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• Blog / Academics & Research

  It’s snowing, and “It’s Raining” K-Pop and Prof. Henry Jenkins.

  

  up in applications that I didn't read Sunday's New York Times, usually my favorite read of the week. The front page article in the Arts ... bridges and become the first Asian pop star to succeed in America. A few

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 31, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Selection begins Picking the Class of 2010.

  

  and the difficult decisions we make in selection. This year, we received ... we take those summaries and work from them. We do selection in subcommittees, usually of three people. Each subcommittee will take each case in

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 2, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  MIT’s Newest Nobel Laureate Can you autograph my problem set?

  

  Nobel prize for his "for the development of the metathesis method in ... swap places--in 1990. Now I don't know about you, but I think this is ... .012 and her TA was Frank Wilczek, winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics in

  • by Bryan
  • October 5, 2005
• Blog / Personal Travel

  A little bit about me and my trip to La Republica Dominicana A trip to the Dominican Republic to compensate for a bitterly cold Boston winter

  

  me: I'm a rising sophomore planning to major in Mechanical Engineering ... with another area of your choice, it's called 2A), I live in Next House ... just got back from my second visit to the beautiful town of Punta Cana in

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 3, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Central Meetings Today, we'll mail out the first of four batches of letters announcing the MIT meetings…

  

  Seattle, and many places in between (not to mention Puerto Rico and Hawaii ... 've sent, or otherwise affirmed your interest in MIT, you will receive an invitation to our meeting in your neck of the woods (haven't yet signed up for

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 19, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Back From Paternity Leave I'm back! A few words on the Harvard Admissions Institute and such.

  

  posted in response to my last entry about raising siblings to be friends. It's truly something that I'll keep and refer to in the coming years ... networking/social periods, and a few other things thrown in. (Check out the

  • by Ben Jones
  • June 22, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Hail to the king, baby. The coolest thing that never happened to me... plus, the journey back Boston way.

  

  in "Spider-Man" for about 3 minutes, too. Surely, you had to see ... than in Boston, at the Coolidge Corner Theater, a lovely nonprofit ... 's more. While Bruce was busy in Bulgaria or wherever directing and

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 22, 2005
• FAQ / Prepare for MIT

  Will I receive AP/IB college credit?

  is commonly available in high school. However, many of our students ... challenged themselves in high school and have taken advantage of their opportunities. If you're using your resources in high school, you're going to
• Blog / Personal Travel

  halfway across the world moving to russia for the semester

  

  sets. I can imagine the outline of the forest I would see in the distance, in the morning. Except that I won’t see it in the morning light ... -up instinct, and then I jaunt around for the morning, and crash for a nap in the

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • September 24, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  H0sed Psets, exams, and being "mediocre" at MIT.

  

  (which was very exciting, by the way - I have never been in a country with ... , everything looks nicer in lowercase. maybe i'll stop capitalizing now, bwahaha ... assignments" that you get in high school. Big differences between psets and

  • by Chris S. '11
  • March 9, 2008
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Guest Entry: Leadership @ MIT You can become a leader on the MIT campus. Here's how...

  

  , especially in a world where leadership, interpersonal, and management skills are required for competitive higher positions in all organizations. President Hockfield says in her inaugural speech, “With our expertise in

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 14, 2008
• Blog / How to MIT

  You oughta know Answers to many, many questions.

  

  people who are interested in double-majors, if only because it's a little more logistically difficult to fit in the extra classes that you need to ... can take in one semester without breaking your brain. You're welcome, of

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • April 22, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  After Graduating From beyond the veil :O

  

  in Cambridge, just a few blocks from campus, but intentionally keep the ... while I keep in touch with current undergrads I was already friends with ... be more involved in some of my former student groups, I intentionally

  • by Selam G. '18
  • December 10, 2019
• Blog / IAP

  More at Home At thirty thousand feet, thousands of miles away.

  

  though most of the people in the course were upperclassmen). There was no ... interested in Indian architecture – specifically the Mughal architecture the ... December – and 2010 – I was briefly back in the UK, now my second home, where

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • February 11, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Introducing the Class of 2013: Merritt ‘13, Carlos ‘13, Edward ‘13, and John ‘13 The final edition of a nine-part series of articles about the incoming MIT class.

  

  Cross student going to M.I.T. in the Fall By Jarett Henshaw Published ... universe that are not directly expressed in the observable properties of the ... Cross and maybe even all of Roanoke. So smart in fact, that he got

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 31, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  SOFT HOUSE five college students doing burpees on gravel at 1 am vibes

  

  Guys, in spite of everything that's happened, I'm having a college ... community are living in near MIT in a place we've dubbed "soft house," since ... four of us working in the kitchen at all times, with others joining now

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • September 28, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  warmth feelings i miss

  

  it was june, which in the relative scale of time we’re all in right ... wanted to push me in. every once in a while i’d feel so uncomfortable ... and put my back against the railing instead, taking the wind from in

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • July 27, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Managing a Full Plate Both Food and Life

  

  refreshing in these last few weeks. In my last post, I uploaded a picture of my ... in these first few weeks. Today was my first midterm of second semester in differential equations. I walked out of the exam room confident

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • February 26, 2018
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Institute of Contemporary Art College Night #2 of 3 Boston Adventures

  

  ) successfully evaded teenage pregnancy. Apparently, 20 = adult. In exciting ... ., and Th., ‘19, emerged in a grand procession. The leader, in a furry cap ... birthday wishes in class. One of my neighbors, F. ‘17, resolved to

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • December 27, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  On the DUSP Course 11: Urban Studies and Planning

  

  -disciplinary, flexible, and engaged with the larger world in ways many other departments ... few of my friends in DUSP, and their stories about getting here ... Studies and Planning   pictured, left, in the Tamale Peace Corps

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • March 2, 2015