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• Blog / Athletics

  Rowing at MIT: a guest post by Connor M. ‘16

  

  Rowing at MIT The heavyweight men near the Museum of Science. PC ... for MIT. I had never rowed before college, but I fell in love with the sport and can’t imagine my MIT years without it. I am sharing my story

  • by Connie H. '15
  • August 26, 2015
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Didn’t You Graduate? I refuse to accept my new label...kind of.

  

  say that I don't have personal quirks like any other human being, MIT is ... further. That attitude is part of what makes MIT the place that it is ... . I'm not going to lie and say it's a cakewalk. MIT is challenging

  • by Bryan
  • August 23, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  A Day at the Beach: Quick Trips From MIT The ocean is only a short train ride or drive away!

  (or going to college) in the Boston area is a real luxury because the ocean is only a short train ride or drive away. In fact, many of ... affordable and you don't need a car. If you want to stay closer to MIT, though

  • by mitblogs
  • October 24, 2006
• Blog / CPW

  Hottest ever CPW ouch global warming

  

  temperature scales and wow is the difference visible. The CPW weather machine is ... wondering what the weather machine is, you should read my CPW history post!) Here's the chart itself, larger version here. Each block is thick if

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 12, 2023
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Fun With Photoshop Do you have mad Photoshop skills? Show us.

  

  follow Matt's blog, my colleague Joanne's dog Evie is somewhat of an office mascot. What you may not know is that Joanne is, like me, a die-hard Lost ... development, she also thinks Sawyer is cute. So last week, I combined her two

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 27, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  State of the Mail We're processing a lot of mail.

  

  As I write, our terrific Records Office team is processing the largest volume of mail you've ever seen. There is a lot of mail to be opened ... is to please be patient as you watch the application tracking system on

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 6, 2006
• Blog / MISTI

  MIT-Italy: Working With Ferrari The MISTI experience of Patrik Kunzler.

  

  Maranello where the car of all cars is made (Ferrari, in case you had doubts ... discuss some serious business. The MIT Italy program, together with the ... MIT alum, and the most famous racing engineer in the business. People

  • by MISTI Program
  • March 27, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Only Answer I Have "Just a couple of sentences."

  

  life very much. MIT is an amazing place, but it won't determine your ... experience, and not some MIT-sanctioned, carefully crafted spin. Thank you for ... it is... What you must understand is that the selection committee

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 23, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  A Little INSPIRation Guest Post by Vaishnavi Rao '17

  

  in the humanities, arts and social sciences. Q: What is MIT INSPIRE ... really love about MIT is our creative and innovative culture. Here, we ... . Another aspect I like is one of MIT’s hidden gems - a stellar humanities

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • December 1, 2015
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  5n, n=1

  

  couldn't help but think of Fenway Park and the Red Sox. Fenway, I think, is like MIT: when you're there, you can feel the energy running through the place, like everyone is excited to be there. There's nowhere else like it

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 11, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  On schools & context

  

  student who's not the valedictorian is the better match for MIT. Ultimately ... more students to MIT than others, even when a student from a nameless ... schools happen to have the personality that clicks with MIT? I'm speaking

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 23, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  Admitted Students Parties Followup

  

  had a serious learning disability. How is MIT able to provide an ... encourage your child to attend CPW, to see if MIT is actually a good fit for ... your own child is on the gifted side - since you clearly expected MIT to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 30, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Just Dance! Dance = Awesome.

  

  for all the teams. MIT Natya is one of several dance teams on campus; I ... there. And dancing with the other members of MIT Natya is rejuvenating ... In its 149 years of existence, MIT has been involved with many of

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

  Splash 2018 Learn about anything and everything!

  

  'm focusing on is Splash. If you don't know, Splash is basically MIT students ... Heyo everyone! It's Mimi again! I recently became a member of MIT ... MIT, how time flies!) I did a game design class, early solar system

  • by Mimi S. '22
  • October 4, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  Exploring Boston Frozen yogurt quests into Boston

  

  going to get Red Mango.  Sadly, the closest Red Mango to MIT is kind of far away.  That is, it is about a mile and a half down Massachusetts ... really bad sense of what is near and far from us).  But today is a

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • March 31, 2013
• Blog / MISTI

  The POWER of a Mechanical Engineering

  

  , and the food is delicious!   Alan XU Class of 2013 MIT ... In 2011, MIT Mechanical Engineering students went through MISTI to ... companies, universities and labs. Christopher Love Graduate student MIT

  • by MISTI Program
  • December 7, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Researchers Develop Autonomous Shoe Technology out of the MIT STrIDE group

  

  MIT alumni have been responsible for some of the most revolutionary ... revolutionary technology being developed at MIT by the Self Treading Insole Design ... incoming hazards and obstacles. The demonstrated use case is to avoid

  • by Erick P. '17
  • April 1, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Public MIT panel on the science behind vaccines, and ending the evolving pandemic

  

  A few days ago, President Reif emailed the MIT community to announce ... fighting the pandemic. The webinar is open to the public, and will be hosted ... could tune in. Below is the email from President Reif describing the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 4, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  Class of 2009 note #1

  

  task is to choose a username for yourself. Yes, MIT believes in letting ... While we are still waiting to hear from everyone, and hence it is too early to know anything about the waitlist, the Next Big Mailing (NBM) is

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 5, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Answering my own questions My perspective on the MIT student mentality about working hard.

  

  work is the virtue at MIT. MIT is often said to be more egalitarian than ... schools. MIT is a very good place... I was just in love with it. It has ... way.") MIT is not really a great place for grade-grubbers or the easily

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • February 10, 2006