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• Blog / Admissions

  Attention local high school students interested science and engineering! Have you heard about BeaverDash?

  

  to invite new friends from all over the world onto our campus. But in ... and math levels are encouraged to participate. This year the date is ... competition to compete later in the day for great prizes. Free t-shirts and

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • April 17, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Rebound Rumble! Another year, another FIRST Robotics Competition!

  

  monstrosity to compete in a game announced in the first weekend of January. Dean Kamen's goal with FRC and all of the FIRST competitions is to popularize ... -game (where a special end game is setup in the last few seconds for extra points

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • January 19, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Room with a Vieux A comparison of sorts

  

  " from a lovely antiques store in Boston So here is my workspace (and my ... shabby, huh? Check out our immediate view The sign in the bottom of ... office's view. Evidence is below In case you're not convinced, check

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • August 29, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Human Factor And String Theory Two links to start your weekend.

  

  links to tide you over: First, The Human Factor is a video that MIT has ... Stu, Matt, Nance, Daniel and I are all down in NYC for the College ... being in Boston or Cambridge. Sortof surreal to experience that in

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 26, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Quick update

  

  don't have to send in the midyear report? A. No, you must send in the ... I guess the folks who staff the phones in MIT Admissions received lots of calls today, with many references to my blog. Below are the FAQs

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 1, 2005
• FAQ / Life and culture

  How hard are courses at MIT?

  memorization, but rather if you truly understand the metrial. MIT is dedicated to collaboration: problem sets (psets) are typically completed in groups, and the first year is graded on a pass/no record system. While your
• Blog / MIT Life

  Welcome to MIT! blogging guilt eased...

  

  semester, MIT students tend to hide themselves in their rooms/lounges/libraries/other favorite study spot to ready themselves for the barrage of final projects and ... from Chris P.) for a few minutes to welcome all the new pre-frosh to MIT

  • by Becca H. '12
  • May 3, 2011
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  The Onion article about Robot Hazing at MIT Robot hazing at MIT *gasp!*

  

  ,000 times, and is currently in critical condition in the laboratory ... was locked in a room and forced to calculate pi to the 1083 decimal ... Technology chapter of the Theta Tau fraternity are in campus-police custody

  • by Melis A. '08
  • April 14, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Amsterdesk Time is on my side, it's on my side now.

  

  to do except homework. This is especially useful since almost all of my ... I've always said I don't believe in linear time, but this is ridiculous. Remember to set your clocks back! This blog is actually part of

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 29, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  ¡Vámonos! An introduction to GRTs and the support system at MIT

  

  Residential life is a big part of going to college, and the unique ... aspects of MIT you'd like to learn more about, let me know in the comments ... of the blogs have illustrated, school is often exciting, but when the

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • April 2, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT students do it all night. A salute to sleep deprivation, Aztec philosophy, and grape-catching.

  

  prisoner was taken to the priest. The priest would watch in the night sky for ... lyrics to "What is a Youth?" in Romeo and Juliet were nearly identical to ... night from September 31, 2004 to December 2, 2004. Back in the dark ages

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 20, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Dear July illustrated

  

  wrong. But we learned from the mistakes and are prepared to do better when ... you. But mostly, you were confusing July. Senior year is coming up ... you are particularly special.  Because you are the last one that

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • July 31, 2019
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Looking Backwards Sherman, set the WABAC machine to....

  

  : This is what it used to take to get in to MIT-definitely a lot less work ... stuff is as neat as I do, and want more,you are in luck! As part of the ... Years in the Stacks" blog, which is highlighting one book a day from their

  • by Alina G. '11
  • March 27, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  Happy Cinco De Mayo!!! Admissions counselors make the sexiest models. Oh, and a probability question.

  

  -shirts, which were made by the good folks in LUChA. Awesome. Math question: if ... ,500 applications this year, what is the probability that one of them read your application (assuming you were in the applicant pool)? Knowing that each app

  • by Ben Jones
  • May 5, 2005
• FAQ / Life and culture

  What are the housing/dining options?

  might prefer to live in a cook-for-yourself (and often, your friends ... Housing is a huge part of undergraduate life at MIT. You choose where you live, and each living group is a community with its own distinct
• Blog / Academics & Research

  “Let’s see those cell phones up in the air” cause every little thing's gonna be alright

  

  Lifehouse is performing for free across the river. I decide to take an ... random Bostonians. (Sorry the video is so shaky but hey, he told me to ... .  Amen to "Time enjoyed is not time wasted". -- While on the note of

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • September 25, 2011
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Fall Hits MIT In other words: Kate dumps all the pictures she's been meaning to post.

  

  cream through a small hole in a jar into the LN2...) Halloween is this ... events spanning the last week of which I took pictures. To whet your appetite: It was my turn to cook for the Tetazoo Food Coop, and my partner

  • by Kate R. '14
  • October 27, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Early Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  log in using the same username and password that you use to log in to ... you are ready to receive your decision online before logging in to ... Massachusetts to Malaysia and many places in between. We can't wait to welcome

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 14, 2019
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Public Art And one fantastic sandwich

  

  . There is a Frank Stella room-size installation in Building 7 on the 3rd ... campus to the clover food truck to satisfy a craving for their famous soy ... woman on a crane directed workmen on the ground while pointing out how to

  • by Kris Guay
  • April 26, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  Famous people who didn’t go to MIT Some people are more successful because they turned down admission to MIT.

  

  was the first applicant from his school to MIT in a long time, perhaps ... 't want to go to MIT, despite the nice scholarship thrown in for good ... .R. Hildebrand applied to MIT from a strong public high school in the Bay Area of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 23, 2010