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• 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 / 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 / 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

  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 / 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 / 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 / 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
• FAQ / First-year application

  Does MIT recruit athletes?

  MIT is one of the top Division III athletic programs in the country. MIT is always looking for students-athletes. Almost 20 percent of ... interested in playing varsity sports at MIT, you should contact the coach of
• FAQ / First-year application

  How does my school submit recommendation letters and transcripts?

  MIT requires letters of recommendation from two teachers. The most ... profile, and a letter of recommendation). MIT's recommendations process is ... section of your application. We will also accept letters and materials
• Blog / Admissions

  Supplemental Materials Answering questions about extras beyond the formal application.

  

  letter of recommendation. This in general would not need to be on an MIT ... I've been getting a lot of questions about supplemental material. None of the below is required or even expected. In general, you should

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 29, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  The Open-Ended Question Why I chose MIT ... twice

  

  guys all rock in one way or another. Sorry to those of you who couldn ... to MIT? I think the way that I see it is if you've ever read one of ... be mad blog coverage of CPW over the next few days, so fear not. And

  • by Bryan
  • April 15, 2007
• Blog / IAP

  IAP & Snowmageddon Infinite amounts of pancakes, international adventures and poutine, and icy apocalypse preparation

  

  working on a bunch of cool video projects while more relaxing things like catching up on my movie/book/TV show list fell by the wayside. Not to mention ... of the dorm occasionally. So without further ado, here are some other

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • January 27, 2015
• Blog / Events

  Happy Birthday, ‘Murica! (Even though Boston celebrated Independence Day Eve)

  

  On this day celebrating eagles, barbeque, and the adoption of the ... of town couldn’t reschedule their road trips on such short notice. We ... of thousands of onlookers died down, the police loudspeaker came on and

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • July 4, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Your Freshman App Questions We're happy to help.

  

  Application section of the site. I am happy to answer your questions (that aren't already answered on the site) about the MIT Freshman ... 's on your mind?

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 19, 2012