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• Blog / Academics & Research

  21 Firsts highlight reels from the last few years, as I prepare to say goodbye

  

  celebrate my 21st birthday. Just a week ago, I imagined one version of what ... science-fiction universe. Then I saw snow for the first time while running ... got an offer letter. I spent that summer interning in Google’s Los

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • January 8, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet the Admissions Officers: Jenny Rifken Name:Jenny Rifken; Job title: Director of Recruitment and Associate Director of Admissions; Hometown: Elgin, Illlinois

  

  School College: University of Michigan, 1995, English Language and ... . Favorite movies: Meet Me in St. Louis with Judy Garland and Philadelphia ... (who have the best record in baseball right now), the University of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 3, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  Decisions, decisions Now that you've been accepted to college, you have to decide where you'll spend the…

  

  brother or grandma want you to go to X University, so while you may think ... University, and if it’s not a good fit, those four years are going to be ... go to other universities. The magic of the Internet, cheap airfare, and

  • by Melis A. '08
  • April 4, 2007
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Beacon St. and Marlborough St. Rooftops and flowers on two streets in Boston.

  

  with Beacon St. and Marlborough St., which run parallel to the water on ... /construction equipment. On the Boston side, Beacon St. is the closest house-containing street parallel to the water and Marlborough St. is the next one over

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • April 27, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  42 classes i'm taking this semester

  

  Life, the Universe, and Everything"   To me, 42 is the number of ... - Hacking VR My favorite class. Offered this semester for the first time ... Samsung Gear 360 degree camera to mess around with, along with 24/7 access

  • by Erick P. '17
  • March 6, 2017
• Blog / Life after MIT

  [Joint Post] Interviewing Two MIT Physics Heroes An Interview with Two MIT Physics Professors that are Departing from MIT.

  

  undergraduate degree and attended the University of Chicago to attain a PhD in physics. During his time at the University of Chicago, Mohamed realized he ... ’s last day at the institute is July 31st, 2025.   Mohamed Abdelhafez

  • by Richard O. '28
  • May 30, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  In Their Own Words (Part 3) Thailand and Israel and Columbia, oh my!

  

  ROP program created by Ellen & John Essigmann, housemasters of Simmons Hall. For ... th - August 21st: MEET, aka Middle Eastern Education through Technology ... the campus of Hebrew University that also includes business training and

  • by Paul B. '11
  • July 8, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Just Dance! Dance = Awesome.

  

  northeast! Through a collaboration with Boston University's dance team, Dheem ... . We had competitors from Penn, Rutgers, Harvard, Case Western, Johns

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • February 23, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  40 Hours Left! The time is 0500 EST, 12/15. I am studying for finals. You are waiting for…

  

  They Transformed New York. John Hopkins University Press, 1995. A 1907

  • by Chris S. '11
  • December 15, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Just a Little Patience The latest word.

  

  the geek category: alums of Caltech and the University of Chicago ... Johns Hopkins:"For all the regular decision applicants out there, we ask

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 11, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  In the News An NYT article on gifted education.

  

  Institute for Talent Development and the Johns Hopkins University Center for

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 21, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  Waitlist Decisions 2012

  

  As the May 1st reply date has passed, I know many people on the waitlist are anxious to hear an update. Although a few things are still ... not be able to offer them admission. At that point, we will consider our

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

  The Undecideds, Episode 4: A New Hope Addressing the concerns of undecided students.

  

  The fourth in a series... With a week until the May 1st postmark ... literature (though there are other great colleges that do, like Chicago and St. John's). All that being said, you will absolutely find people at MIT who

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 23, 2006
• Blog / Classes

  chaos and an exam that I technically failed irl deus ex machina

  

  extended essay in order to get the IB diploma. I remember thinking (as many ... (join our army), the course administrators offered the option to complete

  • by Abby H. '20
  • October 28, 2018
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Leonard Nimoy at the Boston Pops He told me to live long and prosper!

  

  his own film scores. His name is John Williams, and in case you haven ... film scores in a concert without John Williams slipping in there ... scores in a concert without featuring John Williams. Last night, the

  • by Anna H. '14
  • May 31, 2014
• Blog / Classes

  writing and faeries reflections on my classes at Harvard

  

  plot arc, as well as universal writing elements, such as development of ... were discussing their master’s degrees in Ireland, and a senior shared ... student had a degree in teaching and devoted summers to writing. There was

  • by Amber V. '24
  • January 3, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  Jack of Some Trades, Master of Absolutely Nothing feeling mediocre at mit

  

  that every MIT degree is made equal, whether that means a 5.0 GPA or a 3 ... degree, I ultimately decided it was something that made me unhappy and I only wanted to do a partial computer science degree, meshing it alongside

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 12, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  When Things Go Wrong: A Survival Guide? Come, obtain guidance from someone who's just as clueless as you are...

  

  -epic REX disaster, I’ve decided to offer you people some advice for when your ... ^3 offers all kinds of help for pretty much any kind of problem an MIT ... some degree. There is nothing we can do to completely wrangle the world

  • by Powers '23
  • September 13, 2019
• Blog / How to MIT

  New Beginnings Roses and Thorns

  

  offered at the aquarium, then visit for the aesthetics- the dimly lit ... John Harvard Statue at some point in our tour, this being the origin of ... Harvardites): On the statue, it’s inscribed that John Harvard founded the

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • September 16, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Lot Can Happen in 7 Days

  

  On January 1st, I enjoyed a nice New Year's dinner with my family. We ... . My friend came up to me told me that Daymond John was speaking right at ... John! When I first got into entrepreneurship, I started watching replays

  • by Erick P. '17
  • January 14, 2017