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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Designing MIT for democracy why is MIT so decentralized and chaotic? BECAUSE DEMOCRACY

  

  role of a private university in an era of well-funded public universities ... While reading Whitney Zhang's article in the Tech on the history of ... curricula were similar to that of a Soviet university and that “the kind of

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 19, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Forbes and MIT there's graphs in this one

  

  alums in the 30 Under 30 for the past three years. (Slice of MIT is a cool ... Under 30 Lists in 2016 More than Two Dozen from MIT Named to Forbes 30 ... years, there have been 89 30 Under 30 MIT alumni. I was interested in

  • by Erick P. '17
  • January 19, 2017
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Bed arrangements in dorms, and beauty on campus

  

  're universal. In some dorms, such as MacGregor, all the rooms are singles. But ... room in Burton-Connor too, as long as you clear it with the house manager ... -issue. However, there are a few freshman doubles on every hall. In these, the beds

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 8, 2005
• Blog / Events

  A sample of life in the past week A summary of a million events in 7 days!

  

  can speak for all of MIT in saying that our thoughts and hearts are with ... University professor who just won the John Bates Clark medal, which is “awarded ... 40. No woman had won the medal in its 60-year history.” Two years ago

  • by Melis A. '08
  • April 21, 2007
• Blog / Events

  MIT is in Boston!!!!111!!!1! It's something to be excited about!!!!!

  

  other universities aren’t necessarily in cities or around many other ... universities in the area added to that experience even more. Not to mention, I ... : it’s in Boston! (well technically Cambridge, but you know, still the

  • by Selam G. '18
  • December 11, 2016
• Blog / Events

  The Namesake Jhumpa Lahiri's novel comes to the Cambridge screen

  

  purchased tickets for us in advance and offered them at half the cost. Many ... Jhumpa Lahiri. Lahiri was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 2000 for her ... Transnational Cultures. Video of the latter is available in the Language Learning

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • March 19, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Juniors: MITES, RSI and WTP deadlines approaching Summer programs at MIT for 11th graders.

  

  subsidized and offers financial aid. Here's a little more about them: Minority ... juniors who are interested in studying and exploring careers in science ... ), sponsored by the Center for Excellence in Education and MIT, is a rigorous

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 26, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Senior Week The beginning of the final week for MIT's Seniors.

  

  'll profile a senior each day, each an amazing person in their own right. The ... , for example, while last year 8 students in the entire class accepted offers to work there (last year's most popular employer, if you're curious

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 4, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Leaves, Strawberries, Doors Pictures of campus, faculty dinner, another door. (7 pictures)

  

  presidential election, Massachusetts public schools, university riots in the '60s ... become awash in color (thanks in part to that unusual snowstorm last week ... . While I'm not technically "faculty," many cool faculty members were in

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 5, 2005
• Blog / Events

  MIT wins the Putnam ...for the third year in a row!

  

  , securing the MIT team's first-place ranking--our team has finished in first ... --the median score is frequently 0; in 2015, it was 2 points out of a possible ... Fellows." Each participating university also selects a team of 3 students to

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • May 1, 2016
• Blog / About Decisions

  You Make The Call So you think you've got what it takes to admit the Class of 2010 to…

  

  Back in the good ol' days (winter of 1983 to be exact) there was a ... selective college or university? How hard can it be? All you need to do is ... to admit qualified women in enough numbers to reflect the applicant

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • September 9, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Day in the Life A photographic biography of a Friday

  

  ” (in the eternal words of Donald Guy '12, who, unlike basically everyone ... awake. The rest of this post will be about things I did yesterday in ... remember the desk in room 26-100 as well as the enormous intellect that sat

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • December 6, 2008
• Blog / Life after MIT

  So long, farewell, auf wiedersehen, adieu To you, and you, and you and you and you.

  

  life, the universe, and everything -- my email's still mollieb at mit dot ... try. I love you all, and best wishes in the future!

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 4, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Adventures in Logan Airport In which I attempt to fly back to Florida. Written during a too-long wait in…

  

  The other day, when I stopped in the Admissions Office to annoy a few ... in person. Or maybe this was asked by someone else entirely. Meh. Same difference. Anyway, I offer you a tale of suspense and... you know, other

  • by Keri G. '10
  • December 24, 2006
• Blog / MISTI

  Three Months In Paris The MISTI experience of Jenny Nelson '09.

  

  you up on an offer of a free room in Paris!). [] Me on top of the ... been, and neither had anyone in my family, so when I told my parents that ... students all over the world to participate in internships, and they try and

  • by MISTI Program
  • October 31, 2007
• Blog / Challenges

  Staying in Touch Family back home or here in Boston!

  

  . MIT can offer you everything in terms of academics. I could not ask for ... back inside for a home-cooked meal, seems so long ago. In reality, it has ... completely until you’re here in a dorm, in a town you’ve only been to during

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • October 1, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  Not in Kansas anymore A brief look at your third '15 blogger

  

  /maybe/possibly change in the future. With as many exciting majors as MIT offers, I'm not ... with a bolded list! Past Living Situation(s): I was born in Ethiopia ... the weather in lovely Los Angeles, California for around 5 years before

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • September 9, 2011
• Blog / Hacks

  IAP=Watermelon in January I honestly can't think of a better analogy.

  

  could take that starts in the fall and runs through IAP. The labs were ... end of IAP, each team gives a presentation in front of a panel of judges composed of representatives from companies who then offer interviews to

  • by Ana V. '15
  • February 9, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Three MIT students win Rhodes Scholarships In case you're wondering, yes, that's a lot of Rhodes Scholarships.

  

  Technology where she majors in brain and cognitive sciences, with minors in ... Senator Edward Kennedy. At Oxford, she plans to do a doctorate in public ... in brain and cognitive science, with a minor in literature. She has

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 22, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  fictional coping mechanisms learning to love unapologetically

  

  pulled me through some of the roughest times in my life, especially in the ... Good Place a lot," I'd offer, after some hesitation. And while The Good ... in love with it. Not to the point where it was what I was thinking

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • February 11, 2021