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• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Call For Bloggers As promised, here's an entry that will explain this year's application process for admissions bloggers.

  

  As promised, here's an entry that will explain this year's application process for admissions bloggers. All current MIT undergraduates are ... activities you hope to become involved with at MIT (or what you already do here

  • by Ben Jones
  • June 26, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Waitlist post Some Q & A about the waitlist.

  

  of you may be saying, "C'mon, MIT is really good at math. They have to ... , so that no matter what happens with the MIT waitlist, everything will ... accept this. If I'm admitted off of the waitlist, do I have to go to MIT

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 20, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Guessing game results MIT's student newspaper publishes the number of freshman applications.

  

  Today, MIT's student newspaper, The Tech, published a story with our current number of applications: 12,440. This represents a 9% increase over last year's 11,373 applications. So, the results of the guessing game

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 6, 2007
• Blog / IAP

  More IAP updates

  

  at MIT, which was pretty cold. It was December, and I was going out ... , metalworking, archery, new programming languages, and so on. If you come to MIT

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • February 1, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  An IAP in Texas, chapter two Week two of school away from school as I learn about and work on transportation…

  

  boss says "he's here this month while MIT is in hibernation"), but I don ... MIT kids are so spoiled with our first classes at 10, 11, or later. It

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • January 10, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  See your name among the stars… Forget having your name written in lights, get it written on a spacecraft!

  

  For $35 to $250 per square centimeter, you can have your name written on a spacecraft! The MIT Mars Gravity Biosatellite Program is selling the ads to fund their project to launch a student-designed small

  • by Melis A. '08
  • November 3, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Holiday Life's not always a picnic in Killian Court.

  

  Monday was a student holiday, which means that while my friends at their respective universities slaved away we at MIT got up late, ate ... seconds. And sang it that way. He's now another MIT '10. He lives down the

  • by Jess K. '10
  • September 27, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  The Birth Of My Third Child The new admissions web site finally launches! Report any bugs here.

  

  Hi folks, Well here you have it - the new-and-improved MIT admissions web site. I hope you like it! In October (when I get back from fall recruitment travel) we'll be launching a centralized Q&A blog, in an attempt

  • by Ben Jones
  • September 14, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Classes – Fall 06 The inside scoop on all 54 units I am taking this semester

  

  Solow Growth Model, named for MIT Professor Robert Solow (recipient of the ... through a web-based exchange with French students. French and MIT students ... MacArthur "genius grant" and the Lemelson-MIT Student Prize, co

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 8, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Return of the Nance Effect The Summer Update Edition!

  

  prepares to take their place as matriculated students at MIT, and future ... addition to working with students on the MIT campus I also attended several

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • August 9, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Class of 2010 profile A ststistical look at the incoming freshmen.

  

  Here's a look at this year's incoming freshman class. Over the next week, we'll take a look at some of the individuals in the class... The MIT Class of 2010, by: Gender: Male 55% Female 45% Ethnicity: African

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 24, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  I’m not swollen anymore!

  

  Okay, so I agree that it’s been far too long since my last update. I’ve been dealing with work issues, and have been in California for the last week and…

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • June 21, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Back in MD Summary of the end of the year, and a look ahead to the summer.

  

  painful process known as "moving out." At MIT, we are lucky enough to have ... an MIT alum. I also made a surprise visit to my 5th grade teacher along ... to read Nature and I swear there were at least 10 MIT references. In

  • by Melis A. '08
  • June 5, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Far and Away I was going to get philosophical, but then I thought about Hugh Jackman.

  

  night. Here are some thoughts, from an MIT undergrad's perspective: 1. I ... inappropriate, because I saw it in Harrisburg and not at MIT. Also, my 8 ... paid for. Okay, going to GERMANY in three hours!! I LOVE MIT!! WOOHOO

  • by Sam M. '07
  • May 29, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Excitement On The Road Adventures in the Princeton Hospital ER.

  

  So Marilee and I spent much of last night in the ER at Princeton Hospital with a co-worker who ate some shellfish and puffed up nicely. (I won’t tell you…

  • by Ben Jones
  • May 18, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Senioritis We'd fight for a cure if we weren't so lazy.

  

  get my first 5.0 at MIT, because I'm not as good at slacking off as I ... furniture. MIT dorm rooms come furnished with beds, mattresses, desks, and ... gained the Freshman Negative Five when I came to MIT. Join a club sport! It

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • May 2, 2006
• Blog / MISTI

  Springtime for Interns in Germany Watch out, Europe: I'm going on tour.

  

  -down letter omega. Yesterday I had one of those quintessential MIT moments. I ... this summer. There was some great food courtesy of the MIT Faculty Club ... . You know you're at MIT when you would consider forgoing a Nobel laureate

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 27, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Adventures in Italy, Part 2 Tales from Rome, Take Two

  

  restaurant was how we spent 7.89% of our trip. Come on, we're MIT students ... I may say so myself). MIT Run-In #1: After getting off the Metro and ... random running into her 4000 miles away from MIT. Continuing on: We

  • by Bryan
  • April 13, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Mitra, it’s your birthday. Happy birthday, Mitra!

  

  DID YOU KNOW? Umbrellas were thought to be an accessory suitable only for women until Persian traveler Jonas Hanway popularized umbrella use among men in the 19th century. Mitra usually…

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 4, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Admissions Decisions

  

  We've come to the time of year when many of you readers will find out whether you've been admitted to MIT or not. I want to express to you all my confidence that you will be admitted to several great colleges, and a letter

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • March 18, 2006