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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

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

  

  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 ... of Technology Class Ring dates back to the spring of 1929. C. Brigham

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 13, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Central Meetings Today, we'll mail out the first of four batches of letters announcing the MIT meetings…

  

  invitation, you'll still be able to RSVP (details forthcoming). Each year, a ... , California. It will be my first ever visit to Miami, Tampa, San Diego, and ... announcing the 70 meetings we'll be doing across the country this fall. We call

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 19, 2005
• FAQ / Life and culture

  What kind of study abroad programs are available?

  semester in South Africa? Want to improve your foreign language skills by spending a summer in China or heading to Spain during the month of January ... expenses covered by MIT.  
• FAQ / First-year application

  What are the deadlines for first-year applicants?

  the application, you are still able to add them by following the “Add ... exam results after you submit your application, you are still able to add them by following the “Add new test scores” link in the application
• Blog / MIT Life

  Pilot The first video in a vlogging experiment

  

  . Hopefully I'll be able to keep up this schedule (hooray for end ... To start out the new school year, I'm going to try including more fun ... writing text posts, but I just want to experiment more beyond comics and

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • August 31, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  This is it. the last "what classes I'm taking" blog

  

  is about to catch up to me (just kidding, I'll most likely still be a ... , I still have to get through all of the following classes in order to ... Semester @ MIT | Infographics Well, good luck to all of us this spring

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • February 20, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  Mitra, it’s your birthday. Happy birthday, Mitra!

  

  DID YOU KNOW? Umbrellas were thought to be an accessory suitable only ... among men in the 19th century. Mitra usually does not allow me to take pictures of her, so I do not know how I managed to get this one. I thought it

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 4, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Autumn in New England The trees explode with color.

  

  I've been lucky enough to be able to enjoy autumn in New England recently. For those of you in regions that do not have four seasons: autumn ... yet reached Cambridge, the below photos come from recent trips to New

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 17, 2005
• FAQ / First-year application

  Does MIT have any age limits?

  , the more creative you'll have to be in submitting supportive ... from high school for a while, we would expect to see the results of your ... /employers and other supportive materials that would assist us in getting to know
• FAQ / First-year application

  How does MIT consider extracurriculars?

  apiculture (beekeeping) to building nuclear reactors in their garages. We realize our applicants are very committed to their schoolwork and with their ... realize that students in the U.S. have a huge array of extracurriculars to
• FAQ / QuestBridge

  Can I submit the MIT application with my QuestBridge application?

  enough information for us to evaluate students for admission. However, you will have to submit our MIT QuestBridge Supplement, which will be ... If you are named a QuestBridge Finalist, you do not need to submit an
• Blog / How to Human

  Sounding Stupid More Ramblings Of A Spring Semester Senior

  

  How To Avoid Sounding Stupid* *All advice should be taken with a ... essays; you don’t want to be there when they find out you can’t remember ... dedicated their lives to the study. Actually, don’t do anything that would be

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • April 1, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Building 46 ‚ô•

  

  , as of January 15, 2010, happens to be my major. Generally, MIT ... that if you know what major you want to pursue, you can declare it and be ... -high atrium to its bamboo forest to its bold colors to its people. This is

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • January 18, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  bump MIT students design products

  

  The past weeks of my life have been consumed by 2.009, MIT's famous senior product design class. By the end of the class, our team of 24 students will have taken an idea from nothing more than a sketch on paper to

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • November 19, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  New ZigZag and more A new episode of MIT's video podcast, and Susan Hockfield speaks out on energy research.

  

  As you know, MIT is embarking on a mission to tackle the world's energy and environment problems. Today, I've got two pieces of media to check out relating to this mission. First, there's a new episode of Zig

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 19, 2006
• Blog / Classes

  Notes on Cancer rate my handwriting

  

  .[/annotation] That's such a cool sentence to type out. In the past, I've had issues ... XD hahahaha ROTFLMAO"]legibly[/annotation] and abbreviating in a way ... an exam. This semester, I'm going to experiment with rewriting my notes

  • by Abby H. '20
  • September 10, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Live from Florida Hello from Tampa, Florida!

  

  just this question, but I gave a short answer and deferred to my colleagues. I promised the student I would link to the latest ZigZag video podcast, because it is about D-Lab, one of the great ways MIT helps students

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 7, 2007
• Blog / MISTI

  Wir fahren nach Berlin! Bullet holes in the cemetery walls, plus Liv Tyler.

  

  guy. What a strange way to end your professional career, I think. Since ... decided to raise Liv as if Todd Rundgren were her father. Since her mother ... went to Berlin for the World Cup finals! Things were appreciably crazy

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 11, 2006
• Blog / Athletics

  IM sports totally rock

  

  glowing. Really, IM sports are the coolest thing ever! It's a great way to build community, to have fun, to stay in shape. I could not imagine MIT ... 'll have to take a picture of it and post it), and I'm so proud of my

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 17, 2004
• Blog / Residential Life

  All the 2023 i3 videos megapost

  

  first years typically consult MIT guide to residences while choosing where to live. This guide includes the Interactive Introduction to the Institute (I3) videos, which are produced by students to show off their life

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 3, 2023