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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Trendy Reif Strikes Again this time with the ALS bucket challenge.

  

  sclerosis, aka Lou Gherig's disease. The challenge is to dump ice water on ... video was to compete, I would have to get a great view. Shuffling my way ... university president. My favorite example of such continues to be MIT President

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 26, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Watch Ceri on SciShow! teenage mutant YOUTUBE NERDFIGHTERS

  

  went in front of the camera to nerd-fight SciShow creator Hank Green

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 4, 2016
• Blog / Events

  The Blogger’s Cut, Year One Some other first year memories captured in photos

  

  simultaneously affirm and cast doubt on their claims to coolness. But hey, they ... to move out. For Next House, residents that weren't graduating had to check out by noon on May 21st. Conveniently, this was the day after my

  • by Emad T. '14
  • May 25, 2011
• FAQ / Academics and research

  What’s happening at the Institute for Soldier Nanotechnologies?

  research to create new materials, devices, processes, and systems, and on ... useful to the soldier. Army members of Team ISN also give guidance on ... industry partners work together to develop technologies that advance soldier
• Blog / MIT Life

  Happy Thanksgiving! Happy Thanksgiving!

  

  So I'm about to cook a turkey for the first time in my life, but before I foray out into the world of basting and boiling, I wanted to wish a Happy Thanksgiving to you all. And just remember had it been for

  • by Bryan
  • November 24, 2005
• FAQ / Life and culture

  Is there an MIT Flying Club?

  , encourages and facilitates affordable, hands-on experiences in full-scale flying for the MIT community. Open to pilots and non-pilots, the club ... -ins to the MIT campus, organizes fly-outs to New England airports and
• FAQ / QuestBridge

  If a QB applicant is admitted EA/RA, will they receive full financial aid?

  citizenship. If you're admitted through Early Action or Regular Action, MIT will assemble a financial aid offer that will meet 100% of your demonstrated need. This usually means an award similar to the College Match Scholarship
• Blog / Personal Travel

  My Old Kentucky Home

  

  . Compared to most people in the South, I certainly don't. But in my first ... I interact with who have known me long enough to know what I talk like, and therefore don't feel compelled to comment). I certainly use some

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

  The best Metro station ever The Metro does it best.

  

  Metro, to get downtown. While I was waiting around the Medical Center station, which is located next to the NIH and my house, I saw this ... biological technique that helps you detect a protein and get information about

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 6, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Transfer Decisions Released Today

  

  with their decisions this afternoon, so you should expect to hear from ... process, we eventually were able to offer admission to 25 of them. Transfer students are some of the very best MIT has to offer. I highly recommend

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 3, 2012
• FAQ / Life and culture

  What’s MIT’s mission statement?

  to bring this knowledge to bear on the world's great challenges. MIT is ... The mission of MIT is to advance knowledge and educate students in ... nation and the world in the 21st century. The Institute is committed to
• Blog / MIT Life

  merry christmas from MIT and my newsfeed a snapshot of holiday cheer from cambridge to new zealand

  

  are dedicated to "catching up" on work and usually IAP and Summer are ... 've done this on occassion when we are confused whether to go with Russian or ... It is standard practice to leave MIT as quickly as possible upon

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • December 25, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2.007 play by play It slices and it dices.

  

  Her name is Betsy, and she got me to the finals of 2.007. This just goes to show you how lucky one individual can be. I actually thought I'd lost my round, and then when I went to go put my car down, they

  • by Bryan
  • May 17, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Some summer pictures

  

  that I was an MIT student definitely helped me get hired. I arrived in mid-June. I flew to Geneva and then took the train to Lausanne. I ... construction outside my window. On one of my first days in Lausanne, I visited

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • September 24, 2006
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Things in My MIT Household that just make sense

  

  things you'd find in your typical day to day household. Over the summer ... that my friends and I are in a sitcom. We refer to every school term as ... summer season 3."]Season 3[/annotation] house in Virginia to the Season 4

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 10, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Deadline where I attempt to reason through an approaching all-nighter

  

  don't mind a lack of sleep too much. In the morning, I get to watch the ... , have coordinated their Problem Sets to be due in almost symmetrical time intervals on the same day. I call it Dark Thursday. Learning at MIT is hard

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • September 17, 2014
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Pictures that don’t belong anywhere else – Part I because i'm a slackslackslackball.

  

  other day on my way to Brigg's Field. It was lookin' pretty good so I took ... those 4x4's running through the middle of your room?!" Well, yes. But here ... it over IAP when a single became available) and was kind enough to let

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • February 17, 2007
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Deferred Early

  

  , and unfortunately we could not take all of them. If your decision was deferred, then we will reconsider your application anew in Regular Action ... students shortly, to help you manage those complicated feelings. 

  • by Decisions
  • December 13, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  Admitted Students Update Class of 2012 guestbook and an update on The Tubes.

  

  . Watch your mailbox! Finally, feel free to use this entry's fresh comments ... As of yesterday, all 522 admitted students can log into MyMIT for the Class of 2012 guestbook directory (post your picture!). Also, all of the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 18, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Ides of March Among other things, I now have the power to kill Macbeth.

  

  DID YOU KNOW? Chicken Tikka Masala was actually invented in Great Britain. I know you're all probably still recovering from your raucous Pi Day celebrations, but I'd like you to join me in celebrating the birth

  • by Sam M. '07
  • March 15, 2006