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• Blog / Life after MIT

  The things that can change your life…

  

  all sorts of profound ways. When I was a new frosh, I was temped on 1st ... and 1st East. 5th East was, I think, 9th on our pre-hall rush list. But ... hall. We went through them in an orderly progression - 1st through 5th

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • December 9, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  close your eyes and put your finger on the map and other ways to make grad school decisions

  

  engineer in my company had a master’s degree or was studying for one. This ... ."]abroad.[/annotation] Some of the international scholarships in the UK would offer 2 years of ... side, I was often choosing between schools/programs that offer “Mech

  • by Amber V. '24
  • October 22, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Biological Engineering at MIT My thoughts, feelings, and opinions (and slight ranting) about biology both at MIT and in…

  

  schools offer biology or BME (biomedical engineering), but there are very few Universities that will offer a biological engineering degree. I have ... research is done at a University and normally works towards exploring

  • by Ben O. '19
  • November 20, 2016
• Blog / Challenges

  New Year Resolutions in Fall An ambitious list of things I wanna do that probably won't get done

  

  With the school year coming back around, it only feels necessary to pretend it’s December 31st and start making a list of things I want to ... University  Walk everywhere for a week instead of biking or using public

  • by Richard O. '28
  • August 31, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  You Can Plan a Pretty Picnic ... but you should also research the weather.

  

  ) tried to strengthen ties with the University of Zambia (UNZA ... for 1000 1st through 8th graders, at least 70 of whom are parentless and

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • February 5, 2007
• Blog / Majors & Minors

  New Major in Climate System Science and Engineering

  

  — jointly offered between Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE) and Earth ... skills. The Course 1-12 Climate System Science and Engineering degree program, jointly offered by the Departments of Civil and Environmental

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 21, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  [Guest Post] Rediscovering en Plein Air Painting by Elisa X. '26, MEng '26

  

  undergrad degree with the rest of my class in Spring 2026 then with my MEng in ... and universal experience for all MIT students. Recommendations for ... plein air oil painters like John Singer Sargent and of course, Claude

  • by Allison E. '27
  • September 17, 2025
• Blog / How to Human

  i wish we’d grown up on the same advice alternate paths

  

  with the privilege of a) having gotten a math/cs degree from mit b) being ... success of Virginia Woolf, Clive Bell, and John Maynard Keynes, while MIT ... is the greatest tragedy of modern universities we can’t prevent

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • January 18, 2023
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Undecideds and the Order of the Phoenix Answering the important questions of those still making their decision.

  

  The fifth in a series... With less than a week until the May 1st ... university, but when I visited Caltech, they said that about 80% of the profs ... offered, which is much more likely to be untampered with. The best news is

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 25, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Events That You Should Come To! totally biased, but hey, it's my blog

  

  -SEVEN DEGREES out right now. hear that? SEVENTY-SEVEN). (it's currently predicted ... offered at MIT will be there to address your questions. There's always been ... how to pick up a humanities double major at a tech university! FRIDAY

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 5, 2010
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Not my college essay It's Blog Action Day and the topic is poverty.

  

  keep my room at a feisty 80 degrees this winter and start a refuge ... resume, arranged an interview with the MATCH director, and was offered a ... , and walk past a large chunk of Boston University. On the plus side

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • October 14, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Application Cycle Your MIT application is just the beginning

  

  , many of us are receiving job and graduate school offers. It’s with a bit ... essentially planned. I will be spending the next two years at Oxford University ... apply for degree programs at Oxford (I’m hoping to studying Integrated

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 1, 2007
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  [Guest Post] Duolingo Champion How to immerse in education while learning nothing

  

  1st within the Diamond League, essentially being the world’s best in ... the 1st place spot. It is here that I meet the person who would throw a ... is not offered solely in English, allowing me to sign up for inglés and

  • by Cami M. '23
  • May 29, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  Advocating for Science on Capitol Hill, Part 1 My name is Anna Ho, and I'm here representing the American Astronomical Society.

  

  Berkeley and is now a John Bahcall Public Policy Fellow at the American ... -and-forth exchanges are much more memorable than one-way spiels. Offer to serve as a ... this point, the Associate Vice President for Research at the University

  • by Anna H. '14
  • April 24, 2014
• Blog / Events

  Consilience From college essays to a Medieval Studies @ MIT Colloquium

  

  years ago, 34-38 skeletons were found in the grounds of St. John's College ... skeletons are remnants of the St. Brice's Day massacre, when the king ordered

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 7, 2013
• Blog / Athletics

  ‘Til the Net Breaks Championship Szn

  

  our second game of the tournament. We play University of Southern Maine ... hours from MIT to Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, where we are playing John ... half, John Carroll scores. It’s a bit disheartening, but I know that we

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • December 3, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A Week of Music Eight bands in nine days, and I still missed five performances.

  

  . Anyways, he's now a freshman at St. Edward's University, a small liberal ... , I was seriously considering the University of Chicago. That city also ... Supa Dupa, St. Mannequins on tour from New York, followed by the

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • October 28, 2008
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Unpacking Surprises to sum up 4 years at MIT

  

  us managed to receive our diplomas after 3.5 straight hours of pouring ... number of reasons (including MIT’s amazing financial aid offer), I arrived

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • July 7, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2.007: Where even your smallest part matters The 2.007 competition has come to close!

  

  humanities, and only one graduate ball represents the coveted MIT diploma ... ) and comforted me. Bryan even offered for me to take apart his robot to

  • by Melis A. '08
  • May 18, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet the Admissions Officers: Amy Perez Name: Amy Perez; Job title: Assistant Director of Admissions; Hometown: Lubbock, TX

  

  Name: Amy Perez Job title: Assistant Director of Admissions Hometown: Lubbock, TX High school: Lubbock High School College: Tulane University, Bachelor's degree in Marketing Favorite things about MIT: I love the MIT Dome

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 14, 2005