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• Blog / Class Projects

  Angry Birds Fly at MIT Students construct trubuchets, catapults, and air cannons to take out the dastardly pigs on Killian…

  

  dressed up for the occasion The students have been working on their siege weapons this week in preparation for the pig battle ... majestic setting for the king pig An impressive-looking air cannon, ready

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 8, 2011
• Blog / Events

  And now your feature presentation Are there still theaters that play the "Let's all go to the lobby" jingle?

  

  has affected our view on leadership. For your reference, Joe starts ... conference at the New York stock exchange! Enjoy! For all you prospective ... offers opportunities for students to live out MIT's motto of "Mens et Manus

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • February 8, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  First Day of Classes! Today, the MIT Class of 2014 begins.

  

  first day of classes ever for the MIT Class of 2014. The past couple of weeks at MIT have been Orientation for the incoming students -- they have ... , tried out for a cappella groups, played sports, and more. The formal

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 8, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Building the Yearbook [by Ken Haggerty '11] An inside look at Technique 2010 (shhh!!!)

  

  for this year's edition of Technique (the yearbook of MIT, since 1885 ... ask for an extra week), I am proud to say that we are completely on time ... distribution scheduled for the first two weeks of May—mark your calendars

  • by ARTalk
  • March 29, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT Regular Action Admissions Decisions available online MIT Regular Action admissions decisions are now available at https://decisions.mit.edu.

  who applied to MIT this year were excellent matches for MIT, and most ... excellent applicants to bring together a class. I know I speak for all of the ... that much harder. Thank you for applying! We'll have more to say about

  • by Admin
  • March 14, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  February updates Midyear grades and more.

  

  admissions process. We have received approximately 15,600 applications for ... , it is too late for any supplemental materials to be considered by the ... calling your school to get them. For other students whose grades have been

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 24, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Regular Action Deadline Extended to January 3 We have extended the RA deadline. Happy Holidays!

  

  MIT Admissions has extended the deadline for applying for regular ... deadline, the longer it will take our records office to process and for it to ... application materials, please be patient as you wait for it to appear on the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 3, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Regular Action Deadline With the deadline approaching and the Office of Admissions closed for the holidays, I'll try…

  

  With the deadline approaching and the Office of Admissions closed for ... that January 1 is the submission deadline for students applying for ... deadline, the longer it will take our records office to process and for it to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 29, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Retreat! Retreat! 24 wonderful hours of sister-time in the MIT mansion!

  

  I just returned from a retreat for my sorority, Alpha Chi Omega. We ... Boston suburb used for conferences. It was amazing to hang out with my ... Awareness week, so also took time to prepare for our philanthropic event. All

  • by Melis A. '08
  • October 1, 2006
• Blog / Athletics

  AIDS Walk San Francisco Shameless solicitation -- join the fun

  

  entertainment in Sharon Meadow Official SF AIDS Walk website And now for the ... prolonging some people's lives, they don't work for everyone and there is still ... alarmingly high rates. I want your help. Will you please sponsor me for the

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • July 11, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Lip Sync & Toons Real singers and fake singers ...sort of like Jessica and Ashleey Simpson. (~17 pictures)

  

  divided the lecture hall in half and told us it was time for audience ... fundraiser for the Cambridge YWCA. You may remember an advertisement for this ... COMPETITION! The emcees asked the audience for "rubix cube people" to unscramble

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • May 6, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Odds & Evens & Ends Notes on CPW, Veronica Mars, and more.

  

  few odds & ends... CPW update: for everyone who has registered ... . For one thing, the weekend is not planned out for you, it's more of a ... what to pack for CPW? Check out the 10 day forecast. Following up on

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 31, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Delicious Dilemma Free (food) for all.

  

  after the debate for a reception with hundreds of latkes and hamentashen ... 's Peter de Florez Fund for Humor, UA Finboard, and ARCADE. For information ... ://web.mit.edu/hillel/www/latke-hamentashen-debate.html Option 2: Tired of Ramen for dinner? Wish you could do something to make

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • March 6, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  More Notes A quick update.

  

  'd" banners, festive for the season. The "uncapped" banner will return after the ... tasks we put off during Selection. For me, this meant lots of returning ... from two actual members of the MIT Class of 2010! Thanks for stopping by

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 21, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Selection begins Picking the Class of 2010.

  

  This afternoon, we began early action selection for the Class of 2010. As is my custom, I wore a tie today, out of respect for the applicants ... for in MIT students, we can usually reach consensus after a bit of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 2, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  No Flip Flops The original title of this entry was "YakTrax."

  

  start wearing shoes and socks. To get ready for the winter, this week the ... for the snow because that means snow football and more occasions for hot ... setting up for the event. Rebecca gives pointers on how to eat healthy for

  • by Bryan
  • November 30, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  MIT’s Newest Nobel Laureate Can you autograph my problem set?

  

  Nobel prize for his "for the development of the metathesis method in ... the Nobel committee for being the first to produce an efficient metal-compound catalyst for metathesis--a chemical process wherein two reacting structures

  • by Bryan
  • October 5, 2005
• FAQ / First-year application

  What are my chances of admission?

  a sense of what we look when selecting students for admission. Basically, we're looking for students with broad interests, both academic and ... "look good" on their resume or college application. We look for students
• Blog / Academics & Research

  WTHBBQ! Chinese Buffet! Spring 2008 courses, with a really bad analogy, haha. (super long post o___o)

  

  working for 13 hours straight, from 11 pm to noon the next day. Part of the ... the end. (thanks for all your well-wishing on the last entry too! you ... - I took 4 courses and had my UROP for credit - so I'm not that hardcore

  • by Chris S. '11
  • May 11, 2008
• Blog / How to Food

  A week told through food warning: lots of food pictures

  

  all the food I ate for a week, because I thought that would be a cool ... for most of his lunches and dinners, for example. Come to think of it ... for having horrible eating habits. It’s cool. I’ll accept it. I hate my

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 18, 2019