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• Blog / Public Statements

  A letter from President Reif regarding George Floyd and Minneapolis

  

  intense for certain members of our community, beginning with those who are ... very present struggles for our nation and for the world. With great love ... day, for MIT, for the country, or for the world. In addition to the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 29, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  What is the value of college? Food for thought in your college search

  

  institution’s mission aligns with your own goals for the future, in addition to ... personally and professionally affirming, if for no other reason than the fact ... there were many issues that we wrestled with, the topic that I found most

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • May 21, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  craze how a blog gets born

  

  conscious and time does not pass —then I wake up with the thing already made ... love to use paint as a base for mixed media things) or a new media artist (I constantly have ideas for immersive art installations) or an

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • January 13, 2025
• Blog / Challenges

  IHTFP Warning: Bitterness Ahead! (And why IHTFP can mean so many different things.)

  

  for admissions work, but for years it has been taken over by students ... with a bat." -Christina '10 "It must be finals week!" -Ben Why am I ... you get to choose where you live and stay with something like a family

  • by Laura N. '09
  • December 20, 2007
• Blog / Events

  Leadership & Double Dare 11 pictures of the leadership conference, and 16 pictures of the Double Dare sex challenge

  

  organizers Neera '06 and Janet '06 with volunteer Kriti '07 Women meet in ... Admissions) smiles with her tablemates Here's Dean Benedict (Dean of Student Life) with his table Professor Sadoway, of Course 3: Materials

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • November 12, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Fall Semester Recap my classes so far

  

  quick recap of how the semester's gone for me so far since I've wanted to talk about my classes for a while but lacked the motivation for it! 8 ... myself. The class meets three times a week, twice a week for lecture on

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 24, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  GUYS IT SNOWED!! yayayayyaayy

  

  for the last month or so, and every once and a while a [four days from now: 30% chance of <0.05 in. of snow for 20 minutes] has popped up. A ... % chance of <0.05 in. of snow” popped up a couple times for yesterday

  • by Allison E. '27
  • December 7, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  RA Selection Day 8 & Beyond

  

  On Selection Day 8 (Thursday), I wore a skinny tie, and worked with ... ") for 25 years. He was the undergrad academic/research advisor for three ... text book I used for 1.00: Introduction to Computers and Engineering

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 26, 2005
• Blog / Summer

  what i’m up to this summer a list of verbs

  

  to Los Angeles in June for a reunion with some friends I lived with ... Big Apple with the tech-for-good program I was involved in last summer ... perspiration. I am probably not made for temperatures higher than eighty degrees

  • by Rona W. '23
  • July 25, 2022
• Blog / How to MIT

  Pay it forward I used to have a guilt complex.

  

  ’s name here] for help with [some math class with a fancy name that I don ... option is not mutually exclusive with (1), (2), or (3)] (2) and (3) are ... desirable, since you've been trying for hours already and can tell that you

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 21, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Communication Intensive Jumping on the semester-in-review blog train

  

  ) my paper. As with many writing assignments, the biggest challenge for ... pitches” of our research proposals. Fortunately for those with stage fright ... of materials). Here are the five writing assignments I did for these

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • January 4, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Remember? A Blast from the Past

  

  prospective student, for sharing the following video with me: Writing isn ... .00 (Psych) is filled with cool videos, neat facts, and references to one of the best books ever: Oliver Sacks's The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • February 16, 2010
• Blog / How to MIT

  “Learning To Learn At MIT” guest post by the plaz

  

  , the removal of distractions, and knowing when and how to ask for help ... and beyond - take note! With the blessing of Plaz and his Creative ... admission. Once I got through them it would be much easier and more fun. I

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 24, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Transfer App Is Live For current college students hoping to enter MIT in the Spring of 2013

  

  Application is live and available for download. A few important notes and ... be another cycle in the Spring with a February 15 deadline.) There is no online application for MIT transfer. To apply, you should print

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 19, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Live from Florida Hello from Tampa, Florida!

  

  've missed you! After CPW, I was sick for nearly two weeks, and I got better just in time for a crazy week in the office. Now, I'm off on group travel in Florida. Last night began the first of four presentations with my

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 7, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Same as it ever was The more things change...

  

  some planning for Campus Preview Weekend, and finally a meeting with a ... see what it was I wrote about one year ago today: For those of you hoping for an Admissions status update, here goes: we're reading

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 3, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Selecting from 10,439 applications and a dozen ties.

  

  committee for domestic applicants (including students deferred from early action) for the MIT Class of 2009! Selection committee will continue for ... . Today, I'm wearing a tie, which is my custom for days on which the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 16, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  [Guest Post] Olivia S. ‘20 en Monterrey teaching algorithmic thinking to girls in México

  

  the ground running with meaningful projects such as the one that the ... stumbled into this opportunity by accident when scrambling for a summer UROP ... started last year with 50 girls, 2 teachers, and 1 city. This year it is 600

  • by Abby H. '20
  • June 4, 2018
• Blog / Challenges

  what are we to do? we are not helpless in the face of injustice.

  

  picked up a brown paper bag with a grilled chicken sandwich, and sat down at my randomly-assigned table with -- who? faculty from various ... who is only here for the summer, who talked about how shocked he was at

  • by Allan K. '17
  • July 13, 2016
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Uncanny Valley im gonna make you shit your pants

  

  hasn’t been explored much with scientific rigor and simply remains at ... -like features or a humanoid creature with abnormally long arms and legs will both ... part 2 of using my art powers for chaos. So how do you give someone the

  • by Anika H. '26
  • January 14, 2024