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• Blog / Admissions

  Everybody’s Reading Applications!

  

  entries recently to keep folks entertained and informed). While I was busily ... several tables over from me also seemed to be reading applications. As it ... school; she works in their admissions office. As it turns out, I had just

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 13, 2005
• FAQ / Life and culture

  What programs does Office of Minority Education offer?

  many of MIT's underrepresented minority students. OME's mission is to ... the ultimate goal of developing leaders in the academy, industry, and society. Matriculation to one of the world’s top schools of science and
• FAQ / Academics and research

  Can I test out of some classes by taking Advanced Standing Exams?

  Advanced Standing Examinations are one way to earn credit for MIT ... 've already mastered introductory coursework at MIT, then you can take an ASE to ... begins. If you do well you get to keep your grade on the ASE as your
• FAQ / First-year application

  Will you send me materials/prospectus/t-shirt/pennant?

  We appreciate your interest in MIT! We don't send a lot of mail (and ... awesome monthly email newsletter that will keep you up to date on exciting things our current students are up to! We'll also send you important news and
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Virtual Reality, Startups, and Donuts in a particular order

  

  whirlwind of hardships, from Grace cutting their investment in half to having ... Cue Monday afternoon. I'm hungry because I decided to not spend money ... little thing in front of me: Ain't No Rest for the Hungry. After taking

  • by Erick P. '17
  • November 15, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Let the good times roll here is where my summer adventures take place

  

  Public Service Center to intern with a non-profit in Hawaii on the Big ... was created to local businesses gathering their interest in a venture ... use in promotions... but also just to populate the website

  • by Cydnie T. '12
  • June 18, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  I’m laughing out loud cheek. muscles. cramping.

  

  subject evaluations. In the spring, Sophie forwarded the following e-mail to ... due, one of my friends slept for one hour last night, I have to submit a paper draft to my research advisor tonight, I e-mailed a paper to my music

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 11, 2013
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Congratulations! You have been named… Time Magazine's Person of the Year!

  

  again, were able to feel as if they were in control of their own ... this right now. In fact, those of you who are avid blog readers, writers ... summary of the article- lots of things happened in 2006, but one of the

  • by Laura N. '09
  • December 18, 2006
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Just My Luck The somewhat eventful story of my first EMT shift ever.

  

  me up in the MIT ambulance. We proceeded to the ambulance bay, where I ... that answer: Yep, it was good (despite the to-be-described misfortune, I ... tale, I'd like to take full responsibility for Sunday's events. I did

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • January 12, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  goodbye, thoughts; welcome, semester tfw classes are my saving grace

  

  in the midst of a lot of relationship-related conflict to be reminded ... , so I'm not frazzled like I was last fall. I feel like I'll be able to devote enough time to all my responsibilities without feeling hosed

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • February 19, 2021
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Makibaka! Huwag matakot! black lives matter! junk terror bill!

  

  party for dozens, he gets to walk free. In two different senses, I feel ... I feel like I have stake both in what is happening here and what is happening back in the Philippines. Here, it’s ever present: news of gruesome

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 8, 2020
• Blog / Events

  The Class of 2010 Ring Delivery I think Abba said it best when they sang, "Ring, ring, why don't you give…

  

  I blogged Ring Premiere and it would just seem unfair, wrong even, to ... . From now on, I'll have to stop promising to come back regularly - you'll just have to trust me that these sporadic blog entries will come back to

  • by Jess K. '10
  • June 18, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Almost Famous You probably think this entry is about me.

  

  have until Mitra gets home to read this entry. So today the first issue of The Tech since the marathon, so of course they decided to cover it ... with an unbelievably fast time. However, they instead chose to use this

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 21, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Freedom isn’t free. ...but a biology minor is, sometimes.

  

  . :) Max In my freshman year, Course 10: Chemical Engineering decided to add ... standard in engineering and it will inspire students to look into biology ... always the best part... how about the milk vending machine in the basement

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 2, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  The waiting is the hardest part

  

  things a little... It was one year ago. Decision letters were in the mail ... : I got fed up with racing home from school everyday to check on the mail, only to find NOTHING from MIT. So, I have taken matters into my own

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 13, 2004
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Untitled "The work is untitled because meaning is always changing in time and place." ⁃ Félix…

  

  are very close to my heart. Most recently, I was involved in an ... ;Untitled." Now more than ever, the divide has formed in contemporary art: those ... , courtesy of BAK You are invited to take a page from a stack of blank paper

  • by ARTalk
  • October 8, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Democrats, Republicans, sportsmanship, books The unbearable awesomeness of literature at MIT.

  

  DID YOU KNOW? The combined weight of all the termites in the world is 10 times the combined weight of all the humans in the world. Confused thanks to Ariel '09 for sending me a text message at 2 AM with only that

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 1, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Marjane Satrapi and French Breakthroughs The author of Persepolis visits MIT, and my French professor is famous

  

  Oct. 23 in the Stata Center's Kirsch Auditorium at 7 p.m. Marjane ... about life and criticisms of American foreign policy. All in all, it was a very informative and entertaining event. I am going to have to

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • October 29, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ratification: The Story of the US Constitution History @ MIT

  

  whole semester. In the opening introduction to the book, Professor Maier ... politics. In class, Prof. Maier invites students to dissect tracts and ... (D-NY) suggested using the 14th Amendment to the Constitution as a

  • by Chris S. '11
  • August 4, 2011
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Day 2: Hiking up a volcano at 15,000 ft (~4.5 km) Altitude sickness and Embarrassing Spanish Attempt #3

  

  for a scholarship to do research in Heidelberg next year; she said that ... ). The clouds rolled in and it started to rain as our trio approached the ... January 12 Hostel Colonial House, Quito In retrospect, I do not

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 4, 2014