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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  MIT.01: Intro to the Institute, part 3 (Finals) You may begin at the sound of my voice. You have an hour to answer…

  

  teach, and I expect that it will be added to the extensive list of courses already existing on OpenCourseWare. To gauge the extent of how well you ... you to everyone! I got this!” Person looks around at all of us, and

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • September 26, 2013
• Blog / Announcements

  MIT Early Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  , and it is. As a matter of philosophy, we have typically preferred to ... want to make the most informed decision we can; the disruptions of the ... applications (or whatever else you choose to do) this year. The balance of our

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 18, 2021
• Blog / Announcements

  For those impacted by Hurricane Michael (and other disasters) clarifying our policies for applications affected by catastrophic events

  

  than their application to MIT. These kinds of events [annotation note ... application process because of delays caused by catastrophic events. We try to ... until Regular Action if that allows you to get the rest of your life in

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 22, 2018
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  an absolutely non-comprehensive guide to email sign-offs or, how to inject some fun into an otherwise boring routine

  

  contributions to the art of email. Without further ado, every email sign-off I ... a perfect spot for that! Before we move to the most absurd tier of ... reasons, and I was responding to an email on my phone at the end of a busy

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • March 9, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  Stu Schmill ‘86 named Dean of Admissions Exciting news!

  

  I thought you all would like to know this exciting news! Schmill named new dean of admissions March 24, 2008 Stuart Schmill SB '86 has been named MIT's next dean of admissions, Dean for Undergraduate

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 24, 2008
• Blog / Events

  The Secret Life Of Marilee Jones Sam is the funniest, though... BOTB and CPW Feedback.

  

  didn't get answered? I had a fun time meeting a lot of you, and I hope to ... (She's a rockstar by night) So Thursday night we got a preview of Marilee Jones's singing voice when she sang to the students who had

  • by Bryan
  • April 9, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Day in the Life of an Over-Scheduled Frosh Another hosed blogger? ShOcKiNg

  

  upperclassmen in charge of the club, people I’ve come to call my friends, laugh ... to the difficulty of the classes here."]PNR[/annotation], but I might ... ’m ready to go to bed. I’ll get about seven hours of sleep before my 9

  • by Powers '23
  • October 21, 2019
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Come to AXO Lip Sync! Come to AXO Lip Sync tonight to see some of your friends... "remember when????"

  

  entertained? If you answered yes to any or all of the questions above, buy a ... event will be donated to the Cambridge YWCA. "The YWCA of Cambridge has ... Do you want to relive your favorite pop culture moment? Do you enjoy

  • by Melis A. '08
  • April 29, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A Last Minute Rehearsal music in the time of corona

  

  attempt to make something positive out of this otherwise terrible situation ... going to the final rehearsal in the last days of us being on campus ... .  We were really excited to be a part of this production, originally

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • March 18, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Cancer Research The history and future of cancer research at MIT.

  

  research, from the isolation of the first human cancer genes to the development of a technique for delivering chemotherapy directly to a tumor ... professor, Robert A. Weinberg, won one of the largest prizes awarded to cancer

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 29, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  But What Are They Really Looking For? My thoughts (advice) on navigating (surviving) the college application process.

  

  things are becoming clear to me. This time of year my life has long been full of finding out about the lives of those who are applying to MIT and ... got to see applicants admitted and then watch them become a part of our

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • November 11, 2014
• Blog / Challenges

  Burn Out or Fade Away Suggestions for second semester seniors: don't take either for an answer.

  

  two weeks hooked up to a machine with my tongue hanging out of my mouth ... decided a better course of action for my life would be to leave MIT and ... out with your heart to a bunch of strangers. A little scary, isn't it

  • by Jess K. '10
  • January 6, 2007
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Top Ten Reasons I’m Thankful for Thanksgiving Breaaaaaaaaakkkkkkk!!!!!!

  

  was perfectly willing to spend an hour of his time today explaining it all to me - so now, I understand it in a kind-of-not-really sort of way ... all of Thanksgiving with these three; I'm going to exhaust the gloating

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • November 24, 2009
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  5 days to May 2

  

  you considering? Leave your thoughts in the comments... For those of you on the wait list, we won't know if we'll be going to the waitlist ... to know anything until the following week. In the meantime, May 1/2 is

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 27, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Stud/Fac Dinners Genius idea to get free dinner with MIT geniuses

  

  of Your Friends How to Avoid Being Set Up How to Pin a Boutonniere ... with faculty outside of the classroom/lab, our council pays up to $25 per ... friends and I spent the next few hours (well, days, sort of) trying to

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 17, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Love Affair: 11.027 & New Orleans [by Janet Li '12] Spring break in NOLA.

  

  encompasses a variety of different specializations, ranging from urban design to ... favorite classes I’ve taken so far, though, and much of that has to do ... for many years to come. I was part of the transportation group. Each day

  • by ARTalk
  • March 27, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Two short stories My last three weeks in a nutshell.

  

  've always been the first person to make fun of them. Between the claims of ... wasn't entirely convinced of that. I needed to see this for myself. I'm of the opinion that the way to dispel stereotypes about MIT

  • by Keri G. '10
  • September 24, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  I’m going to be a blogger! The words my family had to hear 635,382 times

  

  of those," my dad laughs. We are headed to Cambridge, to MIT. My ... suspect that I am looking forward to a whole lot of things I can't even name ... going to awesome wacky events in the furthest corners of campus. My

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • September 15, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What I’ve Been Up To No, not back around finals week - still not thinking about it... DURING IAP! When…

  

  break. But - I ended up passing all of my classes, went on an IAP trip to ... ! This is on our way to the Valley of Fire, named as such because of rocks ... giving you a large, apologetic explanation which would do nothing to redeem

  • by Marcela R. '13
  • February 9, 2010
• Blog / Events

  twerking, MIT style need more be said?

  

  Welcome to another edition of MIT Students Can Be Artsy™, aka We Do ... speaks to the diversity of MIT's student body.  The show ran the gamut from ... guest group Bhangra... ...to tap dancing... ...to a rendition of

  • by Michael C. '16
  • December 8, 2013