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• Blog / MIT Life

  Hit in the Face: A Snively GuestBlog Snively's point of view. Only this time it's actually his point of view, and not…

  

  After a lot of searching, I’ve discovered a video on YouTube that is ... . Hello, my name is Snively, and I’m about to get hit in the face with a ... Burton Conner. Recognizing my desire to blog a bit before then, Laura

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 14, 2007
• Blog / People & Identities

  Amicus briefs and the ABCs of a diverse MIT A SCOTUS filing with Stanford et al, and a strategic action plan for an inclusive…

  

  A few weeks ago, MIT —  in conjunction with Stanford, IBM, and Aeris ... to the lawsuit in question, but that have a stake or insight into the ... [/annotation] said in a statement: [This brief asks] the Court to uphold over 40 years

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 27, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Q&A for EA Deferred and Regular Action students your last minute questions

  

  calls. Many of us who read applications are taking a little break and ... the January 1 deadline may still have a few questions. So let ... officially a member of the RA pool. Should I send in extra materials? You

  • by Kris Guay
  • December 20, 2013
• Blog / Challenges

  A Mentor to Remember – Patrick Winston (1943-2019) Celebrating Professor Winston

  

  A collaborative post by guest blogger Jessica Quaye '20 and Caroline ... but he spent a great deal of time talking about how important it was to prioritize togetherness (especially in a place like MIT where it is easy to

  • by Caroline M. '18
  • July 24, 2019
• Blog / Hacks

  The Great Dome, Marriage Equality, and a Proud Hack Better yet, all three in one picture!

  

  Dome as a medium of art, commentary, and celebration. The Dome has been

  • by Joel G. '18
  • June 27, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Setting up a Global Warming Research Center…in Antarctica Meet Zahir Dossa ’08 (Courses 6 and 15; Nu Delta), who could sell you your…

  

  up a global warming research center in Antarctica.” “Why ... established himself as a techie par excellence. His 6.170 team won the award for the best Gizmoball game in Fall 2005, he completed a competitive

  • by The Humanitarian Blog
  • October 25, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Classes! REX! Politics! Science! (Vlog and a Riddle) You have 2012 jars of 1-kg mollusks, with 2012 1-kg mollusks in each jar....

  

  a riddle for today: You have 2012 jars of 1-kg mollusks, with 2012 1 ... evil neighbor, a competing mollusk hunter who owns the dock’s only ... the words is irrelevant. Don't let the cyrillic stop you. Have a

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • September 16, 2012
• FAQ / International applicants

  What if my country has a different academic calendar?

  We’re aware of the different academic calendar in Australia, New Zealand, Brazil, South Africa, and other countries in the southern hemisphere. Students from these countries may apply to MIT before completing high school…
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Falling in Love with a Language at MIT interviews with two of my inspirations

  

  on Facebook, Gchat, or Tumblr, there’s a good chance it’s from her. I ... . The next time I took a Chinese class would be at MIT - and I ended up ... classes, I have a sneaky suspicion that if I just stop using Chinese (which

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • January 10, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A Collection of Curious Creatures at the MIT Zoo terrasaurs, quetzals, and portal cows, oh my!

  

  There was another hack on campus this morning! This time, it would appear that some hackers decided to turn the Infinite into a zoo, featuring the imagined animalistic avatars of some MIT courses, programs, and

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 26, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What do you do with a BS in econ? Answering Karen's question about my degree

  

  Do You Do with a BA in English?") What do you do with a B.S. in econ ... I have no skills yet The world is a big scary place But somehow I can't shake The feeling I might make A difference To the human race ... the

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • March 9, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Selecting from 10,439 applications and a dozen ties.

  

  about a week, and the process of selecting the Class of 2009 (including ... . Today, I'm wearing a tie, which is my custom for days on which the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 16, 2005
• FAQ / QuestBridge

  What happens if I’m not selected as a Match?

  matched with a binding school and must attend your Match school. You could be matched with a non-binding school (MIT). In this case, you may
• FAQ / First-year application

  I’m a non-traditional applicant. How do I apply?

  that non-traditional applicants take some college courses at a community college or in a non-degree program prior to applying to brush up on their
• Blog / Blog Projects

  i made a dress out of target bags i also edited a video about it

  

  Hey yall. It's been a while. On Sunday June 21st I texted Ceri that ... -do list. Life finds a way, I guess. Anyways here's the vlog <3 https ... 's Cabinet of Curiosities, which I watched a lot of while sewing. One day I

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • September 21, 2025
• Blog / Events

  Next House Thanksgiving 2016 (sort of a guest post) A (very late) recount of last Thursday’s celebration

  

  Kyle S’16 (the organizer of the event) if he could talk a little bit ... dinner has happened for the past three years. A few of us who were not ... everyone a place to go for Thanksgiving dinner, and we tell residents to feel

  • by Fiona M. '20
  • December 1, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  There are a lot of awesome things named ‘Kaiser’ This post mainly consists of drawings of my professor, sentence fragments, and my over-use of…

  

  . Actually, I was never a huge fan of this band, but they produced some catchy tunes a couple years ago. (For fans of alt-rockers like Franz Ferdinand ... nevermind. 4. Kaiser. The card game. (Apparently there’s a Canadian card game

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • October 10, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  [Guest Post] A Journey to the W I D E by Wide Tim (Margaret Z. ‘23, MEng ‘24)

  

  Wide[annotation note='Wide Tim is a whimsical student-illustrated incarnation of MIT’s mascot Tim the Beaver']Tim[/annotation]has become a ... ’s hard to go through the semester without seeing him, from a poster in the

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • February 13, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Waxing nostalgic, in a zen kind of way I've heard of zen. This is not zen.

  

  There is a car alarm going off somewhere in my neighborhood. The ... .10 might have been a C, but I'll never know - I took it on Junior-Senior P ... , which made for a frequent point of contention between me and my once

  • by Keri G. '10
  • December 31, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  From the eyes of a newly minted EC A flashback++

  

  So I'll admit that I haven't written in a while, and sadly, I have ... 2003. Then one afternoon, I got a phone call. Actually, I missed a phone ... area code. Who knows it could be MIT!" I responded with a snarky remark

  • by Bryan
  • March 31, 2008