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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Simply Brothers Finding brothers and brotherhood in MIT's fraternities.

  

  to the contrary, I'm the only guy out of four children. That's right: I ... say the L-word on this blog?), I won't deny that some small part of me ... came here. When I accepted the offer to join Phi Kappa Sigma, I knew that

  • by Paul B. '11
  • February 5, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Orgo Birthday Happy birthday, Ting Ting!

  

  learning community that offers all of the core classes in smaller classes. It's a pretty big shift coming from the typical freshman classes of 200 ... promise I haven't fallen off the earth! Coming off of pass/no record, though

  • by Jess K. '10
  • March 14, 2007
• Blog / CPW

  the two sides of CPW CPW as told by a prefrosh and an upperclassman

  

  It so happened that my younger sister got accepted into the Class of ... screenshot of my spreadsheet. I went to 18/33 of the events I put on my ... as one of the three CPW Chairs of East Campus a while back (maybe in

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • April 24, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My UROP Experiences Research is kinda cool.

  

  What's up? Yeah, it's the end of term, and we're all hosed. The week ... opportunity to put some of your thoughts in a textbook. I've had the distinct pleasure of having three UROPs during my time as an undergrad here. The first

  • by Derrick B. '08
  • May 7, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Tasty water, the Charles River, and other things that are not synonymous First post!

  

  hundreds of wonderful and intelligent female students but also the best ... , filtered deliciousness from a burbling water fountain while the attentions of the actual residents were occupied by festivities of a barbecueous

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • September 11, 2008
• Blog / How to Food

  More on food

  

  required to buy x meals per week at the school dining halls. One of my ... pretty wide variety of food offered on any given day, so if you don't like ... isn't cheap, but neither is any kind of food in Boston (the price of

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 5, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  Mind the Gap (again) About deferring admission for a year, also known as a gap year.

  

  about the possibility of deferring admission, also known as taking a gap year. In the interests of time, I'm going to reprint an entry (edited ... required. The University of Chicago says it will grant deferrals for almost

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 12, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Guest Blog: Math. by Joy ‘13 I’m not a complete nerd…but I am convinced that math is a language

  

  number which is also placed on a map by the degrees of longitude and ... language. And it’s the only language that all of us in the world understand ... knowledge…we are almost like the people of Babylon. We are able to communicate

  • by Cydnie T. '12
  • March 17, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  It’s All About The Process Take a moment, then get back in the game.

  

  As you probably know by now, MIT has completed the process of admitting the class of 2010. I am very proud of the Admissions professionals ... overwhelmed with the staff's knowledge of individual cases and their passion and

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • March 17, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  The root of all evil Money, money, money, money... money!

  

  note, with some degree of amusement, that in the case of the example I ... the hole as a result of our EFC, but my entire family has had to make ... spending money on top of the money they were already paying for school. So

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • April 29, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Selling Point How to tell the difference between MIT and an infomercial

  

  shaped sculptures in the sandbox with my friends. The magic of television ... down with a case of the sniffles and the best place to curl up and nap was the sofa in front of the TV. A side effect of television was the

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • March 11, 2014
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Looking Backwards Sherman, set the WABAC machine to....

  

  backwards-looking of my own. Kim has a collection of old Techniques (the MIT ... interesting to see what has changed, and what remains the same. Many of you will ... for the admissions officers, that’s for sure... Of course, in 1918

  • by Alina G. '11
  • March 27, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Totally awesome Incoming GEL students win big in the OnStar Student Developer Challenge

  

  Michigan, University of Texas and University of Toledo. What’s the story ... recognition, so that’s where Sarah and Marie learned a lot of the basics of writing prompts and designing this kind of system. The first time they

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • May 21, 2011
• Blog / Events

  The Third Side of Fraternities The way I see it...

  

  in a dorm because of the different community that it offers from my ... skimmed over and thus it makes the process of Rush seem arbitrary and random ... happen each day, and each member of the fraternity try to go out and meet

  • by Chris S. '11
  • September 6, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  Waitlist Decisions 2012

  

  students this year for the Class of 2016. I know many of you have been ... As the May 1st reply date has passed, I know many people on the ... . Each year, we always plan on admitting students from the waitlist

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • May 4, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  Mind the Gap Gap years are a good option for some students.

  

  required. The University of Chicago says it will grant deferrals for almost ... the University of Chicago (and many other schools), we're happy to grant ... 're quite interested in finding ways of making college admissions and the high

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 13, 2005
• Blog / Events

  #NoBanNoWall

  

  the members of the MIT community: The Executive Order President Trump ... the United States is already having an impact on members of our ... contact David Elwell, associate dean and director of the International

  • by Allan K. '17
  • January 29, 2017
• FAQ / Academics and research

  Is study help available?

  MIT offers a variety of academic resources to provide support for any student facing a particularly tough academic challenge, from tutoring and study groups to time management tips and testing strategies. Here's a
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Writing Science Fiction [by Susan Shepherd '11] Writing takes time, but fortunately MIT gives you good excuses to…

  

  graduation. I haven't graduated yet so I have no direct knowledge of this.) The ... . Even more fortunately, MIT offers a wide variety of courses ... person had the chance to share his or her thoughts. If twelve of the

  • by ARTalk
  • March 24, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  6.5 Years Post-Graduation, I’m a Beading Artist a twisty path

  

  college classes because of a vague mood disorder. Bad news: The culprit was ... didn’t magically fix everything. In the fall of 2023, I quit my senior management position—the one I thought was the peak of corporate American dreams

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • January 25, 2025