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• Blog / Admissions

  CPW time waits for no man, woman or beaver

  

  be tempted to break out the blink tag. CPW is an enormous event. It ... daunting (in a good way). Luckily the level of enthusiasm all over campus is ... 171 parent-friendly events in the schedule. If a visit to the site or a

  • by Dave McOwen
  • March 22, 2010
• Blog / IAP

  An Experiment in Independence: PART TWO.

  

  . Maybe I need more people to talk to. In any case, that video is now ... some links to things I mentioned in the video! All about the James Webb ... . And that was to film it. On video. And put it on the internet. Whether

  • by Allan K. '17
  • January 17, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Q&A, Vol. II A sort-of guest post

  

  ... aren't you supposed to be in school?" which is totally a legitimate ... ' stuff I want to tell you guys about (including a video of the Simmons project in case you couldn't come to CPW and see it for yourself), but I

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • April 18, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Obama’s Visiting MIT! Does that mean he gets an advantage in the admissions process?

  

  a visit to campus from the President is pretty darn special. Of course ... "expressed interest" in the school, and they try to use that piece of data to ... , that is simply not true. Sure, we analyze the data to figure out whether

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • October 20, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  Waitlist Decisions 2011 MIT Class of 2015 waitlist decisions will be released today, via email, at approximately 3pm…

  

  those that were admitted - we hope to see you in the fall. For those whom ... , but we do plan to admit 26 students from the waitlist. Today, around 3pm ... other school, but it is a standard practice to consider accepting a

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • May 10, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  “Hello! I would like to schedule a meeting with Senator Markey.” Exciting spring break plans

  

  the following announcement: I originally became a AAS member in order ... provide valuable access to new opportunities. In this case, I realized that ... solar astrophysicist at Harvard. The AAS has a whole website on how to

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 7, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Snow snow snow. I'm wearing bright colors so if I get caught in a snow drift someone will…

  

  Michigan, which gets some of the most snow in the US, right? Our standards ... going to drown in snow on my way to class. If I never post again, you now ... An email I just sent out to my sorority: from: Shannon to: Theta date

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • March 2, 2009
• Blog / IAP

  The Abominable Snowman If you can't see the Yeti, make the Yeti.

  

  court we decided to make a giant snowman in front of the great dome ... entry in the works, for those of you who are sick of hearing about it ... grape throwing, running around the basements, playing in the secret ninja

  • by Melis A. '08
  • January 16, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Photo Contest, Round 2 The Boston skyline at night.

  

  just prior to an annual event we call the Sodium Drop (I'll leave the details to your imagination, for now at least). The picture was taken from ... to the right, you'd see MIT and the Cambridge side of the river), and

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 31, 2006
• Blog / Summer

  i visit Cape Cod and discover the most beautiful beach on Earth

  

  to spend the day at the beach. it was a goddamn ride start to finish ... suggested that we spice up our orders by asking for four of what the person in the car in front of us ordered. while passing the menu, we noticed a

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • June 24, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Your February Notes and Updates Form every applicant needs to do this

  

  admitted or deferred in Early Action), and is to be completed by you, the ... or progress reports. Do I still need to submit the form? Yes. There is ... coursework and grades. This is similar to the Self-Reported Coursework Form

  • by Kris Guay
  • January 13, 2014
• FAQ / First-year application

  What are the deadlines for first-year applicants?

  the application, you are still able to add them by following the “Add new test scores” link in the application portal. The deadline for ... them by following the “Add new test scores” link in the application
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  We’re #1! What's the emoticon for oversize foam hand?

  

  MIT was named the most visited college/university web site by 4 ... few theories as to why we elbowed our way to the top of the list: OpenCourseWare: MIT courses for free on the web. What's not to love about

  • by Dave McOwen
  • January 29, 2010
• Blog / Life after MIT

  The Remnants of Four Years What happens when you have to start packing

  

  had to finally empty out my locker for the first time in four years, it ... So one of the unfortunate parts of graduating is that you actually have to pack up your life from the past four years.  No more of this, "I

  • by Becca H. '12
  • June 6, 2012
• Blog / Athletics

  Quarrying Around Ice skating in an underground tunnel

  

  extremely interesting, and I really want to go on more trips with them in the ... adventure with the MIT Caving Club. I really enjoyed it, and I wanted to ... Grotto has to the Freedlyville Quarry. The quarry entrance was about a mile

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • February 21, 2013
• Blog / Events

  Snow(y) Day The kind of day when tea or cocoa helps in reading applications.

  

  .k.a. "Slugfest") hall in the East Campus dorm. According to the Slugfest wiki ... hope you all can hear us. The idea is for everyone to take a break from ... further from the truth. It really is a joy and a privilege to read

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 3, 2007
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  A Very McGann Christmas Happy holidays.

  

  The Christmas holiday is a pretty big deal in my family. On Christmas ... attendance. Just a few miles from my house is the famous Big Duck, which always gets all gussied up for the holidays. It's great to be able to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 25, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Commence the Commencing! and congratulations to the Class of 2014

  

  intend to spend most of the day watching the commencement with the families ... 147 classes have graduated from MIT in its history; today, the Class ... prefrosh to unbelievably intelligent and compassionate adults. Most of my

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 6, 2014
• Blog / How to Food

  I came, I saw, I stirfried Foray into non-ramen cooking

  

  . This summer, I had the opportunity to live in an apartment in Somerville ... or not. To continue this exploration in the dorms, I've completed step ... share, and that is how I managed to feed myself for three months. You see

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • September 7, 2012
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Watch this! An MIT blogger alum deservedly gets a moment in the spotlight.

  

  profile Mollie in the latest episode (or, webisode, as it is a web series ... , she is a graduate student at Harvard, and is still involved with the MIT ... will not link to here.) The folks at PBS's Nova have been producing a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 23, 2010