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• FAQ / Transfer

  Am I eligible to apply for transfer admission?

  in your first year of college, the earliest you can apply to transfer to MIT is during your second term of study. Students who at the time ... every year. Unfortunately, we’re very limited to how many students we can
• Blog / Uncategorized

  251 talks – avery a new podcast that comes out every week

  

  the talks happen in my room, which is room 251. the general goal is to ... hello! i'm creating a podcast. the tentative name for the podcast is [annotation note="honestly, i'm definitely going to change this name. please

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • October 21, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Physics professors have a charming sense of humour Excerpts from relativity problem sets

  

  indoors from the rain. One of the classes I just finished taking is 8.033, Relativity. Relativity is a great class to teach, if you enjoy designing ... amusing excerpts with you. Enjoy! (The point of the problem was to show

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 23, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  MIT Alums Direct New OK Go Video OK Go always has the awesomest videos. Jeff and Eric don't disappoint.

  

  ," and it is directed by two of my MIT classmates, Jeff Lieberman '00 and Eric Gunther '00. Check it out! UPDATE: Another OK Go video has been ... and Ali Mohammad SM '06. Here it is:

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 16, 2010
• FAQ / Life and culture

  Did MIT invent hacking?

  MIT hacking is legendary among college pranks. MIT culture distinguishes itself not only for its seriousness of purpose but also for its ... American Heritage Dictionary and is included as a unit of measure in Google
• Blog / Academics & Research

  21W.021 – “MIT 150: Inside, Live” Comics!

  

  I want to keep the intro to this post pretty short because the highlight here is two amazing comics made for my writing class last semester. 21W.021, also known as "MIT 150:Inside, Live",  is a CI-HW (Writing

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • March 30, 2012
• FAQ / First-year application

  Does MIT recruit athletes?

  MIT is one of the top Division III athletic programs in the country. MIT is always looking for students-athletes. Almost 20 percent of ... contribution to MIT's varsity athletics, they may choose to advocate for you in
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Waitlisted

  

  Many people applied to MIT this year, and unfortunately we could not ... waitlist. If you would like to be considered for the waitlist, or you want to learn more about it, you can read more here.  Some of you may feel

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  The second-best picture we took in Paris This entry is dedicated to Regis Philbin.

  

  it!" "What?" "Alright, just move back a little." "Sam, somebody's going to step on your camera if you leave it there." "Okay, I'll put it on

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 22, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Taste of the Middle Ages

  

  Cooking." You can read more about it here (MIT News Office) I'm very sorry I missed it -- it looks delicious. I'll have to settle for visiting

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • January 20, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Selection: Day Three A beautiful snowy Sunday...

  

  It's a beautiful snowy Sunday in Cambridge, and we're hard at work ... Killian Court. We believe it was our wonderful President, Susan Hockfield, her daughter Elizabeth, and their golden retriever, Casey. It would

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 4, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  first real snow!! wow so magical

  

  *" me: "....what?" daniel: "IT'S SNOWING. COME OUTSIDE TO SEE THE SNOW ... i woke up this morning and it was COLD. i checked the weather. lo and behold -- snow was finally upon us!!!! at 3 pm i walked to

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • December 11, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A UROP or Two In which I ramble about how lucky I am to have such awesome UROPs

  

  Quite a few people have blogged about their UROPs (aka MIT's Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program), so I decided to add my voice to the mix! I currently have two UROPs, one in Biology and one in CMS. It takes

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • November 24, 2014
• Blog / Events

  MYSTERY HUNT! Live from Mystery Hunt!

  

  It's going great!!! More pictures and quotes and all the good stuff ... eating an entire box of cookies and a bag of sun chips. Needless to say, I'm never eating either of those again. If you want to join in and remote

  • by Bryan
  • January 13, 2007
• Blog / Events

  Candyland @ MIT Not your average gingerbread houses!

  

  hour. Though they were given the option to build anything they wanted, three teams decided to model MIT buildings. Check it out, who do you think

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 7, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Night I Shared A Stage With Marilee Photos of a star, by a Star.

  

  Thanks to Star Simpson (MIT '10) for these fantastic photos! Sorry it took so long for me to get them on the site. New entry coming soon - but enjoy these in the meantime. :-) Also for your enjoyment: cannon shirts

  • by Ben Jones
  • May 4, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The End of SURFing at NIST Using a tiny tractor beam to manipulate nanowires

  

  pressure is just the momentum imparted to an object from light. Basically ... ! My research was on Using Optical Tweezers to Create Nanowire Based ... chip. My project was to find out how to remove those wires from the chip

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 13, 2005
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Uh Oh Joke: What do you get if you divide the circumference of a bowl of ice…

  

  question is however, do I celebrate at: A) Toscanini's B) JP Lick's C) Herrell's D) Christina's Boston and Cambridge are home to many other fine

  • by Bryan
  • July 19, 2006
• FAQ / First-year application

  How does MIT consider extracurriculars?

  . Remember that your application is reviewed in context, and that we look to ... apiculture (beekeeping) to building nuclear reactors in their garages. We realize our applicants are very committed to their schoolwork and with their
• Blog / Admissions

  FIRST POST! You guys are totally right.. that WAS really tempting.

  

  realized this might be better, and I'd just like to say - it's been ... comments are so genuine and thoughtful, and it really makes a difference to ... , Jenny A.), and it was really cool to finally get to meet you guys. Minus

  • by Jess K. '10
  • May 7, 2007