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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Making it work. In which I just carry on. Where's Andrae when I need him?

  

  had to take 15 and a half classes in one semester just to get one degree ... to get a UROP and do research as an undergraduate. Margaret Mac ... --sneaking into labs well after their closing times, RB used NMR, UV, and IR

  • by Sam M. '07
  • March 3, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Wise Words From Mikey A good thing to read as you prepare to arrive on campus and begin your…

  

  , and I decided to wait until now instead of posting it in June - this seems like a better time, as people prepare to arrive on campus and start ... sentiments expressed below - I just work here and I know I've felt this way

  • by Ben Jones
  • August 15, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Dear prefrosh, a letter to you

  

  you and offer you guidance where you struggle, and when they struggle ... universities I applied to. Everyone at MIT was so open and accepting of people ... this? During this time, I've been able to talk and spend a lot of time

  • by Cami M. '23
  • April 25, 2020
• Blog / Advice

  tick tick tick and the euphoria of it stopping

  

  institute is always churning.  tick There's a constant sound in the back of my ... . Any time of day I walk through campus—like the rare and dreadful 4am ... offering me so much opportunity. How dare I feel like this is all too much? I

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • November 16, 2024
• 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 / 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 / Miscellaneous

  girls just wanna have fun when u gonna live ur life right?

  

  education and university, yet even with all that's offered, I'm still unsure ... future and what is to come. This past four day weekend I treated myself. After a hard week of advocating for myself and my class and begging the 6

  • by Cami M. '23
  • April 24, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Study Breaks, Apple Pies, and Formal Halls

  

  -MIT Institute that promotes partnership happenings between the two universities. They are the people that started CME and have been funding it for the ... England and the first term is half way over! I really can't believe it. The

  • by Cambridge
  • November 3, 2007
• 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 / Study Abroad

  The Cambridge-MIT Exchange

  

  institutions asked to make sure we are happy and doing well. Even if you don ... matriculate as a full student for a year at Cambridge University in Cambridge ... ' for the friends I've made here and the team that I've rowed with for our

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 14, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  New kid on the block

  

  ”, “Harry-Potter-style city”, a world-famous university with 61 Nobel ... picked up in England) and last but not least, the place where the structure ... am Linh, a junior majoring in Biology (Course 7) and I am currently

  • by Linh V. '13
  • February 9, 2012
• 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 / Admissions

  March Questions Omnibus 3

  

  could offer us admission?" And someone wrote, "I must admit, I'm a little ... rejected now. Because I have not applied to other american university, and ... university and Indian universities require only an academic entrance exm

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 20, 2005
• 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 / 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 / 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 Paolo 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 / Events

  MIT wins Putnam math competition

  

  , and the opportunity to study math for a year at the University of ... The results are out, and for the second consecutive year, MIT has won ... ), Daniel Kane (sophomore-junior, Mathematics), and Vladimir Barzov (junior

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 21, 2005
• 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