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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Two quick items from the web Anthropology of War and Peace, and a ton of snow at Chi Phi.

  

  substantial entries to come this week): First, I saw a link on a military blog (Naval Open Source Intelligence) to a relevant MIT OpenCourseWare course, 21A.217: Anthropology of War and Peace, taught by Prof. Hugh Gusterson

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 3, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Regional Meetings begin Texas, Puerto Rico, and Florida are first up.

  

  RSVP here. On Wednesday, I will fly to Florida in preparation for my ... . This is also a good chance for students to meet their interviewer face-to-face and to set up a time for their interview. We will always finish with an

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 5, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT Regular Action Admissions Decisions available online MIT Regular Action admissions decisions are now available at https://decisions.mit.edu.

  who applied to MIT this year were excellent matches for MIT, and most ... excellent applicants to bring together a class. I know I speak for all of the ... that much harder. Thank you for applying! We'll have more to say about

  • by Admin
  • March 14, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Quick updates Miscellaneous Admissions Office updates.

  

  A few quick things today: We have admitted 16 transfer students for ... 're waiting for a reply. Ditto on the comments/Questions Omnibus. It's still quite busy here!It is Finals Week for students at MIT. Good luck, everyone

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 25, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Apple Sculptures The Caltech Cannon and soft core porn

  

  I'll admit it -- the "soft core porn" reference in the excerpt for ... of the sculpture entries for Burton Conner (my dorm)'s annunal Apple Bake competition. Apple swans, skillfully crafted by my Graduate

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • October 26, 2006
• Blog / Athletics

  Go White Sox! I'm absolutely giddy that the White Sox are in the World Series and I had…

  chance to go to games one and two in Chicago this past weekend with my ... and haven't won a World Series since 1917 so I figured I had to take ... have been going to White Sox games since I was four years old and have a

  • by mitblogs
  • October 26, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Update from Kentucky

  

  day. If you try to comment, and your comment gets blocked...try removing ... come up with real things to write. In the past week and a half I've gone ... during finals and is finally getting better), four finals in three days

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • May 30, 2006
• Blog / Hacks

  Removing a hack This is too cool

  

  . Thanks Schmiedl, let me know how to get invitations like this! ... Ok, this is cool. Schmiedl was invited up to film the hack removal team actually removing the Apollo Lunar Lander from the great dome. This

  • by Snively '11
  • May 22, 2009
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Waitlisted

  

  on the waitlist. If you would like to be considered for the waitlist ... what to call; that's okay too. For right now, we just ask that you give ... A lot of students applied to MIT this year, and unfortunately, we

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2022
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Not Admitted

  

  This year well over 18,000 students applied for admission to MIT in ... unable to offer admission to many, many incredible students whom we would love to have on campus. For those of you whom were not admitted, know

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2012
• Blog / Events

  MITHenge Blinded by the light.

  

  Every June 21st, thousands of people flock to Stonehenge to watch a ... perfectly positioned to shine through the narrow opening between the heel ... years ago and historians still do not know whether it was built for

  • by Melis A. '08
  • January 31, 2007
• FAQ / Life and culture

  What are the housing/dining options?

  choose to join a conventional meal plan with access to dining halls, or you might prefer to live in a cook-for-yourself (and often, your friends ... culture and traditions. MIT housing is guaranteed for your entire
• Blog / MIT Life

  MITwitter That's possible the worst portmanteau I've ever made.

  

  traditional blogging. For one thing, it's easy to post cool things that happen ... title, this has something to do with twitter. It is in fact a historic day for me, much like the day I bought my Mac, after being vehemently

  • by Chris M. '12
  • June 19, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  RA Selection Day 5 and a day off (kinda)

  

  fantastic applications, the highlight of the day (for me) was my making mango lassis for the staff, to go along with the Indian food we had from India ... set to go for international selection, less than two weeks from now

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 21, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Visit YouTube to Participate in the World Economic Forum! Have world leaders watch and respond to your video at this year's World Economic Forum!

  

  ://web.mit.edu/mitir/) to spread awareness of an unprecedented opportunity: You can ... ://www.youtube.com/thedavosquestion and post a video response of no more than three minutes to the following ... individuals must do to make the world a better place in 2008?" World leaders

  • by The Humanitarian Blog
  • January 2, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Can you patch me through to the blimp? "Can you patch me through to the blimp?"

  

  So I can't take an ounce of credit for this artistic endeavor, but I ... , Yonas, Chris, Tom, Christi, and other Bakerites made this huge sign to hang from Baker to celebrate the Red Sox. We wanted news coverage, and

  • by Bryan
  • October 2, 2005
• FAQ / First-year application

  Do letters of recommendation have to be submitted in the MIT application portal?

  Our preference is for recommenders to use our application portal to submit documents. However, they do have the option to submit their ... how the recommender intends to submit their materials, because it will
• Blog / Admissions

  Pi Day = Mail Day? Too Early To Know No official mail date yet.

  

  Hi everyone, There have been a lot of comments in the blogs that we're going to mail on Pi Day this year. This was indeed the case last year, but we don't yet have a mail date set for this year. Just wanted to clarify

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 21, 2006
• FAQ / First-year application

  Do I have to send an official college transcript?

  Applicants who have completed college coursework are asked to submit ... -year students who would like their college courses considered for credit transfer will be required to submit an official college transcript.
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Admissions 2007 A quick look at this year's admissions.

  

  for MIT, and most were extremely qualified. Our task is to choose from ... year. We'll have more to say about the process for the admitted students ... weeks to come. In the meantime, we'll provide open threads today for all

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 17, 2007