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• FAQ / Academics and research

  What programs fall under the School of Architecture & Planning?

  discipline, the department has long contributed to learning in the arts and humanities at MIT. The Department of Architecture is one of five divisions ... was the first signal that MIT would not be narrowly defined in science
• FAQ / Life and culture

  Why is it called the Brass Rat?

  It's the goal of every incoming student at MIT to get their own Brass Rat—MIT's version of a class ring. The phrase "Brass Rat" is derived from the alleged resemblance of the brass beaver featured on the ring to
• Blog / Admissions

  Everyday Is Like Sunday

  

  , truly. And each of you is going to make the world a better place, whether ... over the phone to the applicant only. People have asked about the ... of the early pool, I must say just how difficult it was to narrow it

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 12, 2004
• Blog / MIT Life

  Maine, Episode III: Ain’t No Mountain The one with more pictures than text.

  

  the low 80's, so I got to hike the Baldface Circle Trail in New ... the senior thesis Mike Short '05 had to write to get his BS in Course 22 ... treacherous stream in rustic fashion. This is the best picture, so it goes first

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 13, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Selection begins Picking the Class of 2010.

  

  discussion without needing to resort to a formal "vote." In the very rare ... . As is my custom, I wore a tie today, out of respect for the applicants and the difficult decisions we make in selection. This year, we received

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

  Trick or Treat! Smashing pumpkins, and no I don't mean the band.

  

  and I drop it off the Green Building which is 295 ft, how far will the chunks go in the radial direction when it crashes to the ground? Answer ... . Now I must admit by the end of the evening, I did have a slight crick in

  • by Bryan
  • November 2, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Waitlist We have admitted 20 waitlisted students.

  

  extremely difficult. In the end, we were very happy to be able to admit these students from the waitlist -- in an email to the office, Stu wrote, "These ... is too early to know. In a week or two, we'll once again look at where

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 17, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Different Kind of Learning

  

  Course 1 allows me the opportunity to participate in a program such as this ... . Well we haven’t actually left the country yet, in many ways Detroit faces ... course of the semester. I am spending the semester in Detroit; Sao Paulo

  • by Becca H. '12
  • August 25, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

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

  

  scrambling to finish the Sketchbook Project (introduced in this post), and this ... 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 / About Decisions

  The Waitlist, 2010

  

  waitlist. Within the next few days, we plan to admit approximately 60 ... school, but it is a standard practice to consider accepting a waitlist ... students from the waitlist in a 3-round process, and previous years were very

  • by Dave McOwen
  • May 13, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Friday liveblog Let's see how long I can keep this up...

  

  campus to discover there's been a hack in Lobby 10! The hack is two giant ... the hardest thing is which of them to explore. [...] We do things in the ... pages]. 9:15am: I arrive at the President's Welcome just in time to see

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 13, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  many pink dresses come to 2.009 :D

  

  several weeks building them in lab. We're so excited to launch (and to finally sleep after the launch). Tune in to our presentation!!! I'm one of ... There are four pink dresses in my room. Presentations for MIT's most

  • by Amber V. '24
  • December 5, 2023
• FAQ / Academics and research

  What kind of things can I do during IAP?

  in the big, wacky, comfortable chair called IAP. Sandwiched between the spring and fall semesters, the Independent Activities Period is a special ... to organize, sponsor and participate in a wide variety of personal and
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  MIT: The Snowsical The blizzard of February 13th

  

  around our house in New Jersey:     Oh boy, it looks real bad in NJ.  The blizzard is coming up and hitting the Northeast real hard (Déjà vu).  It's a good thing MIT isn't in the Northea...oh wait...      

  • by Erick P. '17
  • February 13, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Online Decisions = YES Some great news.

  

  (the system is unable to display decisions for those who applied in Early ... available online in addition to the standard postal mailing. We expect to ... ). What is the process for receiving my admissions decision online? In order

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 6, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  September Questions Omnibus 2 Questions Omnibus is the place to come for "official" answers!

  

  to you is to start the application well in advance of the deadline in ... Questions Omnibus is the place to come for "official" answers ... to take(excluding those in the MIT list), I include them in the part 2

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 23, 2005
• Blog / Events

  MIT’s Once-a-Century Party

  

  rehearsing the lights for MIT's 100-year-anniversary of its move to Cambridge - an event named "Moving Day". Not exactly the most imaginative name, but boy does MIT know how to throw a party - I'm told the weekend was a

  • by Michael C. '16
  • May 8, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My schedule .

  

  lol, it's good to be a senior. 3:30am MANDATORY EDIT: In all seriousness, maybe this post is giving people the wrong impression. The first thing you learn at MIT is how to manage a heavy courseload. The last thing

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • February 16, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How to (Im)properly Cross Register a step by step guide of our mistakes

  

  actually happening right now and go in person to the class (which is almost ... form. Step 10: Give in said form to the registration office in Mass ... again to the MassArt registration office to turn in your new form, get it

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • September 20, 2017
• Blog / About Decisions

  Waitlist Update The Waitlist Committee has finalized decisions and has emailed all waitlisted applicants.

  

  We are writing with a quick followup to Matt's recent entry. The ... waitlist, the committee has chosen to admit 35, to keep 64 on the waitlist, and to not admit the remaining 530. Unfortunately, the committee was not

  • by Decisions
  • May 20, 2008