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• Blog / About Decisions

  Famous people who didn’t go to MIT Some people are more successful because they turned down admission to MIT.

  

  . Not just any envelope, but the fat one, with a letter of admission ... measure. He wanted to go to the Art Institute of Atlanta and study cooking ... Democrat has the rest of the story: For 18 years, Maria and John Hildebrand

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 23, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Our new video And yeah we’re kind of jazzed about it

  

  By now many of you have seen our new promo video on the website. And ... video to be featured right on the homepage. Its part of our overall ... engineering MIT? We want more of that super cool movable wall and we want to see

  • by Kris Guay
  • February 7, 2012
• Blog / Events

  Class of 2020 Ring Delivery we got our brass rats!..time to drop out? (also many photos)

  

  all of them. I remember all the discussions we had on Wednesdays and ... in this one :( ... why must one of us be on Ring Comm and the other a ... (almost) halfway point of getting through MIT. It marks many psets and exams

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • April 27, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Stephen, I’m Putting You On Notice!

  

  besides reading applications to MIT. One of the things I enjoy doing in my ... is one of my favorite television shows. During one recent episode ... recently coauthored a book on how higher education is failing in America

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • April 30, 2012
• Blog / Class Projects

  MIT Brings You Unwanted Attention You want to be popular? Really?

  

  isn't true, we aren't the experts on everything. A friend of mine was ... 've built yo-yos Five(!) robots A pirate ship out of water bottles and, most recently, a working metal lathe But there are certainly

  • by Snively '11
  • May 17, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  welding 1000 digits of pi nom nom buzz buzz

  

  pictures and videos from one of the events. [annotation note="ive been mentoring for them for most of my time at mit and have really loved it ... event where makerspace mentors welded on digits of pi to a steel apparatus

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • March 23, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  The MySpace Survey Mid-summer frivolity, part two.

  

  " 049. Song you've listened to? RHCP, track 9 on CD#1 of the new record ... ? 6'2" 005. Do you have any siblings? No 006. What is your eye color ... you have any piercings? yes 011. Do you smoke? no 012. Do you swear? yes

  • by Ben Jones
  • July 8, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  My “Normal” High School What it was like going to an ordinary high school

  

  , Chinese, Klingon, and Gibberish, get a 3250 on my ACT and still not got in ... science programs and a history of sending students to big schools. In group ... , these students put in an immense amount of work and were able to overcome

  • by Ben O. '19
  • January 16, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  EA Telethon! Yay for the class of 2010!

  

  Whew. I just spent the last 4 and a half hours calling up as many of the Early Admits to the class of '10 as I possibly could. And it was seriously a lot of fun. First of all, I finally got to meet Alia and Mike

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 27, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Current State of Mind ewoufbwu iyfh[things I must do]w39478ry3927rhiwf83tr

  

  and covered themselves in ink as well. Yay! >.< For the sake of ... place and I feel overwhelmed and all shivery-like when I think of things ... !!! :')                                                                     Also^ a reflection on my current state of life. Less (or possibly more

  • by Ana V. '15
  • May 6, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The first of the lasts My last Registration Day. *GOOP WARNING.*

  

  completely not-sappy movies like March of the Penguins and Sahara.) Today was ... Miller, was out of town today, so the Brain and Cognitive Sciences ... I've taken care of all my graduation requirements. On my way to turn

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • February 7, 2006
• Blog / Blog Projects

  VEDA (Vlog Every Day of April) cami edition

  

  vlogging every day of April and trying to release videos somewhat on time ... I was inspired by Ceri's take on VEDA and partly by my long ... usually do not, so I might miss a couple of things here and there but

  • by Cami M. '23
  • April 19, 2021
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Public Art And one fantastic sandwich

  

  BLT on whole wheat, I passed by numerous workmen unloading flatbeds of ... and a police officer directing the flow of lunchtime walkers as a young ... event of the FAST Festival. On the evening of May 7th, the Charles River

  • by Kris Guay
  • April 26, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  QuestBridge 2017 FAQ You've got questions, I've got answers

  

  from your rank list because if you do not match with any school on ... , Randolph, MA 02368. Make sure your full name and date of birth are included ... your full name and "QuestBridge" on the cover sheet if you are mailing it

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • October 18, 2017
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  T Minus One. BRASS RAT BRASS RAT BRASS RAT.

  

  semester. It's one of the most recognizable rings in the world, based on shape and the prominent beaver on its bezel, but the specific details of ... of a big deal around these parts, and wouldn't you know, it happens to

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • February 11, 2010
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  what’s in the box? why is spring cleaning a common phrase but not fall cleaning hmm

  

  "]thanksgiving was a few days ago, and in the world of this post it is still ... this class pervades in my life as the main villain of most of my life and often the entirety of my tuesday. aka introduction to algorithms, and for

  • by Janet G. '27
  • December 1, 2024
• Blog / Life after MIT

  So long, farewell, auf wiedersehen, adieu To you, and you, and you and you and you.

  

  at MIT, I wish you the best of luck. It's a fabulous place, and I hope ... know if you have any questions about MIT or grad school or the meaning of ... Since I start grad school orientation tomorrow, and tomorrow is

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 4, 2006
• FAQ / International applicants

  How do international students apply to MIT?

  , region, and country. We don't have any required high school classes for ... admission and select a major at the end of the first year with help from their ... to schools in the U.S., but almost one-quarter of MIT's applications
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Chris inspired me to do dumb things I went to Disney World. It was fun, I guess.

  

  Challenge consists of running the Disney World Half Marathon on Saturday and the Disney World Marathon the next day on Sunday. I saw the picture of ... Disney World and Disney Land do an unthemed series of runs.  Disneyland

  • by Snively '11
  • July 20, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Spring Break and Study of Cities Abroad Students in the Department of Urban Studies and Planning enjoy a subsidized spring break abroad…

  

  city planners and conduct research on the topics of their choice. These topics are compared and contrasted with characteristics of a U.S. city ... As an Urban Studies and Planning major, you can fulfill some of your

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • November 23, 2006