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• Blog / Admissions

  Listen to Admissions: Holly on applications, art, and action team an experiment in the sounds of admissions

  

  Earlier this summer I sent out an email to the office asking if anyone who doesn't blog would like to be interviewed for the blogs. A few ... have received something that she's made in the mail. Holly is a Senior

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 4, 2015
• FAQ / QuestBridge

  How do I apply to MIT through QuestBridge?

  to be reflected on your Applicant Status page (located in the MIT ... If you’re applying to MIT through QuestBridge College Match, simply ... forwarded to us for review, and we will contact you about filling out our
• Blog / Events

  MacGyvering Bacon-tine’s Day decathlon brought to you by a paperback, a sledgehammer, and a scooter

  

  flattened, we naturally decided to indulge in a little Twilight bashing ... inevitably tore in half, relegating us to the simple luxuries of book ... tendency to sit fascinated for hours by the refraction of light through pens

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • February 15, 2012
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  An Explanation I always end up writing about underwear!

  

  opted to stay another year in order to finish up and graduate. One day ... was an MIT student who didn't have quite enough credits to graduate ... on the dorm's e-mail list between this senior and an undergraduate in

  • by Snively '11
  • April 30, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT Early Action Admissions Decisions Available Online Visit decisions.mit.edu to find out your decision.

  

  ://decisions.mit.edu. You can log in using the same username and password that you use to log ... sure you are ready to receive your decision online before logging in to ... mail, as we do not plan to send out admissions decisions in this way this

  • by Decisions
  • December 15, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Seeing The Dalai Lama In which I join the press (for a bit) and listen to His Holiness

  

  people. Thankfully for me, I was able to see him in the first of three ... large ballroom in the Marriott Copley Place hotel to drink in his words ... worth it to be in the presence of so many bright and thoughtful people on

  • by Emad T. '14
  • October 15, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  My Last Blog: Introducing My Successor I started "The Humanitarian Blog" to spotlight the amazing work that MIT students are doing…

  

  't be returning to my beloved 254 suite in Burton-Conner, hanging out with ... democratization and governance in China. Given that I'm a twig, it never ceases to ... , and that list will doubtless expand rapidly in the years to come. With

  • by The Humanitarian Blog
  • September 2, 2008
• Blog / Best from staff

  Hello Blogosphere! My dirty little secret...(I've never taken calculus)

  aversion to STEM continued as I went to college and pursued a major/minor in ... similar to the "nerd herd" who shamed me in high school. However, after ... and the people in it as I am. MIT isn't this cut-throat battle to have

  • by DJ Rock
  • December 8, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  Summer’s End To everything there is a season.

  

  -checked all my saved strains of yeast, handed my notebook to my post-doc, had a ... sense of finality, of completion - of fulfillment. Today, I head back to ... ...relax, unwind - get ready for the hustle and bustle of fall 2008. It's been an

  • by Paul B. '11
  • August 9, 2008
• Blog / Announcements

  MIT’s COVID-19 precautions and their impact on admissions relevant news and next steps (updated 4/14); new blog posts below 👇🏼

  

  answer is no, you are not required to take AP exams for classes in which ... not to take the test, you do not need to notify us. In other, happier ... disaster or disruption. We always strive to evaluate applicants fairly in

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 6, 2020
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Colin Webb’s Commencement Speech "We learned, as graduating MIT engineers, that our job is to build bridges."

  

  that the world is a very big place, and in order to change the world, we ... and different ties to groups in need. Do you know what that means to me ... … We have to put ourselves in the shoes of the people for whom we

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 17, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  And so it is… Just like the blogosphere said it would be.

  

  , with some "day in the life"s, similar to others that have been done in ... . The next day, we slept in, and went to a late brunch at one of my ... dog tries to help rescue the family in Lassie-style fashion. My sister

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • September 14, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Scholarship Opportunity: Davidson Fellows A look at a scholarship worth up to $50,000, and some past MIT winners.

  

  have ranged in age from 6 to 17, and have written, composed, invented ... applicants and students are quite a talented bunch. As such, I try to look out for good opportunities, and when one recently appeared in my inbox, I

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 30, 2008
• Blog / MISTI

  Break New Ground Join the NEW MIT-Chile Program

  

  MIT faculty and students to connect with research and innovation in ... , universities, research institutes and NGOs around the world. In addition to Chile ... MISTI is pleased to announce the launch of its eleventh country

  • by MISTI Program
  • November 17, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Admissions Math Month, Part 1 – Duality There are two wolves inside you

  

  . Applications to engineering In addition to being fun to think about, duality is ... duality to analyze electrical circuits. In physics, electric fields ([latex ... voltages in the original circuit correspond to currents in the dual circuit

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • April 20, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Q&A with Prof. Jonathan Gruber ‘87 (CPW Preview!) Our second CPW Keynote Speaker, Economics Professor Jonathan Gruber '87, answers a few questions in…

  

  elected to the Institute of Medicine in 2005, and in 2006 he received the ... come to MIT? A. I chose to come to MIT twice - in 1983 as a student, and ... ), there will be two prominent faculty keynote speakers. To highlight their

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 7, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT Early Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  password that you use to log in to your MyMIT account. There are no interim ... before logging in to decisions.mit.edu. 6,820 students applied for early ... *Update as of 2015: Early action is available to both domestic and

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 14, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Search Continues On the internship search and deciding what I want to do with my life.

  

  interview at 3.45 PM. Now do keep in mind that I went to sleep at about 4 am ... Office. In addition to the Career Office, there's also UPOP, a program for ... 'll describe to you my morning. I woke up this morning at 8.50 AM to a phone

  • by Bryan
  • November 15, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Hwæt! Did you know that you can study Old English at MIT? The language of Beowulf and J.R.R. Tolkien's Rohan

  

  of the Old English epic Beowulf, and in this class you will learn to ... the French language across the channel in 1066. To give you more ... can guarantee that it would look like complete gibberish to you. In the

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 9, 2014
• Blog / Hacks

  CPW 2008: The Hack Edition What!? Already!?

  

  trafficked, but wouldn't it make more sense to have the chainsaw in building 46 ... am happy to announce that, in case of zombie invasion, we will have a ... , doesn't see the zombies as a threat, forcing hackers to help protect the

  • by Snively '11
  • April 10, 2008