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• FAQ / Life and culture

  Did MIT invent hacking?

  distinguishes itself not only for its seriousness of purpose but also for its unique sense of humor, as expressed in the arena of hacking. Hacks at the Institute are elaborate—but benign—practical jokes perpetrated anonymously on
• Blog / IAP

  The blogs are back in town

  

  Lab talk/tour this afternoon...) Ben has been out of the office all week with a three-digit (in degrees Fahrenheit) fever, but still he ... answering many of your financial aid questions. You (or whoever is filling out

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 6, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Walk down CourseRoad Lane A boulevard of broken dreams and dropped classes

  

  One of Danny B.D’s many contributions to the MIT community, along ... visualizes dependencies and degree requirements, and lets you drag and drop ... ;n> without going through all the work of actually being <n>? Build a

  • by Joel G. '18
  • November 24, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  An Ode From A Science Fair Junkie in honor of intel isef 2018

  

  become a mosaic of all that life gives you. Your high points lay the ... every step forward with humility. And while all of those moments and ... full of finals studying to do. I’ve been one of those 1800 kids for the

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • May 13, 2018
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  22 Hiatus Adventures stories from my time away and my first semester back!

  

  celebrate being two years into their undergraduate degree. The Class of 2022 ... highlighted those changes and sent me off on another period of intense personal ... my blog where I left off — the version of me typing up this blog post

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • February 2, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Brains, Voltaire’s Son, and Other MIT Things Notes from the Start of Junior Year

  

  It’s the start of my third year here, and once again I am smiling at ... ? Well, it’s the start of a new half of college. This year, I was asked ... like one or more of my professors, but too many lucky stars need to align

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • September 16, 2016
• Blog / Athletics

  Discover Exercise and Wellness FPOP a wholesome college experience

  

  appreciate the breadth of MIT offerings for athletes and beyond. The main ... Wellness (DEW), was amazing. DEW was nobody's first choice of FPOP, at least not for anyone who participated. That hurt for a couple of days—"If I

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • August 21, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  mmmm wikipedia i ramble about my favorite wikipedia articles

  

  's actually kind of creepy.   Hacks at the Massachusetts Institute of ... source. But can you use Wikipedia as a source of entertainment? If you ... a source of academic knowledge that might help me with my courses and

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • November 3, 2021
• Blog / IAP

  Montreal a.k.a my awesome birthday blog a.k.a the end of IAP Photo's! Adventure! It's like a comic book, but real!

  

  institute of technology went back to class for reals on February 3rd. Before all this, (or at the same time if you're Dr. Manhattan) the graph of ... spectacular finale not seen since the likes of 4th of July. Days left vs

  • by Chris M. '12
  • February 27, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I’m a physics major (for now) feeling scholarly, part 2/2

  

  , in my very first blog post, I came up with an assortment of general ... classes that I took – those weren’t spur of the moment decisions – but I hadn’t really considered math as a subject in its own right, outside of

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • June 26, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  The Google RISE Global Summit and some thoughts on STEM outreach.

  

  public outreach a gajillion notches - $11,906 worth of notches, to be precise - by receiving a very selective award from Google (of equal monetary ... , which as you can imagine costs a heck of a lot. Having a local regional

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 21, 2012
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Summer Decisions

  

  , at any of the research institutions I'd been accepted to I asked a lot ... thinks, and feel out the atmosphere of a different, non-NRAO institution ... unexplored intersection of science research and public outreach. Before the

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 15, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  International Admissions Conference My review of the annual OACAC conference.

  

  *Update as of 2015: Early action is available to both domestic and international students.   One of my goals for keeping this blog is to ... conference of the Overseas Association of College Admissions Counseling (OACAC

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 12, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Hello, I’m Anthony.

  

  of my interests in technology and travel. It came time to apply to ... It's nice to meet you. I'm a new freshman at MIT, a member of the Class of 2009. I was admitted early action and received the news around

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • June 8, 2005
• FAQ / Academics and research

  Can anyone join the Experimental Study Group (ESG)?

  Experimental Study Group (ESG) offers instruction in the core first-year subjects of biology, chemistry, math, and physics through small, discussion ... floor of one of the central buildings on campus. Eleven staff members and
• FAQ / Prepare for MIT

  What is Splash?

  analysis, Splash offerings span a wide variety of areas. Want to take a class on origami? Lasers? Neuropharmacology? Over the course of 21 hours ... For one awesome weekend each November, thousands of high schoolers
• Blog / Admissions

  Changes To Your MyMIT Account The no-online-notification thing may change in the future, but unfortunately not this year.

  

  A quick response to some of the questions we've been receiving: you ... - remember that you can call us after 3/18) - otherwise, we'd be offering "online notification" which as you know we don't offer. :-) MyMIT will only

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 14, 2005
• FAQ / Interview

  What is the interview process?

  . Interviews are not a required part of the MIT application. While we try to offer as many interviews as we can, we have limited availability and may not able to offer interviews to all applicants. If your interview is
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Before you Register for Classes: Tools, Tips, and Resources Scheduling Tools and Tips for Incoming Students

  

  offered, attend all of them. Stay on the waitlist even if all seems lost ... the requirements of your specific major(s) and minor(s). You can create ... ! Subject Evaluation Reports: at the end of each semester, students rate

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • August 20, 2015
• Blog / Life after MIT

  A New MIT “Alum” Many fictional characters are MIT alumni; the newest is Jessica Alba's Sue Storm in "Fantastic…

  

  Degrees of Separation (Anthony Michael Hall's character in the film) Sam ... On Friday morning, I was reading the New York Times review of the ... ... Of course, it's nothing new for a film or other work of fiction to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 10, 2005