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• Blog / Admissions

  Obama’s Visiting MIT! Does that mean he gets an advantage in the admissions process?

  

  my stretched attempt at trying to tie in a completely unrelated, but ... as best as we can to find a venue that's the appropriate size. Also, by ... You may recall back in March of this year there were a couple blog

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • October 20, 2009
• Blog / Advice

  Exploring Classes a guide

  

  's probably the easiest way to find a simple list of classes in a particular ... to find classes you might be interested in; type in something like ... HASS departments to find interesting-looking electives. Once you have a

  • by Alex M. '21
  • August 29, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Not About the Name First impressions

  

  into a metal detector, and used on an overturned beach to find coins with ... About a week and a half ago, I arrived at Logan airport to start this college thing! With two bags in hand (well, ok, one was a backpack), and my

  • by Ana V. '15
  • September 3, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Grad school admissions My (limited) insight into the graduate admissions process.

  

  involved in a project, at which point they need to start applying to graduate ... lab equipment). Importantly, you want to get really involved in a ... applicant gets a 750 in math. If you get a 500 in math and you want to go into

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • January 20, 2006
• Blog / Announcements

  A reminder that there is no advantage to applying Early Action to MIT As always, you should apply when you feel ready

  

  on in the world, it is a confusing time, and I want to make sure it is ... Action. This is a longstanding policy. There is no reason to rush your ... been unable to [annotation note='As a reminder, we are suspending our

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 21, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Wrapping Up First Semester Two more weeks to go.

  

  busy. Although I’m still busy, I like finding time to escape in a book ... semester was kind of in a lull period in terms of work, I vowed to finish a ... physics discoveries, and I tend to get a tad sidetracked in the popular

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • December 10, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Tests of the non-standardized kind Stop thinking about the SAT and start thinking about 18.01!

  

  's something to write about on a very cold rainy day, and b) I have some really ridiculous-looking formula sheets to show you. In the book The Idea Factory by Pepper White, the author (who was a masters student in course 2 at MIT

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • October 12, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  The Complexity of Simplicity Not as paradoxical as it sounds

  

  fun blog). In a nutshell, I've been working with my team to try and ... tried to find alternatives. A simpler solution was found and decided to go ... experience in life has been). A simple, clear purpose seems preferable to a

  • by Chris M. '12
  • December 8, 2011
• Blog / How to Human

  I’m Poor!!! But I don't have to be!

  

  also worked a full time internship during the summer, in addition to ... . This turned out to be a good thing because it made the summer pass by ... began disappearing. I needed a job. I needed something to do at MIT that

  • by Snively '11
  • April 5, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Our Independent Studies the making of a (very) short film

  

  implement it in a new language -- doing that allowed us to really solidify the ... semester to create these independent studies and find a supervisor! We hope ... shopped around for a few different course 6 classes in the first week of the

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • May 18, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  IAP of Coding time to catch up

  

  lectures in the first week and then we're broken up into groups to create a ... "The Pretender" reached 6,000 views in less than a month and has been inducted into the Best of the Blogs, a great honor and my second post to do

  • by Erick P. '17
  • January 5, 2015
• Blog / Challenges

  leaving season blue blue blue

  

  into the homeliness that seems impossible to find in ten days. a few ... really because every time, you think there is still a lot to get done ... the same. and the yearning to be in-place will forever stay. i will

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • August 21, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  participates in the concert choir. Finally, in the future, Emily plans to get a ... to be in attendance. Emily's connection to outer space is not the result of a $54 check to the International Star Registry. Rather, Emily has

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

  Ode to the New, Part 3 "Your calendar looks like a clown threw up on it!" -my friend Jordan

  

  finding a balance between activities I did in High School, and new ones. The ... probably an appropriate time to address the issues that Cam brought up in his post about being busy. In essence: deciding how to spend my time here

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 28, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  The interview life Recruiting for MIT on the west coast, plus answering questions.

  

  in the 70s, so we proceeded to have a lovely chat about MIT housing ... when I'm not sitting in a hotel lobby (freezing to death) on the free ... to recreate my undergraduate experience in a graduate program, and b) I

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • March 3, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  MIT is just another place An article from The Tech - MIT's school newspaper

  

  material and concepts. I can always go back to a book to find an equation ... that brings us together to such a place. You have to love the place, in ... !) - published a letter to the editor from Folkers E. Rojas on February 28th that I

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • February 29, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  Pi Day Eve A doodle and some old advice

  

  To everyone who's waiting for a pi(e) day decision: It's all going ... a video game, or goofing off with friends to listen. If you want some comforting words, my friends and I made a video in December for EA applicants

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • March 13, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  For the Not Admitted Students I just wanted to tell you a story. It has a moral, but you don't…

  

  problem, and find a new way in getting to where you want to be. It is true ... believe in "this too shall pass," but I hope you will be able to find your ... would be able to find a way around this stone, when suddenly - the second

  • by Chris S. '11
  • March 16, 2009
• Blog / Residential Life

  [guest post] from the vault: hall exchange notes notes from a hall exchange in 2017

  

  Steve Harvey. We were blessed to be watching a stream in which the ... , inviting: there are four different ways to produce light in her room. a ripe ... doorsurfing, but found that 8:08pm is not a prime time to find people to meander

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • March 20, 2019
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Labor Day, literally Moving back into my dorm room

  

  back to my dorm in a giant U-Haul truck I always dread having to move my ... choose to store their stuff in a lot of different ways. Some people have ... give me a hand. In total, renting the truck came out to be about $35 (U

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • September 3, 2018