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• FAQ / Life and culture

  Why is it called the Brass Rat?

  It's the goal of every incoming student at MIT to get their own Brass Rat—MIT's version of a class ring. The phrase "Brass Rat" is derived from the alleged resemblance of the brass beaver featured on the ring to
• FAQ / Academics and research

  What does the D-Lab do?

  D-Lab is building a global network of innovators to design and disseminate technologies that meaningfully improve the lives of people living in ... , technology development, and community initiatives, all of which emphasize
• FAQ / First-year application

  How do homeschooled students apply?

  MIT has a long history of admitting homeschooled students and these students have been successful and vibrant members of our community. We don ... applicants, like all of our applicants, are considered within their context
• Blog / Admissions

  ZOMG CPW! The greatest shopping list ever.

  

  : 7 cartons of ice cream* 3 jars of fudge 3 jars of caramel 3 cans of whipped cream 2 jars of sprinkles 2 jars of cherries 3 boxes of brownie mix 3 boxes of cake batter 3 tubs of icing 4 decorating gels 4 packages of

  • by Laura N. '09
  • April 12, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Blog Entry: Recession Edition At MIT, your spoon is too big.

  

  In times of economic crisis, Random Hall perseveres in upholding the traditions that temper the pains of work and study with the welcome relief of ... prepared by a group of residents on Pecker floor and generously shared

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • September 21, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Davidson Fellows scholarship program A great scholarship opportunity from the wonderful folks at the Davidson Institute for Talent Development.

  

  From reading your applications, I know that many of you would be very ... Development, the program provides scholarships of $50,000, $25,000 or $10,000 to high school-age students who have done significant work of their own

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 1, 2007
• Blog / Events

  Fondue: fun and done A break from admissions at the Fondue party.

  

  long Saturday of working to select the class, I hopped on the Safe ... one of the most anticipated parties of the year, a great MIT tradition ... , Eric Klopfer, and Margery Resnick. One of the big appeals of the party

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 5, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Activities Midway Each year, MIT exhibits its 300+ student activities. Friday, I checked them out for you.

  

  event that showcases hundreds of MIT's student groups (you may have seen this over at Sam's blog). Of MIT's 300+ groups, approximately 250 of them ... of MIT student activities, courtesy the Association of Student

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 6, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Class of 2010: Wondering Where Everyone Is Living? Find orientation housemates/roommates.

  

  From Star Simpson '10: Nando Paniagua '10 manually created this database of housing info for at least half (so far) of the class of 2010, so that people can find other orientation housemates/roommates. Check it out

  • by Ben Jones
  • August 9, 2006
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Waitlisted

  

  accept all of them. We have placed a small number of students on the ... learn more about it, you can read more here. Some of you may feel happy to be waitlisted. Some of you may feel sad. Some of you may have

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2020
• Blog / Announcements

  New year, new bloggers! introducing the new bloggers for fall 2019

  

  Today is the first day of classes, and, as new MIT students are introduced to the fun of the firehose, we also wanted to introduce our new bloggers to you! On July 1, we posted the blogger application; by the end of

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 4, 2019
• Blog / About Decisions

  Open Thread: Waitlisted

  

  accept all of them. We have placed a small number of students on the ... learn more about it, you can read more here. Some of you may feel happy to be waitlisted. Some of you may feel sad. Some of you may have

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2019
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Waitlisted

  

  accept all of them. We have placed a small number of students on the ... learn more about it, you can read more here. Some of you may feel happy to be waitlisted. Some of you may feel sad. Some of you may have

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2018
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Waitlisted

  

  accept all of them. We have placed a small number of students on the ... learn more about it, you can read more here. Some of you may feel happy to be waitlisted. Some of you may feel sad. Some of you may have

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2017
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Early Action: Not Admitted A forum.

  

  There were a record number of applications for Early Action this year, which unfortunately means that we had to turn down a great number of incredible students. For those of you who fall into this category, this is an

  • by Decisions
  • December 16, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  Poaching Imagination Just a few more hours.

  

  of spending four years at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Yes, that's right. In just a few hours, a simple flick of a cursor, a click of a mouse button. Many childhoods of anticipation will come to an

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • March 18, 2006
• Blog / Events

  May the Force Be With You Use the "mass times acceleration" wisely my friend.

  

  So tonight, I'm going to watch my friend Timmy '06 and the rest of the MIT Musical Theatre Guild put on Star Wars: The Musical. I'm kind of excited being a Star Wars fan and all. I'll give my review of the

  • by Bryan
  • November 12, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  And here I am!

  

  think my soul is still roaming around the south of France. Anyone have five thousand miles of fishing line and a solid hook? :-) I've long maintained that one learns more in a week of travel than in a month of high

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • July 8, 2005
• FAQ / Life and culture

  What career services are available?

  that can help. Approximately 49% of graduates go directly to employment, and 43% of the Class of 2023 went directly to grad school. 60% of ... salary for an MIT undergraduate—regardless of major—is $126,841.
• FAQ / Academics and research

  Is Math fun at MIT?

  A lot of our students select math as their field of interest when applying to MIT—which is no surprise, since our math department is one of the ... 's Mathematics Department represents a broad spectrum of fields ranging from the