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• Blog / Admissions

  Meet the Admissions Officers: Jenny Rifken Name:Jenny Rifken; Job title: Director of Recruitment and Associate Director of Admissions; Hometown: Elgin, Illlinois

  

  right answer to a question on an application. There is only the right ... seriously. There is a great sense of humor here. I also love the collaborative ... Square, Coolidge Corner, Beacon Hill, the North End, just to name a few

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 3, 2005
• Blog / Athletics

  Around the world in 30 days ...ok, maybe more like I'm Traveling a Lot this IAP

  

  2018 is turning out to be quite the adventurous year. I kicked off the year by packing up all my stuff in Boston, hauling most to storage ... mattress pad, cooking utensils, etc.), and the rest to bring with me on a

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • February 15, 2018
• Blog / Events

  Mystery Hunt 2008 Begins! The annual campus-wide puzzle solving competition will be going on all weekend.

  

  One of IAP's most exciting activities is the annual Mystery Hunt. In short, Mystery Hunt is a weekend long competition at MIT where students and others team up to solve lots of puzzles, with the ultimate goal of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 18, 2008
• Blog / Hacks

  Hackapult Sieges The Dome

  

  . 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 ... river to — past the giant catapult.    Yes, there was a hack - a

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

  Need help choosing a MISTI program? MIT-Germany alum Nina Sinatra advises incoming interns to keep an open mind

  

  happy in your location is a valid and important concern, it is equally ... to future MISTI students is this -- ask yourself candidly what kind of ... students who are considering MISTI to think of the program both in terms of

  • by MISTI Program
  • November 3, 2011
• Blog / Life after MIT

  An MIT Apprentice!!!!!! MIT Alum Randal Pinkett has won The Apprentice!

  

  Somerset, N.J., where he resides and is happily married to his wife Zahara ... wins a competition to become the apprentice to one of the most ... to watch a fellow Techie kick butt! Over, and over, and over again

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 16, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Solution: Are we going to win? Guess where I am!

  

  going to win? "Here is my schedule. I just can't seem to get the times ... . Since MIT lives in numbers instead of words, the next step is to gather ... .37 12.004 12.004 This is the point where you needed to refer to the

  • by Bryan
  • August 8, 2005
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Waitlisted

  

  , or you want to learn more about it, you can read more here. Waiting ... time to nourish yourself, it can also be full of unexpected growth. We ... A lot of students applied to MIT this year, and unfortunately, we

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2023
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Disappearing (or life goes on) .

  

  I feel like I owe it to those (few?) who've followed me closely these last few years to come back and say a quick and proper good bye. I ... finish them up in a timely fashion, and now it's just way too late to go

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • September 6, 2009
• Blog / Events

  Study Break on the Roof! We had an EMT study break on the roof of the tallest building in Cambridge!

  

  police officers (who unfortunately could not attend) to see the place where she works - the roof of the Green Building!  The Green Building is the ... front of the fanastic Boston skyline, and it wasn't long before everyone

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • May 8, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Like Never Before Kevin Rustagi '11 talks about the MIT LMC and then some.

  

  LMC (Live Music Connection). To be brief, the MIT LMC is basically a ... (Live)) . In addition to talking about MIT LMC, Kevin also gives his ... made up. Check it out!   You can also check out their music

  • by Celena C. '12
  • August 30, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  nth Annual Concert in Bad Taste We are the mooninites..

  

  the lyrics with their own. My favorite would have to be the song dedicated to Facebook, which is probably the reasons I get less sleep than I ... airplanes and toilet paper into a lecture hall? ... Well, it starts with one

  • by Bryan
  • March 10, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Videos and photos and more Lots of cool coverage of MIT stuff from sites, blogs, and vlogs across the web.

  

  Lots of fun stuff to check out! Peter Houk, director of the MIT ... (though the subsequent traffic seems to have taken down Dheera's site ... folks across campus this past Thursday (I, of course, missed it for the 11

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 8, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Upcoming non-MIT deadlines Other forthcoming deadlines.

  

  's deadlines are almost certainly different. So many deadlines! It's easy to ... programs (a much more complete entry on summer programs is forthcoming ... Introduction to Engineering & Science): February 3 SSP (Summer Science

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 28, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Notes From The Middle Of Selection What interdisciplinary fields will exist 100 years from now? What will people be able to…

  

  here and over at College Confidential. Haven't had much time to hang out ... . Though it's been a lot of work, I've been having a lot of fun. Selecting the class is one of the most rewarding moments of the admissions cycle

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 21, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  FIRST SNOW!!! OH MY GOD IT SNOWED

  

  GUYS GUYS GUYS SNOW FELL IT’S SO COOL [caption id="attachment_48923" align="aligncenter" width="960"] photo from Jeffery L. ’23, my favorite ... ="aligncenter" width="960"] photo from Jeffery L. ’23, he is the best roommate

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 2, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  There’s something happening here what it is ain't exactly clear

  

  Working on a big project. A big awesome project. Can't tell you what it is. But here's a sneak peak. Make of it what you will.

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 1, 2011
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  More Odds & Ends Concerts (on & off campus), doors (on campus), and lectures (also on campus).

  

  inscription translation is now an open question to be answered by you, as is the ... Omnibus, so it's time for more odds & ends... The band Hot Hot Heat ... -5; this is their second stop in Boston this tour), Dave Matthews Band

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 25, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Please Read This Regarding the mail screw up.

  

  it to the front page so more people would see it. None of this makes it ... certain folks to stop with the cheap shots, I would really appreciate it. I ... too. In fact I do. I know this doesn't make it any better, but we really

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 14, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Music in Springtime and MIT [by Ken Haggerty '11] Music at MIT can be both beautifully melodic and destructive, and…

  

  Scott Goulding (on drums). It was great not only to hear her sing but to ... off of jazz. It really made me want to get back into music; I've played ... time for it. I'm going to practice over the summer and audition next fall

  • by ARTalk
  • April 25, 2008