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• Blog / MIT Life

  Spring Break! *frantically waves arms in the air*

  

  entire week free from classes! Back in high school spring break was in the ... ha! Well, this entry is a bit premature. Many people are still in class. In fact I'm in an Athena cluster right now, supposed to be working

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • March 20, 2009
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Forum for those Not Admitted

  

  With a 17% increase in applications, this year was once again the most competitive ever for MIT admissions. Admitting only 1 in 10 applicants from our amazing applicant pool means that we had to turn away many

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  The Mystery Of The Missing Application Tracking Portlet A quick clarification.

  

  Application Tracking portlet in MyMIT. The system is supposed to display a ... up for some reason. I'll look into this when I'm back in the office ... too late in the process to submit additional or missing application

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 3, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT ‘10: Anthony Rindone A local first generation college student.

  

  like Rindone, who grew up in Revere but was born in East Boston, as well as students from different parts of the world who settled in the city with their families. Differences in background and national origin did

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 1, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  All Over Again Applying to college all over again.

  

  'm at it again. :-o When I was a young one in kindergarten, I thought the ... . I want more school? Yes. Why you might ask? In my opinion, I've just started to get exposed to interesting topics in bioengineering that

  • by Bryan
  • June 8, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  It’s alive! I built a little car.

  

  . My car is sitting in front of me begging for some TLC. UPDATE Today, in lab, Professor Blanco helped me on my car! Thus, it's still not done

  • by Bryan
  • May 9, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Campus Preview Weekend

  

  machine will kick in soon. Have any questions or concerns? Post them and I'll try to get back to you ASAP! In the meantime...get pumped.

  • by Melis A. '08
  • April 6, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Ides of March Among other things, I now have the power to kill Macbeth.

  

  DID YOU KNOW? Chicken Tikka Masala was actually invented in Great Britain. I know you're all probably still recovering from your raucous Pi Day celebrations, but I'd like you to join me in celebrating the birth

  • by Sam M. '07
  • March 15, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Finding heritage at MIT

  

  this in part to Rush, in part to a slightly larger-than-usual number of crufty alums being around in the last serveral days, in part to various ... point is, it's funny how if you have major changes in your life, like

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • September 4, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet the Admissions Officers: Stu Schmill ‘86 Name: Stu Schmill; Job title: Associate Director of Admissions and Director of the Educational Council;…

  

  Director of the Educational CouncilHometown: Little Neck, NY (in Queens ... Favorite thing about MIT: The people. That students and staff are engaged in so ... important in this world. And for all this passionate pursuit of excellence

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 25, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  it really is beginning and so it begins

  

  That kind of means summer is ending. Jessie wrote in her blog how everyone is getting ramped up for probably one of the most exciting times of the year, Orientation. In about 10 minutes, we start our pre

  • by Bryan
  • August 24, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Two Sides Of The Coin… For Us Too Watching the people who didn't get in receive their letters is as heartbreaking for me…

  

  I posted a version of this as a comment in the last thread, but ... . Sometimes those people get in. More often (and truly, mostly because of class size and rarely because they're not qualified), they don't get in. When

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 15, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  FAQ

  

  arrived in the Admissions Office. For students for whom midyear grades are a ... in, we will review them, and the decision will be reviewed if there is an aberration in the midyears. We understand that sending in midyear

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 17, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  RA Selection Day 2

  

  student today in my subcommittee, and we had great group dynamics. For lunch ... paired on the same subcommittee today. In other news, while we were in ... major in Biological Engineering: The Massachusetts Institute of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 17, 2005
• FAQ / Transfer

  What college should I attend to improve my chances for transfer admission?

  and extracurricular opportunities in your areas of interest. In other
• FAQ / Academics and research

  Where can I find info on the School of Engineering?

  on in every department, lab, and classroom. There's way too much to write about in one paragraph, so check out their site and explore what our
• FAQ / Prepare for MIT

  How do I apply to the Women’s Technology Program?

  WTP is a women-focused program aimed at empowering students from groups that are historically underrepresented in engineering by providing a ... in the summer after 11th grade.
• FAQ / Academics and research

  What type of robotics programs does MIT offer?

  Although robotics isn't a specific department or major, you can find robotics in nearly every corner of MIT. Here are a few examples ... interested in learning more about robotics on their own.
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I’m a physics major (for now) feeling scholarly, part 2/2

  

  was originally meant to be a one-off post, but in writing it, I found ... 'm doing, what I think I might want to do with my life. Back in September, in my very first blog post, I came up with an assortment of general

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • June 26, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  The One and Only Melis

  

  Women in 2007 Member of the 2008 All-USA College Academic First Team ... thought that it'd be imposing of me to ask if I could get help from her in person -- much to my surprise, she asked if I wanted to meet her in person

  • by The Humanitarian Blog
  • May 21, 2008