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• Blog / Admissions

  From Cambridge to You On the road again...

  

  Country Club Plaza If you're in one of these areas, I look forward to seeing you! And for the rest of you, say hello to my colleague who comes to ... answer. Getting out on the road to meet you is one of our favorite times of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 4, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Murals of Burton-Conner long live BC

  

  's living communities. And that's why I'd like to showcase/preserve some of ... Submarine. It kind of small and a bit before their time, so they decided to ... Mural We have a couple of murals dedicated to our DTYD parties (read more

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • March 25, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Welcome MIT Class of 2009!

  

  about the Class of 2009. I'm very excited to see who the class will be! In the meantime, all of you '09s should check out the Firstyear site and also the Orientation 2005 site. Thanks to Ann's blog for drawing our

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 2, 2005
• FAQ / Life and culture

  What’s MIT’s mission statement?

  The mission of MIT is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the ... intellectual stimulation of a diverse campus community. We seek to develop in
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The End of an Era The last lecture of 6.001

  

  while, I'll try to do a recap of last term, which was fantastic, but ... invented at MIT to teach the fundamentals of how to program. The first class ... happens to be the official name of the course. The class has been offered

  • by Evan B. '10
  • January 8, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Hitchhiker’s Guide to CPW DON'T PANIC.

  

  Vogon airlock with a man from Betelgeuse, and about to die of asphyxiation ... to be taking over MIT's campus in five days. You may have heard of it ... but a pale imitation of the truth - valorous but vain attempts to

  • by Paul B. '11
  • April 5, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  A Pythagorean Triple of Awesome Otherwise known as the weekend of the 4th of July. Just another long weekend in…

  

  to filling EVERY SINGLE MOMENT of EVERY SINGLE DAY with MAXIMUM ... like to hang out. Couple this with a bunch of our sisters visiting Boston ... ourselves out of bed at the ungodly hour of 9:30 so that we could get over to

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • July 18, 2010
• FAQ / Life and culture

  Can I join a fraternity/sorority?

  principles of leadership, scholarship, and citizenship, the FSILG Office encourages and empowers organizations to work together to positively impact the MIT community. The purpose of the FSILG Office is to enhance the out-of
• Blog / Events

  Dark Side of the Moon And everything under the sun is in tune, but the sun is eclipsed by the…

  

  , however, get a fairly decent photo of those people who decided to watch the ... to all residents. Tonight, about thirty of us took advantage of that fact to obtain one of the best vantage points of the eclipse. So, uh

  • by Paul B. '11
  • February 20, 2008
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Trip to Princeton U Taking advantage of the three-day weekend by taking a trip to Princeton!

  

  my friend, Maria '08, to visit one of my best friends from high school ... Three-day weekends seem like the perfect opportunity to catch-up on ... works out that way. Instead, you have one more day to procrastinate and

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 20, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  I went to the Arnold Arboretum!!! i become one with nature

  

  On Friday, I went to the Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University for ... spent a couple of blissful hours there. The area is HUGE—281 acres, to be ... kicked in; I'm allergic to pretty much every type of tree you can think of

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • May 25, 2020
• Blog / Community Projects

  We Are All Slaves to the Wind it gets pretty windy here in Kansas. Day 3 at the 2014 Design/Build/Fly competition.

  

  possible. We wanted our plane, Corn Dog, to fly all three of our missions ... extraordinary skill of our pilot, Adam (MIT alum and very experienced DBFer) to ... into the lawn to the sound of a collective grimace from the crowd. At

  • by Allan K. '17
  • April 12, 2014
• Blog / How to MIT

  Tips and Tricks to MIT What I have learned in my first semester at MIT

  

  me long time to learn all of these new subjects at MIT." It is more of ... ^____^ I am just trying to share a little bit of what I have learned, I hope ... time to do something productive, 9 out of time the only thing that will

  • by Ben O. '19
  • December 5, 2015
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  Battle in The Bay a comic

  

  seeding cells and learning to increase throughput with the use of all kinds ... excited to wake up and make my way to work. The routine has it's own kind of ... adult" in the "real world", I've been able to spend a good amount of time

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • July 1, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Cultura MIT students use online collaboration with their French counterparts to learn about each other's cultures.

  

  in the other country. It's interesting to see the different sorts of things that come to mind when we think of a "good job," for example, in comparison to what comes to the mind of a French student. We consider these

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • October 30, 2006
• FAQ / First-year application

  Do I have to submit my final grades?

  Most students apply to college at the beginning of their last year of high school, so final grades aren't available. Only admitted students are required to submit their final grades.  
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  A Tale of 8 Instagrams Low resolution, high flavor

  

  can change from pleasant to ominous in a matter of minutes. And that ... Once upon a time, I developed an Instagramming problem and started to Instagram everything, including the view of the Prudential building in Boston

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • September 21, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Sorting Hat of Sorts Where you live may be one of the most important parts of your time here…

  

  there so that the freshman can get the best idea of where they want to ... on that in a minute) you're bound to find a group of people with whom ... lifestyles. Residents of Senior House seem to have a really strong bond with

  • by Chris M. '12
  • July 29, 2011
• Blog / Events

  total eclipse of the cruft

  

  of others, I traveled to northern New England to see the total solar ... here are some of those who responded to me. Michael C '16 Here in Dallas, the cloud forecast was looking gloomy all month and up to the morning of

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 16, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  Two Cool Projects

  

  In this second-to-last entry, I want to encourage all of you to check ... Kendra Johnson '09, Sacha Yaku aims to empower the women of Santa Ana, Ecuador through the sale of their jewelry and ceramics. It is analogous to

  • by The Humanitarian Blog
  • May 31, 2008