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• Blog / How to Human

  how to meet curious people

  

  (and free food), but I don’t try to get involved with them at any deeper ... -professional clubs proliferate like dandelions—I’ve found it reasonably simple to avoid ... passion. To be fair, MIT may have cultivated a different culture than these

  • by Rona W. '23
  • April 19, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Jenny Hu- Adapting to Artifical Gravity Junior Jenny Hu worked in the MIT Man Vehicle Laboratory to study if people can…

  

  takes a while to get used to. It is important for astronauts to adapt to ... Manned space exploration has been limited to fairly short missions to nearby sites such as the moon and low Earth orbit. For NASA to carry out

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 7, 2005
• Blog / Residential Life

  how to grow a vibrant kresge just add sod

  

  once it gets to be grass-killin' szn again. [caption id ... torment season. From August to March, the grass in front of Kresge is hit with an onslaught of violent offenses ranging from tents to snow, turning

  • by Abby H. '20
  • April 18, 2019
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  61 Things to Love About Boston Give or take a few.

  

  A lot of the day-to-day communication at MIT happens, not through face-to-face conversation, but via email. I get email from my dorm, from ... another day. Will I ever get around to writing it? Time will tell!

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 29, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My 7 Favorite Places to P-Set! Eat, Work, Repeat.

  

  down this one road that was awfully hilly. To get to the point of the ... get to Target and I ended up turning the other way to go along with my ... Florida anymore! I went out today in part to get the photos of the places

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • November 10, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  To-Do List for Regular Action Applicants With the deadline a month away, there are things you need to be doing now.

  

  get very busy this time of year, respect their time! Try to get your ... If you are applying to MIT this year, here's an update on what you might want to be thinking about: If you haven't yet done so, set up a My

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 1, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Victoria’s Secret Update UPDATE!

  

  Ok, quick update to my post immediately below this one. Read that one before this one, otherwise this one won't be nearly as exciting. Ok, so, now when you go to vote for MIT you get this lovely screen: YAY!

  • by Snively '11
  • November 2, 2008
• FAQ / Life and culture

  What does “drinking from a fire hose” mean?

  Getting an education from MIT has been likened to taking a drink from a fire hose—the sheer number of opportunities and rigor of our ... must pass a swim test in order to graduate!
• 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 from the alleged resemblance of the brass beaver featured on the ring to
• FAQ / Life and culture

  What do you mean by “MIT Speak”?

  exactly what you're saying. (You have to enter "MIT Code" in the ask field to get an answer.)
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Spring Break! A little guessing game.

  

  I have to travel east from Boston to get there. ... At approximately 9.30 pm on Thursday night, Spring Break will begin. I leave for (blank) on Saturday. Anyone want to guess where I'm going

  • by Bryan
  • March 23, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Peace Out, 2005 Saying goodbye to a great year!

  

  is the worst grade to get. It means you were "this close" to an A- but ... that if I were to get a B+, I should have opted to do less work and get ... 2005 in Review Being in college manages to teach you a lot of life

  • by Bryan
  • December 31, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  Beaverheimer (Pi Day 2024) 3/14/24 at 6:28 PM ET

  

  [email protected] and someone from the MIT Admissions team will get back to ... choices that you get to make! ... , March 14 at 6:28 PM ET. To check your decision, visit apply

  • by Tim
  • March 7, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  The Early Applications… Things are getting busy here at MIT Admissions!

  

  -258-8304. Please be patient, as materials take a day or two to process. Now, to get ... *Update as of 2015: Early action is available to both domestic and international students.   Things are getting busy here at MIT Admissions

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 14, 2007
• FAQ / First-year application

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

  would assist us in getting to know you. Obviously, the greater the ... There are many applicants to MIT from many types of backgrounds, and while we consider them all in their context, we need to know some common
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  I (don’t) want the summer to end me writing poetry? what a concept

  

  -down, I want dinners together, and parties at midnight; I want things to get ... I don't want the summer to end. I don't want to pack the rice cooker and carry my laptop through campus; don't want to fold my sheets all

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • August 6, 2021
• Blog / Classes

  Let me introduce myself. Alternatively titled: Whomst'd've?

  

  whatever MIT has to throw at me. That last paragraph is supposedly my identity -- how I define myself to other people when they ask me who exactly ... Calculus I 3.091 = Intro to Solid-State Chemistry 21M.011 = Intro to Western

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 5, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Transfer Decisions to be Released Today

  

  applicants will be emailed their decisions at 5 pm. Eastern Time to the email ... , we had to decline admission to a great many outstanding students. We ... prepared to be part of an dynamic MIT community next fall.  

  • by Chris LaBounty
  • May 7, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  on a stage in black and red Performing in the MIT Monologues

  

  the green or pale pink of street clothes stood out. We’d only begun to ... met the producer in the blur of EC Rush. She pitched the concept to me ... asked good questions to narrow them down. I settled on writing a piece

  • by Amber V. '24
  • March 9, 2022
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Ode to the New, Part 2 Slowing down time in the Land of Enchantment.

  

  I'm currently on the MedLinks retreat; it feels good to get out of ... secretly wanted to do this. ...get special seats at fractal Planetarium ... hotsprings, and even climb up rocks to get there.. I learned that crutches

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 9, 2010