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• FAQ / First-year application

  What if I don’t have a class rank or GPA?

  .S. GPA system. Simply leave spaces blank if the information is not ... holistic admissions process, we're much more interested in how an applicant
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  On Broadway My first few days of fun in NYC

  

  East side of the park, along 5th Avenue. The park is rectangle that is 0 ... On Tuesday after work, I saw The Producers -- not the movie, the show. Some friends from MIT, UC Berkeley, and NYU took care of waiting in line

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • January 13, 2006
• Blog / MISTI

  Publishing abroad A taste of an MIT-Russia student's blog

  

  ://www.fontanka.ru/2012/07/04/070/ - it’s in English, which a bunch of the reporters ... ). One of the reporters, Andrei, told me (in Russian), &ldquo ... decided to just run it as is. (It’s sort of funny, since I don

  • by MISTI Program
  • July 17, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Pi Day = Mail Day? Too Early To Know No official mail date yet.

  

  Hi everyone, There have been a lot of comments in the blogs that we're going to mail on Pi Day this year. This was indeed the case last year, but ... factors, one of which is how long selection takes. And as you know, we

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 21, 2006
• FAQ / First-year application

  Do dual enrollment students apply as a first-year or transfer applicant?

  -year applicant regardless of how many units of study you may have taken at the university level. Information on transfer credit is available at the Office of the First Year site.
• FAQ / Life and culture

  How does one attain a Pirate License?

  H. '20 is one of the students who has earned official MIT Pirate status. “The courses are cerebral,’’ said Carrie Sampson Moore, director ... undergraduates must complete eight points of physical education classes to graduate
• Blog / Challenges

  what to expect when you’re expecting a bad grade, that is

  

  just a list to pick and choose from. 1.  Eat a Lot of Food This is the ... . This is a curse! Do not violate the natural order of events! You must ... pointless, but not so hard that most of the class couldn't do it. 'Twas I who

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • September 29, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Trumpeting for Assassins I get to watch each presidential assassination. Live. Over and over again.

  

  (opposite the cork part) is a "stem". It can be pulled all the way out of the ... a trumpet, here's a picture of a trumpet: They're about the same ... flugelhorn in the other - and a backpack full of mutes. Trumpet mutes are some

  • by Anna H. '14
  • August 26, 2011
• Blog / Events

  MIT IreneCam tracking the storm - here and on the web.

  

  the weekend. My house in the suburbs of Cambridge, while high enough to ... , hang out with my brothers, and try to ride out the worst of it. But ... have our own power plant and all of the wires are underground), so as

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 28, 2011
• FAQ / First-year application

  How do I track the progress of my application?

  You may track the progress of your application in the application portal. Materials submitted through sources other than the application ... business days to process materials at the busy Early Action and Regular
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Snowpeople & a hammershark more post-blizzard sights around campus --

  

  A couple days after the blizzard, I walked around campus and took some quick shots of all the snowpeople-and-other-things in sight. They're all pretty cute, but the hammershark is definitely my favorite. c

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • January 15, 2011
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  American Idol? What's going on with American Idol?

  

  Tomorrow is my last final! Hurray! In the meantime, I was just surfing the web (read: procrastinating) when I came across an American Idol article. So, I watched season 1 and some of seasons 2 and 3, but I have

  • by Melis A. '08
  • May 23, 2006
• Blog / People & Identities

  requiem for the desert as temperatures rise higher

  

  am from the desert. This is the sort of learning he’s talking about ... but now I am aware of the sameness of everywhere, the unique beauty of a ... ’s my job to step in whenever someone complains of the heat and say, “You

  • by Amber V. '24
  • October 30, 2023
• Blog / About Decisions

  Mind the Gap Gap years are a good option for some students.

  

  University of Pennsylvania: "Not wanting to break stride is the American way ... submit a proposal beyond "lying on the beach," but often little more is required. The University of Chicago says it will grant deferrals for almost

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 13, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  You’re 18, But You Aren’t Invincible Impressions of my first month at MIT -- both sobering and exciting.

  

  great thing about MIT is the incredible amount of personal choice you are ... that though everyone is a bit exhausted at the end of the day, they too ... morning, and strolls through rows of dark offices. And there are the "crust

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • October 1, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Odds and Ends My brain is too fried to think of any original content. So I'm commenting on…

  

  the consistency of fuzz, and I am going to confine myself to writing something short about the last few entries' comments on my blog. (5.60 is ... Saturday. I am very psyched that Sam is planning to join the marching band

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 22, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Karma What goes around comes around.

  

  die is when you add that to the normal stresses of MIT life. Not a lot ... : On each daily webpage there is a summary of the day's material. These ... thing sticking up, and a beaker between the two. The gist of it is that if

  • by Snively '11
  • February 27, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Ballad of Sir Frankie Crisp (Let It Roll) Things just about get crazy-go-nuts.

  

  of a pyramid--larger blocks at the bottom, smaller ones on top. Try to ... Here For The Food" and was reminded that the three modes of heat transfer ... . Okay, so let's get right to the... MORAL OF THE ENTRY: Cook with your

  • by Sam M. '07
  • January 3, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The HackMIT 2016 Puzzle Just Launched and it'll (probably) take you all across the Internet

  

  clear, this post is not part of the puzzle nor does it contain any hints ... It's that time of summer again. HackMIT, one of the largest undergraduate hackathons in the nation, is opening up its internet doors for

  • by Erick P. '17
  • July 16, 2016
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  We’re #1! What's the emoticon for oversize foam hand?

  

  few theories as to why we elbowed our way to the top of the list ... of the Institute, so you might want to check out the MIT Blogroll ... . Get the inside scoop before it hits the pages of "Wired." TechTV: Did

  • by Dave McOwen
  • January 29, 2010