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• Blog / Hacks

  Another hack Snow and hacks and exams.

  

  close to the amount of brain-shocking work that your two math classes will ... Responses to Comments: A: Hey Laura,stupid question : I just wanted to know if you have to buy the TV, or do you rent it or... ? The TV is

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 21, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  School’s… in Excitement! Passion! ...Class?

  

  prompted me to say, "You're taking 9.15? Me too!" Yessss, pset buddy). Jomar ... technical classes at MIT are referred to by their course numbers. Those that ... precious. The upperclassmen started a pool about when they'd start to put off

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 7, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  craze how a blog gets born

  

  itself through me as if it, itself, wants to get out into the world and I ... the time I randomly get the urge to make something it feels like I ... love to use paint as a base for mixed media things) or a new media

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • January 13, 2025
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Fraternities @ MIT They're quite a Rush.

  

  like this: "You can tell what we care about by the way we introduce ... made that year, and how they continue to affect my life today. Without a ... freshman was choosing to join a fraternity. It was, in retrospect, also one

  • by Paul B. '11
  • August 30, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Stu Schmill ‘86 named Dean of Admissions Exciting news!

  

  I thought you all would like to know this exciting news! Schmill named new dean of admissions March 24, 2008 Stuart Schmill SB '86 has ... reason to believe will yield a diverse and talented class," Hastings said

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 24, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT goes on the road Over the next month, MIT Admissions Officers will visit dozens of cities across North America.

  

  colleagues and I will go forth across this continent to tell you tales of MIT ... Island, followed quickly behind by Virginia and Pennsylvania. For a ... decisions on which students to admit. We'll provide advice and tips wherever

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 3, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Ethnicity Information (Optional) No easy way in.

  

  this, “I consider myself to belong to the following ethnic group(s) (check all that apply)”. At least for myself, this is an easy question to ... mark it and move on to the next part of the application. For some though

  • by Beatriz Valdez
  • September 2, 2011
• FAQ / International applicants

  Do application materials have to be in English?

  professional service or a teacher in your school complete the translation, but you can't translate the material yourself. If your teacher translates any documents, please ask him/her to sign and date the translation
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Hwæt! Did you know that you can study Old English at MIT? The language of Beowulf and J.R.R. Tolkien's Rohan

  

  how you're expected to sleep for grief, so I'll try to comfort you with ... , Euripedes - thousands of poems - Aristotle's own library brought to Egypt by ... can be lost to it. The missing plays of Sophocles will turn up piece by

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 9, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  On the Road Again Adventures in Texas!

  

  tweeting" (although isn't all tweeting sort of live by nature?) of my adventures, so if you're interested, I'll make another plug for my Twitter account - feel free to follow me @MikeyMIT. So far it's been mostly text

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • October 4, 2010
• Blog / Athletics

  Back Bay 5K Cool running... so cool that my legs were numb. (11 pictures)

  

  As I wrote in a previous entry, I signed up to run the Back Bay 5K last Saturday. Results here. I very intelligently chose to walk across ... weekend and aren't aware, it was rather chilly. And by "rather," I mean

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • April 10, 2006
• Blog / Residential Life

  memorial for a dorm goodbye east campus (for now)

  

  before you, all the memories made by people in this soon-to ... need to have some sort of memorial service to commemorate the death of ... years that this room has lived i've only been here to bear witness a

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 6, 2023
• FAQ / First-year application

  Do I have to submit a school profile?

  Your school counselor (or equivalent) should submit the Secondary ... recommendation and a School Profile, describing your school's curriculum and community. Many international schools don't have a school profile. If your
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  A Half-Century of Hacking MIT's original hackers are still alive and well, right on campus and just a short…

  

  and everything had to be done by hand. Today, club members design ... If you don't go to MIT, when you think about "hacking," you probably think of nefarious nerds tapping away at Internet terminals, fueled by

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • August 16, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Undecideds It's crunch time for college decisions.

  

  With 10 days to go until the May 1st postmark deadline for your college decision, I figure now is as good a time as any to the students who ... would you like to know about MIT? What are your lingering concerns? Etc.

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 20, 2006
• FAQ / Transfer

  What are the deadlines for transfer admission?

  For spring entry (February), we must receive your final application with all supporting documents by October 15, 2025. Only U.S. citizens and ... entry (September), we must receive your final application with all
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A flash of brilliance and answers to some questions

  

  ); you're pretty much expected to take at least 32 units per semester (2+ classes), or else you're considered to be taking a light load. ... all sides. It's difficult to brown the meatballs evenly in the skillet

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 13, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Tuesdays with Linda It's kind of like making smoothies but not.

  

  So Sam and Mollie have both introduced you to their interesting ... their UROP. Basically, in a nutshell, I spent 2 hours sending emails to ... possibly interesting to me. Not having much exposure to a lot of research

  • by Bryan
  • January 31, 2006
• Blog / Events

  beautiful moments i think too much

  

  check in, watching older students smiling widely when they get to put ... 's been harder to notice the nice and pretty things in life: sailing on the ... tension of not-quite-capsizing, square dancing, the joy i get when working

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 21, 2022
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Nonlinearity My conjecture on finding my way through four years at MIT.

  

  to me by the minute. Fortunately, through my work on the committee, one ... 's very easy to project a very linear path for your life or your experience ... you're presented with so many opportunities that you don't know how to

  • by Bryan
  • October 13, 2007