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• 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 / 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 / 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 / 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 / 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
• 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 / 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 / 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 / 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
• 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 / 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
• Blog / People & Identities

  living the sloth life regressing to my feral weeb childhood self

  

  most MIT students i've spoken to, and probably most college students ... sophomores and freshmen have never experienced "normal" campus life, and the ... 'd go to events to meet new people whenever possible and seize every

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • January 2, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  See You Later

  

  student and researcher. As some of you may remember, before MIT I was a researcher at the Berkman Center for Internet and Society, and before that at the University of Massachusetts, where I wrote my senior thesis about

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 6, 2012
• 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

  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 / Academics & Research

  2.009 Final Presentation Recap Flashing lights, a live horse, social robots, great music, clouds of steam and lots of…

  

  concept, as Luke explains that universities like MIT, Stanford and Carnegie ... educational and rehabilitative game designed to help developmentally disabled ... stainless steel and carbon fiber. They’re all past products innovated by MIT

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • December 11, 2013
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT Early Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  MIT home. Our Early Action admits come from 46 states and dozens of ... *Update as of 2015: Early action is available to both domestic and ... using the same username and password that you use to log into your My

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 17, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  It’s 2017! highlight reels from the new year

  

  Happy New Year, everyone! 2016 has been shuttered into the past, and ... : humanitarian crisis, deeply divisive politics and high-profile incidents of ... , it just means that Netflix is about to add some new TV shows and movies

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • January 1, 2017