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• Blog / Admissions

  You Prep, I Prep, We All Prep How to prepare--or at least, how I did.

  

  It’s that time of year again. I remember it well. I intended to write this post before AP exams hit, but I just checked the CollegeBoard schedule and realized that…

  • by Selam G. '18
  • May 13, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Arma virumque cano: a guest post by Quynh N. ‘15 Why you should take Old English at MIT

  

  Hi guys! My name is Quynh, and like Connie, I’m a crusty old senior about to leave MIT in less than a month. I want to thank Connie for letting…

  • by Connie H. '15
  • May 11, 2015
• Blog / MISTI

  EECS student Michael McGraw teaches STEM concepts in Regensburg, Germany As part of the Global Teaching Labs program, student Michael McGraw taught Physics, Biology and…

  

    MAJOR  EECS LOCATION Regensburg MISTI PROGRAM MIT-Germany GTL MISTI HOST Universität Regensburg Read other MISTI Notes from the Field     Topics I taught I taught in a group…

  • by MISTI Program
  • May 8, 2015
• Blog / Events

  Brass Rat 2017 revealing our class's Brass Rat at the 2017 Ring Premiere

  

  The MIT Class of 2017 Brass Rat was revealed on February 13th during the 2017 Ring Premiere. I had the pleasure of serving on the 2017 Ring Committee, and I…

  • by Erick P. '17
  • May 8, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fight Fire With Fire How is MIT so hard?

  

  I received the following question on tumblr the other day:     This is a really good question, because it forced me to think and deeply consider why I found…

  • by Selam G. '18
  • May 6, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  Fall 2015 Transfer Decisions Will Be Released Today May the Fourth, and also your transfer decisions, be with you

  

  Today we’re releasing our decisions regarding transfer applicants who applied for admission for Fall 2015. Transfer applicants, unlike freshman applicants, receive decisions via email from our office to the address…

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 4, 2015
• Blog / How to Human

  Don’t Screw Up Your Username It's time to put down your AOL screen name.

  

  Tomorrow is, yes, the First of May[?], which means those of you who have decided to join the incoming class have a very crucial choice to make: choosing your MIT…

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • April 30, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  In Memory of Sean Collier a memorial, to a member of our family

  

  Today, MIT dedicated a memorial to Officer Sean Collier, who was killed in the line of duty by the Tsarnaev brothers on April 18th, 2013. Sean was a beloved campus police officer,…

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 29, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How to Fail: Part 2 Tempering Iron

  

  (Read part 1!) I will start with a disclaimer–there are definitely things that can and will change at MIT. In fact, that’s what I love about the culture–when there’s something…

  • by Selam G. '18
  • April 28, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Killer Mike, Lupe Fiasco, and the Dancing Body of the State five gatherings of many people

  

  This week was surreal, like turning pages in a book of moving pictures. Here are some headlines:   Thomas DeFrantz and the Dancing Body of the State    Thursday afternoon,…

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • April 27, 2015
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  History of the Brass Rat with pictures of the bezel design from 1930 to today

  

  The Brass Rat, the MIT class ring. MIT students get theirs sophomore year and wear the beaver “sitting” on them until graduation. At Commencement, the ring is flipped over so…

  • by Erick P. '17
  • April 23, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Long Weekend CPW and marathon volunteering

  

  ouch, my last CPW!  

  • by Connie H. '15
  • April 22, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How to Fail: Part 1 Dealing with failure and trying to move past it.

  

  You know what I thought I was good at after getting into MIT? You know what I thought was my shining glory, my thing to be proud of, the thing…

  • by Selam G. '18
  • April 21, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Guest Post: The Power of Intuition when making important choices

  

  The following is a guest post by Jorge T. ’18.   The Power of Intuition   The deadline to accept college admissions offers is only a week ahead, so I…

  • by Erick P. '17
  • April 21, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Selam’s First CPW Some thoughts and odds and ends~

  

  Hello Interwebz! Our campus is swarming with high school students and free food. It’s all very exciting. Everyone is very excited! Ahhh! I’m excited too! In fact, this is also…

  • by Selam G. '18
  • April 18, 2015
• Blog / Challenges

  Guest Post: Being Trans at MIT

  

  (Danny here—a friend of mine reached out yesterday and asked if I could help let prefrosh know about their efforts. Their guest post is what follows, sans attribution as per…

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • April 16, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  cpw at pika a continuing experiment in cooperative campus-previewing

  

  Campus Preview Weekend starts tomorrow, and for pika, my cooperative independent living group, that means: Improv, meditation, DIY sushi, a jam session, and late-night smoothies on Thursday Soapmaking, screen printing,…

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • April 15, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Young Guru & the Metropolitan Opera The Arts at MIT

  

  On an extra-long Wednesday a week ago, when spring break has come and gone and the temperature’s still in the thirties, and the wet gray concrete buildings as you walk…

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • April 15, 2015
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  What Is an MIT Community? ...a personal experience

  

  At MIT, no community follows an algorithm, but each one is open to sharing and appreciating passions, regardless of major and background. The Institute has far exceeded my expectations for…

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 13, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Magic Cards and a Farmers’ Market And frozen advice for the 2019s

  

  They say that the best way to get something important done is to do it while procrastinating on something far more important. I clean my room as a last resort…

  • by Joel G. '18
  • April 13, 2015