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  MIT EA Decisions To Be Posted Saturday, 12/14/19, at 12:14 PM ET

  

  to log in with your MyMIT username and password. I recommend you do ... I've stopped watching this video of a tiny hedgehog being bathed and ... .  To check your decision on the 14th, visit decisions.mit.edu and log in

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 5, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT: Progressions what the students thought of the place in 1969

  

  Earlier today, I got an email from Kenny Friedman '17, who took my ... ; I'd seen (and we've posted) MIT: The Movie (1992), which was ... moment in the Institute's history before today. In this video we see

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 18, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Important EA Processing Update! read this if your application is incomplete

  

  should show up in MyMIT. A few moments ago, we emailed everyone who applied Early Action and who was missing an evaluation or transcript in our ... certainly complete. I say "almost certainly" because there are still some

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 15, 2011
• Blog / Uncategorized

  I have senioritis

  

  OH NO

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • February 7, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  New ZigZag and more A new episode of MIT's video podcast, and Susan Hockfield speaks out on energy research.

  

  's energy and environment problems. Today, I've got two pieces of media to ... Hockfield recently wrote an op-ed in the Boston Globe entitled A Model For ... , with many faculty and students invested in finding energy solutions

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 19, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Festival

  

  ... The guys from Tep had an awesome pickle frier which counted to 255 in binary. More craziness from the Tep guys... exploding soda cans. The ... in the white shirt) as well as 2x4 Jenga... The Panhellenic

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 8, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

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

  

  in an otherwise formal job, like taking a selfie before giving his ... as by volunteers in the audience. The ALS Ice Bucket Challenge is a ... Fraczkowska '01, whose husband, Thomas Phelan, passed away from ALS earlier in

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 26, 2014
• Blog / Events

  twerking, MIT style need more be said?

  

  Welcome to another edition of MIT Students Can Be Artsy™, aka We Do ... . (if you don't know what twerking is, I direct you to the Oxford Online Dictionary.  Or maybe innocence is bliss?) I think the variety of dances

  • by Michael C. '16
  • December 8, 2013
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

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

  

  International Colleges & Universities, a higher education directory. I have a ... changes every weekday. GAMBIT Game Lab: Games created by MIT students. I ... such a vibrant, creative place that if you can't find something amazing

  • by Dave McOwen
  • January 29, 2010
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Happy Year of the Pig Photoshop fun for the lunar new year.

  

  ." -- Jane, California "I discovered a super-secret poster of the next ... from it to the 8.01 students. I got the original picture from the page ... who entered! Below, you can see thumbnails of the other entries:

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 18, 2007
• Blog / Events

  Circus School Mitra flies like a trapeze artist; fruit flies like a peach.

  

  I am a very lucky duck, and was treated to an afternoon at the San ... muscles, you can still get your legs up there using your momentum. (For confirmation, take 8.01: Classical Mechanics.) (I did this on my second try, but

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • June 24, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet the Admissions Officers: Matt McGann ‘00 Name: Matt McGann; Job title: Assistant Director of Admissions; Hometown: Hampton Bays, NY

  

  about Boston: public transportation (I don't own or need a car!), the ... about yourself and your life's circumstances, choose recommenders who can ... Fun fact about yourself: I'm (very slowly) learning Mandarin Chinese. If

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 8, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Techfair! tisn't ye olde renaissance faire, institvte

  

  made me want to wake up and go outside. In a manner not dissimilar to that of this video's protagonist, I actually did. Last Monday, I and ... -- but also shows off and helps fund student projects. a day at the fair I

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • February 19, 2012
• FAQ / First-year application

  How does MIT use my test scores?

  MIT uses a holistic admissions process, so test scores are just one factor among many for evaluating your preparedness for MIT. Test scores are evaluated alongside other components of the…
• FAQ / First-year application

  How does MIT select students for admission?

  The selection process at MIT is holistic and student centered: each application is evaluated within its unique context. No school, state, or regional quotas are applied; neither is preference given…
• FAQ / Academics and research

  How does pass/no record work?

  Here’s something else to love about MIT! The first semester at MIT is graded on a pass/no record basis: if you pass the class you get a “pass” on your…
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Marjane Satrapi and French Breakthroughs The author of Persepolis visits MIT, and my French professor is famous

  

  Oct. 23 in the Stata Center's Kirsch Auditorium at 7 p.m. Marjane ... about life and criticisms of American foreign policy. All in all, it was a very informative and entertaining event. I am going to have to

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • October 29, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Watch the 2.009 webcast tonight at 7PM ET! the premier product design class at MIT

  

  2.009: Product Engineering Processes is a capstone course in Course 2 ... . From the website:  In 2.009, Product Engineering Processes, [150] students work in large teams of approximately 20 individuals to design and

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 12, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Issel Lim: IBD Research Issel Lim has been trying to create an effective mouse model for ulcerative colitis, a…

  

  Th2, which can be induced by different pathogens and are exhibited in ... model for ulcerative colitis, a type of IBD, through her UROP in the ... created a mouse model for the Th2 form of IBD by creating a Th2 response in

  • by Melis A. '08
  • July 27, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Summer Programs For MIT Students Planning early -- MIT-sponsored ways to make an impact next summer

  

  for rising juniors interested in helping people. In this entry, I will list the ones I know with a brief description, and then I'll write a ... participated in it last summer. If I have forgotten any, please let me know

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 3, 2006