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• Blog / Life after MIT

  An Entrepreneur’s Story How billionaire entrepreneur Pat McGovern '59 got his start.

  

  asking me for millions to develop new products, but I don't have the ... sent me checks for $20,000 each. I rushed to deposit the checks in my ... philanthropist behind such ventures as the McGovern Institute for Brain Research at

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 22, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  To D or not to D? MIT's Design Lab is tempting me.

  

  of chlorine to personal containers as people get their water from a ... related to MIT. Going to Honduras was a sort of Grand Finale to a class I ... . Right now, I have the chance to take D-Lab II. This class focuses less on

  • by Kim D. '09
  • February 17, 2009
• Blog / Life after MIT

  5 years out What some MIT alumni are doing five years after graduation.

  

  Like many universities, MIT has an alumni magazine that it sends to ... real publication sold on newsstands that people actually want to read: Technology Review. Actually, what you buy on newsstands is a slimmed

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 31, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Magic Cards and a Farmers’ Market And frozen advice for the 2019s

  

  room as a last resort to putting off psets, I buy groceries whenever I ... moment, I’m supposed to be preparing for a 6.01 exam on circuits tomorrow ... They say that the best way to get something important done is to do

  • by Joel G. '18
  • April 13, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Regular Action Update State of the mail, application numbers, and more

  

  Midyear Report is an online form that is required of all students, and is to be completed by you, the applicant. The Report serves two purposes: to provide your updated grades since you have applied, and to mention other

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 19, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  Q&A: Food on campus, UROPs, decisions Qs from prospectives and prefrosh, As from me.

  

  [the Koch Cancer center] takes people on for UROPs?" 4) "If you had to ... what you paid for, you'll have to eat a certain number of meals in the ... week and have a three- to four-course dinner cooked for me all other

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 5, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  We bring the sketch to you! The internet is full of weirdness!

  

  I don't know if you've heard of this website, but there's a new ... our 60" HDTV and server, when we decided to tell the random stranger that they were talking to a room full of MIT students. As it turns out

  • by Snively '11
  • February 4, 2010
• Blog / Challenges

  what’s happening on campus tl;dr packing up & freaking out

  

  break will all be online. We've been instructed to move out, packing as if ... difficult for students to make plans). But even so, MIT is home to us, and I ... things. This is going to be the defining picture of this school year, for

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • March 11, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  Dear High School Senior I know you're stalking us

  

  a book (Step 1a would be to buy a book if you do not own one). These ... .) Learn how to adult (Wait, am I actually telling you to prepare for college ... 18 yet” as an excuse for not doing laundry (which brings me to point a

  • by Fiona M. '20
  • November 17, 2016
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT EA Decisions To Be Posted Saturday, 12/16/23, at 12:16 PM ET Your early action decisions, wrapped

  

  I've stopped listening to Jenny's cozy destress vibes playlist while ... ."]psychoanalyzing the bloggers[/annotation] long enough to tell you that Early Action decisions for the Class of 2028 will be released Saturday, 12/16/23, at 12

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 11, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Thinking Positive Sophomore year was kind of awful. But there were happy things! I'll focus on the…

  

  training coordinator for Medlinks for the upcoming year! I am so excited to ... be nice to get a break from the institute for a little while. I Wrote ... got a Pretty Camera I'M SO HAPPY! I finally saved up enough to buy the

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • May 17, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  DONE (sorta) If I'm done, why am I still stressed?

  

  . V -- 2.007 was the other day and, although I didn't get to stay for ... This entry is going to be a completely random collection of things because right now I'm a little too tired to do a coherent entry. The end of

  • by Snively '11
  • May 9, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Since U Been Gone While I was out, the world changed. (UPDATED)

  

  Saturday, when I was leaving on the T at 5:30 AM, I made sure to buy two $1 ... bunching for the stairs, and made a mad dash for the gates, only to find ... lot of things I was going to blog about. I was going to blog about all

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 1, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  All the Feels introduction to me and my thoughts

  

  gravitational waves, learned about opportunities to work abroad for free (MISTI ... reading about them online or watching them on the news. I am excited for the ... for now, I’m slowly learning to find my own niches too. Like nearly

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • September 14, 2016
• Blog / Challenges

  The first step ...is admitting you need help.

  

  complex organic chemistry reaction. It's how to ask for help. Help in the classroom The most garden-variety way to ask for help is to find another ... for freshmen to form big groups which study and do problem sets together

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • April 8, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Decisions Released TODAY @ 6:28 p.m.

  

  to receive your decision online before logging in to decisions.mit.edu Other facts: Almost 19,000 students applied for admission to MIT this ... 6:28 for people to communicate and talk. At that time, I'm going

  • by Chris LaBounty
  • March 14, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Interview Tips from an MIT Educational Counselor Thoughts on how to prepare for your alumni interview

  

  the Educational Council but think it would be helpful for you to hear ... sometimes it can be hard to find a convenient time and place for your ... that rush. If circumstances lead you to a last-minute request for an

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • October 19, 2014
• Blog / Rural and Small-Town

  my STORY of helping Wyoming students shoot for the STARS get it? do u get it??

  

  planner for the Wyoming stop, I was excited to bring the college fair ... special for me. Jackson Hole High School was gracious to host us, and as the ... job is. The students were beyond grateful for the chance to connect with

  • by Nicole Cooper
  • July 31, 2024
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  in honor of tau the superior circle constant

  

  ’s The Tau Manifesto. I encourage you to read it for a deeper, more ... ]. One way to “derive” the formula for the area of a circle is by taking ... support for a new circle constant. To get an idea of the scale of this, peek

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • February 20, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  Blogging About Blogging CAPTAIN FAFSA!

  

  for another, I was actually interested in what they had to say. It ... that comfy, but that's of no concern to CAPTAIN FAFSA! He's too good for ... high school counselors signed up to listen to Matt's and Ben

  • by Snively '11
  • February 6, 2008