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• Blog / Admissions

  April Questions Omnibus 2

  

  Globe (free registration required) which gives a good overview of the ... change for the Class of 2010 this summer (perhaps July?). The paper ... visit:(...." Yali, there's a bunch of stuff you should check out. The

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 20, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Snow On working in a winter wonderland.

  

  the rest of the East Coast, with the Blizzard of 2009. This snowstorm ... Though born in Massachusetts, I grew up in the wintry hinterlands of ... will melt, whereas in Burlington it never does, so towards the end of the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 21, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Cancel all operations Tell your friends to cool it, my cover's blown.

  

  during the summer to bike down the entire Western coast of the US, from ... , the current state of my life and psyche, and the existence of God ... 've forgotten everything but the very basics of integration and derivation. Can I

  • by Sam M. '07
  • May 16, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Introducing Amino: Desktop Bioengineering for Everyone an MIT alumna makes a counter-top sized biolab that enables anyone to grow living cells…

  

  One of the most mindblowingly awesome people I've met in my six years ... , and taught at the Birmingham Institute of Art and Design. In June, Julie finished her masters degree at the Media Lab in the Playful Systems

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 13, 2015
• Blog / Life after MIT

  I’m Still Here (for now) quick reflections on the last ten years

  

  I’m sitting in the quiet car of a Northeast Regional Amtrak train ... MIT in the fall of 2015, I’ve taken the trip from New York to Boston ... melancholy, sometimes scary trips on the medley of NYC – Boston busses

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • January 27, 2025
• Blog / Classes

  writing and faeries reflections on my classes at Harvard

  

  worthwhile.   I took The Folklore of Gaelic Ireland for the fairies and ... , and the sum of parts is always greater than the whole. I gained a much deeper understanding of not just the mythical understanding of the Fae

  • by Amber V. '24
  • January 3, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  42 classes i'm taking this semester

  

  . Breathe. Your time at MIT isn't defined by the number of units you're taking. If you're the kind of person who can maintain your sanity or enjoys the light chaos of taking tons of classes, go for it, but the number of

  • by Erick P. '17
  • March 6, 2017
• Blog / Events

  Stop and Smell the Seasons Before it's winter and your nose is so numb you can't smell anything.

  

  consider the brisk weather a welcome change. My impressions of fall, in the ... sunshine, crackling fireplaces, and pie. Mmm, pie. Here is a picture of ... buses arrived in a cloud of dust and we stormed the orchard, wielding

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • November 3, 2013
• Blog / How to Human

  happy singles awareness day

  

  walked along the Charles River, winter sunshine warm atop our heads, as I ... of the walk from Hayden Library to the intersection between ... . In the last week of January, I visited my younger brother in Los

  • by Rona W. '23
  • February 21, 2023
• FAQ / First-year application

  Where can my school counselor find helpful information?

  Thank you for all of the good work you do for our awesome applicants ... all of the different requirements for so many students and schools. We offer specific advice for educators here. We hope it helps!
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Meeting Michel Gondry Six MIT students and one Academy-award winning director have dinner in New York, and none…

  

  in his 2004 Academy Award-winning film "Eternal Sunshine of the ... under the tunnels of MIT, and when it fills up past its capacity it tips ... there in the first place. My bucket sort of exploded last Saturday - and

  • by Jess K. '10
  • March 30, 2008
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Happy 375, Boston! Turning 375 years old is no easy task.

  

  This year the city of Boston turns 375 years old (that makes Boston ... when I hit 20). To kick off part of the festivities, free hot air balloon rides were offered across the city on Saturday afternoon. And boy

  • by Bryan
  • July 1, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Does MIT Offer Application Fee Waivers? In a word, yes. Click through for the extended answer.

  

  of philosophy, MIT is committed to the idea of equal access to higher education for everyone. It has been our experience that the cost of applying ... costs of running an admissions office are vast, and the application fee

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • October 16, 2007
• Blog / How to MIT

  You oughta know Answers to many, many questions.

  

  out right.) I feel like the purpose of a class plan is really more to ... at least once a semester from the end of freshman year to the end of ... course, to sit down with the course catalogue, your intended degree

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • April 22, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Landing  Your Aircraft Has Arrived at Gate '21 

  

  did not know much at the time. I was absolutely terrified of what the ... ’t know if I was going to make it. Today, I’m at the other end of the journey. This post is scheduled to go up on the day of the 2021 Virtual

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • June 4, 2021
• Blog / Athletics

  A Series of Embarrassing Events, Part 2 Neither zumba, nor yoga.

  

  before the hour. On Wednesday, I had every intention of going to zumba, but two thirds of the way there I realized that I had forgotten to print ... . I clicked my way to the PE site, saw that yoga was offered in the T

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 16, 2013
• Blog / Announcements

  MIT announces new College of Computing coordinating the teaching, research, and ethics of AI across all programs of study

  

  Yesterday, President Reif sent a letter to all members of the MIT community announcing the creation of the MIT Schwarzman College of Computing ... phenomenon — the ubiquity of computing and the rise of AI. In this new world

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 16, 2018
• Blog / Athletics

  Skating or School? Why not both?

  

  the rink, in and out of the classroom, offer a social component to an ... would adapt and adjust to the rigor and intensity of the course load, if I ... constantly am reminded by the opportunity cost of training and competing full

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • November 21, 2017
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  MIT Blogs Featured in NY Times "[N]one of the [other colleges'] blogs match the interactivity and creativity of M.I.T.'s, where they…

  

  From The New York Times (check out the awesome photo of Paul, Jess ... interaction with current students. But so far, none of the blogs match the interactivity and creativity of those of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 1, 2009
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  I Remember…

  

  downtown to pick up the envelope, and the rush of feelings that went along ... MIT email addresses, and even then, you could only see the profiles of ... the months to the start of freshman year, posted some blog comments

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • August 7, 2014