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• Blog / About Decisions

  Moving Forward I, and the outstanding staff in the admissions office, re-affirm our pledge to uphold the…

  

  the world. I, and the outstanding staff in the admissions office, re ... We were all saddened by the news of Marilee Jones' resignation. In ... truthful. And we must hold ourselves to that standard. I want to reassure

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • May 4, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Visiting MIT this summer (part 1) It is now high season for visiting colleges. I plan to do a series of…

  

  plan to visit, please leave your questions in the comments; I will answer ... to leave your advice on visiting MIT and Boston in the comments; I will ... neighborhoods around MIT. In future entries, I'll answer your visiting

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 21, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  SnowDays while you're waiting for decisions

  

  this. I first played with the website in 2009, when it used Flash. It ... SnowDays is a snowflake maker, and I think by far the best one. I hate snow, but I like snowflakes. You have this triangle that you draw

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • March 8, 2023
• Blog / Events

  MIT IreneCam tracking the storm - here and on the web.

  

  before I left, I set up a webcam in the office, looking out over Killian ... Times' Hurricane Tracker, which I've embedded in a woefully insufficiently ... I've decamped from the Boston area northwards to New Hampshire for

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 28, 2011
• Blog / Events

  Party pics

  

  work. I decided it was time for another "fun" entry. I mentioned in my ... big annual parties, Reawakening. I also might have mentioned that the ... is painted in the lounge, and in many other places on the hall, and he

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • October 2, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Keeping it Green On a visit to NYC, I learned a little about environmentally friendly housing.

  

  After a not-so-brief hiatus, I'm back at the Institute! Over the break, I took large bites out of the Big Apple on my two visits to New ... first environmentally advanced apartment building in the US. The Solaire

  • by Melis A. '08
  • January 10, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

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

  

  Having read MIT applications for a long time now, I know that MIT 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 / Events

  Welcome Susan Hockfield A recap of Susan Hockfield's inauguration.

  

  I've failed you in the photo department. But I'll try to describe the event for you as best I can. The ceremony took place in Killian Court. It ... was first announced. In her first speech to the community, she said "I

  • by Ben Jones
  • May 6, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Commence the Commencing! and congratulations to the Class of 2014

  

  147 classes have graduated from MIT in its history; today, the Class ... Storify, or via #MIT2014 on your social media system of choice. I must admit I'm a bit sentimental about this particular commencement. The Class

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 6, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Behind the Scenes of MIT Gala liveblog - how a fashion show is made!

  

  , so I can start testing my projections, which will be on the walls in ... familiar with the runway route and how to walk in sync at 115 BPM. I ... Over the past three years, I’ve been on the organizing board for MIT

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • April 27, 2025
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Avoiding moonlight on an empty stomach Late-night snack cravings lead me underground on meandering routes to Massachusetts Avenue.

  

  -worker were mingling in front of another Nestle frozen novelty dispenser as I ... basement in the middle of the night, I moved to the side and acted like I was ... forgot dinner and are in fact pining for a cold drink, hot sandwich, or

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • September 11, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  So you think you want to be a doctor: Pre-med at MIT

  

  -thorasic surgeon like Dr. Burke or Chief of Surgery like Dr. Webber? (do NOT, I ... out with McDreamy...there are plenty of Patrick Dempseys in the business world, I'm sure.) A lot of MIT students enter their senior year without a

  • by Melis A. '08
  • April 19, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  12 / Let’s try law school What's a computer scientist doing in DC?

  

  , with a focus on privacy policy. I was actually studying in Switzerland ... -to-day lives, I was interested in exploring how I could use my background in ... important?[/caption] Hello, hello! I finally have WiFi (most of the time), a

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • July 17, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Trip Report: IvyPlus some reflections from an admissions conference

  

  Last week I, along with most of the admissions team, attended the Ivy ... Plus institutions are both collaborators and competitors: the former, in the sense ... latter, in the sense that we compete to admit and enroll similar, though

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 13, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  A Time to Enroll You have doubts, I have gifs

  

  experiences. ^_^   4. How do I enroll? Log in to your myMIT account and ... to college in the fall and can sleep soundly. But making a choice is ... -have interest and I'll look into it. (This is an activities bulletin board

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • May 1, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Classes! REX! Politics! Science! (Vlog and a Riddle) You have 2012 jars of 1-kg mollusks, with 2012 1-kg mollusks in each jar....

  

  Hello Friends! I am back with my biweekly vlog update, quite late because I am lazy have been preoccupied with my schedule. I've been ... is happening! Science is happening! And I decided not to twitter

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • September 16, 2012
• Blog / Events

  What now suckas!? That's right. I have a brass rat. What.

  

  're talking ages ago, so long that I almost forgot it even happened. Before we ... with some visual cues. Remember now? This was all back in February ... night on May 8th. I think I speak for a lot of us when I say that was a

  • by Snively '11
  • May 9, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Lip Sync & Toons Real singers and fake singers ...sort of like Jessica and Ashleey Simpson. (~17 pictures)

  

  Last night, I attended a concert by the MIT/Wellesley Toons, one of ... divided the lecture hall in half and told us it was time for audience ... the Association of Student Activities (ASA), and is majoring in Course

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • May 6, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Local Boston Startups at Mass Innovation Nights Over 700 to be (sort of) exact

  

  that area for surveillance. I met them at a VR@MIT event back in February ... Boston entrepreneurs. Each one is held in a different place, with this one ... Summer Street, one of the many tall buildings in Boston with its own

  • by Erick P. '17
  • June 10, 2016
• Blog / About Decisions

  Dear Prospective 2020s Passing on advice that good people have given me

  

  overwhelmedness – but I also find a lot of solace in kind, honest words. So that ... , or maybe I'm more apathetic than the average person in the face of ... you to apply to MIT in the first place – wherever you go. And I believe

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • December 16, 2015