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• Blog / MIT Life

  2 More MIT Students Become Rhodes Scholars ...but no bloggers this year.

  

  prestigious Rhodes Scholarships to study next year at Oxford University in ... to Oxford University to read for a degree in the Philosophy, Politics ... Carolina], will graduate from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 24, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  ROTC Is Life (In a Good Way) Everything you ever wanted to know about ROTC at MIT (and then some)

  

  , based in colleges and universities. If you join the program, you ... mine who are in ROTC, the Reserve Officer Training Corps. Tessa and Rachel, who I lived with in Simmons during freshman year, are in the ROTC

  • by Selam G. '18
  • December 18, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  6.5 Years Post-Graduation, I’m a Beading Artist a twisty path

  

  in Political Science. Two and a half years ago, after graduating again from Northwestern University’s science and health journalism program, I ... recap of what I did between graduating and becoming a full-time artist (in

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • January 25, 2025
• Blog / Challenges

  mit: it’s complicated confliCTING FEELINGS

  

  philosophy -- it was everything i ever wanted in a university. but i kind of ... university in the world when i feel just about...average? i know, i know ... i've been drafting and drafting this blog post over and over again in

  • by Cami M. '23
  • September 6, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  year 2 of the course 2 how do you become a mechanical engineer, anyway?

  

  advisor)'s office on Tuesday in search for the answers to life, the universe ... Universe but also might possibly be a magician, because: In 10 minutes he ... 's my blog and I get to put words in your mouth if I want. That's a good

  • by Michael C. '16
  • September 5, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

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

  

  Admission Counseling (NEACAC), hosted by Boston's Northeastern University ... northeast arrive for the NEACAC conference. In the first session of the ... highly selective universities are now need blind, that wasn't always the

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

  MIT Festival of Learning: Expo how MIT is leading the educational revolution

  

  collection of short classroom labs offered in MIT introductory mechanical ... his AP exams in a district with no AP classes offered. We certainly need ... posts about this year's Festival. It highlights the latest developments in

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • February 20, 2018
• Blog / Summer

  MNL → BOS → SFO we live in a so(ci)e(ty)

  

  ="aligncenter" width="600"] the mentioned universities are highlighted in red ... I love cities, and I've lived in cities all my life. I grew up in Manila, lived three years in Boston, and am now spending the summer in San

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 1, 2022
• Blog / Personal Travel

  In Japan, the Elevators Don’t Care - Sort of trying to fit in as an American in Japan - 

  

  on the street. I stand in front of a store eating a vending machine ice cream, like how I've seen others stand in front of food stalls ... in the way and I feel like I'm interrupting an invisible flow that I

  • by Caroline M. '18
  • July 22, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  In Their Own Words (Part 1) I ask my friends and fraternity brothers the immortal question: "What are you doing this…

  

  by almost anyone involved in the financial industry from universities ... famous - so many, in fact, that all of their responses wouldn't fit in this ... and 8, of Simmons): "I'll be UROPing in Prof. Field's lab (in the

  • by Paul B. '11
  • June 22, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  A Little INSPIRation Guest Post by Vaishnavi Rao '17

  

  universities worldwide in these areas. Q: What advice do you have for applicants ... In the midst of a whirlwind-like semester I promise to eventually ... . *** Q: Tell me a little about yourself. A: I’m Vaishnavi, a junior in

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • December 1, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  They say you learn more by living abroad than by going to school

  

  ’s Tsinghua University. So when I arrived in Beijing, everything got just a tad ... Well, there’s certainly truth to that. I arrived in China almost two weeks ago, and spent the first week in the comfort of my relatives’ home

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • June 17, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Prof. Ali Khademhosseini: Building tissues, cell-by-cell Khademhosseini, an Assistant Professor of Medicine at the joint MIT-Harvard Health Sciences and Technology Program,…

  

  . Just like humans, cells develop in response to their environment; a heart cannot be grown by simply placing stem cells in a Petri dish. However, Ali ... living tissue, but Khademhosseini’s work is unique in its “

  • by Melis A. '08
  • September 7, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  World’s Largest Collection of Brains The new Brain & Cognitive Sciences Complex opens tomorrow.

  

  There was a nice article in yesterday's Boston Globe about the ... brain scientists under one roof in the world. The new 411,000-square ... , stands on what must already be one of the brainiest corners in the world

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 1, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  Happy Valley and the Sandusky Scandal Penn State, Joe Paterno, State College: the stories you've heard and the town—my hometown—behind them.

  

  culture in which the leaders of one of America’s largest universities ... Two weeks ago, while visiting my family in State College, I got to see some images in Old State Clothing Co. that probably seem sad and

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • August 5, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  72 Hours Later… I have the "morning-after" syndrome.

  

  , you don't sound like a college professor in real life!" I'm sure now ... next few days. But I just want to say something. In a word, you guys are ... passions in high school, from research (I don't know how many ISEF and

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 13, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Parliamo Italiano! And some other languages too.

  

  whole selection of other materials in each of the languages offerred, can ... pretty awesome. In fact, MIT has one of the best political science programs ... 's selection is pretty limited, but the classes are still great. (We only offer

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 19, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  The View is Worth It but you have to make the climb yourself to find out

  

  full time job offer nor a spot in the graduate program. I do something ... the Highline Trail in Glacier National Park. This is one of the most famous hiking trails in the country for its scenic vistas, so as somebody

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • August 7, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  Class of 2021 Wait List Today, we have closed out the wait list for the Class of 2021.

  

  at MIT (also known in admissions parlance as the "yield") of greater ... our wait list, 14 will be offered admission. At that point, our wait ... you have submitted. We appreciate the time and effort you have put in to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 10, 2017
• Blog / About Decisions

  Waitlist Decisions 2012

  

  waitlist this year. This is the first time in the last seven years that we ... not be able to offer them admission. At that point, we will consider our ... sending in additional materials, and we have seen all the wonderful updates

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • May 4, 2012