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• Blog / Admissions

  The Interview…Part 1 ECs are some of my favorite people in the world and you'll like them too.

  

  special. Meeting with an EC can be a lot of fun. I've heard great stories ... that I want each of them to give when they do an interview. I just don ... each of you is looking to find colleges where you feel you can spend the

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • September 18, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  back 2 school

  

  a big window in our house and i sat on the couch in front of it and watched the colors in the sky changing.   soon after that i was in ... flight, drifting in and out of sleep --   and then i was back and

  • by Allan K. '17
  • September 10, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  Balancing Act… ...or not

  

  sometimes hard to maintain, and I live in perpetual fear of messing it up even ... out of my comfort zone in this sense by forcing me to deal with my fear ... all the shenanigans they involve deserve a longer post than I can do

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • September 28, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

  Deferred? Shameless thievery from a colleague's blog topic (sorry Matt).

  

  are a great many more of you that were deferred that admitted. I'm sure ... say the least) to all of you. Please take heart in knowing that you ... . Please let me know how I can help to put it into a perspective that helps

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • December 13, 2005
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Formula SAE: A Turbocharged Experience Join the MIT Formula SAE team to design, engineer, and build a small formula-style autocross…

  

  , everything must be designed so that the driver can jump out of the car in five ... Ever wonder how a Formula 1 car can reach speeds of 210 mph and pull ... learning, experimentation, and innovation. For example, in the first year of

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 12, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  QuestBridge 2017 FAQ You've got questions, I've got answers

  

  being used in place of Part 2 of the MIT application). Q: If I'm not ... am taking my tests in November or December. Am I still eligible for the ... : If I will not have a full set of tests by the October testing date

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • October 18, 2017
• Blog / Summer

  i visit Cape Cod and discover the most beautiful beach on Earth

  

  suggested that we spice up our orders by asking for four of what the person in the car in front of us ordered. while passing the menu, we noticed a ... less. i have never ordered a venti in my LIFE. before we reached the

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • June 24, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Atomic Friends a comic

  

  Bohr atomic model sits in the middle of the panel. The background can be ... I'm taking 21W.744, The Art of Comic Book Writing, taught by Marjorie ... in-between of novels and movies. Novels allow for endless words

  • by Cami M. '23
  • September 17, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Spotlight: MIT stands with the people of all nations we are one MIT

  

  , possibly the highest proportion of international students in a U.S. institution.   In a 1917 Boston Daily Globe article, the President of the ... North and South America stand together they can insure the future peace of

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • January 13, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Emily Levesque- How megastars evolve Emily spent the summer of 2004 conducting astronomy research at the Kitt Peak National Observatory…

  

  I have always been proud of the fact that there is a star and a minor ... things students can do and has had a UROP in the MIT Center for Space ... impressive) bearing my name. I frequently exploit this factoid to arouse

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 20, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Q&A I asked current freshmen about the things they wish they knew for their CPW!

  

  place in the world, I recommend spending the bulk of your time at that ... at least walking in to each dorm, I spent the rest of my weekend in the ... dye your hair, let us take you on tours of campus (I can show you where

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • April 9, 2014
• Blog / Life after MIT

  What MIT Grads Do With Their Free Time Want to see the fireworks up close? Simply turn an old car into a boat…

  

  don't find this kind of thing at other schools. In fact, I couldn't make ... happiest of endings. I think Amrys summarized it best with this quote: "Never ... My friend Amrys (MIT '02) and a bunch of her fellow MIT-grad friends

  • by Ben Jones
  • July 6, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT Regular Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  wisely, creatively, and effectively for the betterment of humankind. We can ... about next steps to come in early April.  Congratulations to the Class of ... enroll next fall, please make it a better place. I know you can. I hope you

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 14, 2025
• Blog / IAP

  The blogs are back in town

  

  nature. (2) v.i. To be in the process of not doing something. ... Today in IAP individual events (I might go check out the Man Vehicle Lab talk/tour this afternoon...) Ben has been out of the office all

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 6, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Admissions Math Month, Part 1 – Duality There are two wolves inside you

  

  , and I hope we'll see even more of it in the other bloggers' posts this ... , [annotation note="I’m only counting blogs that explicitly use the LaTeX tag in ... intuitively. I usually just kind of wave my hands and say, “Uhh, it’s like when

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • April 20, 2024
• Blog / Classes

  Kekka dake da! "Only the results remain!"

  

  (Harmony and Counterpoint I) 6.009 (Fundamentals of Programming) 8 ... so I wanted to fill it in with a different class. "Ok", I thought, "I ... different viewpoints. At this point, I was happy! 36 unit schedule of three

  • by Mimi S. '22
  • March 7, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Why I do what I do A few reasons I'm still on this planet.

  

  high school, and I had lead roles in five of them. I made all-state choir ... 's show choir my junior year. I was captain of the largest color guard in ... what I'm doing and such -- so I thought I'd clue you all in on my raison

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • February 24, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  What do you see now? they say genius likes to alternate between the soil and the sky

  

  , scientific discovery, humanism, etc... When I discovered this dichotomy in ... – here I lay a small piece of this rich tapestry! I see what you have done and put down this stroke for all that you will do! But I have noticed in

  • by Uzay G. '26
  • May 23, 2025
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Sneak peek at the new admissions and SFS sites what we've been working on all summer

  

  you can get a sense of the basic design direction.   Student ... . Most of that will happen post-launch, but I think this website will be a ... better use of our incredible wealth of content in old blog posts Here's a

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 16, 2018
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Our FAPnomenol Start of Sophomore Year! where we recount the tale of our first week back on campus

  

  following: Are you guys twins? Who’s older? How can I tell you guys apart? And ... more people to stroll in, one of the counselors told “the one about the ... staple of the week. And when everyone came in after the whale joke ended

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • September 7, 2017