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• Blog / Challenges

  unquantifiable growth progress that can't be measured

  

  . . . Don't get me wrong. Quantifying can be useful. (How else would I keep ... the way, is 12.) But even at MIT, not everything can be measured. When ... As for the first time, after a freshman year that can best be described

  • by Rona W. '23
  • May 5, 2019
• Blog / Athletics

  New Semester From caving adventures to amazing classes, MIT is awesome.

  

  ’m improving so much!! I can get almost every shot in the black area of a target ... one of my New Year’s Resolutions was to get back to doing one of the ... , and I hope you enjoy reading about them :) Thus, I decided to write a

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • February 13, 2013
• Blog / Challenges

  November was … read until the end to find out

  

  certain chaotic charm to it, don't you think?  [carousel image1 ... /Exhausting Interviews We both managed to get to the final stage of the interview process ... our tbd GRE scores. Maybe we can take a gap year worst case? Every day

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • November 29, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Making the Pi Day Video the experiment, part 2

  

   Let's get right to it. What went into making this year's Pi ... next week. There were four things we learned during this first get ... Director and the other member of the project, asked me where Angela is from

  • by kellen manning
  • March 12, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Week of UROPing in few words

  

  /Course 2 reasoning behind how it worked, 2.) it can be used in a lot of different fields to make work that can help the lives of many people, and 3 ... meetings and started reading different papers to get a better idea of what I

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • January 31, 2024
• Blog / Events

  MIT wins the Putnam ...for the third year in a row!

  

  Fellows from MIT are David Yang '17 and Yunkun Zhou '19. Maybe you've heard ... having spent time with some of the top performers, I can confirm that the ... peers who are happy to get up at 9 AM on a Saturday in December to solve

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • May 1, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Parental Advice Sometimes you just need to get out of the way

  

  I have known for some time that my approach to things can be unconventional.  You don't have to look any further than how I parent to really get ... have so much more life experience than my kids have and I can envision

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • September 11, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Biodiesel@MIT: Turning trash into black gold A student group called Biodiesel@MIT has just won the grand prize of $25,000 in the…

  

  biodiesel that can fuel MIT's shuttle buses. The money will be used to ... must pay $1.10 a gallon to get rid of this oil, which is used to deep ... petro-diesel to create a blended fuel that can be used in MIT’s

  • by Melis A. '08
  • March 16, 2007
• Blog / IAP

  Is this real? The party called IAP continues.

  

  I'm sure this isn't the best way to spend my time, I somehow can ... Cowell seeing how far he can make people drop their jaw when he makes a ... about the show in Wednesday's edition. But, fear not! MIT is getting

  • by Bryan
  • January 19, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Chicken with my head cut off What I've been up to since last Friday. In case you want the Cliff's Notes…

  

  bottom, mind you!) -- didn't mean I got out of writing essays for the two ... ; Spent 8 hours at the lab. My postdoc wants to get my current project wrapped up within the next few months so we can write it up for publication

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • October 4, 2005
• FAQ / QuestBridge

  How do I apply to MIT through QuestBridge?

  submit an official transcript with your QB application, you can request an ... If you’re applying to MIT through QuestBridge College Match, simply complete and submit the QuestBridge Match application. If you’re named a
• Blog / Admissions

  A Parent’s Perspective (Guest Entry) A Parent's Perspective of MIT

  

  it is bright and open, and airy and, if you try you can convince ... waving sparklers (thankfully, this hasn't found its way to YouTube). I was ... staff sincerely care about the undergraduates It isn’t what you

  • by Bryan
  • April 21, 2008
• Blog / Life after MIT

  A ‘Chances’ Thread That Is Actually Worth Reading That's perhaps the best title I've ever come up with.

  

  I recently discovered that they also happen to be getting married on the same day. My comment to Mollie: "Wow, you guys are going to share ... express that something is rare or unlikely to happen. But I work at MIT, you

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 8, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  AgeLab I've seen troubles...

  

  wall makes me feel old. Have you ever wondered what it would be like to feel old? Well, I, as a prematurely wizened twentysomething, can tell you ... Lab can help you understand. AgeLab is a research group here at MIT devoted

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 28, 2011
• Blog / Events

  Susan Hockfield’s Private Concert La la la la la la la laaaaaaa!!!!

  

  Yes, we are this cool. We perform our drinking song, in capes, for our president. Also, last year, the Marching Band was a bit more destructive. As you can see, Alex (a prefrosh then, an '11 now) decided to

  • by Snively '11
  • April 12, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Fireworks over MIT’s Great Dome Fireworks and music and Dome, oh my.

  

  As I noted two entries ago, MIT has a front row seat for Boston's 4th of July celebration -- one of the biggest and best fireworks shows around. And now, you can watch a excerpt of the fireworks over the Dome

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 12, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Two important reminders

  

  science course being complete and fresh in your mind. And since you can take ... II of your choosing. For you juniors and sophomores, I highly recommend ... cost, I recommend taking three SAT IIs in June. I encourage you to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 29, 2005
• FAQ / Academics and research

  What type of robotics programs does MIT offer?

  Although robotics isn't a specific department or major, you can find robotics in nearly every corner of MIT. Here are a few examples: Biomimetic Robotics Lab CSAIL MIT Media Lab Edgerton Marine Robotics Team
• FAQ / First-year application

  How do I request a fee waiver?

  We understand that paying college application fees presents a hardship for some families. Fee waivers are available for both domestic and international applicants, and you can request one in the Fee Waiver Request
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fanboying at the Career Fair SpaceX, CubeSats, and free stuff, oh my!

  

  time you make a flight). SpaceX is quite seriously working on getting a ... Picture for me, if you will, all your favorite celebrities. These are people you're in awe of, people you follow on Twitter, people you hold as

  • by Allan K. '17
  • September 21, 2013