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• Blog / IAP

  Just 5 Days Left! Mystery Hunt begins in 5 days.

  

  inspired courtesy of my friend Pete: 100 folks are caught on an island by cannibals and put to the following challenge: Each shall get one hat of either ... succession what color they believe is on their head. If they get it wrong, they

  • by Bryan
  • January 8, 2006
• FAQ / Life and culture

  Does MIT offer Army, Air Force, Navy ROTC?

  typically includes one or three hours of classroom training depending on year group and two hours a week of a hands-on, cadet or midshipman ... MIT is proud to offer Army, Air Force, and Naval ROTC programs on
• Blog / MIT Life

  Cats!! I love where I live!!

  

  floor in the world is my home. I live on the third floor of the east ... the coolest things about Tetazoo is the presence of cats. Here on ... decided that he wanted to mosey on into the room of Duncan '13.  The top

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • September 29, 2012
• Blog / Events

  Cultured C-Show 2011

  

  A couple of noteworthy events took place yesterday: (1) I discovered that I was capable of turning off my alarm and going back to sleep, without any conscious knowledge of my actions. (2) I listened to my 18

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • April 2, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Decisions mailed;

  

  At 3:08pm today, we completed the preparation of the decision mailing ... missed the photo of the postman coming to take away the letters. We have admitted under 1500 students, for an all-time low admit rate of 14%. Fewer

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 11, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  G(e)e^ks

  

  discussion on ec-discuss is, of course, always of the highest quality, Andrew ... First, a couple of questions answered. Vidal Carlos Garza asked ... you to someone who can)! That's part of why I'm here! He also asked

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 15, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  5 Halloween Costume Ideas for MIT Students but they're pretty bad

  

  Is this you? Are you an MIT student who can't get in on the October ... different tech school Tired of spelling "Massachusetts"? This is just the ... , but you procrastinated on what you'd wear to the last minute. Con

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • October 15, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Three MIT students win Rhodes Scholarships In case you're wondering, yes, that's a lot of Rhodes Scholarships.

  

  On Saturday evening, the Rhodes Trust announced the 32 Americans who ... year, MIT students won three of the 32 scholarships. This brings MIT's count to 43 Rhodes Scholars. Below, find the "official" biographies of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 22, 2009
• Blog / Events

  The Igs Where Science meets Silly. Hello Silly!

  

  I'll assume that we've all heard of the Nobel Prizes, yes? Perfect, now how about the Ig Nobels? The Ig Nobels are a humorous offshoot of ... research that seems completely absurd. They are then voted on, discussed, and

  • by Snively '11
  • January 15, 2008
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  [Guest Post] The Alleyway by Isabella Y. '24

  

  ’d observe them from [annotation note="room on the second floor of tEp, the ... traffic, just the crackle of my wheels on asphalt. And when I go in the afternoon after a night of grinding on psets, the sun casts a glow around

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • July 11, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  To the future! and beyond?

  

  of the real world this summer when I had to track down a place to live ... beans and tomatillos in there. The reason this is all on my mind is ... difficult, was stressful.  I have never taken an exam on a computer before

  • by Becca H. '12
  • July 13, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Day in the Life (2)… [Mathematics] Studying math at Cambridge and MIT.

  

  Exchange offers a wide range of experiences and can depend significantly on ... meant to build on top of each other, and you continually need to revise ... undergraduate. I could go on to address some of the subtleties and differences in

  • by Cambridge
  • May 4, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sid Puram – Polymer Microspheres Sid Puram UROPs in the renowned chemical engineering lab of Dr. Robert Langer, developing polymer…

  

  chemical engineering lab of Dr. Robert Langer, developing polymer ... inserting beneficial DNA into the nucleus of a cell. The tough part is getting ... times smaller than the period at the end of this sentence, and are made

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 2, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  School’s… in Excitement! Passion! ...Class?

  

  Today was the first day of academic year 2005-2006 at old Tech! (I ... of this afternoon and evening sitting around the lounge, eating pizza ... , begun. Some of the freshmen even started doing problem sets. They're so

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 7, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  My Stomach Overrides All Priorities culinary procrastination

  

  cilantro and cheddar on top and the cheese melted all over the starchiness of ... 'll tackle numero uno on my conspicuously block-lettered list of priorities ... top priorities of the moment keep getting supplanted as more and more

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • August 22, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Missing Documents Deadline check your MyMIT account now

  

  , even if it shows as previously received on Parchment, if it's not showing up on your MyMIT tracking page, there was likely some kind of issue ... our Regular Action applicants a quick update. As of today, we have

  • by Kris Guay
  • January 18, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Open Thread: Deferred Early

  

  read some of their experiences here, here, here, and here. Some of you may feel happy to be deferred. Some of you may feel sad. Some of you may ... too. We have posted more information on next steps for deferred

  • by Decisions
  • December 19, 2020
• Blog / Hacks

  A Fool’s Holiday How MIT celebrates April Fool's Day

  

  cluster. From the MIT Hack Gallery: On April Fools Day of 1998, hackers ... . The School of Engineering will be renamed the School of Imagineering and ... here. What are some of your favorite April Fool's pranks?

  • by Bryan
  • April 1, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  Admissions Decisions

  

  We've come to the time of year when many of you readers will find out ... . The whole college application process is one of back-and-forth decisions ... your talents to go on to do wonderful things with the education and

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • March 18, 2006
• FAQ / QuestBridge

  Do I have to submit a math/science recommendation with my QB application?

  MIT strongly recommends a letter of recommendation from both a math ... Bridge applications without a humanities/social sciences/language teacher letter of ... letter of recommendation, we strongly recommend asking one of your math or