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• Blog / Life after MIT

  Unpacking Surprises to sum up 4 years at MIT

  

  September and I’m not at MIT registering for classes and trying to squeeze in ... , I love to tell the story of how I never imagined coming to MIT ... number of reasons (including MIT’s amazing financial aid offer), I arrived

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • July 7, 2013
• Blog / Events

  Admissions Decisions and Mystery Hunt A few thoughts and a lot of puzzles.

  

  days after my eighteenth birthday and a few hours after MIT decisions ... didn’t, carried my laptop up to my room, checked either my MIT or Caltech ... MIT was my dream. I’d never been to MIT and my only link to MIT was the

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • March 12, 2013
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Emergency Morale Booster Night! One of my favorite e-mails of all time

  

  About a week ago, on one particularly high-stress night (it was one of Those Times of the semester) the French House social chair, Emma ’14, sent out an e-mail to…

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 26, 2012
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Take Only Memories Leave Only Footprints

  

  that by now.) On MIT’s list of 101 things to do before graduation for ... been passed down through MIT generations as a sort of rite of passage. To ... different person than the Maggie from 2008. When I came to MIT, I lived in a

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • June 8, 2012
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Everyday I’m Trufflin’ But not really since it takes 4 hours

  

  is make truffles! The Laboratory for Chocolate Sciences at MIT is a

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • January 25, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Welcome to Maseeh! A look into MIT's newest dorm

  

  . Each dorm at MIT has a distinct culture and feel (which is why MIT allows

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • October 30, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Systems and Light [by Miren Bamforth '15] Even MIT's art scene is a little nerdy.

  

  and two other ARTalk bloggers in 21M.A12 (Arts at MIT), I would like to ... different facets of art here at MIT, followed by some casual chitchat about ... ’s Acting with the Camera (21M.624) class and taking a tour of MIT

  • by ARTalk
  • October 28, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Prof. Missy Cummings on The Colbert Report At the end of the interview, she and Stephen face off in Rock 'Em Sock…

  

  Last night, MIT Aero/Astro professor Missy Cummings was the guest on The Colbert Report. Professor Cummings was one of the US Navy's first female fighter pilots. She flew the F/A-18 Hornet. At MIT, she is the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 28, 2011
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Under the Dome A full day of free fun at MIT

  

  seem to have a thing already for free events at MIT. I'll cut to the chase. On April 30th, from 11am – 4pm, MIT will be offering 160 different ... ? How about a puzzle hunt at the MIT Museum written specially for MIT

  • by Kris Guay
  • March 22, 2011
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Forum for those Not Admitted

  With a record number of applications, this year was once again the most competitive ever for MIT admissions. Admitting less than 1 in 10 applicants from our amazing applicant pool means that we had to turn away many

  • by Admin
  • March 14, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  EA Decisions Some facts and figures to put it into perspective

  

  admitted to the MIT Class of 2014. There were 5,684 Early Action applicants ... record number of applications can be explained by MIT’s mission and values, said Dean Schmill. “MIT’s excellent financial aid

  • by Decisions
  • December 16, 2009
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Oh, the Places You’ll Go(ogle) The path to enlightenment is paved with Google searches.

  

  begin with an M, MIT is the fourth-most popular one to get into (third if ... a surge of pride, until I realized that MIT's potential applicant pool ... over. A year of experience has taught me that MIT inspires questions

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • July 14, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  The Calm Before the Storm After 6+ months of planning, over 2,000 prefrosh and parents are headed toward Cambridge, Mass...

  

  60+ performing arts groups at MIT. There are also a lot of other cool

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • April 15, 2009
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Forum for those Not Admitted

  

  With a 17% increase in applications, this year was once again the most competitive ever for MIT admissions. Admitting only 1 in 10 applicants from our amazing applicant pool means that we had to turn away many

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Prof. Junot Diaz on The Colbert Report! MIT Writing professor Junot Diaz, winner of this year's Pulitzer Prize for fiction, appeared last…

  

  A week ago, Professor Junot Diaz of the MIT Department of Writing & Humanistic Studies, appeared on The Colbert Report. Certainly Prof. Diaz has been doing many interviews since he won the Pulitzer Prize for

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 24, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  Transfer Wrap-Up 2008 Looking back at MIT Transfer Admissions for entry this coming year.

  

  lot of great students we weren't able to admit. It's true that MIT ... there are many students who will get into graduate school at MIT. Transfer admission is a small program at MIT. Transfer students, though, are

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 20, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Mastering Physics Has No Soul I love online assignments. har. har.

  

  important part of MIT Student Life. @@ Say that I'm irresponsible for not ... MIT that I haven't blogged about this whole year - but I've been meaning ... forcing MIT down your throats. I feel like you should go to the school that

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 18, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  Admitted Students Update Class of 2012 guestbook and an update on The Tubes.

  

  As of yesterday, all 522 admitted students can log into MyMIT for the Class of 2012 guestbook directory (post your picture!). Also, all of the decision letters -- including the famed "tubes" -- were mailed yesterday

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 18, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Human Factor And String Theory Two links to start your weekend.

  

  links to tide you over: First, The Human Factor is a video that MIT has ... video was designed to remind alums of all the reasons they love MIT, but I ... video is wearing an MIT sweatshirt. :-) Only a few more days remain

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 26, 2007
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Ritual & Ceremony I'll be out of contact the next two weeks as I celebrate a big event.

  

  amazing woman (and, yes, an MIT alumna). Together, we will declare our love

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 14, 2007