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• Blog / Admissions

  August Questions Omnibus 1 In this entry, I answer your recent questions left in the comments of previous entries.

  

  see is how you are a good match with MIT, and usually how you spend your ... . ------------------------------------- Ankit asked, "What is the Average Age of an MIT freshman?" Anonymous ... my application?" 17 is not young for MIT; in fact, 17 or 18 is the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 8, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  coronavirus, one year later recounting the craziest ten days of my life

  

  is happening and MIT shuts down and I still need to be here, I don ... fees, and that MIT is paying us to store our boxes with a moving company ... ’s something nice MIT is doing. Then I text people, think for a bit, and I

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • March 6, 2021
• FAQ / Academics and research

  What is the Abdul Latif Jameel World Water and Food Security Lab?

  The Abdul Latif Jameel World Water and Food Security Lab (J-WAFS) was created to coordinate and promote water and food research at MIT. MIT’s ... environmentally sustainable way. Check out their site to learn about all of the
• Blog / Admissions

  Straight from the Dean’s mouth Time magazine readers chat with the MIT Dean of Admissions, Marilee Jones.

  

  attended MIT, and my son is expressing interest. We hear all over that the ... While I was on vacation this past week, MIT Dean of Admissions Marilee Jones was featured in an online chat on TIME.com, following up on

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 20, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  A Student, A Professor, An Alum Hacking a door, the human genome, and robots.

  

  Today, three very cool articles about MIT people. First, an article ... ," including Prof. Eric Lander, who teaches Introductory Biology. Finally, USA ... Robot, and her path to success. MIT student hacks his dorm room door lock

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 27, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  WTHBBQ! Chinese Buffet! Spring 2008 courses, with a really bad analogy, haha. (super long post o___o)

  

  interesting thing to note about 14.01 at MIT is that even though economics is ... feel like taking the Physics GIR is like being at a buffet with all ... to say that this is the bane of my existence this semester. I know this

  • by Chris S. '11
  • May 11, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  [joint post] Welcoming you to “Here at MIT” student art in the new welcome center

  

  MIT Borderline. Borderline is a student-run club (which Danny and Allan ... -sets amid the chaos. Another day at the Institvte. Layal B. MIT is made up ... you can spot! Alison F. MIT is kinda wonky, and this mural displays

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • October 3, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  2021 Applicants: Answers to Your Emails Inspiration, Process, Components, Stress Mgmt, and More

  

  who asked me about life at MIT, Life & Culture is a great tag. And ... . The website tells you what MIT is looking for and how to get here, in as ... them. The MIT interview is not like a regular job interview. It's

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • October 9, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How I chose my classes A graduating senior's perspective; results may vary

  

  is just my MIT-induced masochism/Stockholm syndrome speaking, but I ... MIT is meant to correspond to 12 hours of work per week."]50 hours per ... of MIT? How useful is it? Could I recreate the experience outside of

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • May 24, 2025
• Blog / How to Food

  42 Recipes for Surviving Freshman Year (Part 2)

  

  This is the more hardcore half or so of the 42 recipes. Most of these ... also places to buy food around MIT and some useful non-food things to ... fruit. Hopefully we’ll find an alternative. Here is the recipe I adapted

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • December 3, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Dean Marilee Jones in the news Articles in the press about MIT's Dean of Admissions.

  

  MIT's Dean of Admissions Marilee Jones (our rockin' leader) is in the ... put on things, trying to be something for everyone.” In USA Today ... warns that today's overscheduled lifestyle is robbing children of the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 12, 2006
• Blog / Events

  An Interview with the Tetris Grand Champion Meet Fractal161, an MIT Student who's the second person ever to beat Tetris.

  

  . There is a thing called the Tetris Effect, where you see tetris squares in ... ="97282" image3="97288" /] Now that I’m at MIT, I play tetris almost daily. In the ... is my goal to beat it. Recently, though, I’ve gotten into watching

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • February 19, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  Juniors: MIT and other summer programs Juniors may want to start thinking about summer programs including MITES, RSI, and WTP.

  

  Excellence in Education and MIT, is a rigorous academic program which ... programs hosted by MIT -- MITES, RSI, and WTP -- have their application ... juniors. MITES and RSI are free; WTP is subsidized and offers financial aid

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 16, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  on happiness and well-being Coursera attempts to cure our depression

  

  course hosted by Yale on the online learning platform Coursera. A friend ... , but I ended up enjoying it a lot. The course is a psychological overview of what happiness entails, but a significant component of it is the

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • June 11, 2020
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  thank you notes before i go

  

  . MIT is really fucking hard, and so please remember to care for each ... write some notes for the people that have made my MIT experience ... ; there is just something so magical and whimsical about being with you. I

  • by Cami M. '23
  • May 31, 2023
• Blog / MISTI

  Bonn, Games, Bonn Wherein we teach the world the true meaning of democracy.

  

  DID YOU KNOW? The 17-year life cycle of the cicada is a natural defense against predators -- since it is a large prime number, no potential ... root for the underdogs, and also because Zinedine Zidane is astounding

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 7, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Nisha’s Video Game Review cloud is judging me for this

  

  that sort of analysis is too rigorous for this blog post, and also too rigorous for my burned out summer brain. I guess what I'm trying to say is I ... a person is not knowing how to separate work and life. During school

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • July 29, 2020
• Blog / Advice

  On Trauma, and MIT I’m imagining my high school self, and what I would tell her before coming to…

  

  outside my class.  (Sophomore Fall, Take 4 - Course 18) MIT is a school. It ... excessive amount of context to say the obvious: MIT is a place made up of ... Estrada’s “Si Me Matan” for the majority of writing this post, which is a

  • by ana~
  • May 4, 2022
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  assassins – a liveblog day 7: five remain

  

  assassins. the premise is simple: everyone gets a randomized target, and your goal is to assassinate your target. you win when you're the last person ... is your target's target, so if A was hunting B and B was hunting C, and

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • October 16, 2018
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  in remembrance of my sticker collections for stickers are vessels for stories

  

  beyond! Stickman Stickman was my first home at MIT. Stickman is ... Salem MA, is where MIT Spinning Arts gets all of our fire prop making ... bottle. Story behind this is that I dropped my H2GO 20.9oz asi51197 from a

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • July 5, 2023