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• Blog / Admissions

  Q&A for the Waitlisted Some (hopefully) helpful questions and answers for waitlisted students.

  

  this post will be quite helpful! How does the waitlist work? We are ... waitlist. How many people will you admit from the waitlist this year? It is ... students from the waitlist. So, it's hard to know how this year will look

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 20, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Our nation’s greatest injustice I didn't exactly grow up in poverty, but socioeconomic inequalities have featured heavily in my…

  

  meant I didn't pay for it. So how did I end up with such a great education ... my experiences show just how pervasive this problem is- it exists in ... center of town: Person 1: "The houses south of 35 really are beautiful, it

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 15, 2008
• Blog / MISTI

  Language (die Sprache) MIT-Germany student discusses language

  

  Language Glass" is quite good). So what does that mean? Does it mean ... Language is a funny thing. It's so natural and as kids we pick it up quite readily from those around us. And now, while it is more

  • by MISTI Program
  • July 10, 2012
• Blog / Rural and Small-Town

  [Guest Post] STARS@MIT: A Year in Review By Claire S. '25

  

  ?” “What does MIT do as part of it?” and “How can it help me?” Well, the ... recap of everything we’ve been up to this past year. Spoiler alert: it’s been a big year. Check it out! STARS@MIT: A Year in ReviewWhen I was

  • by Nicole Cooper
  • April 23, 2025
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The 2011 Brass Rat! Can I turn this in in lieu of my blank lab report for tomorrow?

  

  Auditorium: is 1/8 of a perfect sphere. It's actually rather funny how the ... and Tian for answering my questions! :) 1. How does RingComm function ... --and it never ceases to amaze me how talented and dedicated they all are

  • by Chris S. '11
  • February 9, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Jugal Shah- Improving the technique of High Resolution Quantitative Autoradiography Sophomore Jugal Shah is improving a boron imaging technique that may potentially enhance a promising…

  

  disease at a cellular level and was pioneered at the Institute. It works by ... , since it still has a few points which could use improvement. The MIT ... England Consortium in DOE's Innovations in Nuclear Infrastructure and

  • by Melis A. '08
  • November 13, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  You’ve got questions; I’ve got (some) answers Answers to your questions.

  

  ? How easy is it to meet all the different types of people at MIT ... is the nuts and bolts of what MIT is. As far as how easy it is to meet ... environment is like. Are the people happy? Does everyone get along? How much

  • by Bryan
  • October 10, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  A Mentor to Remember – Patrick Winston (1943-2019) Celebrating Professor Winston

  

  but he spent a great deal of time talking about how important it was to ... our last chat because I thought it was cute. I think it does a good job ... .  We shared with each other how he made an impact on our lives and also

  • by Caroline M. '18
  • July 24, 2019
• Blog / Advice

  a blog from the universe aka me + my tarot cards + finals season procrastination

  

  that lands. If it does, consider the advice provided by the cards ... ![/caption] Recently, I had a person ask me: “you know it’s bad luck to be superstitious, right?” Which is really funny only because it accomplished his intention

  • by Veronica P. '27
  • December 14, 2024
• Blog / Advice

  tidbits i answer a bunch of random blogger prompts

  

  at a UROP or   elsewhere, and tell us about what it does and how you ... signature beverage? How did it achieve that status? It would probably have to ... right now—your bedroom or your computer's desktop? Tell us   how it got to

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • January 18, 2019
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  road trip here in my car I feel safest of all I can lock all my doors…

  

  or so on the weekends) because I needed to drive. It's a calming ... " food at my local Olive Garden, not because it's good, but because it

  • by Abby H. '20
  • February 21, 2019
• Blog / Residential Life

  back in east campus, the sequel jiggity jig (again)

  

  passed on anymore. it makes me think about how fragile oral history is ... identify what each card or relic does simply by its name or picture, that i ... spire that is a vibe. it makes me think about how it's so, so unlikely for

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • August 18, 2021
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Ode to a Package of Dial Soap Substantial entries will come soon!

  

  It was my freshman year, not long ago When I arrived at MIT, complete (it has been near three years, how fast time flows!) With happiness and excitement replete Looking back now, 'though it hasn't been long It's a marvel

  • by Chris S. '11
  • December 6, 2009
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  today is my birthday & i still don’t know who to become

  

  , blinking into the mid-afternoon sunshine, trying to recall how I got here. ii. It’s my birthday today. It does not feel too different from any ... , I overlook it. There are many days where I spend my minutes like poker

  • by Rona W. '23
  • September 6, 2021
• Blog / Hacks

  MacG 50ish years ago an email from an alumnus

  

  Course 6-1 still means [annotation note="indeed it does ... I asked in a rambly 10-minute-long video tour of my MacGregor single ... annotation feature it's been hard not to annotate every single thing, so this

  • by Abby H. '20
  • October 6, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  done with the b.s. 4 years of mit by the numbers

  

  suitable than submitting it at 11:59 pm as I do with my assignments. So here ... it was a little birthday present to myself >:)   2 occasions ... MIT than me. It broke during my first year, got repaired, and then broke

  • by Waly N. '24
  • May 31, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Guest Blog: Math. by Joy ‘13 I’m not a complete nerd…but I am convinced that math is a language

  

  even need it to count how many pieces of paper we have, How many shoes we have, how many pens we have, how many siblings we have…whatever it is. We ... how powerful it is to you…but I think it’s amazing the way that that

  • by Cydnie T. '12
  • March 17, 2011
• Blog / How to Food

  “I’m vegetarian now!” Two months, twenty-four days, and goin’ strong

  

  that I would try out vegetarianism, just to see how it went. It wasn ... home, and I’m ok with that. I’m glad it’s lasted this long, though. I ... 've been wondering just how long I will last. I have a turkey at home named

  • by Amber V. '24
  • November 25, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Another Toy Story Turns out toy design isn't all play, but that doesn't mean it's not fun!

  

  I know it's been a long time since I've posted a blog... but I'm back ... . Sounds legit right? At this point, you might be curious as to how we ... how our toy would physically work. The sketch model on the right was our

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • May 25, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  Admitted Students Parties Update Stories from the parties today; more stories, and questions answered, tomorrow.

  

  was shocked at how great it really was and how fast the time FLEW by ... question! First up is Fangfei, who went to the Long Island Party: MIT has ... time, another school took its place as my number one, and then the two

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 31, 2007