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• Blog / Announcements

  The First-Year Application for the MIT Class of 2025 is now live

  

  most applicants probably won't notice a difference (since they never used ... . However, we have also added a set of optional questions across [annotation ... announced by Stu: a reminder that we have suspended our SAT/ACT requirement

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 13, 2020
• Blog / Announcements

  MIT files lawsuit on behalf of international students alleges ICE policy “arbitrary and capricious and an abuse of discretion”

  

  students on F-1 visas to take a full online course load this fall if they are ... decision would "encourage schools to reopen" this fall, a statement that ... MIT has participated in a legal challenge to immigration policies

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 9, 2020
• Blog / Blog Projects

  blogs that are marinating IS THIS POPULISM?

  

  AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA   And it seems like I'm going to be leaving the blogs with a ... would likely never become anything on their own. I have a similar thing ... the one you want the most![/annotation] Cursed Images Part II A

  • by Abby H. '20
  • December 31, 2019
• Blog / Majors & Minors

  What MIT Is Like for Non-Technology Majors a quirk of the institvte

  

  Since its founding in 1861, MIT has been a special place for ... a fatal loophole in the founding charter, that you can actually study ... Institute of Tarantella: A lively course of study in performance. Vivace

  • by Abby H. '20
  • April 1, 2019
• Blog / Athletics

  8,726,400 SOS: The Conscious Subconscious guest post by a fellow '21

  

  *written by a '21 as a part of the 8,726,400 Seconds of Summer guest ... on a good day) and commuted into Cambridge, resulting in the traffic ... beginning of this initiating process there was a lot to get used to and a lot

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • August 13, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Our 2016-17 Application Essay Questions For those of you rarin' to go.

  

  As the summer rolls on, we're starting to get a lot of questions from ... 'll answer these questions. Our approach to application "essays" is not a ... 's questions: We know you lead a busy life, full of activities, many of which

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • July 26, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Awesome Biology UROP: florescent plants, genomes, metabolomes, big data, puzzles + more! Bonus: A VIDEO!

  

  describe the specifics of what I do, but gives a general idea of why. It also ... Biomedical Research, with shots from my lab and our greenhouse. It's a pretty ... sequence. This is a data sample of a portion of the Arabidopsis metabolome

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • October 25, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Movie Marathon, Pt. I Watch ALL the things!

  

  Ah, readers, we meet again. I'm sorry it's been a while. Much as ... Simmons dining hall, I graduate in about a week...! ...But we will not ... never seen a movie involving time travel that I did not like. I can

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • May 30, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Techfair technology, stickers and internships

  

  semester, Techfair is a student run career fair that showcases some of the ... . It's a day long ordeal, with the actual career fair running from 10am ... Bot, "a drink mixing machine that can build a custom mixed drink with

  • by Connie H. '15
  • February 4, 2013
• Blog / Events

  Curiosity What were you doing?

  

  looking at a presidential election quiz; a long discussion about the ... 't become different colors. For example, what looked pinkish face-on became a ... - that somehow it's a victory for every human being. So, I managed to

  • by Anna H. '14
  • August 10, 2012
• Blog / MISTI

  Total immersion An MIT-Italy student finds her way around Rome

  

  ’ve come into a fuller realization of how interconnected Rome is. The first ... ). It took me a while to work up the courage to take a different bus to ... my bus only came every twenty to thirty minutes. So I stepped onto a

  • by MISTI Program
  • July 30, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  More for Admitted Students What to do now if you've been admitted to MIT.

  

  MIT Portal: Over at MyMIT, you'll find a bunch of stuff only available to ... transportation) of MIT -- driving and parking in Boston is not a good experience ... enter themselves on the guestbook, it's a good way to share your contact

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 15, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Regular Action Update State of the mail, application numbers, and more

  

  : We have received 18,064 total applications, a 1% increase over last ... system isn't showing a document yet, relax and wait just a little while ... applications have been read. So don't worry. At this time, do not send a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 19, 2012
• Blog / How to Food

  Adventures with Miracle Fruit The lemons had a meaty flavor that should not have been there.

  

  sweetness of acidic foods after miraculin is equal to that of a 17% sucrose ... approved by the FDA as a sweetener or food additive, but is mass-produced in ... . Interest in miraculin spiked after a May 2008 New York Times article on

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • December 12, 2011
• Blog / Hacks

  It’s Friday, Friday… hacking Mikey

  

  (Course VII, '05) and sang with the MIT Logarhythms when he was a student (fun fact: he was also a featured soloist on two early Kidz Bop albums ... his blog profile, is a happy dude, and full of smiles. But he hates

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 25, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  News for Admitted Students Some next steps for those who received the good news.

  

  MIT Portal: Over at MyMIT, you'll find a bunch of stuff only available to ... -- driving and parking in Boston is not a good experience. Local Admitted ... themselves on the guestbook, it's a good way to share your contact information

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 15, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  Reflections and Decisions Take advantage of every opportunity you can

  

  had a realization the other day that Cambridge is my home. I will always hold a place in my heart for Colorado, and I will be comfortable where ... sure it has been that way for the past two and a half years, but it is

  • by Becca H. '12
  • December 20, 2010
• Blog / Events

  Science, Technology, and Elephants. In which I take the best field trip ever.

  

  the best engineering school in the world—we have a circus live behind our campus for a week every fall!” This all being said, I should ... Gardens where the circus is actually held. Rose ’14, a Simmons resident

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • October 13, 2010
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Nerd Love Beauty and the Science!

  

  while enjoying a complimentary meal."), or the Tech's annual "Sex ... currently pursuing a PhD in analytical biochemistry. Here she is on PBS ... : She was your typical biochemistry "whiz kid", who geeked out as a lab

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 25, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Settled It's good to be back!

  

  Charles River has been replaced by a partial one that I can glimpse if I ... . It's so nice to be back; I didn't quite have a whole lot of time to ... !! I've pseudo-met my campers via a brochure that was sent out, detailing

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • August 20, 2010