FAQ / Life and culture
Why is it called the Brass Rat?
It's the goal of every incoming student at MIT to get their own Brass Rat—MIT's version of a class ring. The phrase "Brass Rat" is derived ... a rat.
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FAQ / Life and culture
What is MIT’s mascot/school colors?
Our mascot is a beaver—nature's original engineer. Perfect, right? Tim the Beaver has been a member of the MIT community for 100 years. MIT's school colors are cardinal red and silver gray. -
FAQ / Life and culture
What’s the campus life and culture like?
It would be impossible to tell you about campus life and culture at MIT in just a few words, so we're going to have to send you to another page on our site—hopefully, you'll get a feel for the vibrancy of our -
Blog / Academics & Research
A brief history of 2.007, the MIT class that inspired FIRST Robotics Complete with 1970s-era footage of Woodie Flowers
If you're like me (and I'm willing to bet a lot of our readers), then ... before about FIRST, which was a transformational experience for me as a high school student, and which I have been involved with as a student -
Blog / Academics & Research
I need a fix ‘cause I’m goin’ down Or, how I learned to stop worrying and love a 40%.
DID YOU KNOW? Mary Tyler Moore sent a signed copy of the single ... themselves to a differential equations textbook, buy their first starbucks ... ! I've got a German III test tomorrow, but general consensus on campus -
FAQ / Transfer
How do I apply as a veteran?
If you are a veteran and interested in learning in any way, shape, or ... our veterans page. MIT has a growing community of veterans on campus, which includes a dedicated Office of Student Veterans Success (SVS -
FAQ / First-year application
How do I apply as a permanent resident?
a U.S. citizen if you currently hold a United States permanent ... there is a change in your citizen status during the application process, you may notify MIT and send a copy of your green card via the -
Blog / Art, Literature, Music
gesturing around MIT drawing sights and sites around MIT
[annotation note="*Checks watch* wow I was a sophomore last time I ... phrase it, especially to a public audience, most of whom I probably don’t know. But, people say that a picture is a thousand words, and talking -
Blog / Academics & Research
I DECLARE BANKRUPTCY!! and also my major and also indecision
major, organized by what I considered, in a roughly chronological order ... 't necessarily regret? I think I had a lot of fair reasoning behind thinking I ... great for me to care. Nonetheless, I did apply to some schools as a -
Blog / Personal Projects
10 things I learned in 10 projects a run-down of my making misadventures sophomore year
, ever, but I am actually majoring in mechanical engineering. I went on a ... building project is like a sidequest: fully unnecessary and a lot of work ... [/annotation] as a hectic MIT schedule allows. I learned new things with every -
Blog / Academics & Research
UPOP Program and a look at Jay Dweck (‘77) UPOP is a one-week seminar that teaches leadership and work-place dynamics to sophomores studying engineering…
to do a great job at their internship, but *sometimes* they lack the ... attend a one-week session where we work in small groups, along with a Teaching Assistant (TA) who is in industry/research, to complete a series of -
Blog / Miscellaneous
Uncanny Valley im gonna make you shit your pants
Uncanny valley is a phenomenon where an eerie and unsettling feeling ... feel a little creepy. On a graph of human likeness to attraction ... diseased and dead while others think it implies the existence of a predator -
Blog / MIT Life
Simmons Cat cat cat cat cat cat cat cat cat
I love being back in Simmons after a long break. I get to hang out ... rearrange the modular furniture like giant Lego blocks. Perfection itself as a dorm. Well, maybe not quite perfection. After all, Simmons isn’t a cat -
Blog / Challenges
branches was it easy to let go?
, everything, which the author intended as a "feel good" game about ... everything. ben&ben has a song called branches, and when i listen to it i ... singer as a fire for the cold listener. compares themselves to a river and -
Blog / Art, Literature, Music
[joint post] give us your words you have words. we want your words.
writing thesis. Alan: Every Sunday, Fatima brings a poem which is invariably in some new form, as the class requires. Every Sunday, I bring a sestina. Fatima: If you didn’t know, a sestina is a poetry form consisting -
Blog / MIT Life
Living the MEng life same, different, same
'."]Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science[/annotation]offers a ... minutes each to complete. As you might imagine, particularly at a school where about a third of undergrads are EECS majors, it’s a popular option -
Blog / How to MIT
7 Rings actually just one but ya know
adventure here at MIT. Looking back at it all now, a lot has happened in the past two years. I've been through a lot. Let go of a lot. Grown a lot. I ... beats a 11 pm food order. Seriously. Get that medium-sized banana pepper -
Blog / MIT History & Culture
10 (more) reasons why MIT is beautiful part tvte?
Part 1 here (1) Because sometimes when you’re heading home after a long day of classes, you turn around and see this: A photo posted by ... ) Because sometimes it’s Christmas in April: A photo posted by Michael -
Blog / Academics & Research
bump MIT students design products
students will have taken an idea from nothing more than a sketch on paper to a real life product. This course is a FANTASTIC opportunity to get to ... 't think many classes let you build and race an elephant... make a -
Blog / Art, Literature, Music
MIT: The Sunsical The sunshine of May 12th
a musical by Erick '17 sung to the tune of "Summertime" by ... ; ♫Feels something like summertime Classe are over in a matter of time ... ♪ ♫These days life goes like this Wake up, go to class and then Gotta be a