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• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Poetics of Place Snippets from my "Critical Writing for Designers" course at school down the street

  

  I had lunch at Harvard today, on the stone steps of a building like ... opportunity to cross-register at Harvard (or Wellesley, or MassArt, or the School of the Museum of Fine Arts) appealed to me when I applied here, and

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • February 29, 2016
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Teacher of the Year MIT's notable alumni include amazing teachers.

  

  I've discussed a number of famous and notable MIT alums here, but I haven't talked about any MIT alumni K-12 teachers. A number of my friends and acquaintances are teachers, and they are fantastic. One of these

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 1, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  Culture, not the bacterial kind Some questions you should be asking about all the schools to which you're applying.

  

  (This entry courtesy of the free wireless internet at the Hotel ... of glad I'm interviewing for graduate programs this year while writing the blog, because I get to impart all kinds of advice from an almost

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • February 4, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Online Learning Ecology in The United Kingdom An xTalk on Amazing Programs and FREE Resources

  

  Surgical Sciences Masters degree? Now you get it online from one of the best ... of MOOCs, UE distance learners can receive a Masters degree. There are ... Technology-enhanced education is changing the lives of millions

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • May 1, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What It’s Like To Major In Science Writing at MIT according to one recent alum on reddit

  

  As some of you know, I got my master's degree from the Comparative ... the student to develop mastery of the craft and rhetoric of writing about the worlds of science and engineering for broad audiences. This

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 3, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Keg of worms and phytoplankton

  

  I'm at home now in Hampton Bays getting ready for the first of my ... using the wrong lures and jigs. Nevertheless, I had a lot of fun. It made ... their MIT application. In my three years of reading applications, I can

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 7, 2004
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT writing faculty comment on GPT and other AI assisted writing in education

  

  . You've probably seen some of the recent news about GPT-3 and Chat ... language text in response to prompts.  There has been a tremendous amount of ... college (or even admissions application) essay, to say nothing of broader

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • January 24, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  Bruno Recalibration

  

  It was 86 degrees F in Boston on Wednesday! A blooming tree in front of the Senior House dormitory Now, I'm in New Jersey for the wedding of an MIT roommate. Lots of old friends from across the country are

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 22, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Fifteen Minutes to Clear My Head on my morning walk from Boston to MIT

  

  of students dislike the idea of having to cross the bridge every ... take a picture. I had just taken a snapshot of something I see every single morning. I stepped onto the sidewalk and took another picture of the

  • by Erick P. '17
  • December 3, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Read This! All those questions you needed answeredvar gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www.");document.write(unescape("%3Cscript…

  

  be replaced with TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language) 2) Mid ... keep my job as an admissions blogger. There are a lot of things that come along with the roll of admissions blogger. We blog (duh), are asked to

  • by Snively '11
  • June 4, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Don’t stop me now! I am a satellite, I'm out of control.

  

  of science degree in Mechanical Engineering from MIT last year. ... for our first bandit running of the Boston Marathon. I've got my Super ... take a cab, and a jar of vaseline to prevent chafing. That seems like

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 17, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Good Luck Jo-Jo!

  

  serving as President of the Undergraduate Association, and she was serving ... degree in Electrical Engineering, Joanne now works as a management ... tomorrow night, Joanne will be competing with 16 women for the title of "Miss

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 24, 2005
• FAQ / First-year application

  I’m a non-traditional applicant. How do I apply?

  There are many applicants to MIT from many types of backgrounds, and ... awhile, we would expect to see the results of your standardized tests ... college or in a non-degree program prior to applying to brush up on their
• Blog / Academics & Research

  It’s the terror of knowing Ten dollars for my thoughts on grad school.

  

  -year programs. In fact, for the chemical engineering degree, instead of doing a ... DID YOU KNOW? Norah Jones is the daughter of sitar virtuoso Ravi Shankar. So I've got a photographic record of picturesque Barcelona, but I

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 20, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  EA Deadline: Your Questions [Updated] With the Early Action deadline fast approaching, I'll try to answer some last minute questions.

  

  Computer Science.' Also one of my brother's received a bachelors degree and ... , November 1. I'd like to field some of your last minute questions here in ... currently have a backlog of materials in our processing center, and expect to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 31, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  recently read words absorbed by my brain

  

  . That sense of resignation—not even attempting to cross the abyss—Rooney is ... of the Rice Chest” by Monica Youn My friend Alec attended the L.A. Times Festival of Books recently and heard Monica Youn read this poem

  • by Rona W. '23
  • May 3, 2023
• Blog / Blogs That Aren't in English

  Comfort and College Scared of applying to colleges far from home? Then read this!

  

  accomplished what I set out to do: earn my graduate degree…at the cost of ... Take in the familiar sights, smells, and faces of your community. Can ... which an institution offers you glory, but at the cost of sacrificing

  • by Beatriz Valdez
  • November 21, 2011
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Reflections from the “other side” of the desk Even when you are gone, you can't really get away

  

  It has only been a couple of months since I left MIT Admissions for a ... official member of the broader MIT community, I find that it is difficult for ... . To some degree, the disconnect is easier to explain.  I no longer live

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • October 5, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Questions Omnibus & Fierce Forever More questions answered, with a few words about yesterday's Fierce Forever 6.

  

  one of these entries takes up a good deal of time, so I'm sorry that my answers are brief, but I hope that by publishing answers to all of your ... , here's one of the things I missed on campus: Fierce Forever is MIT

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 30, 2006
• Blog / Community Projects

  simfinite hopscotch! hippity hoppity blue tape grandiosity

  

  cross. We created a very accurate pair of Portals of hit vi🅱️eo game fame ... sent my very first email to dormspam, a mailing list that reaches most of ... this[/caption] I ordered a 64 pack of chalk, which would definitely be

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • December 15, 2024