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• Blog / MISTI

  Summer at last and my last days as a teenager...D:

  

  Last year, I spent the entire summer working at ETS in Princeton, New ... opportunities at various top universities, institutions, and companies around the ... languages I’m really interested in are Chinese and French. Since I ultimately

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • May 31, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Crazy admissions stories A story about craziness from both sides of the college admissions process.

  

  School who will attend Brown University in the fall, recalls a tour of ... Hamilton College, in Clinton, N.Y., has been offered bribes four or five ... they met with her. They weren't offering money to get in; they and their

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 5, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  The Minerva Delusion the political economy of an educational scam

  

  the child of a well-to-do family in Beijing, by offering them a great ... Update on 6/26/2018: in the years since this post has been written ... educational press has been buzzing about the launch of Minerva University

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 6, 2012
• Blog / Athletics

  N.Y. Times, Page B11: “MIT Guard Shows Brains and Hoops Can Mix” Jimmy Bartolotta '09 leads the 16-5 MIT Men's Varsity Basketball team.

  

  basketball." But when the Ivy League universities hesitated to make an offer ... speaker series in the Admissions Office. We asked a number of faculty ... (!). He plans to play in Europe next year (maybe with Kobe Bryant?).  

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 6, 2009
• Blog / People & Identities

  Amicus briefs and the ABCs of a diverse MIT A SCOTUS filing with Stanford et al, and a strategic action plan for an inclusive…

  

  Fisher v. University of Texas back in 2015 (brief).']amicus brief ... universities, and to create a pipeline of diverse talent in STEM." Additionally ... A few weeks ago, MIT —  in conjunction with Stanford, IBM, and Aeris

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 27, 2022
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Teacher of the Year MIT's notable alumni include amazing teachers.

  

  State University of New York at Stony Brook where he earned his masters in ... Bergen Record wrote: Nobody cuts Mr. Goodman's class. In Robert Goodman ... class a cool place. In recognition, he's been selected as the New Jersey

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 1, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Skullhouse CPW chicken waffles fire smores volcano steak shake

  

  the best steak in the world, guaranteed or I'll give you my diploma ... having classes and tests during CPW, we still put in the effort to throw ... Independent Living Groups) in general put on a lot of events to dispel the myths

  • by Erick P. '17
  • April 13, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Introducing the Class of 2013: Jonte ‘13 The fourth in a series of articles about the incoming MIT class.

  

  university located in Cambridge, Mass. Craighead said he is looking forward to ... Technology, a regional school, located in Roanoke, that offers a math, science ... institutions. More than one quarter have enrolled at Harvard University. In the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 30, 2009
• Blog / Events

  The end, my friend Pictures from my graduation :(

  

  's campus. But lo and behold, yesterday I received my diploma. This won't be a ... 't have to leave this place for long... Friday June 6, 2008 began in the ... a well-organized system where we reported to a station in order to be

  • by Melis A. '08
  • June 7, 2008
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Attended the 148th Commencement From two thousand eight hundred eighty miles away

  

  Hi. I'm in Reno, Nevada, right now with my grandparents visiting my ... proudly holding their diplomas for the rest of the undergrads to envy ... would be the 38th economically richest country in the world, a statistic

  • by Erick P. '17
  • June 8, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Greetings from MIT Labs! Introducing MIT: The Game

  

  Game is a revolutionary breakthrough in admissions technology. Designed ... -dozen current students in a room with a bunch of pizza and soda for 48 and let ... slivers of time that drop between the cracks in his schedule and has built

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 1, 2011
• Blog / Life after MIT

  rearview reflections newly-minted cruft rambles on post-mit life

  

  Somedays, I check to make sure my diploma is real and I didn’t just ... career pivots, self-discovery in a new hobby, or newfound interest in ... than some variance in my Spotify playlists, experiencing the horrors of

  • by Waly N. '24
  • January 28, 2025
• Blog / Hacks

  Harry Potter and the Infinite Corridor (updated!) Don't even try to post a spoiler.

  

  Currently at Au Bon Pain in Harvard Square awaiting the arrival of ... revoke your admission or diploma (jk) The t-shirt I was planning on wearing reads: "If you tell me what happens in Harry Potter and the Deathly

  • by Bryan
  • July 20, 2007
• Blog / Rural and Small-Town

  [Guest Post] STARS@MIT: A Year in Review By Claire S. '25

  

  , Brown University, Colby College, and Columbia University in the City of ... university provides and what these universities look for in applications, so ... universities for them.In addition to the counselor fly-in, STARS@MIT also hosted

  • by Nicole Cooper
  • April 23, 2025
• Blog / About Decisions

  Mind the Gap (again) About deferring admission for a year, also known as a gap year.

  

  I'm currently in Indianapolis, busy with the Intel International ... when I get a chance, but in the meantime, this is a good time to talk ... year. In the interests of time, I'm going to reprint an entry (edited

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 12, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Mind the Gap Gap years are a good option for some students.

  

  .com/education, but it's been in newspapers and on websites from Kentucky.com to San ... required. The University of Chicago says it will grant deferrals for almost ... point where a lot of us in admissions are talking about ways to get

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 13, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Juniors: MIT and other summer programs Juniors may want to start thinking about summer programs including MITES, RSI, and WTP.

  

  juniors. MITES and RSI are free; WTP is subsidized and offers financial aid ... in studying and exploring careers in science, engineering, and ... Excellence in Education and MIT, is a rigorous academic program which

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 16, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Brass Rat 2017 revealing our class's Brass Rat at the 2017 Ring Premiere

  

  booing. Some roared in disbelief. Others murmured to their friends. I saw ... . The beaver sits on a dam made from eight ivy leaves and a pinecone. In its right hand it holds a diploma that transforms into a telescope

  • by Erick P. '17
  • May 8, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Odds & Ends 522 EA admits, Snively, molecular jewelry, and Evan Broder's holiday card - more random than…

  

  . Congrats to all of you who got your applications in on time. :-) And being a ... principle of enrolling a maximum of one third of our class in EA. Recent changes in the early application policies of some of our peer institutions

  • by Ben Jones
  • January 4, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  XREG

  

  're going to crossreg than actually do, mostly because MIT's offerings in the ... For those of you who commented in the last post or emailed me, thank you for your birthday wishes =) I'm in the office today, reading

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 5, 2005