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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Go Forth and Measure Casey at the Bat: Science Edition

  

  and said, "Go Forth and Measure." I never thought my secret ninja skills would come in handy until about a week ago when I scrambled to get a ... of course, everything in science is easier said than done. Now for my

  • by Bryan
  • October 1, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Attended the 148th Commencement From two thousand eight hundred eighty miles away

  

  Hi. I'm in Reno, Nevada, right now with my grandparents visiting my uncle. And although I am 2,880 miles away from MIT, I still attended the ... would be the 38th economically richest country in the world, a statistic

  • by Erick P. '17
  • June 8, 2014
• Blog / Athletics

  Winter Sports at MIT a sneak peek of: swim and dive, squash, and men's basketball

  

  Bodies in Motion). After class ended I would either have practice or ... code of ethics in financial institutions. After that, I would eat dinner ... applicant, I would say: make sure you have a solid GPA, a good SAT/ACT score

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • February 12, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Breaking Normal From Freshman Spring Archives

  

  skyline, the trip feels routine, normal. I can walk out in my slippers and ... couches in the lounge Friday evening. I’m used to the cycle of work and then ... in. After my nap, I will head over to the west parallel of East Campus

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 22, 2016
• Blog / Advice

  False Precision ...and the advent of the cherry pie scale

  

  Very early on in my Admissions career I happened to take a slice from ... question, “What scale do you use?” In truth I didn’t use another scale, and ... give in though, I improvised, and conceived a personal scale on the spot

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • April 7, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Firehose Warning: insomniac blogger on the loose.

  

  skeptical about that prospect. Goodness knows, I probably would have been. But ... anything I ever dreamed of encountering in high school. But that, I can ... 'clock last night, with some breaks for sleeping and eating, I have spent most

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 19, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Neil Gaiman: The Liveblog "This is a land of fire and dreams."

  

  Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick. In terms of my personal excitement level, I ... . 7:20 - Neil speaks. "Thank you all for coming. I thought I would begin ... 't actually trying to be inconsiderate, I would like a beep-free lecture just as

  • by Paul B. '11
  • May 23, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My first real internship

  

  "Blowing up the alamo into pieces then hiding out in the mountains", I admire ... 're pretty good at reading titles. If you guessed I'll be working at Los Alamos this summer and I'm currently looking for an apartment somewhere near the

  • by Chris M. '12
  • May 16, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Undecideds, Episode 4: A New Hope Addressing the concerns of undecided students.

  

  coming") writes: "I would like to second the food question by Anonymous. I ... (Genetically Modified Organisms) problem with the food in our country and would ... good for that, though I've only eaten at Lobdell once or twice in the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 23, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  More Information on the Waitlist Further details for waitlisted applicants.

  

  waitlist until after the reply date of May 1. I wouldn't be surprised in this ... admitted. I hope that you will have another great choice to fall in love with ... the waitlist would put us over our 8% international quota. I'm still

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 17, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Q&A for the Waitlisted Some (hopefully) helpful questions and answers for waitlisted students.

  

  letter). Additionally, I would recommend sending us a letter in mid ... waitlist until after the reply date of May 1. I wouldn't be surprised in this ... quota. I'm still very interested in attending MIT. What should I do if I

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 20, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  REX Now An Option for RBA Freshmen Next House's freshmen, starting with the class of 2012, can now participate in REX. !!!!!!!!

  

  As you may know, I lived in Next House as a freshman, and while it ... huge difference in the opinion of Next House - which, like I said, I love ... experience, and it's absolutely true - today I'm infinitely happier in Burton 1

  • by Jess K. '10
  • November 30, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  It’s All Going To Be Okay I won The Game!

  

  Have you ever heard of The Game? I've referenced it several times in ... laptop), I immediately thought about admissions...in particular, the ... 's not, I do have two quick pieces of advice I would like to share before I

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 3, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Share the joy

  

  could share in the joy!" Well, now you can share the excitement! [I ... The selection process continues here, and there's not much I can ... admits and mailing the early action decisions as soon as we can. I'll keep

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 8, 2004
• Blog / About Decisions

  Should I include my ethnicity on the MIT Application? As a minority, how many times have you heard some off-handed comment about someone of…

  

  understand who you are - in context. Remember, we don't get a chance to meet ... talk a lot about FIT & MATCH. Think of your application as you would ... coffee (coffee grown in Yemen or Harrar region of Ethiopia) knows the first

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • August 16, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  synthesis on changing my mind

  

  rejoin even when their peers would be happy to have them back in my ... feeling stupid. avoiding embarrassment as in: i worried that if i changed my ... feeling stupid as in: changing my mind twice felt like i was going in

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • April 12, 2022
• Blog / Personal Travel

  A bear encounter and a wild cow-milking contest Summer adventures

  

  I'm currently in Missoula, Montana: hometown of ze boyfriend. When I ... summer. I hopped on the bike with the following points in mind: The last ... comfortable riding a bike, I was nine years old, and In the past decade I have

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 24, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sorry 6.003 Wherein my senioritis starts getting just a little ridiculous.

  

  three kinds of classes that I'm supposed to go to per week. In lectures ... to do. I have lecture twice a week. In recitations, a non ... the answer, or cover it in the next recitation. I really like her. I

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 7, 2006
• Blog / How to MIT

  [joint post] the MIT picture scavenger hunt or, how to drive yourself insane by looking at floorplans

  

  became 60 items, which would put us in first place with a fairly ... Gregor, because, you know, Alan and I were staying in MacGregor this summer, Alan ... , image 43, had letters that definitely had serifs, and I would guess that

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • September 12, 2021
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Escaping MIT Maybe if I just get far enough away, my finals will cease to exist!

  

  -to-back, followed by a third on Thursday. I would say that I’ll blog about the result, but I’ll be too busy celebrating and reveling in the streets, regardless ... if I’ve ever been the first person to do <obscure thing> in <

  • by Joel G. '18
  • May 16, 2015