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• Blog / Admissions

  State of the Mail We're processing a lot of mail.

  

  , sorted, entered into the database, filed, and reviewed. My advice to you ... materials and test scores for more than 7,000 regular action applicants. That

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 6, 2006
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  From East to West: An American’s Cross-Atlantic Voyage The start of my MISTI UK experience

  

  Line, my heavy suitcase and jet-lagged state convinced me to take the ... into Heathrow Airport on a dragon, and then I rode with a group of ... ’m here through MISTI, or MIT International Science and Technology

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • June 10, 2025
• Blog / Public Service & Activism

  On election day Practicing an applied civic education

  

  the best youth of this and other countries, the Institute is obligated ... Today, November 3rd, 2020, is Election Day in the United States. Many ... voting, and faculty have been instructed to avoid scheduling assignments or

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 3, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  Rejects, I feel your pain! I've never been stung by a bee, but I imagine it felt sort of like…

  

  that we are not offering you admission to MIT in the Department of Urban Studies and Planning. The number of applicants for admission to the Graduate School greatly exceeds the number which can be accommodated and it

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • March 19, 2010
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  A Day at Stanford University wait, what?

  

  . Stanford...is not like MIT. Where to start? Stanford is sunny and spacious. The buildings are built out of tasteful sandstone and, as a bonus ... of people do, in fact, look like people, and were created by famous

  • by Allan K. '17
  • June 3, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  The Google RISE Global Summit and some thoughts on STEM outreach.

  

  Colorado and neighboring states and runs a day of demonstrations and ... RISE (Roots In Science and Engineering) and is an example of how ... (surely "in" is no more important than "and"?) In a nutshell, Google grants

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 21, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Jon and me how I came to see the world

  

  it. More than a decade (and a graduate degree in media studies from MIT ... of SLACs and state colleges in New England...and also to the College of ... audience and his far-flung fans. Maybe that was the case for you. It

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 11, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Building 46 ‚ô•

  

  - the research being done, the classes offered, and the opportunities ... Look at this: And this: And this: And maybe even this: I ... December, the registrar sends out letters to some freshmen, offering them

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • January 18, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  No Good Deed Goes Unpunished ...in which I introduce myself and set the tone for this "theater of the absurd."

  

  , Delaware and most recently Ithaca, New York. I am a graduate of Norfolk State University (Home of the Spartans!) and the University of Delaware, (Home of The ... recruitment at Cornell University. Fast-forward six years and I'm the new

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • August 11, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  choosing where to go for my younger brother

  

  -carpet photoshoots and limousine rides. In another universe, she is a sign-spinner on a ... transcript.  I cross-registered for some classes at a different university and ... problem set, and I actually care. No axis of the universe has actually

  • by Rona W. '23
  • May 1, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Q&A Passing along some e-mails, and my responses to them.

  

  this one IB exam, and my school doesn't offer it. My school offers very ... course or attending any other university. -and- I know that there isn ... MIT, and, again, I could not have taken them as my school does not offer

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 21, 2013
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  in honor of tau the superior circle constant

  

  angles and degrees are easy: one-eighth of a circle, or [latex]45^{\circ ... through The State of the Tau. Some personal highlights include: SMBC and ... ]\tau = 6.283… = 2\pi[/latex]. And I cannot help but tell you about the glory

  • by Phi A. '21
  • February 20, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Life as a Physics Major- Research and Junior Lab(Part 2) Long and verbose. But I hope you find time to read it.

  

  one of the easier 8.13 experiments) and gives you, to varying degrees ... A month and a half ago, I posted the first part of my series ... to nothing. The IAP tide has crept ashore and I've been simply floating

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • January 29, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT ‘10: Eletha Flores The awesome Eletha Flores '10.

  

  engineering and math. Flores will enter the Massachusetts Institute of ... & Mathematics Institute at CAHSEE and the Minority Introduction to Engineering and ... Herbert Flowers High School and the Class of 2006 valedictorian, is the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 26, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  self-assessment, re: playwriting notes on taking playwrights' workshop this semester

  

  , philosophical and critical things about the current state of humanity. I would get ... always struggled with fiction writing and long-form storytelling. Writing a ... only writing poetry, but noticing poetry, recognizing symbolism and

  • by Allan K. '17
  • December 9, 2014
• Blog / Events

  DATA FOR BLACK LIVES this weekend at the media lab

  

  cold marble floor of the state capitol, surrounded by federal agents and ... . And with detailed polling data, state legislatures have disenfranchised ... Thomas Jefferson as the first President-elect of the United States and

  • by Allan K. '17
  • November 18, 2017
• Blog / Classes

  Junior Year Sticky Notes mainly thoughts on post-grad life & friendship

  

  according to plan, I'll graduate with a degree in 20 and[annotation note ... with my degree requirements. After this semester, I will officially have ... /BE"]Course 20[/annotation][annotation note="ignoring my HASS and PE requirements

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • April 3, 2026
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Recap: SHASS Lightning Talks @ CPW some projects in the social sciences and humanities at MIT

  

  institutional brand and our role in the popular imaginary. But, as a graduate of ... consequences of international trade? universal grammar? Last April, at our ... Lightning Talks" for our admitted students and parents. Nine faculty members

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 28, 2016
• Blog / Events

  An Evening With BJ Novak, opened by Barack Obama You may have heard of BJ Novak from his role as Ryan Howard on NBC'S…

  

  two years and are unaware of the current state of American politics, the ... Institute--and weighted to favor students". This was greatly exciting news ... like a turtle in three pairs of sweatpants and two sweatshirts and a lot

  • by Jess K. '10
  • November 23, 2009
• Blog / Athletics

  First Post A little about myself.

  

  Hi, I am Stu Schmill, and I am responsible for organizing MIT ... cars. Mine were the Chevy Lumina, Olds Cutlass, Pontiac Grand Prix, and ... followed my passion. I quit my job at GM and became a full time crew coach

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • September 14, 2005