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• FAQ / Academics and research

  What is the HASS Requirement?

  Institute's capacity for innovation.  MIT SHASS is home to research that has a global impact, and to superb graduate programs, all recognized as ... vital to an effective and satisfying life as an individual, a professional
• 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 ... MIT provide unparalleled leadership training and practice to cultivate ... each week and a required summer program at some point prior to graduating
• FAQ / Testing

  How does MIT consider test scores? Does MIT Superscore?

  . Standardized tests are required for every first-year application to MIT. However ... evaluated within an applicant's context. To view test score statistics from ... highest score achieved in each section. We do this in order to consider all
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Christmas in February Shiny new toys MIT gave me this semester

  

  never quite materialized, I still got to experience Christmas in February ... work with at MIT these days. There's a lot to unpack here. (Indeed, I ... blog post about this class from a year ago if you want to see a more

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • February 14, 2024
• Blog / Hacks

  “futility island” socially conscious hacking? in MY institution?

  

  It's more likely than you think! To understand this hack, you need ... to the animals and parts of nature whose voices are "silenced ... planned to Building 54 -- a renovation sponsored by Shell, the oil company

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • September 25, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  PSA: CrowdMath, by Art of Problem Solving and MIT PRIMES, is a thing now a brief note in between committee breaks

  

  problems for the students to tackle together. If the students reach ... the opportunity to collaborate on a large research project with top ... Solving are working together to create a place for students to experience

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 11, 2016
• Blog / MISTI

  Break New Ground Join the NEW MIT-Chile Program

  

  MISTI is pleased to announce the launch of its eleventh country ... MIT faculty and students to connect with research and innovation in ... , is home to the country’s most important universities and research

  • by MISTI Program
  • November 17, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A week of work

  

  made very difficult, but we can earn back up to half the points we lost ... something to do with codes. Thursday: 9.71 midterm. I was pretty happy about ... 'm talking to another course 9 major, the usual response is "What?", so I

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • October 29, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet the Admissions Officers: Jenny Rifken Name:Jenny Rifken; Job title: Director of Recruitment and Associate Director of Admissions; Hometown: Elgin, Illlinois

  

  Square, Coolidge Corner, Beacon Hill, the North End, just to name a few ... music: I love nearly all kinds of music, but if asked to name a few, I'd have to include Sting, Annie Lennox, Seal, Alison Kraus and Union Station

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 3, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  The Scholar, Episode 2 A few thoughts on last night's episode of the reality television show "The Scholar"...

  

  really do think universities need to do more to make college affordable for ... team challenge (school spirit??) seemed to be straight out of "The ... is supposed to be a new kind of reality show, I guess I shouldn't be

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 14, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  RA Selection Day 8 & Beyond

  

  of my friends, all on their way to Doctorates in AI. He also wrote the text book I used for 1.00: Introduction to Computers and Engineering ... noted MIT professors have helped to select the freshman class while I

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 26, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  The waiting is the hardest part

  

  : I got fed up with racing home from school everyday to check on the mail, only to find NOTHING from MIT. So, I have taken matters into my own hands. I wrote a note to my mailman, telling him to leave anything from

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 13, 2004
• Blog / MIT Life

  It Lives. can i be nostalgic yet?

  

  , consciously or otherwise, to it. That rhythm was their driver and catalyst ... to wherever they had to go. Tentatively, I took a step. And another ... difficult to follow, too hard to keep in time with. Erratic. Flighty. I

  • by Cami M. '23
  • September 2, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Thirteen Theses on Wide Tim In a world which really is topsy-turvy, the true is a moment of the false.

  

  But certainly for the present age, which prefers the sign to the thing signified, the copy to the original, representation to reality, the appearance to the essence... illusion only is sacred, truth profane. Nay

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 23, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Wide-Eyed meet the therapist hanging above my bed.

  

  Krystal talked about had been picked through and claimed. I don’t like to ... just waiting for me to bring him home. He keeps a very watchful eye as I sleep and dares anybody who walks by to have a staring contest with him

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • October 4, 2016
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  A bevy of beautiful Brass Rat bezels A tour of the past 8 MIT class rings.

  

  of Technology Class Ring dates back to the spring of 1929. C. Brigham ... was to design a ring to be used as the Standard Technology Ring. The committee's first decision was whether to use the beaver or the Great Dome on

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 13, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Bed arrangements in dorms, and beauty on campus

  

  'm always happy to answer your questions. I'll demonstrate this by answering a ... are made to fit together, not built as a single entity. So you can ... not all dorms are limited to singles and doubles. In Baker, there are

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 8, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Top Blog Posts of 2015 widely viewed and capturing the essence of 2015

  

  earth. From little victories to large setbacks, everybody's gone through something. As we move onto 2016, I like to think about what in my own life the ... ? by Ana V. '15 May 2015 A Hard MIT Class by Vincent A. '17 How to

  • by Erick P. '17
  • December 31, 2015
• Blog / Events

  Curiosity What were you doing?

  

  Sudan, etc. While reading an article, I happened to sit up straight, so that my line of sight was no longer perpendicular to the laptop screen; I ... :26pm: four minutes before the rover was due to land. Whoops. Good call

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

  Food Fights behold the deliciousness that could be yours

  

  posting it up on the web. I polished off an apple at the end to keep the ... . I used to say "little" brothers but now they're both bigger than me ... decided to hold an "Eating War" this past Tuesday at their campus dining

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 15, 2011