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• Blog / Academics & Research

  On Being a n00b at MIT Guilty as charged.

  

  Institute of Technology, not the Massachusetts Institute of Totally ... .” You may have even uttered a version of it yourself. For me – in high school – I was definitely of the “I’m not technology-oriented enough to go

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • September 23, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

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

  

  -tier institutions like the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where half the ... suggest. For example, at top-tier institutions only about 15 percent of ... Perhaps you have noticed my lack of blogging lately, unfortunately I

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 19, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Deadline-time Questions Omnibus Answering all of your questions. See you in 2007!

  

  's degree. [...] Do I have any chance of getting in to the Physics M ... Electives in Science and Technology; you must choose 2 from a list of 47 ... three pieces of advice. 1. Relax. 2. Submit your application well in

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 29, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Attended the 148th Commencement From two thousand eight hundred eighty miles away

  

  't know any seniors. This year, however, I knew tons of seniors, so there were plenty of people I could root for as they walked down the aisle proudly holding their diplomas for the rest of the undergrads to envy

  • by Erick P. '17
  • June 8, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Dorm Companion #2: Cat The Boston Globe discusses MIT's four cat-friendly dorms.

  

  began at Massachusetts Institute of Technology last week, including ... institutional focus on the growing mental health needs of students," Pals said ... be completely free of pets, save fish), along with an accompanying

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 9, 2008
• FAQ / First-year application

  Does MIT offer a foundation year?

  MIT does not offer a foundation year program. Students currently enrolled in a foundation year program may apply for first-year admission if their foundation year is not considered the first year of university in
• Blog / About Decisions

  Just To Be Clear: We Don’t Do Legacy anatomy of a WTF in the WSJ

  

  Institutional Research (IR), erroneously reported that MIT Admissions offered a ... admissions process. For those of you not familiar with the practice, “legacy admissions” means preferring the children of alumni in the admissions process

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 25, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The good advice The many different flavors of advising at MIT.

  

  end of July so I could spend the month of August working on Ben's couch. True story. I'm going through and tagging all of the bloggers' entries ... back and read all of the old entries. There's some good stuff in the

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 9, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Reactors are my friends. Four things you would never expect to find in a real MIT laboratory.

  

  Changing World Technologies, you take a turkey, cut off all the meat and ... heating oil. Not only do you get rid of agricultural waste (without feeding ... of it as well as some fertilizer and coal byproducts if you're lucky

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 26, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Reno/Sacramento wrap-up The latest from the West Coast.

  

  fantastic folks at the Davidson Institute and the new Davidson Academy. The Davidson Institute offers many programs of interest to the kinds of students ... database of resources for gifted students. The Institute offers many programs

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 10, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  In Memory of Sean Collier a memorial, to a member of our family

  

  killed in the line of duty by the Tsarnaev brothers on April 18th, 2013. Sean was a beloved campus police officer, a member of the MIT Outing Club, and part of the MIT family. It is not the first memorial dedicated to

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 29, 2015
• FAQ / Prepare for MIT

  What is MITES Semester (formerly MOSTEC)?

  MITES Semester (formerly known as MIT Online Science, Technology, and Engineering Community, MOSTEC) is a six-month hybrid learning STEM and college preparation experience, free of charge, for rising high school seniors. The
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Global Languages Freshman Learning Community engaging frosh done right

  

  International Science and Technology Initiatives). The FLC, which began this semester, is designed to offer freshman community and expose them to new ... 's been wonderful so far, and we've been able to leverage the technology and

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • November 6, 2020
• Blog / Life after MIT

  What happened since the end. Bringing you up to speed on life since I finished all my schoolwork. FOREVER. (You're…

  

  motto of the Institute. People who don't understand the concept claim that ... Scatterred throughout the years are probably dozens of blog entries ... like any good MIT student, 10 days of that has driven me absolutely

  • by Laura N. '09
  • May 28, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  It all comes to this The Senior Thesis (cue dramatic music)

  

  Technologies in the fall of my senior year, and I’m spending most of my IAP here ... prove that all of your tooling has made you a better thinker? For most MIT ... must be completed by the end of your senior year and it will be

  • by Melis A. '08
  • January 23, 2008
• Blog / Events

  MIT International Or how a local Model UN conference broke molds and expectations by going abroad

  

  the Institute. More importantly, in ways, it's a bit of an art, too. That's what I learned this past weekend, when MIT's Association of ... falling under the term: every branch of engineering - from aeronautics, to

  • by Emad T. '14
  • February 11, 2011
• Blog / Life after MIT

  An Entrepreneur’s Story How billionaire entrepreneur Pat McGovern '59 got his start.

  

  attracted the attention of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology alumni ... Govern '59, Founder & Chairman of International Data Group (IDG) ("the ... philanthropist behind such ventures as the McGovern Institute for Brain Research at

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 22, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Straight from the Dean’s mouth Time magazine readers chat with the MIT Dean of Admissions, Marilee Jones.

  

  joined the admissions staff of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in ... While I was on vacation this past week, MIT Dean of Admissions ... with Bruce Poch, Dean of Admissions at Pomona College, to promote their

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 20, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Kickoff! and away we go...

  

  for For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) was ... on behalf of MIT Admissions. I'll explain how FIRST and KC are ... , before most students now applying to MIT were even born. The goal of FIRST

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • January 12, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Linkdump: Smart Leaves, Burritos, and Shaq cool things on the Internet

  

  organized by students — at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology." And ... I think I get my need for notes from my mom. Every day of my childhood was a festival of notes. I'd wake up to a note on my bedside

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 10, 2011