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• Blog / IAP

  I Am Prettylatebuthere’sanIAPpost on MIT's independent activities period (ft. friends!!)

  

  , go home, go abroad, train, work, come to campus and chill, come to campus and NOT chill… for every friend i have whose IAP itinerary somewhat ... ="attachment_111599" align="alignnone" width="300"] sarah and i on our way to a wallows

  • by Angie F. '28
  • February 24, 2025
• Blog / About Decisions

  Transfer Wrap-Up 2008 Looking back at MIT Transfer Admissions for entry this coming year.

  

  home countries, domestic public universities and military academies; four year universities and two year junior/community colleges. There were a ... We frequently get requests to blog about transfer admissions, and now

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 20, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Classes, musicals, teaching, research, sports, and wisdom tooth surgery. I think I can I think I can I think I can I think I…

  

  in the dentist chair and looked at the window, trying to concentrate on ... will soon be able to eat nothing but baby food, and I have more work to do between now and next Sunday than I have ever had in one week, ever

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 25, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Davidson Fellows scholarship program A great scholarship opportunity from the wonderful folks at the Davidson Institute for Talent Development.

  

  program. Sponsored by the good folks at the Davidson Institute for Talent ... permanent resident, live in the US, and not have your 18th birthday before ... , including $50,000 scholarship winners Jamie Rubin '07 and Daniel Kane '07

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 1, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  April Questions Omnibus 2

  

  ). Other schools that are the Beavers include Oregon State U, hockey powerhouse Bemidji State U, Boston-area business college Babson, and the City ... problem and the steps that universities, including MIT, Harvard, and

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 20, 2005
• FAQ / International applicants

  What is the Secondary School Report?

  schools do not calculate GPA, class rank, and other statistics, so your ... you submit your high school transcript with three years of grades and ... entrance to universities in your home country. We understand that many grades
• Blog / MIT Life

  What YOU’RE Doing This Summer! Do yourself a favor and watch this! Make sure you're not doing anything for the…

  

  method of scientific teaching and that of premed-prominent universities in ... scrubs, and pretend that I was on Grey's Anatomy. My preceptor was Dr. Lee ... Gregor, and there was an official Course XIX (Meteorology - but of course, an

  • by Chris S. '11
  • July 24, 2009
• Blog / Challenges

  Some Saturday Thoughts a meandering, journal-type blag post

  

  -founder of the Families and Work Institute. “Everyone needs to have more than ... energy, and the rest of the things that come easily are mostly Internet Venting, which I often feel like is a) a little depressing, and also b) not

  • by Selam G. '18
  • November 11, 2017
• Blog / Events

  The one-armed violin player and the Dalai Lama Emad's not the only blogger who got a press pass.

  

  of the Institute on the Environment at the University of Minnesota. He ... On September 24, MIT admissions blogging and His Holiness the Dalai ... . The first, sent at 9:29am, was from Chris, saying that Emad and I had

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 15, 2012
• FAQ / Academics and research

  What is the HASS Requirement?

  100% of MIT undergraduates study the humanities, arts, and social sciences. At MIT, we consider the humanities, arts, and social sciences essential—for educating young engineers, scientists, thinkers, and citizens
• Blog / Athletics

  SF AIDS Walk – Part II

  

  generous donations, I qualified as a Star Walker, and was eligible to wear a ... Burger King employee... which makes my eventual MIT degree all that more special. I owe a huge thanks to Tiffany '06 (white hat) and Accenture

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • July 17, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  MIT and Slavery a developing history, and a live webcast

  

  face facts, and we turn passionately toward the future. Today, however ... leading authority on how the emergence and growth of American colleges and universities is entwined with the history of slavery. Last spring, I sought Craig

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 16, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Questions? Answers. A valiant attempt at creating an entry that fits as many categories as reasonably possible.

  

  prairies and folded under a blanket of metropolitan sprawl, Saint Louis is ... than other cities, Yan Z., frequent superiority in jazz, Yan Z., and ... association sponsored a luncheon today for the acceptees and their genetic

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • January 1, 2009
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Poetry and Physics You don’t have to get theoretical physics to get Frank Wilczek.

  

  various forums about ambition and achievement. Simultaneously you hear "you can do anything" or the world is open to you, and then be told that there are dues to be paid, you must accumulate a certain number and type

  • by Laurie Everett
  • January 24, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Numbers, Perfect and Imperfect Math geeking, and a guessing game.

  

  is my birthday, and my age is now a perfect number. Perfect numbers are pretty cool, and have been discussed at least since the time of ... geek (like me), it's hard not to be fascinated by perfect numbers and

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 4, 2007
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Nerd Love Beauty and the Science!

  

  degree, she also...became a beauty queen! And now, she's a happily ... earning his master's degree at MIT's Artificial Intelligence Lab, and he had ... that everyone is an incredibly awkward ugly nerd with acne and backne and

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 25, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Admitted Students Meetings… I hope you'll attend the event near you.

  

  admitted students. The events are designed to provide you and your families ... know about the Institute. It's also a great way to meet other admitted students from your area as well as MIT alums, current students and parents

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • March 24, 2009
• FAQ / Life and culture

  Did MIT invent hacking?

  Institute are elaborate—but benign—practical jokes perpetrated anonymously on ... creativity, cleverness, and difficulty of execution. A 1958 prank in which the ... American Heritage Dictionary and is included as a unit of measure in Google
• Blog / MIT Life

  Onto the next world! a stupidly long metaphor

  

  'cause they'll just backstab you mentality. Everyone is fake and they ... much about myself, the world around me, and others throughout those past ... during my sprint. I've spent this past semester doing so much and learning

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 24, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Freshman FAQs and a cliffhanger or two.

  

  Hey there!  Haven't seen you in a while.  And by "seen" I mean "you ... do one at the time, since I was dangling off a cliff in Utah and had ... .  And while that's nice for the ego, it's not so helpful in terms of

  • by Michael C. '16
  • April 7, 2013