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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Whew! A brief interlude before I go back to studying.

  

  degrees and got a whole lot of planning experience being the operations ... E class I need for my degree, and I'm doing a lot better this term. I'm too ... swing of things and begin posting regularly again. When we last left each

  • by Derrick B. '08
  • March 10, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Spreading the word Yesterday, new father Ben and I did a presentation on blogging for the annual conference…

  

  other state, and more students from India than from Vermont, but in the ... Yesterday, new father Ben and I did a presentation on blogging for ... Admission Counseling (NEACAC), hosted by Boston's Northeastern University

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 2, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Landing  Your Aircraft Has Arrived at Gate '21 

  

  their rings and received their diplomas. You can join our virtual ... was a witty combination of orientation information and MIT-related insights and expectations I had collected during my first few days at MIT. I

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • June 4, 2021
• Blog / Classes

  GELcamp project management… in the woods?

  

  slack). Also, side note, it was -2 degrees this morning and my nostrils ... spring, and it is the first ever project management course offered to ... … Day One Hello! I am currently typing this in 14 degree weather, snuggled

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • February 6, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Keeping it Green On a visit to NYC, I learned a little about environmentally friendly housing.

  

  garden insulates the building and offers a quiet haven for residents ... After a not-so-brief hiatus, I'm back at the Institute! Over the ... her high school, Stuyvesant, and on the way there she pointed out the

  • by Melis A. '08
  • January 10, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT ‘10: The Plano Four Colin Taylor '10, Timur Sahin '10, Joanne Shih '10 and Albert Chang '10.

  

  Shih and Albert Chang will be going to the Massachusetts Institute of ... , and former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu did it in 1975 ... graduating from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge. Four

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 27, 2006
• Blog / Athletics

  Physical Education: because your body needs problem sets, too My adventures in completing the MIT Physical Education requirements

  

  You can get a perfect GPA and lead every extracurricular activity on campus, but if you don’t pass a swim test and complete 8 Physical Education (P.E.) “points,” then you won’t receive an MIT diploma. Harsh, eh? That

  • by Melis A. '08
  • November 20, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  Being Sick at the Institute the firth law of therbodydabics *sniff*

  

  for four days straight (and therefore, not in class, lab, or recitation ... have no idea what’s going on in 6.006 (Algorithms), and “The First Law of ... life together in 2.05 (Thermodynamics) either. Oh, and of course, there

  • by Selam G. '18
  • September 22, 2016
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  i quit an internship on the second day cut your losses early

  

  Zoom University. Instead, I chose to work. Unfortunately, nobody was ... said. A day later, I received an offer from the company. It was a little ... wanted to get paid, then offer me less than that—I accepted the offer

  • by Rona W. '23
  • November 6, 2022
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Snow! there is (was) snow and it's freezing (or is it?)

  

  in no small part upon the young men of the United States and that if ... might reach 55 degrees. And then it'll probably get cold again, and then ... I returned back to campus on December 29th, and as the Amtrak

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • January 9, 2016
• Blog / Study Abroad

  Last night in Haiti I have about three hours to sleep until we have to catch our flight out…

  

  the current state of water quality in Haiti. And somehow, it all came ... president of the state university of Haiti describe how he pulled his father ... night of live music, dancing, and some pretty funky Haitian food, and

  • by Jess K. '10
  • May 1, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Women’s Initiative A bit about my classes - and why girls are awesome

  

  Sooo ~ MIT's back in session and life is again much too full with ... asparagine was named after asparagus, and that if our body pH levels dropped below 7.0 and we didn't have buffers, we'd die. As you can tell, both

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • February 8, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  July Questions Omnibus 1 Your questions & my answers.

  

  from kenya." If you haven't enrolled in a bachelor's degree program, and ... 's paper application within the next week or so, and will have it on hand to ... registered for MyMIT and live in the US, you should receive your application by

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 6, 2006
• FAQ / International applicants

  What if I’m waiting for my green card?

  're considered an international applicant if you're not a United States citizen or United States permanent resident (green card holder). Applicants awaiting ... portal or email and your status will be updated immediately, right up until
• Blog / Events

  Meeting Neil deGrasse Tyson ASTRONOMERS! Learn to moonwalk. You'll need it some day.

  

  responding to various offerings of the universe made in these media. Twitter ... and offer suggestions on how such efforts may benefit the long ... minutes and answer questions if there are any." We swarmed to the stage

  • by Anna H. '14
  • January 9, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Dating Research A news story today looks at Media Lab research on dating.

  

  hold the answer. Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology ... patterns and voice tones to rate people -- on a scale of 0 to 100 percent ... said, if the speed-daters engaged in "back and forth exchanges

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 11, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  Things to do while waiting for decisions on Saturday Clicking the "refresh" button repeatedly between now and Saturday afternoon is NOT an option.

  

  to your interests. And share those! They're probably awesome! -Sleep ... things you can do between now and Saturday afternoon: -Buy really cool ... nerdiness on your chest for the viewing pleasure of small children and

  • by Keri G. '10
  • March 13, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  100% Completion It’s pretty hard to do, but I’m going to try.

  

  HELLO WORLD and welcome to my playthrough of a new game - college! I’m streaming/blogging live from MIT and I’m indescribably excited to start ... own adventure, and there are an infinity of options to choose from

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • September 7, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  New York, New York

  

  New York Stock Exchange (maybe I'll see fellow MIT alum and NYSE CEO ... conference and sat in on a panel on the new SAT writing test. Dr. Perelman is one of the directors of undergraduate writing at Massachusetts Institute

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 4, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Language What Learning Chinese at MIT has meant to me

  

  chances of ever entering an American university, and assisted an elderly man ... language, and to a larger extent culture. For many of my friends, language is ... Tso's chicken and my friends' 麻婆豆腐 ("ma po dou fu”) or my birthday party

  • by Ben O. '19
  • February 26, 2017