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• Blog / Admissions

  Update from selection We're working through the weekend towards admitting the Class of 2011.

  

  in the snow in Killian Court. This year, it was a completely different ... . (And if you haven't done so yet, please read Ben's latest entry and

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 2, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT ISEF Reception MIT will host a reception at ISEF in Indianapolis.

  

  The MIT Office of Admissions will host a reception for participants in the Intel International Science & Engineering Fair (ISEF) on ... Arts at MIT." And since we don't want to ruin your dinner, we'll just be

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 3, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Check Is In The Mail As you know from Matt/Ben's blogs, the decisions are in the mail, or as they…

  

  automatically begin to spaz as soon as you read this. Don't. Just wait and see ... selected during Regular Action. Nevertheless, The Nance Effect is a great

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • December 10, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  You Guys Are Used To Getting No Sleep, But I Am Old To those of you who have siblings: what's the one piece of sibling-related parenting advice…

  

  when I can find time. Hope you guys are having a great start to your ... be friends. I know of course that this can't be forced, but I also know

  • by Ben Jones
  • June 1, 2005
• FAQ / Life and culture

  Are the Arts active on campus?

  degrees in Design and Architecture, and even a minor in Art, Culture and ... at MIT, you don't have to major or minor in the arts to be fully
• Blog / Admissions

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

  

  Summer is a great time to visit colleges in Boston. There are more ... visit a variety of colleges from one base. Most of the major universities are on subway lines, so renting a car (and trying to navigate Boston

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 11, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  Turning on the Light A note to the MIT community.

  

  :45 last night warning me to stay inside, I couldn't really process what was going on. The idea of a shooting occurring on campus was impossible in my ... seemed very grim. Needless to say, I didn't sleep very much last night

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • April 19, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Walk of the Strandbeest "New life forms" with PVC skeletons march on the Media Lab

  

  new nature. I make skeletons that walk on the wind so they don't have to ... 's Strandbeest stood in the rain on a patch of pavement outside the Media Lab. With wind in their sails, and aided (on a rainy but not-so-windy day) by

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • September 16, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Important Information about your Financial Aid Application Track your status on MyMIT

  

  won’t be answering questions about financial aid on this post ... applicants and the comments will be closed. But we did want you to know a few ... understand your financial situation more completely, please send a letter

  • by Kris Guay
  • February 4, 2014
• Blog / Athletics

  Varsity Pistol Team Wins National Championship

  

  program's history, with previous victories occurring in 1971 and 1972. As a ... -America accolades, the most in the program's history. Schannon was a First ... , theater, and, yes, sports. MIT is a member of NCAA Division I in Crew

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 22, 2005
• Blog / Announcements

  We are suspending our SAT/ACT requirement for the 2021–2022 application cycle as well

  

  /ACT, or who can find a forthcoming opportunity to do so safely are ... have SAT/ACT scores for a student, we can more confidently assess their preparation; when we don’t, we have to look (even) harder at other factors, such

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • April 6, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  A short entry about dorm awesomeness

  

  You know what's awesome about dorms? There's a lot of people in them. A lot of people who use iTunes. What happens when you have a lot of people using iTunes on the same WiFi network? Shared libraries! So many

  • by Snively '11
  • November 18, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  The Freshman Application Is Now Live for prospective members of the Class of 2020

  

  -250 words each, depending on the question):  We know you lead a busy ... something important that didn’t go according to plan. How did you manage the situation? I can't emphasize this enough: make sure to review

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 18, 2015
• FAQ / Life and culture

  What does “drinking from a fire hose” mean?

  Getting an education from MIT has been likened to taking a drink from a fire hose—the sheer number of opportunities and rigor of our ... must pass a swim test in order to graduate!
• Blog / Admissions

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

  

  Late last month, on July 25th, I boarded a Lufthansa flight from ... in a kind of academic olympics. At IOI 2015, 322 students from 83 ... . Participation in the ISOs is neither a requirement nor expectation of applicants

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 10, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Your college application motivation soundtrack for September imagine a movie montage, but for politely asking teachers to say nice things about you

  

  wanted to just sample a new song or album before you paid anything for it ... ."]hard music problems.[/annotation] Last week, a (non-blogger) friend of mine ... me thinking that it might be nice to create a collaborative playlist

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 1, 2019
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Livebloggin Ring Premiere! Twitter is good for something! (maybe)

  

  Via Twitter!! @ccmillsMIT follow as long as my cellphone battery lasts!

  • by Chris M. '12
  • February 12, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Thoughts on Removing the Long Essay from the Freshman Application So long, extraneous passages of florid prose.

  

  Brevity is wise. ...but I'm not the one being affected here. What are your thoughts?

  • by Keri G. '10
  • October 23, 2009
• Blog / Personal Projects

  a quarantine haiku generator purell and poetics

  

  hello! hope everyone is doing well. I made a quarantine haiku generator: get yours here.

  • by Rona W. '23
  • April 29, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  Batman Picks a Username learn from him.

  

  Trouble thinking up a good Kerberos username? Take some hints from Batman.

  • by Erick P. '17
  • May 8, 2014