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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  INT to the INT to the IN(s)T i3 Videos! woo!

  

  gory details of housing options, cost, dining hall, housing lottery, REX ... ), after you choose to matriculate. The DVD is a compilation of student-produced videos introducing each of the 17 (this year!) dorms at MIT (counting New

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 26, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  What’s Going On Some of the 600+ Campus Preview Weekend events.

  

  Important note: the weather forecast has a 70%+ chance of rain Friday ... the MIT admitted class of 2012. It's going to be a fun weekend. In total, there are 600+ published events over the course of CPW (wow!). Here

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 10, 2008
• Blog / Life after MIT

  So long, farewell, auf wiedersehen, adieu To you, and you, and you and you and you.

  

  Registration Day for MIT students (the official start of the new academic year) I ... opportunity to help people discover the MIT that I know. Those of you who are ... 's always open. I might even have cookies or pie. Those of you who want to be

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 4, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  First read

  

  Welcome those of you who have just joined us! I encourage you to read ... gather for our meeting to get us prepared to read your thousands of ... makes a good summary of an application. I just finished reading and

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 24, 2004
• FAQ / International applicants

  What if I don’t have a school counselor?

  school counselor letter is not a required part of the MIT application; it ... . Because school systems vary outside of the U.S. and many international ... /principal to upload your official transcript (with three years of subject grades
• Blog / MIT Life

  Pictures of me

  

  One of the requested entries a while back was for me to post some pictures of myself. I don't have that many pictures of myself, and most of ... . But I'll put some on here anyway. Some of them have appeared on here

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • August 4, 2006
• Blog / MISTI

  The POWER of a Mechanical Engineering

  

  in Japan; research the potential of shale gas as an energy source at Iberdrola in Spain; conduct experimental investigations of rheological substances at RWTH Aachen University in Germany; and develop engineering

  • by MISTI Program
  • December 7, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Welcome to college, Kid. My first week at MIT.

  

  would fit me best. During the evening of "hall rush," free food and ... as the hall of James E. Tetazoo. Tetazoo is known for its handy ... end of the hall to another, and into my permanent room assignment, a

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • September 4, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A flash of brilliance and answers to some questions

  

  area of pedatrics and i would like to know if and when i apply to MIT ... ). About 82% of MIT undergrads who apply to medical school are accepted ... Necessity is the mother of invention. So I was making meatballs

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 13, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Start of Something New Please forgive the High School Musical reference.

  

  deposited my belongings in McCormick Hall, and proceeded to video ... bear vitamins, discovered the necessary evil of laundry, watched the sun ... of grief and I-wish-I-had-Hermione’s-time-turner yearning. And how old

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • October 2, 2009
• Blog / Announcements

  MIT EA decisions to be posted Saturday, 12/19/20, 3:14 PM ET

  

  write this blog,” and I’m like, “Of course, no problem.” Then Petey ... Slack screen, and typed “Petey, I got you.” Considering the title of the ... , December 19, 3:14 PM EST. To check your decision, visit apply.mitadmissions.org/apply

  • by kellen manning
  • December 14, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Machine Shops, Part 2 Really, there are a lot of machine shops.

  

  , Part 1 There are a lot of machine shops on campus, so in my massive efforts to document all of them, I split the entry into 2 parts. Unfortunately, I still don't have all of the photos I would like, but honestly, if

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 3, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sophomore Slump and an unexpected summer

  

  My second year of college just ended. I’ve been trying to think of a ... to have things sort of figured out in my mind, so I can say something ... pretty tough. I went through a rough breakup. I felt like my circle of

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • June 2, 2017
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Trendy Reif Strikes Again this time with the ALS bucket challenge.

  

  university president. My favorite example of such continues to be MIT President ... University presidents are the black suit-wearing overseers who sit at the back of every school event while silently staring at everyone with

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 26, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Philosophy Things liberty, property, consent - that kind of stuff

  

  it. This point also of course applies to logical reasoning, in which a ... insufficient by the same logic, since it could equally apply to a bunch of other ... Economics is a weird kind of science. Like biologists or chemists

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • August 11, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  my MIT admissions essays a retrospective

  

  applied to MIT largely because of the program in Urban Science and Planning ... I applied to MIT three years ago (shudders). I was originally ... experiencing them. I mildly detested my last couple years of high school during

  • by Victor D. '27
  • October 14, 2025
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  My New Hobby…. It's Giga-cool.

  

  't studied for? Femto-cool. You could even apply it to those tricky end-of ... , you can apply it to the magnitude of abstraction you take in a subject ... English language. I'd point out flaws in other langauges, but my mastery of

  • by Chris M. '12
  • April 4, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Now and Then and Maybe Later Tying up loose ends and weathering the calm before the storm we call "Fall Semester"

  

  in a chair in Hayden Library. Although arguably, it’s just a bunch of ... awesome. Ten out of ten would sit in it again. And since Hayden is so, Empty ... squirrels. With Spotify playing in both ears, The freedom of a lazy Saturday

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • August 30, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Selection = Finished Wow.

  

  proud of the class we've admitted. The predominant feeling, however, is sadness - because we were not able to offer a spot to SO MANY wonderful ... it, but I never do. We'll spend the next week preparing all of the

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 11, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Language classes over IAP

  

  During our Independent Activities Period (IAP), essentially most of ... semester -- numerous for-credit classes are on offer. The full first semester of several language classes is available in condensed form: three hours

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • December 7, 2005