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• Blog / Admissions

  Lots of questions today! Lots of answers, too.

  

  go out to a restaurant for dinner. I haven't been to one of the dining ... on the right side of the road after a few blocks. There are also quite ... of the dorms don't have air conditioning kind of freaks me out. are the

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • May 9, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Selection begins Picking the Class of 2010.

  

  This afternoon, we began early action selection for the Class of 2010. As is my custom, I wore a tie today, out of respect for the applicants ... that this will be a very tough year of MIT admissions. The quality of

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

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

  

  DID YOU KNOW? I. M. Pei, who graduated from the MIT school of architecture in 1940, designed the glass pyramids in front of the Louvre. "Agh, I'm so tired." "Guys! We can get a great picture with the pyramid. Get in

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 22, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Live from Florida Hello from Tampa, Florida!

  

  in Florida. Last night began the first of four presentations with my colleagues from Princeton, Swarthmore, and Wellesley. (Check out the rest of ... we got from the audience were some of the most thoughtful I've heard in

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 7, 2007
• FAQ / Testing

  Will MIT accept December testing for Regular Action?

  You can report all tests taken through the end of December for ... proficiency test scores for RA applicants through the January test dates. To submit new results, simply click the "Add new test scores" link in the
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Final Forty-Five Still somehow worse than last term

  

  ’m taking this term. I’m taking a total of 45 credits, the fewest credits I’ve ever taken at MIT. Part of the reason for that is that one of my classes ... class until 1pm any day of the week. 1.011 – Project Evaluation (9 credits

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • February 28, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  She came in through the bathroom window. The greatest construction project in the history of MIT--yes, even greater than Simmons Hall.

  

  Infinite like the rest of campus. It's a historic summer at MIT, for ... like taking a picture of a bathroom door at 1:30 in the afternoon in the ... coming. I hear that the interior of the new bathroom will be designed by

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 2, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  shifting seasons something reflective

  

  started poking around the house. there were lots of goodies that were a ... eaten or lost to the tides of time. one item in particular stuck with me ... fall semester on a bit of a low note, but break gave me the time i needed

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • January 15, 2025
• Blog / Challenges

  senioritis i wish i had no work today

  

  fascinating algorithms class, taught by two of the biggest names in the budding field. i only registered for the class because i saw one of the professors ... interesting book, but i'm more interested in the categorical parts of the class

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 31, 2022
• Blog / About Decisions

  Class of 2021 Wait List Today, we have closed out the wait list for the Class of 2021.

  

  The May 1 reply deadline has come and gone, and we know many of you ... at MIT (also known in admissions parlance as the "yield") of greater than 76%, which left very little space to admit students off of the wait

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 10, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Class of 2018 Spring Welcome Events Come to Your Area Get a head start on meeting other members of the Class of 2018.

  

  to the class of 2018. If there’s an event in your area, you should ... attended in the Bay Area of California in the spring after I was admitted to ... MIT portal for the locations and times of these events, and for a comprehensive

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • March 20, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Leonard Nimoy at the Boston Pops He told me to live long and prosper!

  

  concerts.” The Boston Pops was founded in 1885 with the goal of performing ... ’t heard of him he’s responsible for Fiddler on the Roof, Jaws, Star Wars, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Indiana Jones, Saving Private Ryan

  • by Anna H. '14
  • May 31, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  grad school vs. undergrad should you MEng?

  

  , the computer science MEng is often seen as an extension of undergrad ... graduate school or working elsewhere. Do I miss the proximity of undergrad ... have the shared context of MIT with somebody, do we still have anything

  • by Rona W. '23
  • December 9, 2023
• Blog / Events

  A Castle, a Jack, and a Beanstalk hacking culture @ MIT

  

  community (and sometimes even the rest of the world!).” On the sunny Saturday of Family Weekend 2014, a castle appeared on the skybridge connecting ... History of MIT Pranks and Hacks  Hacking the Admissions Tube  The

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • December 18, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Two answers on a Saturday night Because SNL's a rerun and we just finished our movie from Netflix

  

  that graduated in June also went on to med school. One of the reasons my daughter applied to MIT was at the recommendation of our physician, who was ... . About 75% of the MIT kids who apply to medical school are accepted each

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 2, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Trip Report: IOI 2015 in Kazakhstan of khans and computer science

  

  educational (but not political) capital of Kazakhstan, en route to the 27th ... O), biology (IBO), linguistics (IOL), and other domains of science (ISOs), the IOI convenes delegations of students from all over the world to compete

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 10, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Spring Classes Online (...and a bit about a fall class, too.)

  

  at the beginning and the end of the course so students can assess their ... perhaps the most famous class at MIT, and Prof. Slocum is one of the best ... , tools, and applications in bioengineering and a survey of the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 8, 2005
• Blog / Advice

  tick tick tick and the euphoria of it stopping

  

  institute is always churning.  tick There's a constant sound in the back of my ... quietest moments of the night, you can find someone mulling away over work. Any time of day I walk through campus—like the rare and dreadful 4am

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • November 16, 2024
• Blog / Challenges

  You’re Not Alone Even if you think you are.

  

  :00 - 11:00 AM: The last two thirds of cell biology lecture (I miss the first ... a couple of hours, and I found myself lying on the floor of the lounge debating the finer points of reaction scheduling in a batch process with our

  • by Derrick B. '08
  • October 17, 2007
• Blog / Announcements

  MIT files lawsuit on behalf of international students alleges ICE policy “arbitrary and capricious and an abuse of discretion”

  

  finalizing its plans for the fall semester, the U.S. agency of Immigration and ... capricious and an abuse of discretion" on behalf of ICE. The lawyers ... Solicitor General of the United States. Since then, dozens of other colleges

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 9, 2020