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• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Application Cycle Your MIT application is just the beginning

  

  strangers.”) Have no fear; there is light at the end of the tunnel. Second ... will validate years of hard work and sacrifice, and set you on a new and ... , many of us are receiving job and graduate school offers. It’s with a bit

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 1, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  On schools & context

  

  /character oriented, which I agree with, but why do so many of the kids at certain ... difficult. At MIT, we can only admit one out of every six applicants. And, as ... -age students, while the number of spaces in incoming classes at these highly

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 23, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Fun in NYC Part 1 Never be afraid to go straight to the top.

  

  of about 2 seconds: 1) New York City is close by! 2) This would be ... winter (mid February) in New York City's Toy District (Broadway and 5th ... , 9:00 am – 4:00 pm This Weekend!? New York!? Toys!?!?!? Brains have

  • by Snively '11
  • February 23, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Freezing My @$$ off at CPW By: Andrea '11

  

  loved how every time I met a new person it went sort of like this: Me ... . Watching hundreds of bouncy balls drop at Senior House. I saved a few ... As promised, I offered the chance to write a guest blog to prefrosh

  • by Bryan
  • April 16, 2007
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Fariborz Maseeh Hall The Phoenix Group would rise from the the "ashes" of Ashdown...

  

  we looked at were Baylor University in Waco, TX and the University of ... at least), there was a magical dorm where hundreds of grad students lived. The grad students had inhabited this dorm at the corner of

  • by Cydnie T. '12
  • October 18, 2010
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Sweet summer song

  

  summer has been full of new colors. Last semester was not the best, and I ... began by visiting a friend in New York.   [caption id="attachment_104814 ... visiting a city. New York has something very pretty to it and I'd like to go

  • by Uzay G. '26
  • October 19, 2024
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  the art of trying new things exploring new clubs, making new friends, and doing the things i was afraid to do

  

  student and that there is no "one" type of student here at MIT. SBC Week 1 ... often dominated by men. I felt really comfortable and at ease in all of ... program for new members, where you learn the fundamentals of business, and I

  • by Cami M. '23
  • September 19, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What Are We Waiting For answer: FPOPs to begin!

  

  participate in one of 22 Freshman Pre-Orientation Programs (FPOPs), which offer students an early introduction to in the social life of learning at MIT. As ... Freshman orientation for the Class of 2018 officially begins in two

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 17, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Love that dirty water

  

  of MIT's new president, a big Red Sox winning streak... a pretty ... World Tour per se, but I will be hitting the metropolitan New York City ... 're in one of those areas, I hope you'll come see me at one of my meetings

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 1, 2004
• FAQ / Transfer

  Are there other classes I should take beyond the recommended coursework?

  the courses offered at your institution to MIT's by referring to the MIT Bulletin (course and degree catalog). You'll find descriptions of MIT ... courses offered in each department. You may receive credit for subjects of
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A week in my new world A little bit of everything

  

  participating, and then of course everyone at MIT for appearing)!!! If you would ... of course…… at least for the most part (awkward lol)). The thing about ... only a week at MIT I have already come to fall in love with every part of

  • by Ben O. '19
  • September 18, 2015
• FAQ / Academics and research

  Is study help available?

  MIT offers a variety of academic resources to provide support for any student facing a particularly tough academic challenge, from tutoring and ... glimpse at a few study resources available at MIT: Talented Scholars
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Recap: SHASS Lightning Talks @ CPW some projects in the social sciences and humanities at MIT

  

  consequences of international trade? universal grammar? Last April, at our ... new admits at a reception to discuss classes and undergraduate research opportunities. The goal of the event was to help survey the kind of work done at

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 28, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Some Perks Of Life At The ‘Other’ Cambridge [by Mirat Shah '08] Along with ~40 other MIT students, I am studying abroad at…

  

  University as part of the Cambridge-MIT Exchange. I was disappointed to see no coverage of study abroad at MIT in the blogs, so I asked if I could write ... drinking tea all the time is kind of true. At 11 am everyday, my department

  • by Cambridge
  • January 23, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Things That Are 20 DID YOU KNOW? 1988 was a leap year.

  

  * Sonny Bono (of Sonny and Cher) being elected mayor of Palm Springs ... . * Super Mario Brothers 3. * The death of Richard Feynman (abdominal cancer). * The time it took for Billy Mitchell, father of three and president of a

  • by Jess K. '10
  • July 7, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Colors of Campus and other random things on my camera.

  

  A few snippets of life .   Inspired by Kai's Parallel Universe Post      

  • by Richard O. '28
  • February 28, 2025
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Not my college essay It's Blog Action Day and the topic is poverty.

  

  's most of the freshman class!) signed up to clean up harbors, work at the ... agencies. I participated, made a lot of new friends, and got the best peanut ... 's literally opportunities at every click of a mouse. Each week, a kind

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • October 14, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The 2011 Brass Rat! Can I turn this in in lieu of my blank lab report for tomorrow?

  

  out at the sea of faces and realized what a magical job it is to be the ... ...>"<), surrounded by laurels and the two-sided owl (both symbols of Athena) at the ... amount of construction at MIT is seriously alarming. Building 76 aside, it

  • by Chris S. '11
  • February 9, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Senior Week The beginning of the final week for MIT's Seniors.

  

  final week of excitement at MIT. Events include "Breakfast with the Professors," a trip to Six Flags New England, and Tech Night at the Pops. And ... Today begins a weeklong event at MIT called Senior Week. During

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 4, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  For Deferred Students Some advice and answers.

  

  College (Jan. 6), RPI (Jan. 1), and the University of Chicago (Jan. 1). For ... send in a whole new version of my application? No. You do not need to ... over for me? At MIT, a deferral isn't just a "polite rejection." Your

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 17, 2005