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• Blog / MIT Life

  *waves goodbye* Homeward bound

  

  as the final song on the soundtrack of my "My Time at MIT" video. As I ... in, I always thought of MIT graduates as geniuses. These people went to ... to have achieved genius status. I've got a lot of ground to make up

  • by Snively '11
  • May 19, 2009
• Blog / Events

  Monkey Dance

  

  Your Mystery Hunt puzzle of the day: Dead and Gone I finished up ... film, Monkey Dance, is a documentary about the lives of three Cambodian ... School in the North Shore suburbs of Chicago), but it was a lot more

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 12, 2005
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Take Only Memories Leave Only Footprints

  

  the class of 2012, there has always been one elusive item that confused me: #5: Understand the true meaning of IHTFP. The five letters of ... I would know when I really knew the meaning of this saying. Thinking

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • June 8, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Colin Jackson is awesome So is my life, but not to such a great extent.

  

  shaped to remind the consumer of a child's arms folded in prayer. 6 days ... -day weekend and every single day of the weekend was the most beautiful day ever ... , awesomeness in general. So I thought I'd write about some of the more awesome

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 12, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2.007: Where even your smallest part matters The 2.007 competition has come to close!

  

  humanities, and only one graduate ball represents the coveted MIT diploma. Basically, this class was one of the reasons I came to MIT. Most (maybe all ... this competition. Bryan and I had the pleasure of spending pretty much

  • by Melis A. '08
  • May 18, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Admitted Students Parties Followup

  

  Cline made the alumni of Stuyvesant currently attending MIT (Stuyvesant being the majority of the room) speak, as well as Alums from other high ... of amazing as well. First thing in the Fall, I'm trying out for both

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 30, 2005
• Blog / Majors & Minors

  New Major in Climate System Science and Engineering

  

  program, jointly offered by the Departments of Civil and Environmental ... adapting to climate change require an understanding of both the Earth system ... institutional behavior. Many of the best jobs held by leaders in the field, will

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 21, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  my application essays try not to cringe

  

  ripening. The sky is full-bellied with sunshine. Still, we're on the verge of ... sadly still 5'2". That's 157 cm, for the 95.7% of humans who don't reside ... again. Of course, this is only one approach to the essays. The most

  • by Rona W. '23
  • October 27, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  West Coast Trip Report some work, some play, lots of nerd stuff

  

  when I finished people applauded.     Of all the things I ... out at the table, along with some of our LA ECs.   ISEF went great ... institutions.   I did this! You can read my liveblogs of the conference and

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 30, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  Judd Logan is my homeboy He's amazing, so amazing

  

  the quality of people here at The Institute. Judd Logan is yet another ... because of the people. On another note, doesn't the name "Judd Logan" sound ... Western New York teen is one of only 1,000 high school seniors across the

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • July 14, 2010
• FAQ / Transfer

  Does MIT offer fee waivers for transfer applicants?

  international. You can request one in the Fee Waiver Request section of the application. MIT offers need-blind admissions, so requesting a fee waiver won't have any impact on your chances of admission.
• Blog / Challenges

  I did not graduate on time

  

  retake the GIR! D’s get degrees! Feeling refreshed at the start of the ... .  Over the weekend, I graduated with honors with a master of science degree ... not graduate?  Freshman spring was the first period of crisis. I had

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 13, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Summer Season Taking things into my own hands.

  

  meantime, I'm out enjoying all that Oregon has to offer in the way of ... things! So what exactly am I up to for the summer? Well a little bit of this and that. During the year, I keep a box full of scraps of paper

  • by Chris M. '12
  • May 31, 2011
• Blog / Events

  Put a Ring On It 2013 RING PREMIERE!

  

  About three hours ago, a large majority of the MIT Class of 2013 filed into Kresge Auditorium for one of the most awesome events of this ... who don't: the MIT class ring (a.k.a. Brass Rat) is not only one of the

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • February 11, 2011
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Not Farewell After All Hello again!

  

  current and alumni bloggers in celebrating the 10-year anniversary of the ... ’m over on the West Coast, at Stanford, where I just finished my first year of medical school and absolutely loved it. In the past, I’ve had a lot

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • August 11, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Recap (Guest Entry) "a perfect introduction to MIT"

  

  two days prior to the start of CPW to visit family and such. One quick ... rambling about my fixation about the East Coast culture and move on to CPW ... registration desk. I got a booklet of the several hundred events going on during

  • by Bryan
  • April 19, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet the Class of 2012 Profiles of MIT's new freshmen.

  

  degree. So I'm very committed to coming in the fall--MIT has a lot to offer ... Today, the Class of 2012 formally register for classes and thus ... . So this summer, I watched the news wire for stories of incoming

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 2, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  Living Meaningfully and all the things that has entailed

  

  'm crossing my fingers that I'll be able to make it to the end of my degree with ... job??? The latter of which actively have a hard deadline??? But then ... , and generally enjoyed the trappings of adult life, like having a tech

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • January 26, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  Skullhouse Road Trip Seattle, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Austin, New Orleans, North Carolina, Delaware, New Jersey, and New…

  

  mission that we chose to accept is to visit the hometown of every senior ... chapter of the University of Washington, nicknamed "Phi Pools". One of our ... "UWash". I think that one of the coolest but most underutilized benefits

  • by Erick P. '17
  • June 9, 2017
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Value of Creativity Sí, se puede.

  

  watching the '13 college results this year. In one of my very first blogs on MIT Admissions, I wrote about what I thought was the "secret" of college ... school, your first day of the application process begins. Day 1. You might

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 6, 2009