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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The Years of the Rat More about MIT's famous class ring: the "Brass Rat."

  

  ring is known as the Brass Rat. Why? Because it is made of gold and ... North America and instantly chose the beaver. The beaver not only typifies the Tech [student], but his habits are peculiarly our own. The beaver is

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 21, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  just one more gnome game it will fix me

  

  small game" -Cyan “GNOME GAME IS JUST LIKE JUGGLING IN THAT THE GNOME IS THE BALL AND THE GROUND IS YOUR HAND AND YOU WANT TO KEEP THE GNOME ... (but not as of posting), it is Cyan's birthday! As a present, my

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • November 4, 2025
• Blog / Challenges

  art and work i really struggled with titling this one

  

  , everywhere at once, and that there is only the present time for it, not the shadow of the past, not the shadow of the future?’ ‘This it is,’ said ... - watch the first two episodes to get a sense of what each character is like

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • November 27, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  New York Times, New York Times

  

  not use the scores in admissions decisions until it is satisfied with ... Friedman, talking about his new book, The World Is Flat. MIT President ... Yesterday's New York Times had another article about the new SAT, and

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 16, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Bicycle Race More things happen, and I pretend that I've read your comments.

  

  ?" MTG is a student-run organization and not part of the Music and Theater ... DID YOU KNOW? The song "Holland 1945" by Neutral Milk Hotel is about ... correct answers. That is not uncommon for MIT. Today in UROP Andy presented

  • by Sam M. '07
  • May 4, 2006
• Blog / Events

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

  

  : Okay, so I'm not much with Photoshop, but you can see the barge is right ... separates Boston from Cambridge and MIT. The fireworks barge is moored in the ... Cormick Hall, and Baker House. The barge is directly across from Senior House

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 3, 2007
• Blog / Events

  Lip Sync ‘08 Because I want . . . you . . . back

  

  Sorry for not having posted recently. It's gotten to the point where the work is completely overwhelming and any time not spent working is ... saw a huge chalk message (not unlike the hundreds of chalk messages

  • by Snively '11
  • April 27, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Senior Gift Kickoff Make your mark, without (grade?) inflation

  

  campaign Our class's theme is the "5.0 Challenge" -- to achieve at least 50 ... donor. Below is the "grading scale" for how well our class will do on ... the grading scale in many of my classes. Not much Ivy -style grade

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • November 13, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Mas33h Hall A quick look at life in the Castle

  

  room is a triple. It’s on the 3rd floor. ~~~coincidence?~~~ Yeah ... ) Dining. There is a constant stream of food from the Howard Dining Hall.  Maseeh is the only dorm that serves lunch, and it also does late night

  • by Taylor V. '19
  • April 9, 2018
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Boston Pops John Williams and a bottle of wine -- on a school night!

  

  anniversary to the Boston Symphony Orchestra (BSO)! This is how lovely Symphony Hall looks when it is not so yucky outside. Here's the beautiful ... January? That tall man in the middle is none other than John Williams! He

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • May 15, 2006
• Blog / Class Projects

  The Year of the HASS thoughts on single-tasking, cheese slicers, and the tyranny of the mind

  

  supposed to take is less than the actual number of units, although it’s a bit ... in mind. It was magical. It’s not that I don’t enjoy the technical ... . The basic idea is that multitasking doesn’t work because every time your

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • February 23, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Q&A for the Waitlisted Some (hopefully) helpful questions and answers for waitlisted students.

  

  the waitlist? As I've said, the waitlist is not ranked. We will ... uncertainties, we also keep a waitlist of students. Is the waitlist ranked? No ... -- approximately 5.5% of applicants -- a spot on the waitlist. Not all of those

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 20, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  BoA & Restricting

  

  ; Planning, Jeff is now a city planner for the city of Cambridge, MA) watching ... evenings. BoA's "My Name" is down to #10 this week. The #8 video, "Windy" by Eugene, reminds me of a Dance Troupe concert (Dance Troupe, by the way, is

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 25, 2004
• Blog / Admissions

  Supplemental Materials Answering questions about extras beyond the formal application.

  

  submit the supplement are not), and there is no audition process to take ... considered (most people who submit the supplement are not), and there is no ... . None of the below is required or even expected. In general, you should

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 29, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  The Number Game A few words of advice before applying to college.

  

  baseball cards in my kindergarten days. I guess the whole point is MIT looks ... graduate school applications. I was worried and was like "OMG my GPA is NOT PERFECT" but then I realized that graduate school is not just about GPA. For

  • by Bryan
  • August 2, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Application Tracking now available You can check the status of your application components now on MyMIT.

  

  . What happens if the tracking system is missing something? First, do not ... no impact. The best way to get us a missing piece is by fax. Our ... not processed standardized test scores that that you had the testing

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 28, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  fun facts about random stuff sometimes i just like learning new things

  

  the history of words. Each item is something that I did not know before ... , the reason why I feel like this is a "break", even though objectively it is studying, is that it's the opposite of the kind of learning that MIT

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • January 5, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  Building, building, building, building This one goes out to the one I've left behind.

  

  Center is interesting, if not necessarily attractive, and I think the ... as the "international symbol for Frank O. Gehry architecture." This is what the actual building looks like. ...not entirely unlike the much

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 28, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Mandatory: MIT Mid Year Report What you need to know.

  

  Midyear Grade Report is intended for students who have indicated on the ... yet – you need to read some important info below. What is it?  The ... we really want is to get the MYR as soon as possible when your grades

  • by Chris LaBounty
  • January 16, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Passions (No, not that kind)

  

  college essay is a lot of work, but the work should not be bad; the reason ... left the house, and then forgot to publish it. Well, here it is, a year ... process was Not Fun. I can certainly agree with that when looking at the

  • by Cam T. '13
  • January 1, 2010