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• Blog / Hacks

  Lost, Hosed & Confused I got hacked today.

  

  who ends up with the proverbial "Kick Me" sign on his back? Well, that happened to me today. After my 24.900 lecture this morning, I decided to take a brief nap in the student lounge off of the Infinite Corridor. When I

  • by Paul B. '11
  • November 25, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  Poaching Imagination Just a few more hours.

  

  dreaming about big envelopes the way you used to dream about reindeer. You ... In just a few hours, you'll know whether or not you have the option of spending four years at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • March 18, 2006
• FAQ / Life and culture

  How does one attain a Pirate License?

  arrrrrrr! Come to MIT and earn your Pirate Certificate. All MIT undergraduates must complete eight points of physical education classes to graduate ... H. '20 is one of the students who has earned official MIT Pirate
• Blog / How to Human

  Hello Blogosphere! My dirty little secret...(I've never taken calculus)

  work at MIT Admissions!? The kid who used to complain about how much you ... similar to the "nerd herd" who shamed me in high school. However, after ... and the people in it as I am. MIT isn't this cut-throat battle to have

  • by DJ Rock
  • December 8, 2018
• FAQ / First-year application

  Do I have to send an official college transcript?

  Applicants who have completed college coursework are asked to submit an official transcript. An official transcript submitted during the ... you submit an unofficial college transcript, the information will be
• Blog / Admissions

  Advice for the MIT Interview keep b r e a t h i n g

  

  ). A description of the current interview process is posted here.  0:08 Our deadline 0:22 What happens during an interview 1:30 What to wear 2:16 How much does the interview matter?? 4:16 What if I bomb the interview

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • October 6, 2017
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  And the winners are… 2010 Blogger results!

  

  who to invite into the elite ranks. Unfortunately that would be a lie ... , and one large pizza, we were able to narrow our list to the magic number ... . I'm looking forward to a year of joyriding along with the bloggers we

  • by Dave McOwen
  • August 27, 2009
• FAQ / Life and culture

  Can I play football at MIT?

  The 2014 Engineers were the winningest (real word!) MIT football team ever! In front of an enthusiastic home crowd on Senior Night, the MIT ... the U.S. Coast Guard Academy. The win gave the Engineers the first nine
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  rolltreppe I use the word funky loosely in conversation but these tunes are tight. um did…

  

  for the last four years thanks to course 6, and didn't find out about ... (here is a subset of the group at Dylan's Emerson recital): To crazy ... ): To various combinations of the above mashed into each other: They

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • May 21, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Green Monsters

  

  . Yesterday was also the deadline to schedule the early action interview. What ... may want to consider doing the "completely optional" essay (really, it ... what kinds of things they talk about. A week and a half to the early

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 21, 2004
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Avoiding moonlight on an empty stomach Late-night snack cravings lead me underground on meandering routes to Massachusetts Avenue.

  

  . Once said novelty is firmly affixed to said vacuum attachment, the lid ... basement in the middle of the night, I moved to the side and acted like I was ... journey :-) If you take the stairs to the left up one level, you arrive

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • September 11, 2005
• 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!

  

  ! - recommended: right-click+save as on the link to download the file and listen on ... prior to MIT. Jenn: I began playing piano at the age of four. Of course ... times when I felt pressure from my parents to practice piano. In the

  • by Chris S. '11
  • May 27, 2010
• Blog / Hacks

  Laser Graffiti I found something cool on the way home.

  

  , climbed up to the top floor (we figured out where the source was) and found ... out of the room to retrieve the guy who had initially set all this up ... freshmen entered the room to take a turn, so we left to give them space. Who

  • by Anna H. '14
  • August 28, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Victorian Literature? MIT, perhaps surprisingly, has top programs in ethnomusicology, the history of Islamic architecture, and more...

  

  to pursue interests in the humanities at MIT -- I mean, the name of the ... opportunity to meet with Dean of the School of Humanities, Arts & Social Sciences (HASS) Philip Khoury, to help us talk about and address the quality

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 24, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  Class of 2021 Wait List Today, we have closed out the wait list for the Class of 2021.

  

  , our plan and hope is  to admit students from the wait list. This year ... than 76%, which left very little space to admit students off of the wait ... you have submitted. We appreciate the time and effort you have put in to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 10, 2017
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  In the Music Cubes, no one can hear you scream…

  

  ... which just goes to show what a great job the acoustics engineers did on soundproofing the building! I got to experience it first ... . (Although the placement of those windows leaves much to be desired.) [caption

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • September 25, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT ISEF Reception MIT will be present at the Intel International Science & Engineering Fair in Albuquerque this…

  

  Thursday, May 17th, from 3:00pm to 4:30pm at the Hyatt Regency Albuquerque ... ) to me (in the comments or via email). I hope you can join us! MIT ISEF ... , and Ian '10 address the crowd. On Wednesday night, I went out to dinner

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 12, 2007
• FAQ / First-year application

  When are decisions announced?

  -March for Regular Action. We'll email instructions for accessing the decision letters as soon as the official release date(s) and time(s) have been determined. Applicants will receive the email about a week prior to the release
• Blog / Admissions

  Transfer App Is Live For current college students hoping to enter MIT in the Spring of 2013

  

  , complete, and mail the MIT Transfer Application to MIT Admissions ... entry in the Fall of 2013. To enter MIT as a transfer student, you ... university. Transfer admission is extremely competitive. The answers to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 19, 2012
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Campus Activities What to do while not learning.

  

  challenge would be a fun activity to partake in. Not familiar with the gallon challenge? Here are the rules: 1) You have one hour to drink a gallon of milk ... 't have tons of time to do fun stuff. I was digging around on my external

  • by Snively '11
  • September 3, 2008