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• Blog / Announcements

  Welcoming you to the new MIT Welcome Center a new home for admissions, and all the institute's visitors

  

  hand that beckons hello, welcoming people to the Institute. And so a big ... offering in-person information sessions and tours at this time. We hope to do ... passageway between buildings 3 and 10."]complex of rooms along the Infinite

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 28, 2021
• Blog / About Decisions

  it’s only a matter of time a post for the deferred

  

  offer my congratulations, and a warm welcome to the MIT community. For the rejected, I offer my condolences, and the best of luck as you apply to other ... another blow to my confidence. I went and hid in a corner of the university

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • December 20, 2020
• Blog / Classes

  Up, Up, and Away how to get out of the 'tute (temporarily) and out into the world

  

  abroad for high school and university students. What’s cool: 6 weeks at a university abroad, but instead of studying (and doing psets and taking classes ... any college that I’ve ever heard of. Name a country, and MIT has a

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • February 10, 2019
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Hope for the Axolotl: On the Amphibian Extinction Crisis Happy Save the Frogs Day!

  

  between the Oregon State University and the University of Colorado ... a state more conducive to the survival of eggs and young. This ... pet frogs and a powerpoint presentation. This year I'm sharing with you

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • April 27, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Humans 101 @ MIT introductory SHASS classes this fall and recapping the lightning talks

  

  the SHASSy side of MIT as they try to navigate the Institute and figure ... Every year the School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences (SHASS) publishes a list of introductory subjects offered across its departments. The

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 26, 2017
• Blog / How to Human

  Making friends at college Lots of 'don't's and a couple of 'do's.

  

  me, had crossed the ocean to attend university in the States - but they ... lifestyle, independent of family and old friends, who were now one Atlantic Ocean away. I was ready for new streets, new faces, new classes and

  • by Anna H. '14
  • August 2, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  d-d-d-d-drop date late is good sometimes

  

  semester which is different and wonderful Oh, boy, I have been awake for many hours and in one more hour (it's midnight rn) I will drive to ... flights out of my local airport were cancelled today and I have attendance

  • by Abby H. '20
  • November 27, 2018
• Blog / Classes

  [Guest Post] Down the River Sharon L. '21 talks Harvard and life paths

  

  pretty large number of local and non-local universities.) Say goodbye to ... like Snackpass and Food for All that offer student discounts and special ... about the H-word, Harvard University. I’ve found myself going to Harvard

  • by Abby H. '20
  • March 8, 2019
• Blog / Research & Work Abroad

  Whoooo!

  

  you count Bermuda and the Bahamas, which I don't). This makes me very ... such a sheltered life so to speak, and when I gush over the fact that my ... travel experiences really were, and how little of world out there I

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 9, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Prof. Jeff Karp and his gecko-inspired band-aid Mimicking nature to create a better surgical adhesive

  

  the world-renown lab of biomedical engineer and Institute Professor ... researchers wanted to create the next and best surgical band-aid, they turned ... three feet per second, and in last decade scientists have begun to

  • by Melis A. '08
  • May 31, 2008
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Other ways I’ve been rejected over the past fifteen years [suffering-from-success.jpg]

  

  my next degree and had a sensational time. Now, many years later, we revisit rejection with a renewed lens. Professional writers and performers—and ... , Andrew J. '10 and I placed offers on a number of houses, all losing to

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • January 21, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  dear past me stay kind

  

  about the MIT fencing team, and I think that I'm in a better state to try ... 'd share the two that I have and do some reflecting on who I used to be ... ="missa was the nickname i went by in middle and high school

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • February 26, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Breadsticks and Business Just remember, undergrads are like puppies in the eyes of an alum

  

  year, and got an offer. When it came to his specific group assignment, he ... course 2A (a flexible degree in mechanical engineering) startup cofounder, a course 6 (electrical engineering and computer science) senior, and

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • May 24, 2012
• Blog / Challenges

  screaming a mood board

  

  abandon that degree. I recounted everything and showed the administrator my ... school admission process is almost done, and I'm on track to graduate and enter the adult world. And yet the past three weeks have been the most

  • by Abby H. '20
  • February 5, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A lot about course 9

  

  offered] from the neuroscience list and 24.900 from the cognitive science ... up and running than everyone thought it would, so I decided to come home between classes and write an entry about the Brain and Cognitive

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • October 17, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Junior Fall Line-Up, Part 2: Extracurriculars My academic plans? I've got bigger plans. Better plans.

  

  moral: there is more to MIT than earning your degree. Without further ado ... , Spanish House, Chocolate City, and International House.) New House doesn ... usually consists of four dishes. 2. Send the list of ingredients, and

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 16, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How to Fail: Part 1 Dealing with failure and trying to move past it.

  

  shows a lot of tough love, and like all institutions, it has several ... thing I would definitely do well at even at this really hard institution ... at is English. Being good at failing means not being phased by it, and

  • by Selam G. '18
  • April 21, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  New ZigZag and more A new episode of MIT's video podcast, and Susan Hockfield speaks out on energy research.

  

  's energy and environment problems. Today, I've got two pieces of media to ... concentrations. The university research community has embraced these challenges, with many faculty and students invested in finding energy solutions

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 19, 2006
• Blog / Events

  A Break from Break I went to the Undergraduate Women in Physics Conference at Yale. And I'm blogging about…

  

  myself sick and just laid in bed the first two days of the hunt, feeling ... headquarters in building 12. I left after 5 minutes and returned with a can of Oust air sanitizer and a pack of Pringles chips. I worked on some puzzle

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • January 22, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Tuesday is the new black. The world moves on MIT's hips. The world moves and it swivels and bops.

  

  important institution in the scientific community, the global society, and the ... crazy things happened yesterday, and I totally blame/credit this whole ... , who is living the MIT dream and running Harvard into the ground

  • by Sam M. '07
  • February 21, 2006