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• Blog / Admissions

  Deadline Day Happy November 1, Early Action applicants.

  

  procrastinating! A few answers to common questions: Please remember that if ... app (or take it to the post office for postmarking). I am pleased to see ... 'd like it to. We're reading for content, and we're used to seeing the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 1, 2007
• Blog / Challenges

  Bookends and every time / i leave this place / i'm terrified, terrified

  

  for reasons to stay, all I found was emptiness. A yearning for somewhere to call home, a place that'd last, not like the city I'd move out of ... went to a retreat with some friends, and I didn't realize we were in

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 2, 2023
• Blog / Hacks

  Hackapult Sieges The Dome

  

  river to — past the giant catapult.    Yes, there was a hack - a ... . One of the lovely things about my office is that I have a window under the Great Dome, overlooking Killian Court. It's a beautiful view

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 15, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  2 AM Destiny An early evening snapshot of an MIT kitchen

  

  a cup of tea on his way to fight an invisible space bear the printer ... rights on eBay for $36 and used the money to build stadium seating in the lounge. The highest bidder named Destiny after his daughter. Destiny as a

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • October 12, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  What it’s like being back

  

  've had a lot to do and thus unsurprisingly, I've kept pretty busy. Yes ... to and from California twice more, and to Arkansas once. (Frequent flier miles would've been a good idea.) I spent the last week and a half

  • by Chris M. '12
  • September 10, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Soothing Words About Deadlines From Joanne Cummings She's both the director of the freshman admissions process *and* Evie's mom, so you know…

  

  Part 1 in a timely manner (as close to November 1 as possible), materials ... -258-8304. Again, be patient, as faxed materials take a day or two to process. As you ... This is the time of year in which people start worrying a great deal

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 29, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Hwæt! Did you know that you can study Old English at MIT? The language of Beowulf and J.R.R. Tolkien's Rohan

  

  ) that I was eager to learn Old English. In a nutshell, Prof. Bahr said "well, if you find a critical mass of 5+ who quasi-commit to take it, I ... of the Old English epic Beowulf, and in this class you will learn to

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 9, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  happy palindrome week! conventions, patterns, palindromes

  

  of a week-and-a-half of them, running from 9/10/19 to 9/19/19. While ... noting on a blog read by students aspiring to study at a school fascinated ... would be fair to call Nick a palindrome enthusiast; indeed, also a

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 10, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Adventures in Math Conversations in the world of math.

  

  in the math community. A couple weeks ago, I had the opportunity to ... run the San Diego Math Circle, which I had a chance to visit. A Math ... even more Q&A fun. And finally tonight, what better link to leave

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 15, 2005
• Blog / Residential Life

  All the 2020 i3 videos megapost your annual Interactive Introduction to the Institute

  

  As a part of MIT’s unconventional housing assignment process, rising first years typically consult MIT guide to residences while choosing where to live. This guide includes the Interactive Introduction to the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 10, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  MIT and Slavery a developing history, and a live webcast

  

  , we must attend to some newly uncovered facts from our past. A ... a brief break from committee to attend a live webcast and discussion ... to the community: To the members of the MIT community, At MIT, we

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 16, 2018
• Blog / Events

  Commence the Commencing! and congratulations to the Class of 2014

  

  help make it a better place. It's very, very hard to see the Class of ... but posted a bunch of photos to Facebook so go look at them there ... admit I'm a bit sentimental about this particular commencement. The Class

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 6, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Tragedy for MIT and Boston Devastating news for our community.

  

  It has been a tragic week here. On Monday, the Boston Marathon was ... , and another is reportedly on the run in Watertown, a city that borders ... , MIT has cancelled classes today, and is urging employees to stay home

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 19, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Missing Documents Due Monday important information to make your application complete

  

  and emails, and loaded everything into our system. If you are a prospective member of the Class of 2016, this would be a mighty good time to log ... received a direct message from him. If you have missing components - relax

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • January 26, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  Distractions Don't stress out!

  

  It's a stressful time. Finals are starting, decisions are coming out ... could take your mind off of things for a while? Just in time, the blogs shall provide. This list is not intended to be comprehensive by any means

  • by Paul B. '11
  • December 15, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Exciting potential UROP: the cancer genome

  

  mutations that give rise to cancer or sustain it. Proponents say a databank of all such mutations, which would be freely available to researchers ... Genome Project, which mapped the human genetic blueprint. It would seek to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 28, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  40 Hours Left! The time is 0500 EST, 12/15. I am studying for finals. You are waiting for…

  

  suerte! :) ---- Some things I learned this semester: Here's a fun ... They Transformed New York. John Hopkins University Press, 1995. A 1907 ... sexual flirtation where the motion of a crowded rush hour express threw two

  • by Chris S. '11
  • December 15, 2009
• Blog / Uncategorized

  dumb little poems and such emotional support procrastination

  

  far to drink? how dare I complain about thirst when a sea of knowledge ... ;   I'm supposed to be studying for a midterm right now lol ... material enough i can’t wait for the semester to end this course is too damn

  • by Anika H. '26
  • November 7, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  Report on the Status of Undergraduate Women at MIT in honor of International Women's Day

  

  thoroughness and rigor--but it is a window onto a truth that many of us like to ... class of 2016) released a report on the status of undergraduate women at ... discussions, and is less likely to feel that she recieves due credit for her

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • March 8, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  By the numbers Who needs words to talk?

  

  at a non-right angle to all the rest, that 66 is the 30-60-90 triangle ... else that I know of. They’re the kind of thing that serve as a dead giveaway that the person you’re talking to has been fully and wholeheartedly

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 7, 2007