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• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Major, Course 6-9 computation and cognition

  

  myself at a local university, working in a neuroscience lab through a high ... many different universities to see what kinds of programs and ... disappointed to see that many universities were very interdisciplinary at the

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 28, 2020
• Blog / Announcements

  Class of 2023 Wait List Decisions Released

  

  enroll at MIT. As such, we are approaching the last of the many decisions ... , then those people decide whether to accept our offer of admission, and ... enthusiastic!) offer. At long last, the deciding is almost done. Every year, we

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 10, 2019
• Blog / About Decisions

  why i chose mit the paths not traveled

  

  University of Pennsylvania, which had recruited me for their creative writing ... don't offer the financial stability of an established company. But even ... type of person." During the beginning of my time at MIT, I struggled with

  • by Rona W. '23
  • April 21, 2023
• Blog / Announcements

  PSA: anyone in the world can stream this MIT class about coronavirus for free this fall the new subject will be broadcast to the public beginning tomorrow, sept 1

  

  some of my advisees and helping them pick their classes. A number of them signed up for a new discovery subject being offered by Course 7 ... description reads: Lectures by leading experts on the fundamentals of COVID-19

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 31, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  See You Later

  

  the University of Massachusetts, where I wrote my senior thesis about ... began working in MIT Admissions. It will also mark my last. At least, for a little while. Next week I will begin a leave of absence from MIT. I

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 6, 2012
• Blog / Research & Work Abroad

  love in the time of unlimited data against kindness as utility

  

  slice of vegetable-topped focaccia and motioned at the bread with the ... at the slowness of my Spanish dredged up word by word, but I think ... been plunged untethered into the center of the universe, submerged in a

  • by Kai V. '25
  • October 16, 2024
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Undecideds and the Order of the Phoenix Answering the important questions of those still making their decision.

  

  university, but when I visited Caltech, they said that about 80% of the profs ... year at MIT is time management in all senses of the phrase. The ... firmly anything at all), it's been reassuring to hear the affirmation of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 25, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  College Admissions and the Public Interest

  

  of Admissions at MIT, wrote a short book called College Admissions and ... of print for decades, but for our new website, the College Board agreed ... tell by looking at a toad how far he will jump; second, the process of

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 3, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  I waited waaaay too long to get a new computer Finally, a development environment I can work with!

  

  almost cried tears of joy. My new machine is a Lenovo Yoga 730 (the newest ... years together, and they were three of the most formative years of my life ... been retrofitted with an i7 processor, 256 GB of SSD storage, and 16GB of

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • October 8, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Notes from the Road: NorCal, Netherlands, Nick Cannon, and Nerd Camp where I've been, what I've been doing

  

  an offsite meeting at the University of DC, meeting with leaders of the ... , because I work at a university, and because there aren't any admissions ...   Week of May 30-June 5 Commencement week at MIT! The Class of 2016

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 22, 2016
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Cognitive Processes or: i take a personality test again

  

  idea to come up with for our app. I would just kind of throw spaghetti at ... , at least in terms of multitasking. 34. Readily communicate personally to all members of a group to feel unity. - Exactly Me Looking at my

  • by Cami M. '23
  • August 2, 2020
• FAQ / Life and culture

  Are the Arts active on campus?

  imaginative problem solving. The MIT School of Architecture and Planning offers ... Technology. The MIT School of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences offers ... More than 50 percent of incoming first-years have prior training in
• Blog / Challenges

  Sick of Being Sick On being sick at MIT.

  

  how good you think you are at taking care of yourself, so it's nice ... So I'm sick right now. Again. It's some lovely combination of fever, nausea, and other TMI that I'll spare you the details of, but basically, I

  • by Jess K. '10
  • September 22, 2008
• Blog / Summer

  this summer a recap of sorts

  

  in New York. However, as the spring semester went on, I realized that a ... explore this new area and new people without the constraints of a hectic ... I love, I tried new restaurants with friends, I got lost at the MFA

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • September 14, 2021
• Blog / Personal Projects

  Fixing a trapeze! then hanging upside-down on it

  

  most of what the studio above my old middle school had to offer, but at ... wonders of being at home). Step Two: Sock Cover Next I pulled the sock ... trio of white-haired men met to play, and I kept sneaking glances at the

  • by Amber V. '24
  • December 29, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Stories That Made Me My identity in books

  

  train to New York City too often. Mama's Boy, Dustin Lance Black, 2019 ... storytelling so much that it's become a pillar of my identity — it's why I chose ... , the stories you relate to are a direct reflection of your personhood

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • November 19, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  One Student’s Crusade to Stop Genocide I confess to regarding the phrase “never again” with cynicism. It offers a rhetorical smokescreen…

  

  protested “the militarization of university research,” and in November of the following year, another group chanted, “We won’t ... high-profile scholars at the Institute’s Center for International

  • by The Humanitarian Blog
  • November 26, 2007
• Blog / Challenges

  sunset/sunrise swiftly flow the days

  

  might be after the end of the semester']managing everything[/annotation]at ... late, refreshing the New York Times election tracker, attempting to work ... bed before I had finished at least a good portion of my work, I sat down

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • November 18, 2020
• Blog / Announcements

  MIT Early Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  Class of 2026, and as of *checks watch* right now, we have offered early ... MIT Early Action admissions decisions for the Class of 2026 are now ... , but still well above our pre-pandemic baseline of ~9,000 EA applications

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 18, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Do you have class? A view of my classes for the fall semester, with some photos from their first…

  

  is the standard introductory physics course offered to freshmen at MIT ... promotes group learning and collaboration. Students sit at tables of nine ... freshmen at MIT, combining traditional subject matter of AP Calculus AB and

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • September 8, 2005