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• Blog / Admissions

  Crazy admissions stories A story about craziness from both sides of the college admissions process.

  

  mine. There are plenty of good schools I can go to." Mr. Conroy says more ... visiting colleges in the Northeast last year, Andrew N. Lazar had the kind of ... School, in Deerfield, Ill., says a member of the 2006 graduating class was

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 5, 2006
• Blog / Research & Work Abroad

  Whoooo!

  

  ....well, "ashamed" is the closest word I can think of...of the fact that I've lived ... can in the next few months. Any suggestions for weekend travel while I ... your profile a map of all the places in the world that you have been. As

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 9, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Week in the Life: Optimism Edition In which I have a particularly tough, enriching week.

  

  (Fundamentals of Energy in Buildings) that morning. After the review I had but ... on time Tuesday morning, so I can't tell you about the tour of Boston ... working in studio for five hours and I hate my life but it was awesome,'" he

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • September 18, 2008
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Road Trip—sort of.

  

  Sorry I haven't posted in so long! My friend Rose '05 came to visit ... family attraction in the country. The MB aquarium reminded me of the New England Aquarium, which is in Boston, just a few subway stops away from MIT

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • June 19, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Blinky Lights (Part I) An example of how I go about building things.

  

  instructor said (and I'm paraphrasing here) that "all of electronics can be ... And I'm back! I'm determined to make up for not posting at all in the last month by being incredibly prolific in the next. I expect this to

  • by Evan B. '10
  • September 21, 2007
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Concourse, of course or how to make the most of your freshman year at MIT

  

  infinite corridor in search of a diet Dr Pepper, and on my way I can look up ... Just the other day, I joined a handful of parents at my 15-yr ... and students stood up in front of us weary workday parents, who were

  • by Kris Guay
  • March 30, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  The swing of things MIT happenings.

  

  in Course 2 in charge of the 2A department so they can verify that I ... drama groups in a production) as one of your classes, which I think is ... abroad or take internships in a foreign country. I might be getting an

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 16, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  a farewell to my phone which hurled itself repeatedly into the icy arms of death

  

  -the-line when I bought it in 2020, but the powers that be had rendered it just about ancient in terms of repairs. The first shop I went to didn’t have a ... time I dropped it at a bus stop in the middle of northern Italy one night

  • by Amber V. '24
  • November 14, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Adventures of a Prefrosh: My ‘Year On’ ...and why you should listen to Matt McGann. [by Vicky Thomas '12]

  one of the best decisions I've made in a while. Before I dive into what ... -by-play of my year so far. After I graduated from high school in June '07, I ... out in Alameda, CA, I worked for and with some of the smartest people I

  • by mitblogs
  • April 24, 2008
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  The Halls are Alive with the sounds of students...

  

  ' return to campus, I reveled in the laughter and greetings heard down the ... signal the start of the fall term. But, even more than their sounds, I ... research opportunities are available? In preparation for a visit program, I

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • September 25, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Our 2016-17 Application Essay Questions For those of you rarin' to go.

  

  weeks, I know many of you are eager to start thinking about how you ... the lives of others. MIT students work to improve their communities in ... piece of writing we've ever seen. Over my ten years of working in

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • July 26, 2016
• Blog / About Decisions

  it’s only a matter of time a post for the deferred

  

  another blow to my confidence. I went and hid in a corner of the university ... the music I listened and sang along to in 2018 as a kind of catharsis ... empty."]a rock inside an empty tin can.[/annotation] For the accepted, I

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • December 20, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Hi, Applicant to the Class of 2021! here, i try to convince you that it's ok to be dazed and confused right…

  

  … (in)tense. I haven’t experienced that much uncertainty in my life ... state college the next. And I got lots of work here now, but at least I ... ’s cool. I started worrying sophomore year of high school, and definitely

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • September 22, 2016
• FAQ / Visit

  How can I contact the Registrar’s Office?

  The MIT Registrar’s Office provides registration status for enrolled students, college transcripts, and other official forms and certifications.
• Blog / MISTI

  Summer at last and my last days as a teenager...D:

  

  can to travel alone internationally for the first time. Of course I ... of certain memories. So far, I’ve lived half of my life in China and ... . Hoping for favorable Internet conditions in China so I can blog there

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • May 31, 2011
• 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…

  

  deprivation. I was bored out of my mind." Still, in other ways, Ms. Chinea ... when I felt like I didn't really fit in at M.I.T.," she wrote. "I nearly ... the closest you can get to living in the Internet," and Ms. Chinea

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

  in an effort to be whole again recovery

  

  reminded me of why I needed that environment in the first place. The next ... break to watch Howl's Moving Castle in between bits of coding because I ... This past semester, I haven't been taking much care of myself. Lately

  • by Cami M. '23
  • September 23, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  First day of school The first day of school

  

  deduced that the problem lies in the wireless internet, so now I just can ... Remember what the first day of school was like in elementary school ... classes (Course 2) and filling in the rest of my schedule with classes in my

  • by Melis A. '08
  • September 6, 2006
• FAQ / Transfer

  Can I apply if I already have a degree?

  MIT doesn’t award second bachelor’s degrees, regardless of the course of study. We encourage you to apply to MIT as a graduate student.
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Laura Stonehill: Designing Italian Pedestrian Bridges Laura Stonehill spent a summer working at a civil engineering company in Venice, Italy.

  

  sense of how engineering practices differ around the world. (I'd like to ... Laura Stonehill, an MIT senior majoring in Civil and Environmental Engineering, spent her summer in Venice, Italy through an informal internship

  • by Melis A. '08
  • September 24, 2005