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  Windy city

  

  mailing. And of course a full update on Friday about the progress of the ... with the last parts of our process before decisions are made final and ... cancelled and I'd have to stay overnight in Virginia. Of course, all of the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 9, 2005
• Blog / MISTI

  Out and about in the fog at the edge of the world

  

  skin slowly slipping against the shape of the world and holding on just ... and sit on some rock of the mountain and pull out your sandwich and ... with the sesame paste on top. For a few hours I felt the city move and I

  • by Uzay G. '26
  • March 13, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  Visiting MIT this summer (part 1) It is now high season for visiting colleges. I plan to do a series of…

  

  entries on how to visit MIT and Boston this summer. For those of you who ... that aren't on the tour, and, of course, some friendly advice. We can ... to leave your advice on visiting MIT and Boston in the comments; I will

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 21, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Watch the 2.009 webcast tonight at 7:15PM ET!

  

  (Mechanical Engineering) and one of the most famous courses at MIT. For my ... work in large teams of approximately 20 individuals to design and build ... models; building and testing mockups; customer evaluation of mockups

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 11, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Open Thread: Deferred Early

  

  without prejudice in Regular Action. A lot of MIT students, past and present ... , here, here, and most recently here and here. Some of you may feel happy, some of you may feel sad, and some of you may have complicated feelings

  • by Decisions
  • December 18, 2021
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Two Truths and a Lie Because we all definitely love playing icebreakers

  

  unused bottle of sunblock. Counter - I saved money on sunblock and spent ... .  Welcome to the party. I fell out of my parents' nest in New Jersey and ... proud of me.  First generation Latino and the first from my school to be

  • by Erick P. '17
  • September 17, 2013
• Blog / MISTI

  Jump into a new comfort zone!

  

  project focused on studying and tuning the optical properties of polymer ... , work on great research, visit incredible places, and have a truly unique ... work on represents a different area of materials science than I had

  • by MISTI Program
  • October 19, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet The Admissions Staff It's my pleasure to introduce you to our current team.

  

  I've been trying to think of a good way to kick off the new admissions cycle (class of 2010 - woot!) and it's finally come to me. We had ... , and set new goals for this cycle. I'm very excited to embark on my

  • by Ben Jones
  • May 19, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Recap of My Junior Fall stream of consciousness

  

  successful MIT semester I've had to date. I've gone through a series of ups and ... content of all of my classes, especially my HASS classes and found myself ... they felt within society and culture. I also got out of my comfort zone a

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 31, 2021
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Chancellor? What’s a Chancellor? What does the Chancellor do and how does that affect student life?

  

  Five months ago, I took on the position of Chancellor at MIT – a ... head of the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, which is also a totally cool job – head of the biggest (and best but don

  • by Chancellor Eric Grimson
  • August 16, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Swing of Things I've been getting into it.

  

  . Tuesday: I did have a lot of white space on Tuesday, but I also went to the ... Buzzfeed, and it was actually really cool. Apparently, “there are a lot of ... MIT ran in preparation for the hackathon) and SWEet Week (the Society of

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • September 18, 2017
• Blog / Class Projects

  Television MIT on TV.

  

  ," which included such classics as the "Winnebago of Science" and the "Flammschmeisser." And, of course, you can catch Ankur '03 on Beauty and the Geek 2 ... Tonight's episode of MythBusters on the Discovery Channel will show

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 25, 2006
• Blog / Events

  TBP Dinner Sex@MIT is the most-watched video on CNN.com! (but it's not pornography!)

  

  (rastrologist?) deliver a speech on economics. And in other news, Mollie '06 ... experience" of his life. BREAKING NEWS: A video about MIT's "Sex and the ... Campus Preview Weekend (CPW) 2005 with Laura Stuart (head of the class and

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • December 10, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  In Memory of a Greatly Beloved Establishment rip the stud subway

  

  befallen us today. The favorite dining spot of hundreds of students on campus ... growling stomach, and make a beeline to the gates of heaven - also known as ... meals, and I savored every delicious mouthful. And now, in the blink of

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • April 3, 2019
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Redesigning a hall logo: 4.500 part 1 4.500 part 1

  

  cons of the symbol, and improve on it throughout 3 iterations. I chose ... capital E on top of the bold, rigid 1. The two typefaces complement and ... 's too blocky and looks kind of outdated. The rigidity and homogeneity of

  • by Jamie C. '19
  • October 27, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  Dorm Rush and Hall Rush

  

  . And we did a four-or-five-story tall projection of Krotus on the side of ... the chapel and it lasted five minutes instead of 25), East Campus built ... dorms (yay for people making the most of Rush!). And there was Hall Rush

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • September 2, 2005
• Blog / Personal Travel

  A bear encounter and a wild cow-milking contest Summer adventures

  

  we took a break. We sat on the side of the road, and I scanned the ... control of the bike and threw myself off before it fell into a rock pit) and ... control of the bike and slammed head-first into a bush), With a lot of

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 24, 2014
• Blog / Hacks

  A Battle Scene to Remember Construction zones are the perfect playgrounds for epic battles

  

  who are struggling extraordinarily well, and some of us (at least I hope ... work at the loss of self-care and health.  However, amidst the chaos of classes and ridiculous amount of stress bestowed among the students here at

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • November 3, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  MIT salutes Harry Potter ...the best way we know how, with hacks!

  

  's Scar on the Dome July 16, 2005 On the morning that Harry Potter and the ... On the morning when the final Harry Potter book, Harry Potter and the ... Stata Center July 20, 2007 On the day before the release of Harry Potter

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 13, 2011
• FAQ / International applicants

  Can I apply if I am undocumented?

  Yes! Undocumented and DACA applicants submit the same application components and go through the same selection process as all other students. For those students who face financial barriers, we offer fee waivers on our