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• Blog / Academics & Research

  How To Make (almost) Anything

  

  -land without anything to tether me down to things that actually exist. So to hedge my bets, I've set out on a crusade to learn more about regular old everyday physical objects, starting with "How To Make (almost) Anything" (aka

  • by Joel G. '18
  • September 25, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  The Ethicist

  

  some students abused his time by never actually submitting the letters to colleges but by reference-letter shopping instead and using more flattering letters written by other teachers. To deter this, he now charges $20 per

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 13, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Mac4Change MIT students raising money to feed the homeless on Veteran's day

  

  I wanted to give everyone an update on our campaign to feed the ... dormitories, Maseeh Hall, from 7 to 9, to fundraise and spread awareness. Our goal was to raise at least $100 but more importantly to spread our

  • by Erick P. '17
  • November 23, 2015
• FAQ / Transfer

  Can I apply for transfer admission if I’m a first-year college student?

  Yes, because you finished high school and will complete two terms of college by the time you enter MIT in the fall, you are eligible to apply as a transfer applicant. You're not eligible to apply as a first
• FAQ / Academics and research

  How does MIT help student entrepreneurs?

  entrepreneurial activity throughout the MIT community by matching both prospective ... team mentoring approach with groups of three to four mentors sitting with the entrepreneur(s) in sessions that provide practical, day-to
• FAQ / Prepare for MIT

  What summer programs are available?

  MIT doesn't offer a traditional open-enrollment summer school program where high school students can come to campus to take courses and live in ... campus, but they're not run by the Office of Undergraduate Admissions. Most
• FAQ / First-year application

  How do I reset my password?

  No worries! You can unlock your account and reset your password by clicking, “Forgot your password?” You need the email address you used to ... correctly, you will be sent an email with a temporary PIN that you will use to
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  History of the Brass Rat with pictures of the bezel design from 1930 to today

  

  The Brass Rat, the MIT class ring. MIT students get theirs sophomore ... member from each of the Classes of 1930, 1931, and 1932 to design a ring ... Ring. They couldn't decide whether to put the beaver or the Dome on the

  • by Erick P. '17
  • April 23, 2015
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The Brass Rat

  

  MIT Class of 2007 class ring. (Thanks to Mitra for the invitation ... the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Class Ring dates back to the ... , and 1932. Their mission was to design a ring to be used as the Standard

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 28, 2005
• Blog / Athletics

  Sophomore Slump Last semester was not so great

  

  started to get healthier, I finally accepted that there was no feasible way ... definitely reinforced what I learned in 3.012. I am excited, however, to get ... of East Campus to help people get through finals! Associate Advising

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • January 12, 2014
• Blog / Challenges

  The Infected It's not a zombie outbreak...yet

  

  it gets any "worse." WORSE?! So I guess I'm not used to being in this condition, because I really felt at that point that the only way to get worse would be to get better because there wasn't any possible way I could feel

  • by Karen F. '11
  • February 22, 2008
• Blog / Classes

  How to build a Tamagotchi and the power of curiosity

  

  join parts to the board by connecting their two metal surfaces together ... electronics to the point of designing them, and that had been something I'd really been wanting to remedy. Specifically, I wanted to learn how to

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • May 25, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  Onto the next world! a stupidly long metaphor

  

  to learn and gain from it. Don't get me wrong, it's nice to visit. I ... describe how much happier I've been since I've come to college. I learned so ... so much...only to return to a house that does not feel like a home

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 24, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  warmth feelings i miss

  

  wanted to push me in. every once in a while i’d feel so uncomfortable ... front of me, because somehow that made it easier to believe that i wasn ... . staring into the charles from the bridge brings to memory, the six of us, in

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • July 27, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  interview: joy buolamwini hidden figure, poet of code, low-key actual superhero

  

  recognition software]. I would end up borrowing my roommate's face to get the ... was an issue I'd run into when I was an undergraduate. I went to Georgia Tech and did my bachelor's in computer science, and I used to work in a

  • by Allan K. '17
  • March 5, 2017
• Blog / Events

  Live from MYSTERY HUNT Live from Mystery Hunt

  

  7 to begin the hunt [12:48 PM] Now in Baker starting to solve the puzzles. If you want to join us: Come to Baker 6th floor for live action. Join us digitally at: Go to: http://headquarters.mit.edu Username

  • by Bryan
  • January 13, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Creating the MIT-verse behind the scenes of this year’s pi day video!

  

  : soo we sat together and brainstormed how we can get away with having ... of how there are so many dimensions to MIT. Angela: what is this work relationship bureaucracy we're in? we had to be corporate with them [MIT

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • March 10, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Katrina I can't stop thinking about it.

  

  been affected by this - this tragedy has been on my mind every waking ... 't know what to do other than watch and hope. And I keep thinking "did this really have to happen?" Those of you who plan to be engineers, perhaps you

  • by Ben Jones
  • September 2, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  My Disappointment Is Immeasurable And My Day Is Ruined A story about cream soda

  

  moral of the story is to eat your greens, kids (and by “greens”, I mean ... Office gave a presentation about adjusting to life in the alien environment ... to learn that it also existed in the US. None of the MIT dining halls

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • September 15, 2022
• Blog / CPW

  From First Visit to First Week A Reflection on Independence and Making Decisions

  

  took a flight by myself to somewhere completely new in the middle of exam ... would’ve meant the world to freshman me back in high school. But as I ... nights and interesting experiences, I want to reflect a little on my first

  • by Richard O. '28
  • September 12, 2024