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• Blog / MISTI

  MIT-France: To The Observatory of Paris and Beyond The MISTI experience of Anjali T. '09.

  

  of Neptune. Arago's telescope is seen on the roof just to the left in ... Study of Radiation and Matter in Astrophysics (LERMA). My job was to try to understand the nature of dark matter in elliptical galaxies. So

  • by MISTI Program
  • September 17, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Guest Post: Who You Vote for May Not Matter that you vote most certainly does!

  

  my time in school, and he told me about his efforts to get his friends ... in the nation. But in less than one month, the MIT community gets to ... , and that change has to start somewhere. Having spent my time in college

  • by Erick P. '17
  • October 13, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  The Ultimate Recognition You probably don't know what that is.

  

  told me that whatever grade I get in this class: it's really not going to ... this mistake infinitely many times in the past, continues to do so now, and probably will be unable to avoid doing so in the future - I don

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 19, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Pursuing multiple fields

  

  literature but I'm concerned that it will be too tough to try to get degrees in ... 's a question) if you could tell me how easy it is to double major in two ... matter what your major is, you have to get credit for 8.01 (Physics 1), 8

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • August 13, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Making Things Fly for a living.

  

  Unified Engineering your sophomore year. Mostly, you get to wake up at ... get to do this every day. You get to do one double-pset and a lab each ... /astro major, you also get to do this: It has lightning bolts on the side and

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • October 27, 2006
• Blog / How to MIT

  Expanding on Pass No Record It's not so much a time machine, as it is a dodgeball cannon!

  

  than if I had locked myself in my room trying to get good grades that are ... took a bunch of classes at a local college, you're going to have to get ... , in each of these topics to choose from, but that's for a later entry

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

  Where are you going, where have you been? The answer is "to a fast food restaurant to blog; to four countries in one…

  

  having while listening to the radio, but nobody else in the class ... . But first I want to tell you about the most exciting part of the trip--getting ... , Anthony. But back to my other story. The dreadlocked Kendall '07 lives in

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 17, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  On a week of ups and downs a life update for those who care

  

  've been planning to throw a small get together in Loop lounge, inviting some ... was going to fare in college. Being slightly socially awkward and ... to fit in with. Coming to MIT, though, proved me completely wrong. I

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 9, 2019
• Blog / IAP

  *Independent* Activities Period Part 2 our second IAP apart!

  

  interested in, but are not sure if you want to pursue. Or, it’s also great for getting industry experience in a field that you know you want to pursue, but maybe have not gotten the chance to get your foot in the door through the

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • February 5, 2020
• Blog / Advice

  We can do this! To high school seniors: we’re in the struggle bus with you

  

  year of high school.  In high school, we stayed up extra hours to apply ... extra hours to apply to that extra internship and that extra job. In high school, we stressed about not being qualified enough to get into the

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • October 7, 2019
• Blog / Community Projects

  We Are All Slaves to the Wind it gets pretty windy here in Kansas. Day 3 at the 2014 Design/Build/Fly competition.

  

  we arrived to the competition site, a brisk wind decided to settle in ... to call attention to sexism in STEM and at least put that awareness in ... to put the entire MIT team, male and female, in hot pink My Little Pony

  • by Allan K. '17
  • April 12, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  There is still no magic formula ...but there are a few key ingredients

  

  ) thing that the reader/admission officer needs to know in order to ... essay is really an opportunity to focus on who you are and the ways in ... formula that will unlock the secret to getting admitted to the college of

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • October 13, 2020
• Blog / Rural and Small-Town

  [Guest Post] Small-Town and Rural Students take on MIT and Boston By Vaneeza R. 25'

  

  so often don’t get the chance to experience in high school, especially ... Bringing STARS to Campus: Reflections on our first STARS@MIT Fly-In ... @MIT Fly-In, take a moment to read about the program from Vaneeza

  • by Nicole Cooper
  • March 20, 2025
• Blog / Events

  On Latin American Things Hablas español? Do you want to?

  

  presence must be very prominent in all of the US. And then, I get here to ... , because I'm leaving for Mexico in a few hours and I have yet to pack and ... raffle to get a free 32GB ipod touch. Yeah. I know. Wow. If that's not an

  • by Karen F. '11
  • March 21, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  I am an MIT Admissions Officer, AMA you know the drill

  

  'll pop in and out as I can to answer whatever gets posted. ... to drive up to a meeting in a few hours, and I've got a sprint ... questions on a Friday afternoon. Ben used to do these big roundup "answers to

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 10, 2015
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Lesson Planning When in doubt, get Legos involved

  

  negotiation activity, in which each team had to build “satellites” out of Legos ... minutes. ELLs are two hours long, so we obviously needed to throw in some ... second round, discussions started to get more energetic. Interestingly, two

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • December 8, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Decision Day Eve Making your decision by May 1.

  

  information: Students can request an extension of the May 1 deadline in order to ... Admissions Office to request the extension, and be sure to also be in touch ... entry). We're looking forward to seeing you in the fall! If you've already

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 30, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT ‘10: Ervin Puskar Bosnia, Ohio, Cambridge. A video news report on Ervin Puskar '10.

  

  BG High Grad Gets Full Ride to MIT Amy Bingham / WBKO A former ... full four-year scholarship to MIT. Ervin arrived in bowling green ten years ago from a refugee camp after being forced to flee his home in

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 2, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  End of May updates More waitlist admits, no ARML, Bollywood in Boston, technical theater at MIT.

  

  remain on the waitlist.Unfortunately, I have to take back what I said in a ... in Davis Square, 4 short subway stops north of MIT's campus. They get ... It was a nice, relaxing 3-day weekend here. Summer has arrived in

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 31, 2006
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Remember the Fourth Another reason why I'm happy I chose MIT over Stanford.

  

  that I read in middle school. The Westing Game, by Ellen Raskin. Basically, the book is about a bunch of strangers coming together to live in ... . 3. Get to the Hatch Shell early and get a wristband for the night

  • by Chris S. '11
  • July 6, 2008