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• Blog / Admissions

  Howdy From The Middle Of RA Selection It's Sunday at lunchtime and we have a bit of a break, so I thought…

  

  'd say hi. We began RA selection on Friday morning, with the official ... . Exciting! As I've mentioned, we also work on weekends during selection. When I arrived at 8:30AM on Saturday morning, the Infinite looked like this

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 19, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Burning questions A lot of people had questions!

  

  'll do an entry on MIT campus legends, if I can recognize enough of them. 2. Arturo asked about Mexican food on and near campus (also about more ... ). Anna's Taqueria is the only Mexican restaurant on campus, but everybody

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • January 21, 2006
• Blog / IAP

  Just 5 Days Left! Mystery Hunt begins in 5 days.

  

  inspired courtesy of my friend Pete: 100 folks are caught on an island by ... succession what color they believe is on their head. If they get it wrong, they ... . Note: They are not allowed to talk to one another once the hats are on

  • by Bryan
  • January 8, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Upcoming MIT Deadline January 1 is the Regular Action deadline.

  

  the Post Office postmark and mail your materials on or before January 1 ... on or before January 1. However, I strongly discourage procrastination ... will take our records office to process and for it to appear on your

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 27, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT in the news MIT research and hacks in Time Magazine & The Economist. (P.S. Bono visits!)

  

  First up, The Economist profiled Professor Gruber's research on ... (below) Finally, another article from The Economist -- this one on ... . Check out hacks.mit.edu for more, and here's info on the book Nightwork

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • December 20, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Some Notes Misc. fun stuff.

  

  with a 7-1 record [read more: MITAthletics] So, Summer got a 2300 on ... quoted in a recent Bloomberg News article on stress & college ... Times has an article on the length of the new SAT. Some students and

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 16, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Please Read This Regarding the mail screw up.

  

  want to spend a lot of time on the boards and the blogs, but a guy can only take so much hatred being thrown at him. We are working on ... posted, but I'd say count on it. Ben

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 14, 2005
• Blog / Athletics

  XC is Sexy

  

  I first saw the slogan "XC is Sexy" on the shirt of a 12 year old ... blog it. On Saturday, I went with some friends to Franklin Park, in ... made the trip to cheer for our friends on the MIT Cross Country teams

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • October 11, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Open Forum Monday Let's make a list of questions that you feel you REALLY need answers to ASAP.

  

  closer to application deadlines I know that your anxiety level is on the ... this started, I'll post a question that I received many times while on ... the movie "Risky Business"? (Not really a question I got on the road

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • October 11, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  You can get anything you want… ...excepting Alice. Or a good blog entry.

  

  I've also been really busy working on problem sets. It'll just be ... circles and arrows and a paragraph on the back of each one explaining what ... has a student holiday on Monday that the professors always seem to

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 17, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  fpop-ing I haven't worn a poncho since the third grade.

  

  stuff. Day One: - we heard a talk from a postdoc, Lyle Simmons, on DNA ... thrown on us at Blue Man Group Thursday: - a tour of IPI pharmaceuticals ... going on that are pretty exciting, and for all of you '09s reading this, I

  • by Bryan
  • August 26, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Western Union A celebration of marriage, nanotechnology, and acrophobia in Seattle, WA.

  

  (I should note that I stole this title from a People article on Kate ... and nostalgia, and on with the nerdiness. Mike Short '05 (Course 22: Nuclear Engineering) -- the original person who put a laptop on his door, no

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • July 20, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet The Admissions Staff It's my pleasure to introduce you to our current team.

  

  given on the previous year. We discussed things that worked really well, and set new goals for this cycle. I'm very excited to embark on my ... consultant (Did you know that your name tag should always go on the right? Do

  • by Ben Jones
  • May 19, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Notes From The Middle Of Selection What interdisciplinary fields will exist 100 years from now? What will people be able to…

  

  on the web, as we've been in selection committee since last wednesday ... . I only wish we had room at MIT for more of the amazing people on the ... Bio... the list goes on. My question: what are your predictions for 100

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 21, 2005
• Blog / Athletics

  IM sports totally rock

  

  without intramural sports. My four years playing on my dorm's C league ice ... . And I get just as excited when I put on my MIT Alumni jersey. I am a ... community out on the ice of Johnson Rink, or Jack Barry Turf, or Briggs Field

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 17, 2004
• Blog / Admissions

  First read

  

  each have read this weekend, getting on the same page as far as what ... .mit.edu portal, catching up on email (I'm still behind), etc. Current music ... essay options on this year's application, including "Write an essay

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 24, 2004
• Blog / Admissions

  Branching out

  

  With two Central Meetings down and two to go in the Bay Area, I'm much busier than I thought I'd be: behind on email, behind on blogging ... building a mini-Sukkah (MIT's is currently up on Kresge Oval, thanks to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 1, 2004
• FAQ / Life and culture

  Does MIT offer Army, Air Force, Navy ROTC?

  MIT is proud to offer Army, Air Force, and Naval ROTC programs on ... typically includes one or three hours of classroom training depending on year group and two hours a week of a hands-on, cadet or midshipman
• FAQ / First-year application

  Do students apply to a specific major?

  doesn't have any impact on admission decisions. In fact, a large ... number or acronym. MIT's majors and minors are listed on our site. And the Registrar's Office has more details on majors and minors. And we know you
• Blog / Challenges

  work-life balance (without a life)

  

  hanging out with your classmates. you go to classes with them, work on ... you're friends with, because you're on campus, and all the undergrads are on campus, or near campus. i spent my time with my classmates. i

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • August 10, 2022