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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The City On A Hill The "M" of " MIT"

  

  diversity and proximity of other schools and even New York, nothing ... Frank Sinatra in New York, New York: these vagabond shoes were longing to ... existed). I really love the idea of studying at another school because, well

  • by Karen F. '11
  • January 2, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  In the News An NYT article on gifted education.

  

  Once again, the New York Times has written about gifted education ... of different ways of looking at different things." There are also all ... season coming up, I should note that a home subscription to the New York

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 21, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Double diplomas The only thing better than one MIT degree is TWO MIT degrees!

  

  diploma with both areas of specialization written on it, and we don't do ... actually get two diplomas to show off at graduation (and to hang ... the truly worthy will be able to dance at graduation with a diploma in

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 12, 2005
• Blog / Athletics

  N.Y. Times, Page B11: “MIT Guard Shows Brains and Hoops Can Mix” Jimmy Bartolotta '09 leads the 16-5 MIT Men's Varsity Basketball team.

  

  I subscribe to the New York Times (paper edition!) and reading it on ... Jimmy Bartolotta '09. One of the great things about sports at MIT is that ... ; At first, Jimmy Bartolotta laughed at the thought of bringing his

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 6, 2009
• Blog / Life after MIT

  5 years out What some MIT alumni are doing five years after graduation.

  

  Barclays Global Investors completed PhD at University of Michigan-Ann Arbor ... program, beginning postdoctoral research at the University of Pittsburgh ... State Department of Health urban planner at Dyatt & Bhatia student

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 31, 2005
• Blog / Events

  I graduated My brass rat is upside-down and my dorm room is bare

  

  'll both be in Pasadena post-grad (he'll be at NASA JPL). Hooray! A new ... alumni wear it so that they're looking back at the MIT skyline. As of that ... in elaborate robes, waved at Prof. Bertschinger, accepted my diploma

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 8, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  No Child Gets Ahead?

  

  National Research Center on the Gifted and Talented, at the University of ... There was an article in the New York Times yesterday about a topic ... International Center for Gifted Education and Talent Development at the University

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 27, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Crazy admissions stories A story about craziness from both sides of the college admissions process.

  

  all sound Jewish." Jim Conroy, chairman of college counseling at New ... admissions staff at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill was ... applying to college. Willard M. Dix, college counselor at the University of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 5, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Meetings with Brown & Yale in CA, IL, MI, NV, OH MIT Admissions starts to look forward to the Class of 2013 (!).

  

  will also attend college fairs this month in New York City and New ... & Yale Universities for meetings in Northern California/Nevada and the ... from three great universities all in one place. Each school will talk a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 21, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  RA Selection Day 2

  

  , I ate at the brand new Steam Cafe, a very yummy new dining option! I ... Technology faculty yesterday approved a new course of study for undergraduates ... established at the Institute in 29 years. MIT is the first university in the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 17, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Some comments on topics of interest

  

  surprised - and interested - at some of the comments (each of the paragraphs ... computer science, and a grad-level class in medieval French lit at U of L ... good teachers, and my school offered a lot of them, so I took them

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • January 7, 2006
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  Into the Smoke In more ways than one.

  

  ). New York is a great city, and there has long been a Battle of the Titans ... in New York, the vast majority of people you see on Edgware Road are ... approaching the end of an eleven-month stint in the UK, this time working at an

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • August 2, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  NY Times article on women in science Women in science...the debate rages on.

  

  held at Columbia University and the City University of New York graduate ... Madeline Heilman, a psychologist at New York University): “The importance of ... engineering at the University of California at Davis, mentioned several

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 19, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  New York Trips that we went on with Arts Scholars!

  

  -expenses paid day trip to New York every February! Each year, the events of the ... events and is a great way to join an artistic community at MIT!  One of ... Mexicano. We joined the Arts Scholars at the end of our freshman year so we

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • March 5, 2020
• Blog / Blog Projects

  the blogs at twenty some reflections, plus an index of posts

  

  of this four-year university model. These [annotation note="around a quarter of our alums!!"]thirty-four bloggers[/annotation] are all at ... godsend for those who might want to get a sense of what life was like at

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • January 29, 2025
• Blog / Advice

  new york without instagram who are you performing for?

  

  .  with all of that said, there is something iconic about new york that ... is still a must have"]new york skyline at the rockefeller center ... that no instagram had on me. being in new york gave me a lot of whiplash

  • by Janet G. '27
  • December 29, 2024
• Blog / About Decisions

  L@@K at the Class of 2015 profiles in greatness? a great profile? or both?

  

  Medalists at the 2011 International Biology Olympiad (all of them young women who rock science!) 2 of the 8 New York Times Scholars A student who ... Citizens Number of countries represented: 59 10% Geography New England

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 20, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Ben’s Seventh Semi-Annual Q&A Answers to questions received through 4PM on 01/09/06.

  

  really answer it. At the end of the day, you really just need to trust your ... 10 day prep and these tests are totally of new shape of what I had been ... enroll at MIT, just appropriate evidence of academic preparation. Sounds

  • by Ben Jones
  • January 9, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  College The path to self-discovery is lined with my blog entries.

  

  year of high school stood between myself and a diploma. I wasn't accepted ... colleges. After about 5 picoseconds of staring at my acceptance letter from ... means of the Internet), I accepted my offer of admission. You already know

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • March 21, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Homeschooled applicants Some advice for our homeschooled applicants.

  

  version of something that will eventually be posted as official content on ... ball rolling a bit, I hope. MIT has a long history of admitting homeschooled students, and these students are successful and vibrant members of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 5, 2006