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• Blog / Admissions

  ISEF 2015 Recap researchers talking, and talking to researchers

  

  for students in grades 9–12.     On Wednesday, May 13th, I ... in the most wonderful of ways. I didn't know anything about ISEF ... I suspect I would have liked it. If you're potentially interested in

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 1, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Congrats Jenn Lai ‘11, Rhodes Scholar This blog entry does not contain video of Jenn playing "Rhapsody in Blue" with the…

  

  concert So sad. The best I can do is a photo from the concert: 2. Did you ... 44 Rhodes Scholars, and 7 in the last four years. Below, find Jenn's "official" biography from rhodesscholar.org (links mine): Jennifer I. Lai

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 21, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  XREG

  

  you for your birthday wishes =) I'm in the office today, reading ... probably late October. Luckily, I've done so many of them, I can talk about ... opportunity to take a graduate-level course in education (I had many graduate

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 5, 2005
• Blog / Classes

  How to build a Tamagotchi and the power of curiosity

  

  II comes in! I took this class for one main reason: the final project ... these components be positioned on your actual board? I had to keep in mind ... , along the street of Mass Ave in a rage-induced haze, then returned after I

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • May 25, 2025
• Blog / Challenges

  when apocalypse strikes… on being preemptively torn from my home, living group, and nearly everything i love at…

  

  feel like I’ve lived so much in such a short span of time, which makes ... less than five days. I screamed in anguish with my friends on [annotation ... days so that I’d have no regrets. For context, I live in Burton

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • March 16, 2020
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Is It Possible To Respect A Racist Film? We must learn to embrace the opportunities to confront ourselves by confronting others.

  

  intermarriage." I can't say that I sat through all 3.5 hours of the movie ... very thing that you hope to deny exposure to the light can often grow in ... that a movie is technically brilliant yet morally repugnant? How can I

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • May 8, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  disinterprerto! a centennial, a harry potter dream, a made-up spell, a corny metaphor

  

  I will admit: I've been in a bit of a rut. Don't get me wrong. Life ... aerospace education. There was a moment which stuck in my mind. I was ... trapped in an elevator. I cleaned my room, wiped down the floors, laid down

  • by Allan K. '17
  • October 28, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  making solar cells lessons from my nanotech class

  

  that can be stacked in a way which increases power generation without ... and optimistic afterwards. i’ve enrolled in many math and cs and biology ... the first convincing proof i’ve seen that we can actually solve climate

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • December 15, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fantastic Course Numbers and Where to Find Them A List of Ways MIT is like Hogwarts

  

  , ultimately, it’s your choices that matter in both places <3) (also I don ... , but what they grow to be” "Happiness can be found, even in the darkest ... Hello friends, it is near the end of term (*cries*) and so today, I

  • by Selam G. '18
  • November 30, 2016
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Jellyfishing and other ways to recruit people to your organizations

  

  ; I had tests in three of my classes: 9.65 (Cognitive Processes), 20 ... Biological Systems). I’ve also been putting in several hours behind the ... ; GEL is no exception. In my time, I’ve noticed that at the

  • by Stanley G.
  • March 10, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  It’s the middle of November. Do YOU know where your Early Action application components are? How to tell if they are missing, and what to do about it

  

  't get it, I'm reposting the email in its entirey below. This is also good ... tracking page then. Some frequently asked questions: Can I send missing documents to you via postal mail?No — it won't get here in time. I know

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 12, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  The Adventures of Flat Tim And his admissions officer friend!

  

  "]highway.[/annotation] I grew up in Nashville, TN, a driving city, but I somehow avoided driving on the highway while I was in high school. Living in the Boston area ... Transportation Authority (MBTA) can take me, so 9 months into the job, I had to

  • by Jessica Ch'ng
  • June 6, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  Early Morning Construction and other bexley woes.

  

  construction in the alley. Yesterday was also somewhat of an exception so I was ... : ----------------------------- Construction in Back Alley Next to Bexley Dorm Hello, I'm wondering how long ... pulled down my window and my shades, assured that I was in for another 3

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • July 5, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Advising Folders! Lots of fun discoveries about advising and such. Also, how I managed to confuse MIT…

  

  my AP Physics C scores. So all in all, I was very happy to see my ... organized in one handy folder, but since I already bored you with that topic, I'll leave it out of this entry.) The last piece of information in my

  • by Laura N. '09
  • August 18, 2005
• FAQ / First-year application

  Can I request that my scores not be considered after submitting my application?

  Scores cannot be redacted from applications after they have been submitted. We encourage you to look at this blog post to better understand the rationale and details of our testing requirement.
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  LAST! It's the end of the world as we know it!

  

  physics (in which case, I'll have to switch my major). The interesting ... ,at MIT you can do an IROP (close cousin to the UROP) study there If I ... .S. in light of the dwindling time we have left here on Earth, I propose

  • by Chris M. '12
  • September 10, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  For Deferred Students Some advice and answers.

  

  want to reread Marilee's recent post. [But MIT is my dream school, I can ... .] Should I send in extra materials? The only thing we ask that you send in is ... through the time we mail regular action decisions in mid-March. Should I

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 17, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Large Format Photography [by Biyeun Buczyk '10] Please, please let there be no light-leaks.

  

  a marathon. Why? I’m now the owner of an 8x10 view camera. In my last post, I mentioned that I was in the process of building an 8x10 ... camera from scratch, in between classes and a summer job, I finished it in

  • by ARTalk
  • November 6, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  Waitlist and transfer: quick update No decisions yet, but some notes & reminders.

  

  MIT, you should stay in contact with us. I'd recommend an email, a ... I know that with all the hubbub for admitted students, some of the ... can admit. For now, we are waiting to see how many of the 1597 admitted

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 27, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Parliamo Italiano! And some other languages too.

  

  ....it's MIT, and languages don't involve math and all. First of all, I can ... was held entirely in Spanish, so it was pretty advanced, but I enjoyed ... the word "and" in Italian is "e" (pronounced like a long A). You can

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 19, 2008