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• Blog / Life after MIT

  Reflections from the “other side” of the desk Even when you are gone, you can't really get away

  

  official member of the broader MIT community, I find that it is difficult for ... . To some degree, the disconnect is easier to explain.  I no longer live ... wonderfully idiosyncratic family of the admissions office, who will always be

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • October 5, 2012
• Blog / How to MIT

  My Freshman Backpack Or: How to bend the fabric of spacetime to your will

  

  travel, this might be the next best thing to help keep yourself abreast of ... , keep these hints in the back of your mind. If your high school / current ... everything the night before. It saves you a lot of stress, since you won

  • by Emad T. '14
  • September 24, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Practical virology A little too practical, if you ask me.

  

  of 24-hour flu or something... I didn't get to go out and watch the ... /sugar/salt solution (7.06). You won't absorb water without salt due to the structure of ... structure of the transporters in your intestine (7.06). 2. The reason you feel

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • April 17, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  August Questions Omnibus 1 A Questions Omnibus is a post where I answer your lingering questions left in the…

  

  I like? Can the size of the smaller school offer a more supportive ... For those of you new to the blog: a Questions Omnibus is a post where ... the comments thread. A lot of questions while I was gone, here we go

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 18, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet the Admissions Officers: Ben Jones Name: Ben Jones; Job title: Communications Dude, MIT Office of Admissions; Hometown: Baltimore, MD

  

  . Favorite things about Boston: The local music scene, the youthful feel of the ... little mermaid was HOT. But in the spirit of MIT, I'll go with Speed Racer ... /MIT: Two things - first, put yourself - your true self - into all of the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 1, 2005
• Blog / How to Food

  42 Recipes for Surviving Freshman Year (Part 1) Feeding yourself without a meal plan and avoiding the (negative) freshman fifteen.

  

  when other people offer them to you, like almost all of the guys I ... on the edge of a quiet, salty lake, watching my little brother feed ... studio. I miss this kind of food when I’m away from my family. Over the

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • December 3, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  October Questions Omnibus 1 More Q, and more A.

  

  the moon(that was used by my school's team( I was a leader of that!) that reached the finals of the International Space Settlement Design ... ? Can I add it in Section 13 of the MIT Application ?(where they ask you

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 12, 2005
• FAQ / First-year application

  Does MIT have required classes or language requirements?

  , chemistry, biology, and four years of English. We want you to take the most ... and IB coursework as college level and the highest level of rigor in ... students to increase their chances of admission. We don't have any required
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Waitlisted

  

  Because of the incredible size and strength of the applicant pool we were unable to offer admission to many, many incredible students whom we ... interested in MIT, and so forth. In the meantime, you may talk amongst

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2015
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Waitlisted

  

  Because of the incredible size and strength of the applicant pool we were unable to offer admission to many, many incredible students whom we ... interested in MIT, and so forth. In the meantime, you may talk amongst

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2014
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Not Admitted

  

  This year was one of the most competitive admissions cycles in the history of the Institute. Because of the incredible size and strength of the applicant pool we were unable to offer admission to many, many

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2015
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Not Admitted

  

  This year was one of the most competitive admissions cycles in the history of the Institute. Because of the incredible size and strength of the applicant pool we were unable to offer admission to many, many

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2014
• Blog / Events

  Weekend Off What happens to an MIT student when the firehose gets turned off temporarily?

  

  With the title of this entry, you might think I’m about to tell you ... talking about the weekend BEFORE that, which happened to be a rare breed of ... of this social was to introduce the GEL students to their mentors, who

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • October 12, 2010
• Blog / Events

  MIT wins Putnam math competition

  

  undergraduate mathematics competition in North America. Of the top 5 students ... , Civil & Environmental Engineering). Twenty of the top 75 competitors ... total of 120 possible points. Nearly 4,000 students sat for the exam

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 21, 2005
• Blog / Personal Travel

  F=-kx spring break in nova scotia, nyc, and dc

  

  hitting two major cities of the East Coast.  Day 1 (3/24, Friday): Drive to ... feel like I've experienced both ends of activity levels: doing all the ... reaction. During the winter, I found out through the news that the Phantom of

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • March 31, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  This is my summer break california, nasa, pedestians, wifi

  

  've searched far and wide. Today marks the two-and-a-half week anniversary of my arrival at Moffett Field, CA next to the small city of Mountain View. To ... .   The cool water tower and some pictures of airplanes. The

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • June 22, 2007
• Blog / Classes

  thoughts on math@MIT! math month post

  

  degree (for example: I took Systems Biology, where a large focus of the ... ="Project Laboratory. one of the communication intensive offerings in the math department ... topology, which is the study of flexible shapes like knots or rubber surfaces

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • April 24, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  Waitlist post Answers to waitlist FAQs.

  

  accept our offer of admission. Some years, we overpredict (as in the past ... the offer of admission from another college before May 1. After May 1 ... I know that folks on the waitlist have lots of questions; hopefully

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 27, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Good Luck Jo-Jo!

  

  serving as President of the Undergraduate Association, and she was serving ... tomorrow night, Joanne will be competing with 16 women for the title of "Miss ... -Jo the best of luck this weekend!

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 24, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes Time may change me, but I can't trace time..

  

  out of the dorm and into a fraternity for the summer and have gone ... again was right smack dab in the middle of finals week. Sometimes I like ... succeed at the coherent part before the bottom half of my body gives way

  • by Jess K. '10
  • May 28, 2008