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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Looking Backwards Sherman, set the WABAC machine to....

  

  : This is what it used to take to get in to MIT-definitely a lot less work ... into a socialist utopia. But, prior to leaving for home for spring break ... everything I brought with me), I paid a visit to Kim’s office and did some

  • by Alina G. '11
  • March 27, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Scholarship Opportunity: Davidson Fellows A look at a scholarship worth up to $50,000, and some past MIT winners.

  

  the easiest way to test divisibility by a number using automata. By ... applicants and students are quite a talented bunch. As such, I try to look out ... wanted to share it with you

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 30, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Juniors: MITES, RSI and WTP deadlines approaching Summer programs at MIT for 11th graders.

  

  The three high school summer programs hosted by MIT -- MITES, RSI ... open exclusively to high school juniors. MITES and RSI are free; WTP is ... Introduction to Engineering and Science (MITES) is a rigorous six

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 26, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Cream Tea with the MIT Club of Great Britain Meeting MIT alumni in the UK

  

  happened to be on a business trip to London so he decided to stop by. Anyway ... The MIT Club of Great Britain invited us to cream tea recently. Here ... tea was when I went to this event. But the president of the club kindly

  • by Cambridge
  • April 27, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Quick updates Miscellaneous Admissions Office updates.

  

  , unfortunately, once again fallen far behind on my email. Aplogies if you're ... !Great entry by Mollie.Did you know that an MIT student is the No. 1 Scrabble

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

  A Brief History of Hacks Unfortunately I couldn't get Stephen Hawking to narrate.

  

  easier? Not to mention your most special friend, or "friend^0" is "the one ... adopt exponential notation to denote level of friendship. I.e. A "friend ... example: "I was going to go to that convention with my friend, but a lot of

  • by Chris M. '12
  • June 22, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Great Glass Pumpkin Patch and a bonus video of a cat chasing a spider.

  

  followed by a one-day sale the next day, to benefit the lab and its ... created by a team of about six artists. In this blog post, I want to convey ... is annual, put on by the MIT Glass Lab (the people who make the

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • November 5, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Boston Book Festival #3 of 3 Boston Adventures

  

  . **** Last fall, my friend and I went to the Boston Book Festival (BBF) in ... hardbacks with pleasantly smooth covers, free tickets to the fancy Boston ... to the Church of the Covenant for a Fiction Keynote. One of my favorite

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • May 14, 2016
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Waitlist, 2010

  

  waitlist. Within the next few days, we plan to admit approximately 60 ... with aid packages. Admitted students can then choose to accept our offer ... around during the waitlist period; you will lose your deposit at the other

  • by Dave McOwen
  • May 13, 2010
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Science is Delicious! Zen and the art of hot chocolate

  

  Just a few hours to go, and I know you're feeling the stress. We're feeling it too, believe it or not. I have to tell you that the selection ... , wonder and sleep deprivation that MIT students come to embrace. I don

  • by Dave McOwen
  • December 16, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Life as a Talent Scout I could be the next Randy Jackson.

  

  , Battle of the Bands, I went to check out a potential band for the ... the Cheesy Tots. I don't even want to know how many years of my life I scraped off with that one. I soon arrived at Harper's Ferry to a packed room

  • by Bryan
  • February 28, 2007
• Blog / Classes

  i’m catching up a blog about all the things i wanted to blog about but couldn't find the…

  

  couldn’t get myself to blog about because staring at screens hurts. So here ... And just like that my junior year at MIT comes to an end. Not with the usual last-minute packing or the rush over to Logan airport, but

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • May 20, 2020
• Blog / Announcements

  MIT Regular Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  you use to log in to your MyMIT account. There are no interim screens, so you should be sure you are ready to receive your decision online before logging in to decisions.mit.edu.   Between Early and

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 14, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT Regular Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  you use to log in to your MyMIT account. There are no interim screens, so you should be sure you are ready to receive your decision online before logging in to decisions.mit.edu.   Between Early and

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 14, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Waitlist post Answers to waitlist FAQs.

  

  I have to go to MIT? What about financial aid? You're not required to ... "yield"), we admitted 1474 students. However, it isn't possible to exactly predict how many student will attend this year. To help with the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 27, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Lost Art of Hand-Lettering Lives at MIT hidden in plain sight

  

  letters on all of these doors have been hand-lettered by one man, Glenn ... . Most people around campus know Glenn, by sight if not always by name, but ... to campus, which are highly visible even while his labor is not. As

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • January 12, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  Snapshot #1 Short summary of a long week.

  

  associated with touching water that had once belonged to the Charles River and ... heroically toward MIT. Simultaneously bewildered and inspired by the aerobic ... greeting as we passed, accompanied by a frenzied, Picasso-esque facial

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • June 28, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  MITSO Gone Wild! [by Shelby Heinecke '13] MITSO performs with Aardvark Jazz Orchestra!

  

  , led by MIT Music and Arts Lecturer Mark Harvey. They treated us to a ... [by Shelby Heinecke '13] This past Friday, the MIT Symphony ... symphony was composed by Charles Shadle, a faculty member in the Music

  • by ARTalk
  • March 15, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Supporting our DACA Students MIT’s commitment to the safety and well-being of all students has not changed and will…

  

  conditions to work and study in the United States. This reevaluation has been rumored for awhile, but now seems to be approaching some kind of decision ... openness to talent, and a long tradition of national service — I believe

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 1, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  I Suppose It Was Inevitable That We Have An Office Instagram a list of some other places you can find the blogs (and the bloggers)

  

  Nearly five years ago I added a Facebook share button to the blogs. It's strange to think that was so long ago, and also strange to think that it was once not obvious that people would come to the blogs any

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 10, 2014