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• Blog / Admissions

  Application question: scholastic and non-scholastic distinctions? Answering FAQs about the awards section in the MIT application.

  

  have won since entering high school and indicate the level of distinction ... , Wendy's High School Heisman) Volunteering (e.g. Prudential Spirit of ... One new section of our application this year distinguishes between

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 8, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Warmth, Happiness, and Baked Goods (guest post) The best way to spend your time off.

  

  of your control. Back in high school, I spent my summers worrying about ... I'm in the process of writing a post about my own summer, but in the ... are reading this post. If you are in high school, you may be looking for

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • July 25, 2016
• Blog / Athletics

  A sporting chance

  

  't really want to go to a "jock school," the kind of school where you had to ... comeback against the Yankees, my mom scanned in an old "baseball card" of ... something in MIT's favor: even though we have 41 varsity sports, and ~20% of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 22, 2004
• Blog / Community Projects

  [guest post] Eating Your Way Through MIT The story behind Chop Stir Hack, an MIT student food magazine

  

  of MindHandHeart-funded initiative to make an MIT student cookbook to ... below, Elizabeth '13 and I were modestly involved at the beginning of that ... proof of concept. I am so impressed by where the CSH team has taken this

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 26, 2020
• Blog / Class Projects

  2.009 It's not a class, it's a way of life

  

  for mechanical engineering students (aka gotta take one of them to graduate). The premise of this class is to ideate, design, build, and present a brand new product by the end of the semester. 1 Unifying theme

  • by Taylor V. '19
  • December 28, 2018
• Blog / Life after MIT

  I’m more than twice as old as when I started my blog Rumors of my relevance are greatly exaggerated

  

  over, trying my best to be legible.  I was 17, and I thought this sort of thing mattered.  It was the first year of the MIT Blogs, after all, and I ... wanted them to like me! In 2014, with my MIT degrees and my own blogging

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • January 20, 2025
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Unlikely Candidate Finding the unexpected “right fit”

  

  so at first. In senior year of high school, I was not understanding AP ... My childhood best friend changed schools in 8th grade, so I didn ... socialization aspect of Science League than the exams.) September of senior year

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • October 9, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Surprising Research Results The chimpanzee-human relationship, and CEO pay.

  

  professor in the Department of Genetics at Harvard Medical School) and Nick ... Landier of the Stern School of Business at New York University went beyond ... discussed just that kind of research from MIT. The first article, about

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 18, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  A Cautionary Tale of Two Students You may be surprised by how many first year students at MIT believe that they…

  

  believes will negatively affect his chances of getting into a "good school ... comments of his high school classmates who intimated that he was only ... surprisingly is the number of students applying to MIT that cling to that

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • November 22, 2006
• Blog / Athletics

  the fear and delight of fire spinning do not this at home! I am a trained (semi?)professional.

  

  intricate fan designs out of aluminum. As far as number of different props ... was the boldest decision I made in my life, but also one of the best. I ... short of a pyromaniac’s. https://youtu.be/ytdqcV3HV4o Is it real fire

  • by Anika H. '26
  • June 21, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Our FAPnomenol Start of Sophomore Year! where we recount the tale of our first week back on campus

  

  like to call it) for all of high school, and we’ve been twins, well, our entire lives. Lots of people find it hard to tell us apart (and that ... Florida for a week. We saw a high school friend one of the days and in a

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • September 7, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Examining exams Sometimes, grades matter less than photons are matter.

  

  tries to cling on to the crumbling remnants of their high school success ... of high school, and I now understand textbook biology thoroughly enough ... It's October. Cambridge is cozily snuggled into the cusp of a cold

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • October 4, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Oh, the Places You’ll Go(ogle) The path to enlightenment is paved with Google searches.

  

  you probably should if you ever want to go to medical school instead of ... popularity of “how to get into medical school with a low gpa” makes me want to ... -Per-Day bandwagon and pinwheeled into a rut of intense, hardcore* Googling. Or, to

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • July 14, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  winter things a sampling of IAP plans around campus

  

  IAP stands for Independent Activities Period. For the month of ... . I asked some people what they were doing over IAP to show some of ... styles and also learn about the history of Chinese calligraphy. you make

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • February 5, 2023
• Blog / Public Statements

  A letter from President Reif regarding George Floyd and Minneapolis

  

  Today, the Class of 2020 graduates — virtually — from MIT. On a ... grass, taking photos and giving hugs. Of course, today is not a normal ... ongoing pandemic, the death of George Floyd, at the knee of a Minneapolis

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 29, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT ‘10: Quentin Smith Google Quentin Smith '10.

  

  's radio station; was part of "Pippin," the school musical; is in the school ... office on the school's campus in Groton, Mass., May 19, 2006. Smith, a ... Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the fall, is one of two Presidential

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 3, 2006
• Blog / Summer

  turning back time now your clock can follow the right hand rule!

  

  doing some math and a lot of camp. Mickey Mouse™ won’t tell you this, but ... name like Mathcamp, you’d assume we do a lot of math. And you’re not wrong. But everyone can choose exactly how much and what type of math they

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • September 27, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Q&A I asked current freshmen about the things they wish they knew for their CPW!

  

  AHHH CPW!!! Was the name of my last blog post I wrote prior to CPW last year, and it is, once again, that time of year! This year I'd like ... of every second of CPW by meeting your prospective classmates and doing

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • April 9, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  “what if I get rejected” for everyone nervous about admissions decisions

  

  into this one. *** Throughout middle school and high school, one of my ... school--schools like MIT (among others, of course). Before I found out ... transformed from one of the schools I wasn't going to apply into one of my top

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • November 13, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I AM THE MASTER!!! Is there really something that this many people can hate? Yes.

  

  that blogging is therapeutic and thus would lead to a similar outcome of ... so I've omitted it). Master of what? Doesn't matter, as long as said ... life of ridicule and belittlement, but I could be wrong. Anywho, the

  • by Snively '11
  • March 4, 2008