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• Blog / Admissions

  Does MIT Offer Application Fee Waivers? In a word, yes. Click through for the extended answer.

  

  education for everyone. It has been our experience that the cost of applying to MIT can be a barrier for those of modest financial means or those ... only covers a small percentage of the costs associated with processing

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • October 16, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Face Book And Study I have been doing all this and more. But mostly not this.

  

  simultaneous horror and amusement, was greeted with a basket filled to the top ... Okay, hold up. I have a really good excuse for not blogging in ages ... yes, I only had one, and yes, it was for an intro class since I’m one of

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • May 30, 2011
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Day 2: Hiking up a volcano at 15,000 ft (~4.5 km) Altitude sickness and Embarrassing Spanish Attempt #3

  

  -expensive restaurant engineered for tourists. It was filled with Americans and played CNN ... the summit with him. CL tried to tell them about The Beards - "they play ... recommend attempting to summit a volcano at 15,700 ft with only one day of

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 4, 2014
• Blog / Challenges

  Andi and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Week :(

  

  "]general butt pain[/annotation], telling me to just live with it for [annotation ... for that type of problem. Anyway, I tried my best to live with the pain ... Remember two weeks ago when I blogged about how excited I was for

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • March 3, 2024
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Varied states of the basement A roundabout trek to an underground level of Building 7 leads me into areas very…

  

  time to get back to my room. Stay tuned for a fun day trip idea! ... a picture for you. Various areas of Building 6's basement are under ... do? From here, I took the path beneath the Infinite with which you

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • September 20, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  [Guest Post] GetSimmons! Writing is hard, so here's a video game instead

  

  How to play: Use your arrow keys to move the tiles. When two tiles with ... to Threes by Asher Vollmer. You can also play the game at the original

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • December 21, 2022
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Radia Perlman ‘73, Mother of the Internet Radia Perlman has three MIT degrees and more than 80 patents.

  

  easier and more fun for the kids to pick up computer skills. Perlman earned ... "? Meet Dr. Radia Perlman '73, SM '76, PhD '88, Distinguished Engineer for ... earlier this year. (And, for the record, I think in the picture at right she

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 13, 2006
• Blog / IAP

  *Independent* Activities Period Part 2 our second IAP apart!

  

  We spent our IAPs in two different states, for the second time. We ... interested in, but are not sure if you want to pursue. Or, it’s also great for ... company in Venice, California called Wevr (rhymes with Beaver). This company

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • February 5, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  Harvard Friends, Part 2 finding my quarantine dream team

  

  student with some close friends at Harvard! In Part 1, I discussed how cross ... with my friends was more challenging than I expected after getting sent ... with their [annotation note="the emergency grading policy of Pass

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • July 29, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Movin’ On Goodbye '09//Hellooo IAP

  

  of IAP 2010. For those unfamiliar with IAP (Independent Activities ... done during IAP? Feel free to discuss your new goals for 2010 - now that ... for a better idea ‚Üí Overview of IAP 2010 From what I've heard, some

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • January 1, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  MIT is easy if you study rastrology. Getting into awkward positions, at the Bank of London, with penguins.

  

  sea in Antarctic winter after living without food for 120 days. I set my alarm on weekends. Oh, dear. So, I awoke with a jerk at 8:30 AM yesterday ... classes, this was yoga for real people, not yoga for MIT students, and let

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 11, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  I AM SO BUSY

  

  But I still went downtown to fetch a fresh fruit eclair. (Sorry for shouting.) Someone asked what I'm doing for spring break. I'm going to Iceland, Sweden, and Denmark with three friends. We're going way north in

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • March 17, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Careers in biology Also known as "why on earth I'm applying to graduate school".

  

  take showers and play with Adam and all that fun stuff. Maybe I should do ... extremely lucrative for people with a strong technical background) or be a ... clueless. So thank heavens for Professor Lois, who decided one day while

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • December 5, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Spring Classes Online (...and a bit about a fall class, too.)

  

  lot of press for this lately, between the radio show and a Boston Globe ... , machine elements, design for manufacturing, basic electronics, and ... Engineering. This is a great way to get introduced to the field, with some

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 8, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  Jack of Some Trades, Master of Absolutely Nothing feeling mediocre at mit

  

  sitting with me for a while. I quiet them most of the time, but occasionally ... Instagram account, I'm met with patronizing comments about how fun and cool it ... friends, the list goes on. And yet, with all these achievements and friends

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 12, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Blended Learning at MIT benefits of technology in MIT classrooms

  

  on online components for prerequisites and extensions. It also frees ... compile a content library for every class with student data, problem sets ... and share their knowledge, and provides students with essential tools

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • November 23, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Stephen, I’m Putting You On Notice!

  

  downtime (besides playing with Legos) is watching the Colbert Report, which ... complex concepts may be difficult for him to grasp (after all, truthiness

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • April 30, 2012
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Devoid of Content Well, mostly.

  

  's something wrong with you (I'm probably not supposed to say that, but srsly, funny? YesIThink). Have a great week playing Brawl (I know I will be) and waiting for decisions (I won't be, but I anxiously await hearing about who

  • by Snively '11
  • March 9, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  hokey pokey is the best ice cream in the world (unbiased take)

  

  -nighter psetting with. College is great! It’s really been a chance for me to explore ... ,[/annotation] the massive flurry of dormspams as clubs begin to campaign for ... can pretend to be friends with each other in a 30 person class.  The

  • by Janet G. '27
  • September 19, 2024
• Blog / Events

  APPLE BAKE channeling midterm stress into baking, sculpting, and completely destroying apples for decades

  

  addition to a set of custom-designed Apple Bake mugs for the top five winners ... the event, providing each floor of the dorm with staple ingredients such ... ) with other vegetarian ingredients Appletizer (meat) - appetizer

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • November 5, 2019