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• Blog / MIT Life

  Retreat, RETREAT!! A weekend vacation.

  

  can't really see in Boston), ran around in the snow, etc. And ... miles in the snow to get away from MIT and plan for our upcoming semester. They often say that "getting there is half the fun" and I would tend to

  • by Bryan
  • February 8, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Very, Very Important News That title is written to tantalize your RSS readers.

  

  that has been on my mind for the last half hour and will probably consume me for the rest of the night... Seth and Summer are back together ... Hi folks, Today was the 8th day in a row of selection committee

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 24, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Day 3 A recap, with pictures.

  

  ). All of the groups were fantastic! Next, Matt, Mitra, Kevin and I raided ... cream and root beer. And most of you know what happened next - the ... fun. Almost all of the below pics were taken at the MTB party. And

  • by Ben Jones
  • April 9, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Something to chalk about “These murals are f*cking rad” – Petey

  

  MIT is a 168-acre playground for the world’s brightest undergrads, and nowhere is that more apparent than at Simmons Hall – my beautiful, spongey dorm. We have cats! A ball pit! And we can even draw on the walls

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • March 24, 2024
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Nourishing bodies, enriching souls and minds There's more to the MIT community than just famous researchers and brilliant students.

  

  Jimmy and Howard Brown. The part of the article that most touched me was ... brothers' souls and minds, members of the Massachusetts Institute of ... Epsilon fraternity house: The pilot light on the main Vulcan stove in the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 4, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Don’t Dump I got stopped by the police.

  

  Awesome title, right? In short, my Friday involved graffiti, press conferences, and getting stopped by the police. Just one photo to whet your pallet. A series of updates on Orientation and the start of Rush are long

  • by Bryan
  • September 2, 2006
• FAQ / Life and culture

  What career services are available?

  employment, and 49% of the Class of 2024 went directly to grad school. The ... students—current and alumni—as they explore and prepare for careers. Whether ... applying to graduate or professional school, CAPD has services and programs
• Blog / Classes

  A Year at MIT, by the Numbers quantifying my MIT experience

  

  community's first event on a whim, I wouldn't have joined the floor and met ... note="we meet 3 times a week for 2 hours during the semester and like 20 ... one for Japan. I applied to the first three programs and got into Israel

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • August 6, 2020
• FAQ / Academics and research

  What is EECS?

  creating the best possible education, which is based on their innovative and ... , nanotechnology and more. Part of both the Schwarzman College of Computing and the School of Engineering, MIT EECS consistently is at the top of U.S. News and
• FAQ / First-year application

  How does MIT use my name and preferred name?

  out those fields on the application. This is important so that your ... the name we will use in all official print and email communication from ... , depending on the purpose. For example, Student Financial Services will use
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Great Glass Pumpkin Patch and a bonus video of a cat chasing a spider.

  

  is annual, put on by the MIT Glass Lab (the people who make the pumpkins) in a tent on the Kresge oval. There is a one-evening showcase followed by a one-day sale the next day, to benefit the lab and its

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • November 5, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  The summer begins…

  

  at home with friends and family before heading to MIT. I'll be leaving ... Now that I've completed the FEE, it's time for the math diagnostic. I ... and housing lottery preferences. With most of this behind me, it feels

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • June 15, 2005
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Soup Dumplings, Fever Pitch Yesterday after work I headed downtown for the evening. First stop was one of my…

  

  of geeks, and suddenly remembered that this was the night of the super ... watched Fever Pitch (with Drew Barrymore and Jimmy Fallon, directed by the Farrelly brothers). There were many great shots of Boston, and I thought the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 27, 2005
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Snippets of Iceland some rhymes from spring break

  

  of Iceland[/caption] the wheels on the bus go round and round driving ... trampolines, and the wind was trying to eat us. It felt so very college :D I won’t bore you with the details, even though it was AMAZING and I feel

  • by Allison E. '27
  • April 17, 2024
• Blog / Events

  Pumpkin Drop Trick-or-treating is not enough.

  

  , enthusiastic, and, this year, really cold, fellow MIT students. On the top is my ... landing? You may neglect wind, viscous drag, and the altered aerodynamics of ... and snow left over three million homes and businesses throughout the

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • October 31, 2011
• Blog / Events

  World AIDS Day 2008 Spread the word.

  

  and can't actually go to the screening, but I've found a link to the ... Today, December 1st, is World AIDS day, the day when individuals and ... around campus people are wearing little red ribbons and the Internet is

  • by Snively '11
  • December 1, 2008
• Blog / Hacks

  socially aware hacking, part 2 this time, it's personal ((last time it was also personal))

  

  I wrote a little while ago about a hack on the Dot raising awareness ... doing great on the climate change front. Here's another one by the same group (or same-named group, anyway) that went up in Building 66 on the 10

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • November 16, 2019
• Blog / Events

  He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named Returns Butterless popcorn and a little magic.

  

  . Diana boarding the "Knight Bus" (ie the Big Yellow Bus) with her ticket. Aboard the bus. Rocking the 3D Glasses. After the movie was over, we waited for the bus, but it was kind of cold so we did the group huddle. My

  • by Bryan
  • November 17, 2005
• FAQ / First-year application

  What’s the difference between Early Action (EA)/Regular Action (RA)?

  meet the same standards and go through the same very difficult admission ... nonrestrictive. If you’ll be able to complete all testing requirements by the ... difference in the review process or criteria used for admission in EA (non
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread for Waitlisted Students

  

  the most competitive admissions cycle in the history of the Institute. Because of the incredible size and strength of the applicant pool we were ... if you are still interested in MIT, and so forth. In the meantime, you

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2011