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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Happy New Year! A look back at 2006 and ahead to 2007

  

  Happy New Year! It’s hard to believe that it’s already 2007. 2006 was the year of YouTube, iPods, gas for $3.50 a gallon, record ... libraries to understand cancer and disease, studied addiction, made plans for

  • by Melis A. '08
  • January 2, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Having Trouble Reaching Your EC? Some advice on getting in touch with your interviewer.

  

  sometimes takes a while to hear a response. Some of this may be attributed to ... are on this topic, a good thing to keep in mind is that when you do call ... ’t hear back within a few days, you should call him or her. If you then don

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • October 31, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  ISEF Review Photos from the Intel International Science & Engineering Fair.

  

  , I went out to dinner with a dozen of the 20+ MIT 2010s at Intel ISEF ... This past week, I went to the Intel International Science & Engineering Fair in Indianapolis, Indiana. On Thursday, we had a reception at

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 14, 2006
• Blog / Events

  HST Forum 2006… for real The real thing.

  

  fact that they sent a photographer to the event since he asked me to move ... -- held its 2006 Forum last Thursday, and my friend Veena '06 invited me to ... AIDS Research Center, a world-renowned biomedical research institute. He

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • March 28, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  You Heard It Here First Short Skirt, Long Jacket

  

  Band Party Plus. Each year, they host a big concert in their dining hall where they have a bunch of bands come bring down the house at the lovely ... Sleepwalkers My freshman year, the headlining band was Piebald. They went on to

  • by Bryan
  • March 21, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  2,822 applications

  

  So, after two entries that seemed to relax people a bit, I do need to come back with a reality check: It was reported today that we received 2 ... was also reported that we plan to take fewer students this year during

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 23, 2004
• FAQ / Academics and research

  What is the HASS Requirement?

  Institute's capacity for innovation.  MIT SHASS is home to research that has a global impact, and to superb graduate programs, all recognized as ... vital to an effective and satisfying life as an individual, a professional
• FAQ / Life and culture

  Does MIT offer Army, Air Force, Navy ROTC?

  each week and a required summer program at some point prior to graduating ... MIT is proud to offer Army, Air Force, and Naval ROTC programs on ... MIT provide unparalleled leadership training and practice to cultivate
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT EA Decisions To Be Posted Thursday, 12/14/17, at 6:28PM ET

  

  I've stopped watching this baby lion trying to roar long enough to ... online next Thursday, 12/14/17, at Tau Time (i.e. 6:28PM ET). To check ... MyMIT username and password. In order to verify that you will receive

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 7, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  Ben’s Final Farewell Thank you, Ben Jones.

  

  remember most is how my friends and I used to play volleyball every week. A ... obsession with turtles, up to the point of having a collection of them in his ... /Astro students playing volleyball with a net they had set up in the Building 33

  • by Paul B. '11
  • July 18, 2008
• Blog / Classes

  Watch this year’s 2.s009 final presentations designing kindness during a time of covid

  

  This is a very brief blog post to remind you —  as our announcement ... is tonight! Every year we blog about 2.009, a capstone course in ... webcast at s009kindness.com, where you will also be able to ask questions of

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 7, 2020
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread talk amongst yourselves

  

  here, but I want to thank you all for using this as a positive space with ... Decisions come out in 36 hours, and I know a lot of you may be feeling stressed out right now. You can use the comments below to blow off

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 13, 2011
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  I Picked My First Apple apples, part 1

  

  to pick half a peck of apples, a hayride, a bottle of cold apple cider ... MIT sponsors an annual trip to an apple orchard in Stow, MA for ... , and now I have enough apples that it would be wasteful for me not to eat

  • by Abby H. '20
  • October 16, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Snapshot Statshot A quick look at some numbers from this year's admissions process.

  

  students than last year: an increase of 1 student, to 1554. Thus, our admit rate fell nearly a percentage point, from 12.5% to 11.6%. This year ... of the year to date in MIT Admissions. This year, we had 13

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 17, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Magic of Those Ivory Keys (Guest Blog!) Part 2 of 3 of "Why I Declared a Humanities Major at MIT" series!

  

  This week I bring to you a guest entry from a very talented musician ... /ensemble/piano accompanying, and giving a solo recital in the spring. In order to audition for ... long as I have a piano to practice on, and people willing to listen to me

  • by Chris S. '11
  • May 27, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Celebrating Defiance @ the Media Lab a prize for responsible, ethical disobedience

  

  Last July, the MIT Media Lab created a $250,000 award to recognize ... concerns of citizens in Flint, Michigan to unravel a mystery that many in ... seeks to highlight effective, responsible, ethical disobedience across

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 21, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Fantasy Feast Fantasy foods and costumed friends.

  

  Yesterday evening Random Hall residents prepared a CPW fantasy feast. Below are some of my beautiful costumed friends and some of the food they prepared, photographed by the amazing YQ ‘16. The foods highlighted in the

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • April 13, 2013
• Blog / Advice

  Music for Pre-decisions De-stressing manifesting calm and cozy vibes to get you through it

  

  before. This is a collection of songs that helps calm me down before going into something stressful. Many of these were songs I listened to while I ... ://open.spotify.com/playlist/34w1NkAVcqH4pn9xpuuGDp?si=6ca6d77b70a546b2 Is there a song that helps

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • December 8, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  Real, live MIT students * IN HD* A look inside the world of MIT Admissions Interns

  

  you like to have a glimpse into the life of current, MIT students and ... , check out the page. They work on a lot of great projects in the office, such as outreach, conducting information sessions, how to be ninjas and

  • by Beatriz Valdez
  • September 21, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  ZigZag Episode 7 A new episode features Commencement highlights and an interview with the party button guys.

  

  Commencement and MIDAS (a.k.a. the party button). Check it out. Marsha Bolton ... to check out the view from up there. Nice work on ZigZag to producer ... working on a Masters in Fine Arts degree full time for the next year; Zig

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 18, 2006