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• FAQ / Academics and research

  Do most students complete a UROP?

  The opportunity to get involved in research as an undergrad is one of ... who is working on something that you think is awesome. More than 90% of ... reactor (the only one of its kind located on the campus of a major research
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  The Spirit of Competition [by MIDN Brendan McCord, '08] Every year, the Army, Navy, and Air Force duke it…

  

  of being in the Navy, when push comes to shove I knew that the guys on ... as the sun struggled to illuminate the lifeless region. In the center ... to act, my eyes focused directly forward. Out of my periphery I could

  • by ROTC
  • October 31, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Baby Steps It made tonight's newswire. The grass is still green in Boston Common.

  

  immediate peers at home had gone on to university, and a spread of gap years ... level of education on a footing equal to my new classmates by simple virtue of like age. I made my transition to Massachusetts on an eggshell

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • February 7, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Everybody LOVES a math joke Math jokes for a Monday chuckle!

  

  Judging by the facebook group "I Wish I Were Your Derivative So I Could Lie Tangent To Your Curves!" with 42,000 members, everybody loves a ... ...here's one she loves to tell (copied from an article in the American

  • by Melis A. '08
  • November 6, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Waiting (is the hardest part)

  

  regular action process. More on that in the weeks to come. Out of fairness ... envelope (4.125" x 9.5"). As for the admit letter, it is unlikely to be ... 's early acceptance rate so low compared to other selective colleges?" Well

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 10, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2.009 Recap: wearables, games, and other SUPER products

  

  process: the build challenge from early in the class to get students ... (MechE). As promised, I wanted to follow up with a recap blog post this ... . You can watch the full video here:     If you would like to

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 19, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  It’s like I go to class or something. Or whatever.

  

  Contrary to popular belief, I actually do stuff outside of farting around and doodling. Stuff like going to class and paying attention to important stuff. Filing that one away in my list of Things To Refer To When

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • April 2, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Amsterdesk Time is on my side, it's on my side now.

  

  ridiculous. Remember to set your clocks back! This blog is actually part of ... to do except homework. This is especially useful since almost all of my homework requires me to be online--so, while I'm supposed to be looking up

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 29, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Application Reading Season Kickoff We are indeed looking for human beings in every sense, not just looking for numbers.

  

  preparation for the meeting, we were all assigned the same three applications to ... was pleased to find that I wasn't too far off in any of my ratings and recommendations - and in many cases I was dead-on - which means that my "calibration

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 25, 2004
• Blog / About Decisions

  Tell Me Baby ..what's your story?

  

  me know you're out there - we're all really psyched to meet you! Just ... So you're admitted! You're a rockstar! So I'm bringing this post back ... loves me and is really excited that I got in and is also really excited to

  • by Jess K. '10
  • March 21, 2007
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Who’s that girl in uniform?

  

  on to be an astronaut on the next generation of space vehicles. As much ... hard. People on campus might know me as Audrey from Little Shop of Horrors or as “TA number 2” (the one with music on Fridays

  • by ROTC
  • May 3, 2010
• Blog / Events

  Fabulous Festivities & Fireworks for the Fourth The annual Boston Pops concert and fireworks show.

  

  , and MIT has a front row seat. Each year on July 4th, a concert by the ... nationwide (10pm et/pt on CBS). The concert occurs at Boston's Hatch Shell, a concert venue on the Esplanade, a nice park along the Charles River, which

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 3, 2007
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Democrats, Republicans, sportsmanship, books The unbearable awesomeness of literature at MIT.

  

  thanks to Ariel '09 for sending me a text message at 2 AM with only that ... goes like this: "An astronomer, a physicist, and a mathematician were on ... middle of a field. "How interesting", observed the astronomer, "all

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 1, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Glass Flowers A trip to Harvard to see the glass flowers (8 pictures)

  

  On Saturday, it snowed!! On Sunday, the sun was shining. Go figure ... ?). Early this morning, some friends and I went to the Harvard Museum of Natural History We went mainly to see the Blaschka Glass Flowers

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • October 30, 2005
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Waitlisted

  

  on the waitlist. If you would like to be considered for the waitlist, or you want to learn more about it, you can read more here. Waiting ... A lot of students applied to MIT this year, and unfortunately, we

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2024
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Waitlisted

  

  on the waitlist. If you would like to be considered for the waitlist, or you want to learn more about it, you can read more here. https ... A lot of students applied to MIT this year, and unfortunately, we

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2022
• Blog / Events

  MITHenge Blinded by the light.

  

  Every June 21st, thousands of people flock to Stonehenge to watch a very special sunrise. On this day, the summer solstice, the sun is perfectly positioned to shine through the narrow opening between the heel

  • by Melis A. '08
  • January 31, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  BEST WEEK OF 2007 ...a self-rewarded happiness.

  

  than when I got into MIT for undergrad. I knew I was going to get into ... by a little I mean a ton. I was invited to interview for my PhD at my top two choice schools!!! Needless to say, I did a happy dance. Still

  • by Bryan
  • January 20, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  technology to bear on the challenges that cancer presents. Key discoveries ... collaborate with their investigators on ways to prevent cancer and other ... 's contributions to cancer research. I'll reprint it below: Even without a medical

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

  Open Thread: Admitted Early

  

  YOU GOT IN! It's time to You might be wondering, “What’s next?” Well, [annotation note="or now depending on when you see this"]later today,[/annotation] you’ll receive an email with details on what’s next, so be on the look

  • by Decisions
  • December 19, 2020