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 27, 2022
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Stories from High School you wouldn't want to be caught with MMS

  

  main buildings that made up our school. One end of the hall had a large ... of the few times everyone could see everyone else in the school ... school half of us tried to flirt with). Outside of this, not much happened

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • February 5, 2017
• Blog / Events

  IAP Jealousy (Hey, Jealousy)

  

  , because of how unique it is to an MIT education. I wanted to update my spiel ... office to catch up on non-reading work and meetings and I spied a bunch of class offerings that are really interesting: Heavy Metal 101 is turning

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • January 13, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Saying Yes (or No) Decision time is upon the Class of 2014. How to choose?

  

  're enrolling this fall (Yay! Welcome officially to the MIT Class of 2014!), that you're declining our offer of admission (it's okay, we know you ... graduate of MIT who majored in Biology and Brain & Cognitive Sciences. Mollie

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 21, 2010
• Blog / Classes

  Me and the Firehose on balancing classes, and choosing next year’s schedule

  

  had devoted more time to the class, because it offered a lot of great ... take less than 60 units? As of writing this, I’m finished with my ... usual method for choosing classes is to sign up for 12 of them, the

  • by Amber V. '24
  • May 30, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Odds & Ends 522 EA admits, Snively, molecular jewelry, and Evan Broder's holiday card - more random than…

  

  other highly selective schools. Each university's yield (the percentage of students who accept their offer of admission) is predicted to decrease ... . Congrats to all of you who got your applications in on time. :-) And being a

  • by Ben Jones
  • January 4, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  Breathless Why it's so hard to tell college students to ease up a bit.

  

  Italy for IAP. We’re all busy.” There’s a moment of quiet, after all the ... productive week of my life”. Yet another busy, hard working friend says while ... get a job to help pay for school, on top of doing a lot of great things

  • by Selam G. '18
  • October 16, 2015
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  What makes me an MIT student? Some thoughts about blogging and a special question for returning readers.

  

  life and set of priorities, and school was just yet another thing on my plate. Even in high school (which sort of seems like ancient history now ... happenings and other life events. Of course, our conversation arrived at the

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • July 12, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The School of Architecture + Planning What happened to "science"? "Engineering"? "Technology"?!

  

  the entire School of Architecture+Planning is pretty small. The school ... mission has been to generate advanced research within MIT's School of ... there you have it regarding one of MIT's smallest and least-known schools

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • December 28, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  fictional coping mechanisms learning to love unapologetically

  

  combined with all the business of the start of a new school year, but ... 'd suffered through years of Saturday Chinese school when I was a kid, but I was ... of the school year, Daniel and I did a media exchange, where we would

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • February 11, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  am i boring or just overstimulated?

  

  strict routine, and living with thousands of others."]this school ... the other side of it--if you're not busy having as much "fun" as ... “There are only the pursued, the pursuing, the busy and the tired

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • April 5, 2025