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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fredventure, Part 2 Hearing Amazônia

  

  … is certainly one way of explaining why we have electric eels. That ... INPA. Next, some of MITWE/FJE’s own gave presentations – Axel V. (on ... ), and Scott S. (on the science of disaster movies). [embed

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • May 1, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The seniors are tired but the frosh are fine

  

  prefrosh are here, so I need to put on a smile, because MIT is supposed ... -orientation program, which means more first-years arriving on campus, which means ... the Galactic Puzzle Hunt, [2] and I'm one of the writers, and I

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • August 27, 2022
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Puzzle: Are we going to win? another puzzle to stimulate your mind

  

  My friend Brian, Course VI '07, came up with this puzzle. I'll give you one hint for now, use this website for help. I'll be travelling this weekend, so I probably won't get a chance to post the solution until

  • by Bryan
  • August 5, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  For love of Baxter A story of love, loss, and catnapping on Burton 1, as documented by my cell…

  

  place it on the dining table of the 132 suite at precisely 12:10 AM on ... kidnapped Baxter because he smells funny and no one on the floor likes him. If you ever want to see him again, you must meet all of our demands. The

  • by Jess K. '10
  • January 27, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW: The Story So Far An update from the frontlines.

  

  energy on campus right now is absolutely amazing. The Infinite Coordidor is ... campus tours, the sun is shining beautifully, the steps of the Student ... unraveling the mysteries of Sn2 reactions and E1/E2 elimination. We followed

  • by Paul B. '11
  • April 10, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Build awesome What to do if you like to build stuff.

  

  -scratch inventions and creations get our attention in the same way that many of those ... . These hands-on projects tie in directly with MIT's core principles. And look around MIT for lots of examples of cool projects, like: Disco

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 11, 2006
• Blog / How to MIT

  socializing safely ...but also leaving my room maybe once a day

  

  think about last year, I feel like I'm missing out on a host of ... here's the thing: most of my MIT friends are currently in the ... to meet up with all of them since I'm hosed all the time. given current

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • October 15, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Everybody’s Reading Applications!

  

  It's definitely the busiest time of the year for application reading (hence the low post count this week... luckily Mitra has a couple new ... turns out, she was reading applications, for a New England private high

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 13, 2005
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Non-Blinding my junior year(s)

  

  It's my junior year, and I am busy working on graduation requirements ... upcoming fall. And this is true: most of the classes I am taking are just classes I want to be on my transcript when I apply to college. Even if it

  • by Paige B. '24
  • March 22, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Admissions Math Month, Part 1 – Duality There are two wolves inside you

  

  points on a sheet of paper. If you want to connect those two points ... points define a line. Now suppose you draw two lines on a sheet of paper ... Did you know? Of all 7,238 MIT Admissions blog posts before this one

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • April 20, 2024
• FAQ / Academics and research

  What type of first-year learning communities are available?

  to the community, and each learns in their unique way. Although we can ... , we have a variety of programs to choose from. MIT’s first-year learning communities offer a distinct kind of learning environment that
• FAQ / Life and culture

  What are the residence halls/housing like?

  More than 70% of our undergrads live on campus, including all first ... where they feel best. Detailed descriptions of the undergraduate residence halls are available on the Housing site.
• Blog / Admissions

  The Class of 2011 arrives… Orientation programs are beginning, and the campus is really starting to come alive.

  

  Today, the Class of 2011 started to arrive! With International ... , hundreds of freshmen are all around campus. Today, I saw Snively '11 from ... the Class of 2012 (!), so don't be offended if we're not around when you

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 20, 2007
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  i quit an internship on the second day cut your losses early

  

  . There were a few giant red flags on the first day. I won't go into all of ... ; later on, I saw that one of the founders departed from the company under ... Near the start of the pandemic, I decided not to come back to MIT

  • by Rona W. '23
  • November 6, 2022
• Blog / Announcements

  MIT EA Decisions To Be Posted Saturday, 12/16/23, at 12:16 PM ET Your early action decisions, wrapped

  

  the information and creating new assumptions and analyses about u btw ... decisions for the Class of 2028 will be released Saturday, 12/16/23, at 12 ... GDp?si=026e893c1793453a To check your Early Action decision on Saturday

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 11, 2023
• Blog / Blog Projects

  10 Fun (and REAL) Facts About MIT! Incredibly Correct Facts about MIT!

  

  students to the "Way of the Beaver," a doctrine created by MIT students in ... The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is globally renowned for its contributions to the fields of science and technology. But do you

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • April 1, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Application Now Available here we go!

  

  admission to MIT. MIT has its own application – we are not on the Common ... clippings. But, if there are other pieces of scannable information that you ... be sure to frequently check the email account that you list on your

  • by Kris Guay
  • August 20, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Faster than a speeding locomotive. E=MC^2 serving up the most delicious physics problems since 1905.

  

  's own special theory of relativity. More information on the program is ... information on Einstein's life, the importance of the equation in today ... No, I'm not talking Clark Kent here. I'm talking about the speed of

  • by Bryan
  • October 11, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Train(wreck) of Thought

  

  back from working on psets. I walked by the LSC announcement board (LSC is a group that screens movies on campus) and one of the movies was ... intensive project hence (most of) my absence from the blagosphere. BUT I

  • by Chris M. '12
  • November 4, 2009
• Blog / Personal Travel

  this ain’t (not) Texas yee, and I cannot stress this enough, haw

  

  question.   These little things reminded that I was, indeed, in a new ... super walkable. My neighborhood and downtown were both easy on foot. The ... hippie-leaning city of Austin, but still. Though the state leans right

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • September 29, 2024