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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Guest blog: “Me, Marvel, and MIT” Jade's experience working on a SHASS UROP for me

  

  now the issue is out! The MIT News article, “Superhero U,” is now ... technical institute like MIT. But what makes MIT amazing is that research ... that I supervised about MIT in the Marvel Multiverse. Jade just published

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 2, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  Talking about a difficult subject Answering an FAQ.

  

  session, I am asked a question like this: Is it true that MIT has the ... ; in fact, MIT is better than the national average1. However, this is a ... today's MIT is a warm and friendly community with many support resources

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 10, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  QuestBridge 2017 FAQ You've got questions, I've got answers

  

  question is here! Q: What do I do next? A: First, you should create a MyMIT ... application, log in to your MyMIT account and click on "Online Application ... This is a blog entry specifically for finalists in the Quest

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • October 18, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  all the classes I took freshman year feeling scholarly, part 1/2

  

  that I’m already a quarter of the way through my time at MIT, but the ... lot about my feelings and about experiencing MIT for the first time ... took one GIR this entire year, which is pretty unusual (most freshmen

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • June 18, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  Leaf in Face I got hit in the face the other day. By a leaf.

  

  ? (If there is any at all.) There's no specific upper-bound, but MIT doesn ... Junior in Michigan who is considering applying to MIT next fall. Recently ... must win to get into MIT, like there is no set course of actions that

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 15, 2006
• Blog / Uncategorized

  “So, what HAVE you been doing?” less sad shit lets get a lil more hype in here

  

  Salesforce friends and some friends I met online, as well as Julie, an MIT and ... and meeting so many new people which is also really nice. Before, I ... fun branching out and seeing the different frats around MIT. [carousel

  • by Cami M. '23
  • May 25, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Conference Where Everyone Was Younger Than Me I'm talking highschool Thiel Fellows, 30 under 30 winners, and Shark Tank participants

  

  online reputation, BrandYourself is definitely the way to go. Romain Vak ... After attending many entrepreneurship networking events as a college student, you sort of get used to being one of the youngest. Everyone else is

  • by Erick P. '17
  • June 30, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Guide to CPW: Why It’s Special all the things that make CPW amazing

  

  could work with. MIT is a unique place, and it can’t be home for everyone ... comMIT, you need to to determine if the IHTFP life is a good fit for you ... and reflections. This post is about what makes CPW @ MIT special. Here

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 6, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Best of the Ben Blogs Looking back at Ben's four years on the blogs.

  

  name is Ben Jones and I work in the MIT admissions office. My job, among other things, is to manage this site. I write stuff, I edit stuff, I ... Was One" Folks, it is a sad, sad day in the MIT Admissions Office

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 26, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  I asked people at MIT what they were doing for Pi Day 2025 something is rising... 3/14/25 at 6:28 PM ET

  

  Pi Day is a big deal at MIT. Not only does it go hand-in-hand with the "nerd culture" that MIT is known for, but it’s also tradition to ... "blood moon" total lunar eclipse. So Pi Day is when MIT releases

  • by Jebby B. '25
  • March 7, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  #tbt: MIT Cribs Digging up some old freshman-year blog posts

  

  unread in a tiny corner of the internet, so I can dust off the MIT ... touches from home (hence the cheesy title): MIT Cribs (September 2, 2012 ... arrow magnets with profanity. Because I’d prefer not to swear online but

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • March 5, 2015
• Blog / Athletics

  Winter Sports at MIT a sneak peek of: swim and dive, squash, and men's basketball

  

  -athlete: “Being a student athlete at MIT is definitely worthwhile. It’s nice to be ... has been great. You get really good at time management since MIT is so ... athletes have at MIT is pretty vast, especially because Greek life is made up

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • February 12, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  “Why does my kid have to move again?”

  

  questions. Karen asks: "This is a bit random and irrelevant to your entry, but I was wondering. What's the policy on non-MIT-students being in ... all students of the room/suite in which the guest is staying. The host

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • June 2, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  You Can Save the World a post on Kanye West

  

  unironically, wholeheartedly believe that Kanye West is one of the greatest ... , THIS IS NOT A GOOD TAKE ANYMORE SINCE HE KINDA SUCKS!!!! Specifically, I ... and pastor to sing songs from Jesus Is King, Kanye's newest album, as

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 3, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  So You Want to Declare a Double Major? This is why/how I'm doing it, in case you were curious

  

  Center (11-120) and obsessively occasionally check WebSIS, MIT's online ... focus in again on a single major. One of MIT's great qualities is the ... you happiest :D Okay. For me, a double major is how I've decided to

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • September 5, 2014
• Blog / Life after MIT

  MIT Memory Quilt insert many sobbing emojis here

  

  At MIT, one inevitably collects a lot of shirts. Like...a lot. There ... blankets out of old MIT shirts, but the idea first occurred to me as ... lay out all the shirts that I had accumulated over my years at MIT, and

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • January 27, 2021
• Blog / Classes

  registration day! aka "registration day blues", but like, only in the good sense of blues

  

  The summer before starting at MIT, it seemed like all the freshmen ... . But now -- now I am an MIT student, and so I can enlighten any of you who may feel the same way! At MIT, each semester begins with

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • February 7, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  “Never Calculate without Already Knowing the Answer!” xTalk about the "Art of Insight" by Prof Sanjoy Mahajan

  

  -1 into the machines. The calculator habit is so strong that even 5 ... be intrigued. First, a brief introduction. Sanjoy Mahajan is an Associate Professor of Applied Science and Engineering at Olin College. At MIT

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 1, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  October ‘06 Questions Omnibus Some advice from MIT interviewers, and answers to your questions.

  

  , your EC is a person, and is most likely NOT an EMPLOYEE of MIT and its ... get a sense of who the candidate is, and why they want to go to MIT. One ... is MIT Admissions about the word limit. Is it absolutely critical to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 23, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

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

  

  . There is no such thing as "breezing through" a MIT exam, unless, of course ... high school assignments: * There is generally very little busywork ... of problems is generally significantly fewer than that of regular high

  • by Chris S. '11
  • March 9, 2008