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• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Take Off Gate '21 Calling for Departure

  

  flying at an altitude of 141 feet at the ground speed of 3.1 miles per hour ... charged to your semester meal plan. We offer a variety of cuisines (even ... I’ve already been on three flights. And as I attempt to make sense of

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • September 6, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  DNA-mazing Lots of tidbits about the biology program at MIT.

  

  , particularly at MIT. Most of what I remember from high school was doing things ... undergraduate advisors. (All of the classes at MIT are taught by PhDs, and those ... conclusion, biology at MIT rocks. Postscript to that -- The administrator of

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • April 26, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Guest Entry: A Yankee in Cambridge Math, exchange programs, and why we love MIT.

  

  't graded; everything depends on the final (the Tripos) at the end of the year ... idea of what being at MIT would be like. The previous summer, I ... perspective to help you make sense of the decision that, though it won't make or

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • May 1, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Overheard at MIT Vote vote vote!

  

  snippets at MIT without posting any of them? Lucky for you, there's a ... "Overheard at MIT" and it's just a huge list of conversation bits that people ... competition! Thanks! One of the biggest culture shocks coming to MIT for me, a

  • by Snively '11
  • November 11, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How MIT students are trying to change education by biking across America.

  

  the kids? Too few of them were looking directly at the students using ... It’s summertime @ MIT! I'm relaxing at home after graduating last ... few of my friends are participating in - Spokes: Biking Across America

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • June 10, 2013
• Blog / Challenges

  The Gender Problem Reflections on a year of Silicon Valley upheavals and confused HR departments.

  

  (Ariel S. ‘18 at University of Michigan) at an external team that was not ... that there are fewer women. But the interesting effect of being at MIT is ... overall. Only 16% of US employers offer paid parental leave of any kind, and

  • by Selam G. '18
  • July 8, 2017
• Blog / How to Human

  wherever you go, there you are alive internet theory

  

  of me], and not taking full advantage of the birthright being offered ... 's account where they upload covers of songs that they like. It feels so real ... of a saying but I couldn't quite remember. I thought it went "If you

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • December 30, 2025
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  updating my blogger bio because its no longer accurate

  

  Simmons Hall, we somehow stumbled upon the topic of my blogger bio, to which ... county, from a city about 30 minutes outside of LA called Norwalk. I ... to Cambridge, home of actual seasons, Mae's Asian Eatery, and most

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 24, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  is everyone growing up without me? we're only getting older

  

  myself, mostly because my birthday always falls at the start of the school ... into the air, aiming at different patches of sky. Sometimes, a friend ... The other day, my friend sent me photos of herself trying on

  • by Rona W. '23
  • September 6, 2022
• Blog / Classes

  I’m Graduating Early??? [NOT CLICKBAIT] also: the unification of course 7

  

  "]Course[/annotation] at MIT requires the completion of [annotation note="You can take more ... . 7.18 is a behemoth 30-[annotation note="At MIT, 1 unit=1 hour of in ... .002 was first offered last semester as a sort of intro lab class that first

  • by Abby H. '20
  • May 1, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Celena in CPW-Land (Guest Entry) Skipping school to have fun, duh!

  

  say, both of these desires were fulfilled. I arrived at MIT around 8 AM ... (CPW activities booklet), 15% discount at the COOP, $20.12 worth of Tech ... behind us, and he offered to have someone give us a tour of 5th East. SWEET

  • by Snively '11
  • April 18, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Fashion Design at MIT calling all fashionistos and fashionistas [pictures inside!]

  

  usually performs in snuggies and Waldo costumes (check them out at one of ... Fashion is, evidently, alive and thriving at MIT (we're not just a bunch of nerds who always wear hoodies and jeans!). Tonight, Kappa Alpha

  • by Allan K. '17
  • November 16, 2013
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Thoughts On Global Leadership Susan Hockfield + others quoted in Newsweek on the topic.

  

  issue of Newsweek about the future of America's global leadership. It ... environment? Newsweek asked 15 leaders in the fields of science, technology, education and business to assess the challenges we face and to offer some

  • by Ben Jones
  • June 7, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

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

  

  rejection. So for those of you who feel like a future at MIT is the only ... compiling a list of distractions for the final stretch. Distractions are great – I use them often to reroute my train of thought away from worry or

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • December 16, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  The Role You Play in the Admissions Process by Jenny Rifken, Director of Recruitment and Associate Director of Admissions @ MIT.

  could be assured of some admissions offers, but I didn't count on being ... decisions at the front end of this process. This meant that I was in a great ... and you control two of them. You really can have a great deal of

  • by mitblogs
  • October 26, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  Maiden Voyages First years, welcome to MIT

  

  envelope to open at the gate, which contained photos of my parents, my sister ... that window, I'd never seen such a massive place. At the entrance of ... friends at MIT, and Rafael, the boy at the end of the hall, who I now know

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • August 15, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Straight from the Dean’s mouth Time magazine readers chat with the MIT Dean of Admissions, Marilee Jones.

  

  with Bruce Poch, Dean of Admissions at Pomona College, to promote their ... 's Hospital of Philadelphia pediatrician. It takes a keen look at the stressors ... at Amazon. Some of your responses: Valentina (Bogota, Columbia): How

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 20, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

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

  

  barely edited this blog post at all, as, like the rest of the student body ... follow the path of an exponential function, info here) and research into ... had already put enormous amounts of time and effort. All the national

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • March 11, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Eastward ho! Don't US people normally go to Canada or Mexico before they cross an ocean?

  

  world am I? Two days ago I won a prime cut of meat by winning a game of musical chairs against a group of about 40 people (the majority of whom have their PhD). Yesterday I apprehensively put the equivalent of almost $450

  • by Stanley G.
  • July 20, 2013
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Ode to the New, Part 1 Seeking adventure.

  

  morning I left home for college: at the end of the summer, I would fly ... animals at the foot of my bed, the Tweety Bird bedsheets –   You ... wild with dreams of making a huge discovery at the lab and becoming super

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 28, 2010