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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Choosing a Major I hope this is helpful to you at some point

  

  most things but I'd be careful when applying this to choice of major. I ... sake of adding the name of a second subject to their diploma. I'm really ... I've been reading a lot of comments lately about which majors are

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • December 18, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Deadline-time Questions Omnibus Answering all of your questions. See you in 2007!

  

  always says, if you don't apply you have a 0% chance of getting in ... account that somebody applying from inner suburbs of India may not have any ... common app schools and University of Chicago. I think it's a lot better

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 29, 2006
• Blog / Events

  One of those “big picture” days 2 hours of inspirational lectures, one from the CDC director and the other from broadcasting…

  

  does this apply to MIT? The end of the talk focused on “translating ... outside of the Stata lecture hall was very long (as opposed to Gerberding ... (according to Wikipedia, “Tom Brokaw dropped out of The University of Iowa

  • by Melis A. '08
  • April 2, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Return of the Frog Queen Okay, it snowed this morning, end of story.

  

  about fluid mechanics. Sorry, it's the time of the season for offers, and ... DID YOU KNOW? The entire state of Wyoming (population 509,300) has ... while. I'm real sorry; I'm just not exactly on top of my life right now

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 5, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Hwæt! Did you know that you can study Old English at MIT? The language of Beowulf and J.R.R. Tolkien's Rohan

  

  you a fan of the Lord of the Rings universe? JRR Tolkien studied Old ... advantage of MIT's subject offerings any other way. ... of the Old English epic Beowulf, and in this class you will learn to

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 9, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Welcome Home Like what we've done with the place?

  

  information released by the admissions office of almost any other university ... legendary, landmark effort. Ben's central use of blogs to speak honestly and ... feel the same way. With that said, let me give you a little tour of the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 11, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Visiting MIT & Boston colleges Some tips for checking out MIT and Boston this summer.

  

  than 50 colleges and universities in Greater Boston, making it easy to visit a variety of colleges from one base. Most of the major universities ... offers something interesting for the entire family. (I know my parents

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 11, 2006
• FAQ / Life and culture

  What are the residence halls/housing like?

  More than 70% of our undergrads live on campus, including all first ... where they feel best. Detailed descriptions of the undergraduate residence halls are available on the Housing site.
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Formula SAE: A Turbocharged Experience Join the MIT Formula SAE team to design, engineer, and build a small formula-style autocross…

  

  UROP, offers an exceptional opportunity to apply concepts taught in the ... Ever wonder how a Formula 1 car can reach speeds of 210 mph and pull ... compete against 130 other vehicles from universities across the country? If

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 12, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  The Ides of March No longer MIA.

  

  Bauer, attends the City University of New York Honors College. ... This entry brings to a close one of the longest periods of blog ... ? Domestic selection (final stages). It's been a long season of Regular Action

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 15, 2006
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Trip to Princeton U Taking advantage of the three-day weekend by taking a trip to Princeton!

  

  have fun! With this reality in mind, I went to Princeton University with my friend, Maria '08, to visit one of my best friends from high school ... ,000. It is the fourth oldest university, chartered in 1746, compared to MIT

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 20, 2006
• Blog / Events

  In pursuit of freedom MIT might not be free, but plenty of things are.

  

  . (Segway here . . .) The story of the Random Hall Phone Experiment begins ... months ago, Random Hall was offered the opportunity to (FREE PHONES ... number is first converted to a hash) Not surprisingly, most of Random Hall

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • October 21, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Wise Words From Mikey A good thing to read as you prepare to arrive on campus and begin your…

  

  anything to offer in comparison to the rest of the class of 2011. I was ... I'm going through my in-box today, taking care of some long ... , and I decided to wait until now instead of posting it in June - this

  • by Ben Jones
  • August 15, 2007
• Blog / Challenges

  *Independent* Activities Period an IAP apart!

  

  experience called A Piece of the Universe! Another thing I did, partly in ... were really no repercussions for failure. I ended up applying many of the ... For the the first time ever, we spent a prolonged period of time

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • February 18, 2019
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Things You Won’t Have to Buy (or spend *that* much on) This one's especially for the incoming freshmen.

  

  Hall to refine my tastes in music is one of the best parts of going to ... 'd fill you in on some of MIT's not-so-well-known secrets. No, this isn ... those are all awesome. This concerns saving money and taking advantage of

  • by Emad T. '14
  • August 18, 2012
• Blog / Events

  Put a Ring On It 2013 RING PREMIERE!

  

  with which every MIT student hopes to graduate (aside from a diploma, of ... About three hours ago, a large majority of the MIT Class of 2013 filed into Kresge Auditorium for one of the most awesome events of this

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • February 11, 2011
• FAQ / QuestBridge

  Can a QB Finalist that didn’t rank MIT still apply for RA?

  financial aid offer made up of grants and scholarships that will meet 100% of ... welcome to apply. Please email us at [email protected] stating that you are a QuestBridge Finalist who wishes to apply to MIT Regular Action
• Blog / Advice

  We can do this! To high school seniors: we’re in the struggle bus with you

  

  year of high school.  In high school, we stayed up extra hours to apply ... applying to WAY too many because of indecisiveness. Now, we are existentially ... applying to WAY too many because of indecisiveness.  We didn’t expect this

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • October 7, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Events That You Should Come To! totally biased, but hey, it's my blog

  

  last two days have been nothing short of gorgeous (it's SEVENTY ... to be cold and rainy during the first two days of CPW :( ) Yes, you ... frats, sororities, and ILGs) called iHouse - in fact, there's only 20 of

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 5, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sunny Skies In The OC [by Mirat Shah '08] A new post, and answers to your questions from the last…

  

  it's an important part of the culture. Students do not apply to Cambridge University as a whole, but instead apply to a specific college, of ... a birthday formal hall at our college (Emmanuel). This is one of those

  • by Cambridge
  • February 15, 2007