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• Blog / MIT Life

  Howdy Where are you guys going to live? Etc.

  

  for an entry to this effect in the next couple of days. ... Thanks to everyone who submitted applications for admissions blogging! Thank heaven there's a selection committee - I could never choose by

  • by Ben Jones
  • July 24, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  State of the Mail We're processing a lot of mail.

  

  is to please be patient as you watch the application tracking system on ... As I write, our terrific Records Office team is processing the largest volume of mail you've ever seen. There is a lot of mail to be opened

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 6, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Solar Eclipses and Bloggers bloggers around the country all watching the eclipse

  

  Earth. To someone standing on Earth, the Moon would cover the Sun. In a ... able to take pictures of the Sun with my phone camera. Still too much ... , seeing the whole landscape around him fade to gray and then darkness

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 22, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Humans 101 @ MIT introductory SHASS classes this fall and recapping the lightning talks

  

  purpose of the list is to provide admitted students with a basic roadmap to the SHASSy side of MIT as they try to navigate the Institute and figure ... the most exciting/interesting topic in the world to them is at that

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 26, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet the Admissions Officers: Mikey Yang ‘05 Name: Mikey Yang; Job title: Admissions Counselor; Hometown: Troy, MI

  

  , have fun...the people here are so down to earth. Everyone's got a nerdy ... people will actually laugh and won't shun them to the library. The community here is so open, friendly, and accessible. I love being able to stay

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 19, 2005
• Blog / Hacks

  The Great Dome, Marriage Equality, and a Proud Hack Better yet, all three in one picture!

  

  States voted to legalize same-sex marriage yesterday. MIT noticed. The Great Dome is one of the most iconic pieces of architecture on campus, and is visible from Boston across the river. MIT hackers have long used the

  • by Joel G. '18
  • June 27, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Two Cool Projects

  

  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 ... Puyo, which is so low that few women consider it worth the time and

  • by The Humanitarian Blog
  • May 31, 2008
• FAQ / Academics and research

  How does MIT help student entrepreneurs?

  The MIT Venture Mentoring Service (VMS) supports innovation and entrepreneurial activity throughout the MIT community by matching both prospective ... the entrepreneur(s) in sessions that provide practical, day-to
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread for Waitlisted Students

  

  This year well over 17,000 students applied for admission to MIT in the most competitive admissions cycle in the history of the Institute. Because of the incredible size and strength of the applicant pool we were

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2011
• Blog / MISTI

  Jump into a new comfort zone!

  

  wonderful way to take my MIT journey above and beyond! Living and working in ... welcoming and cutting-edge place to work abroad. The research that I chose to ... previously been exposed to, but I embraced the challenge and had the

  • by MISTI Program
  • October 19, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Homeschooled applicants Some advice for our homeschooled applicants.

  

  available. I hope this is somewhat helpful to those of you in the homeschool ... 'd recommend bookmarking that page, and not this entry. But this should get the ... addition to evaluation of the homeschooling portfolio, are very helpful. Some

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 5, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Narrative of Discovery Most people would be hard pressed to tell a story that has both James Watson…

  

  Watson and Richard Nixon in it, but at MIT, anything is possible. The MIT ... Watson. Zebrafish and Cancer: What's the Connection? is a rich narrative ... expression, "the cure for cancer is research" throughout the corridors at MIT

  • by Laurie Everett
  • February 1, 2007
• FAQ / Life and culture

  What does “drinking from a fire hose” mean?

  Getting an education from MIT has been likened to taking a drink from a fire hose—the sheer number of opportunities and rigor of our ... must pass a swim test in order to graduate!
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Waitlisted

  

  Because of the incredible size and strength of the applicant pool we were unable to offer admission to many, many incredible students whom we would love to have on campus. However, we did place some students on our

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2015
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Waitlisted

  

  Because of the incredible size and strength of the applicant pool we were unable to offer admission to many, many incredible students whom we would love to have on campus. However, we did place some students on our

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2014
• FAQ / First-year application

  Do letters of recommendation have to be submitted in the MIT application portal?

  Our preference is for recommenders to use our application portal to submit documents. However, they do have the option to submit their ... how the recommender intends to submit their materials, because it will
• Blog / MIT Life

  Sue me, I’m a multicellular organism snob

  

  , Adam and I headed to the Museum of Science -- MIT students get in free ... Columbus Zoo. I managed to make my annual trip to the zoo last summer, but ... withheld dinner from me until I agreed to go to the movies. Being wily and

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 27, 2005
• Blog / Hacks

  A Fool’s Holiday How MIT celebrates April Fool's Day

  

  . The School of Engineering will be renamed the School of Imagineering and the campus will move to Orlando, according to hackers who altered the ... broke into the MIT web server and changed the MIT home page to indicate

  • by Bryan
  • April 1, 2008
• Blog / Athletics

  Beat It, Bump It, Spike It MIT + NCAA: Two acronyms people don't normally expect in the same sentence.

  

  I always wondered what it would be like to go to one of those really hardcore sports universities, then I had the chance to get it at MIT. Last ... to advance to the semifinal of the NCAA Division III Women's Volleyball

  • by Bryan
  • November 10, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Thoughts on Snow quick notes from the journal.

  

  The first substantial snowfall was yesterday, December 9. Things ... :30 AM (cough. Next House, Monday morning). Your backpack: not as waterproof to it as you thought. Silly: how grass looks like a bad shave when

  • by Allan K. '17
  • December 10, 2013