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• Blog / About Decisions

  Deferred? Shameless thievery from a colleague's blog topic (sorry Matt).

  

  that receiving the news that you are deferred has to be disappointing (to say the least) to all of you. Please take heart in knowing that you ... you see the situation from a strategic and global vantage point. Before

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • December 13, 2005
• Blog / Events

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

  

  Stay tuned for an entry on the phenomenal Handel scholar Professor ... meeting me. When he finally did, he told Mollie it was "the most painful experience" of his life. BREAKING NEWS: A video about MIT's "Sex and the

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

  Mystery Hunt 2006 announced

  

  Earlier this evening, I received the official email announcing ... exciting activities. In short, the Hunt is a weekend long competition at MIT where students and others team up to solve lots of puzzles, with the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 16, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  I’m a driver, I’m a winner Things are gonna change, I can feel it.

  

  Tonight I won the MIT Marching Band's coveted SPAM scholarship. As those of you who know me can guess, the other six entrants were really no competition for me in the field of SPAM. Here's my award-winning speech. "My

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 26, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Tour of Novartis

  

  Today, I went on a tour of the Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research (NIBR), which is located just down the road from MIT! I pass this spiffy new building every time I walk to the supermarket or to Harvard and

  • by Melis A. '08
  • October 21, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  MIT Professor Creates DEATH RAY! I'm not making this up.

  

  Each Wednesday, The Weekly Dig (my favorite rag) hits the newsstands ... .C., the Greek mathematician Archimedes supposedly defended the city of Syracuse from a Roman siege by training a mirror (aka Death Ray) on the

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 19, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Lie la lying down Sometimes there are perks to attending a school with a notorious reputation for producing stressed…

  

  concentrate unless I shared with you guys the most exciting e-mail I've received ... ! Headers: Show All Headers Hey, B-C students! In conjunction with the ... weren't able to put your name down before they start!) The first night is

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 4, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Belonging Who belongs at MIT?

  

  going to be brief -- the new freshmen remind me of bouncy balls and are ... ? Picture mud wrestling... except with spaghetti. And the winner getting doused in olive oil and parmesean cheese. On the way home, Adam and I got

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 29, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Hi from Cambridge

  

  I'm spending some time at MIT seeing friends. I've been on the east coast for about a week seeing family and will be gone for the next week as well, so if you're wondering where I went, I've simply been on the go

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • July 29, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  Jargon

  

  Putting the definition of punt at the end of my last entry got me skimming through the glossary of my current edition of How to Get Around MIT ... students and alums, you should learn a bunch of the jargon that we MIT folks

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 6, 2005
• FAQ / Life and culture

  What programs does Office of Minority Education offer?

  The MIT Office of Minority Education (OME) provides a home base for ... the ultimate goal of developing leaders in the academy, industry, and society. Matriculation to one of the world’s top schools of science and
• FAQ / First-year application

  How do I apply as a permanent resident?

  All students must complete the MIT application with their current citizenship status. In the MIT first-year admissions process, you are considered ... applications from students in the process of waiting for their green cards. If
• FAQ / Transfer

  Does MIT offer transfer credit?

  passing an Advanced Standing Examination. You can compare the courses offered at your institution to those offered at MIT with the MIT Bulletin (course and degree catalog). The bulletin provides a comprehensive
• FAQ / First-year application

  Will you send me materials/prospectus/t-shirt/pennant?

  reminders during your application year. The MIT Course Catalog, also known as the Bulletin, is available free online and provides a comprehensive description of all of the Institute's academic programs. We receive a lot of
• FAQ / Transfer

  What does MIT consider for transfer admission?

  There’s no formula for gaining transfer admission to MIT. The transfer admissions process is highly competitive, even more so than the ... and science courses. Ideal preparation includes—at the very least
• Blog / How to MIT

  New Year; New Me! (Two Months Late Oops) I’ve been thinking a lot about what I want to do in my last semester…

  

  post, but something about letter formats feel the most honest and the most true to what I do. I started with the actual letter I wrote to ... , hopefully this format makes sense. I'm donating half of the income that I

  • by ana~
  • March 5, 2022
• Blog / Athletics

  walking mechanics how to walk faster using Facts and Science

  

  it turns out many people at mit walk really slowly. not in the sense that mit is slower than the rest of the world, but in the sense that you ... all enjoyable - the world is really lovely, and i think walking is

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • October 15, 2021
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  in honor of tau the superior circle constant

  

  ]\tau[/latex] (the Greek letter tau, usually pronounced to rhyme with how but some people rhyme it with law) refers to the superior circle constant, [latex]\tau = 6.283… = 2\pi[/latex]. And I cannot help but tell you about the glory

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • February 20, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  Maseeh Hall: Pros and Cons this is a pros and cons list re: maseeh hall

  

  The summer before freshman year, I remember the struggle I had trying ... must confess that it was a short struggle. The plethora of options was so overwhelming that I essentially gave up and ranked the dorms by seemingly

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • April 15, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  March Questions Omnibus 3

  

  ?" No, that's the first time I've heard that. A few I have heard before ... presume if i got rejected from MIT, I will probably get rejected from the ... from all of the Ivy League admissions offices, and I can tell you that

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 20, 2005