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• FAQ / First-year application

  How does the MIT admissions process work?

  After you click the submit button, it's easy to feel as though your ... apply and when you receive your decision? We understand that not knowing the details can add a lot of stress to the waiting period, so we
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Intense Procrastination There's a difference between procrastination and INTENSE PROCRASTINATION!

  

  .004. Left is 7.012 studying, the second halves to all of those other things ... ? Instead I listened to the new Muse album (go buy it now) and found a solo in one of the songs ("I Belong to You") that I really liked, so I sat down

  • by Snively '11
  • September 19, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Our thoughts go out to Virginia Tech.

  

  particularly disturbed by yesterday's events to contact the many individuals and ... All of us here are quite saddened by the shooting at Virginia Tech. I ... message out to the MIT community: From: Susan Hockfield Subject: Tragedy at

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 17, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Stu Schmill ‘86 named Dean of Admissions Exciting news!

  

  . Hastings commended the search committee, chaired by Professor and MIT ... he was "deeply honored" to be given the chance to lead the office on a ... Office. "MIT is a very special place and the students who come here bring

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

  Autumn in New England The trees explode with color.

  

  is a wonderful time of year; the air is crisp, the foliage is exploding ... yet reached Cambridge, the below photos come from recent trips to New ... I've been lucky enough to be able to enjoy autumn in New England

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 17, 2005
• Blog / How to Food

  Adventures with Miracle Fruit The lemons had a meaty flavor that should not have been there.

  

  approved by the FDA as a sweetener or food additive, but is mass-produced in ... .42 kilodaltons of carbohydrate, 21.2 kilodaltons of protein) binds to the sweetness receptors of the tongue and activates them in response to acid, making sour

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • December 12, 2011
• Blog / Announcements

  An MIT Community Vigil for Black Lives

  

  , accompanied by her brother Steve and Darlene Washington as the ASL interpreter ... , and the nation, to do better. So I wanted to make sure we shared it here ... . If you don't have time to watch the full video, you can [annotation

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 4, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Fold, Throw, Recycle I used to get in trouble for doing things like this.

  

  In kindergarten, I used to get in trouble for throwing paper airplanes in class, but apparently, that's not the case at MIT. I received ... more on MIT AIAA, check this out. Photos from the event to follow.

  • by Bryan
  • December 11, 2005
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Let the Rush Begin On Greek Life at MIT.

  

  . A free meal or an outing to go paintballing is always also fun as well ... ) and the Panhellenic Association were all there either trying to invite freshmen to their events in the case of fraternities and ILGs or encouraging

  • by Bryan
  • September 8, 2005
• Blog / Classes

  i’m catching up a blog about all the things i wanted to blog about but couldn't find the…

  

  the usual last-minute packing or the rush over to Logan airport, but ... over, I can finally blog about all the things I wanted to blog about but couldn’t get myself to blog about because staring at screens hurts. So here

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • May 20, 2020
• Blog / Athletics

  SF AIDS Walk – Part II

  

  yesterday for the 20th annual AIDS Walk San Francisco. Thanks to your many ... away, Sam '07 is never far from me! Along the 10K (6.2 mile) walk, we ... , money, and other resources to this cause! You must be sick of all of the

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • July 17, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet the Admissions Officers: Alia Burton ‘05 Name: Alia Burton; Job title: Admissions Counselor; Hometown: Philadelphia, PA

  

  things about Boston: Museum of Fine Arts; the T (subway) is cheap and clean Favorite movies: The Mask, Moulin Rouge Favorite music: Hip Hop, R ... character: Garfield Advice about applying to college/MIT: Let your personality

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 28, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  The question thread

  

  Hi guys, I gather that you either have gotten or are soon getting your decision letters from MIT. I'm sure you've got a bunch of questions, so I'm making this the question thread. You ask me a bunch of MIT

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • March 19, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Blending In (Guest Entry) Of singing, eating, and shopping (sorta)

  

  fun to see all the random students and faculty pass by and stop to ... completely blown away by the diversity of the campus life. I knew that MIT was ... by the prospects of attending such a seemingly homogenous academic

  • by Snively '11
  • April 20, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Spring Weekend Concert Announced: Fabolous and Lloyd Banks

  

  One of the biggest events of the spring at MIT is always "Spring Weekend," and the highlight of the weekend is the annual Spring Concert, where a national musical act performs on campus. The headliners for this

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 23, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  An IAP in Texas, chapter one Reporting on location from Fort Worth.

  

  !) This week, I drove about 1200 miles from my house in Arizona to the Fort ... around here and if you want to get around, you need a vehicle. I guess that ... the home of my boss-to-be while he and his family are vacationing. I had

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • January 2, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Chem Lab Boot Camp!

  

  Camp. The footage has now been edited together in an engaging way and ... So course 5 (Chemistry) is doing something cool. Last January, filmmakers followed around the participants of 5.301 Chemistry Lab Techniques

  • by Chris LaBounty
  • August 22, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  what’s on my desk: messy person edition not sponsored

  

  seldom has enough free space for me to actually get work done.  [caption ... containing a draft of [annotation note = "I meant to revise this throughout the ... = "blogger points to anybody who can guess which flag it is"] knit hat

  • by Rona W. '23
  • November 19, 2019
• Blog / Events

  Graduations

  

  I'm on my way now to my brother's graduation in Pennsylvania. I'm not really sure how it will go, or how it will compare to MIT's Commencement ... speaker will be Irwin Jacobs, the co-founder, chairman and CEO of Qualcomm

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 20, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  fpop-ing I haven't worn a poncho since the third grade.

  

  marathon including Gattaca and Aliens in 6-120 Orientation is by far one ... So over the past couple of days, our FPOP has done some pretty cool ... Dynamics in the Tiny Bacterial Cell, in the Fall. - we toured the Broad

  • by Bryan
  • August 26, 2005