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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  My Brass Rat The Brass Rat is not a subtle thing.

  

  MIT graduates hold the world in our hands (cheesy, but yes). If you look ... -- not for Jack Bauer, but to represent the fact that MIT majors go from 1 ... " in the river. He represents the idea that no one at MIT succeeds due to

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 20, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Making your college decision May 1st! Have you decided?

  

  between MIT, a state-school that is giving you nearly a free ride, an Ivy ... shoes two years ago, choosing between MIT, an Ivy that gave slightly more ... 'll admit that I chose MIT and that the decision (for me) wasn't very

  • by Melis A. '08
  • April 28, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  UROP Deadlines and Openings The deadline for Fall Direct Funding is September 15, so hurry up and find yourself…

  

  http://web.mit.edu/urop/students/mit/awards.html, for example last year I ... plus. Contact: Please send CV to Belinda Yung, btyung@mit.edu. 2 ... Lab (http://halab.mit.edu) is seeking a UROP student to actively

  • by Melis A. '08
  • September 7, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  Boston Calling Everything I know about having a phone at MIT.

  

  , suddenly, when I got to MIT, they became completely ubiquitous. The first ... that I never bothered to memorize it. Starting next month, MIT is going to start charging $17 per month for any non-MIT calls (I believe this

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 3, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Somebody Else Seven undergrad blogs not enough for you? Now some of them have multiple authors.

  

  song for the entry title. As the most Humanities-oriented student at MIT ... continuing to tell the world that Political Science at MIT is ranked 10th in ... Charter High School and working in MIT's Lewis Music Library. Also, juicy

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 22, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  International Admissions Conference My review of the annual OACAC conference.

  

  ). The conference was held at Washington University (where former MIT ... , they got to "visit" MIT and have some misperceptions corrected -- for example, I think a lot of schools abroad don't realize that MIT is a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 12, 2005
• Blog / Community Projects

  [guest blog] y(I)APping nothing crazy just another IAP blog

  

  first friends I made here at MIT and my favorite "homegrown ... most unique, liminal pockets of time at MIT, showing that a month can ... January at MIT can look like—I know I sure did :) Hi, I’m Heidi Z. ‘27, a

  • by Fiona L. '27
  • February 13, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  done with the b.s. 4 years of mit by the numbers

  

  is MIT by the numbers (MIT wrapped, if you will)...   5 MISTI ... , MIT-MEET, and MISTI-UK. All of these were through MISTI, so they were ... went to a rather STEM-heavy school like MIT. I think I took enough

  • by Waly N. '24
  • May 31, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Before you Register for Classes: Tools, Tips, and Resources Scheduling Tools and Tips for Incoming Students

  

  policy wisely. Online Tools Luckily, MIT has some excellent online tools ... “four-year planner for the MIT community” from the awesome Danny B.-D. ‘15 ... path at MIT. CourseRoad helps you track your progress towards graduation

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • August 20, 2015
• Blog / Athletics

  90-something days of summer (Part 1) MIT people around the world

  

  about what MIT peeps do during the summer since the holiday is fast ... at MIT and my crazyfrightenthelivingdaylightsoutofme 9-paper exam at ... the summer experience. Usually MIT people do epic stuff so I am super

  • by Linh V. '13
  • April 20, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Guest Entry: A Yankee in Cambridge Math, exchange programs, and why we love MIT.

  

  serious), an MIT junior (majoring in math, of course), and a participant this year in the Cambridge-MIT Exchange program. Possibly due to his ... on learning math on your own, or been wondering whether MIT's academic

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • May 1, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Valentine’s Day Special Featuring calculus, people who hate me, and a picture puzzle

  

  Today, I will dispel two common misconceptions about MIT: 1. MIT ... commercialism; namely, Valentine's Day celebrations. 2. Nobody at MIT hates me. 3. People who go to MIT lose their ability to count. Also, they forget

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

  Questions Answered Questions, answers, and Sam's face. This is the real MIT.

  

  wisdom regarding all things MIT and also possibly his blogging prowess. I ... have quite a following at MIT. But, if it's simply an OS preference ... substitute that's often even better than the original - especially at MIT

  • by Jess K. '10
  • February 11, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW 2018 Diaries what the weekend was like for me

  

  have I spoken in front of 1200 people. Afterwards, I met up with a non-MIT ... ’s like a student holiday!” I said, “We all get to see MIT through the ... , except with a little rainbow stripe at the bottom to match the MIT

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 17, 2018
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Gap Year, Week 1 my plans for a year away from MIT during COVID-19

  

  months after getting sent home only increased my frustration with MIT's response and the new reality of being an MIT student during COVID-19. At ... mind, but after many more weeks passed with no official news from MIT

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 31, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Breaking Normal From Freshman Spring Archives

  

  of… ordinary. MIT is pretty great, don’t get me wrong. But now, when I ... directly across from the Boston skyline and along MIT campus would ... . **** On one side of MIT lies Boston, a place of opportunity and beautifully

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 22, 2016
• Blog / Events

  REX at Simmons Hall 2015 water balloon wars, pancakes, roofdeck parties, and a trojan duck

  

  As Vincent mentioned, the MIT Class of 2019 freshmen are currently out and about enjoying their first week orientation at MIT. During ... them for help and support throughout the year like MIT Together, MIT

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 31, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  I get by with a lot of help from my friends Lend me your ears and I'll sing you a song! You just might walk out…

  

  willing to forgo this summer so I can get to MIT as soon as possible. I can ... I was going to face at MIT, reminding myself that I very well could ... ’t know how to do, and would relish in scoring “average” at MIT. Shockingly

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • June 1, 2011
• Blog / MISTI

  Another Journey Planned How to go abroad 101

  

  , but when I came to MIT, I wasn’t sure it would work out. It is always ... take part in traditional study abroad programs at MIT (an exception being the Cambridge-MIT Exchange, which is a year-long direct exchange program

  • by Becca H. '12
  • February 21, 2011
• Blog / Events

  An Evening With BJ Novak, opened by Barack Obama You may have heard of BJ Novak from his role as Ryan Howard on NBC'S…

  

  I'm here now! ] There are some times in your MIT career when you ... 't help but be reminded, like when Obama came to MIT a few Fridays ago. It all happened so suddenly. I've heard that MIT didn't even know he was

  • by Jess K. '10
  • November 23, 2009