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• Blog / Admissions

  RA Selection Day 5 and a day off (kinda)

  

  lassis for the staff, to go along with the Indian food we had from India Castle (one of 13 Indian restaurants within a mile of MIT, according to Yahoo Yellow Pages). Today, Marilee gave us a day off to rest and catch

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 21, 2005
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Forum for those Not Admitted

  most competitive ever for MIT admissions. Admitting less than 1 in 10 applicants from our amazing applicant pool means that we had to turn away many ... category, this is an open forum for you to talk.

  • by Admin
  • March 14, 2010
• Blog / Events

  MYSTERY HUNT! Live from Mystery Hunt!

  

  eating an entire box of cookies and a bag of sun chips. Needless to say, I'm never eating either of those again. If you want to join in and remote

  • by Bryan
  • January 13, 2007
• Blog / Events

  Candyland @ MIT Not your average gingerbread houses!

  

  teams of Baker House residents built architectural masterpieces in only an hour. Though they were given the option to build anything they wanted, three teams decided to model MIT buildings. Check it out, who do you think

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 7, 2006
• FAQ / Transfer

  Can I apply for transfer admission if I’m a first-year college student?

  Yes, because you finished high school and will complete two terms of college by the time you enter MIT in the fall, you are eligible to apply as a transfer applicant. You're not eligible to apply as a first
• FAQ / International applicants

  Am I domestic or international if I hold dual citizenship?

  international in our application process. We don't have any preference as to which ... Students holding dual citizenship should apply to MIT with their U.S. citizenship status. Students holding non-U.S. dual citizenships may select
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Let the Rush Begin On Greek Life at MIT.

  

  freshmen to their events in the case of fraternities and ILGs or encouraging freshmen to register for recruitment in the case of Panhel. Waiting for the ... and help bring in a new awesome class to share the house with. It's also

  • by Bryan
  • September 8, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Language What Learning Chinese at MIT has meant to me

  

  country in Africa they are actually from. None of us knew what it means to ... As an African American I have always felt left out when it comes to language, and to a larger extent culture. For many of my friends, language is

  • by Ben O. '19
  • February 26, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  HS Juniors/Sophomores: Upcoming MIT Events MIT will have events with Yale and Brown Universities in Southern California and the Mid-Atlantic…

  

  sophomores and juniors to hear from three great universities all in one place ... road with Brown & Yale Universities for meetings in Southern ... brownmityale.org. In addition, we will also host breakfast meetings for your

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 18, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Room with a Vieux A comparison of sorts

  

  " from a lovely antiques store in Boston So here is my workspace (and my ... shabby, huh? Check out our immediate view The sign in the bottom of ... /her Course 15: Management Science concentration in marketing. More

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • August 29, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Thoughts from the Dungeon One night only

  

  I’ve been stuck in the same dungeon in Metaphor: Refantazio for the ... every time I turn the game on, it’s a new enemy that sends me to my ... don’t even need to beat this dungeon to finish the game. I could skip

  • by kellen manning
  • January 28, 2025
• Blog / Hacks

  A Brief History of Hacks Unfortunately I couldn't get Stephen Hawking to narrate.

  

  go to MIT and one of the girls asks: "Do you participate in the annual ... was the most difficult and awkward sentence I've typed in a long time. I ... friend". In the interest of furthering the human language, I propose we

  • by Chris M. '12
  • June 22, 2011
• Blog / Hacks

  Athena, Deliver Us From Finals And lead us not into temptation of crying ourselves to sleep at night.

  

  of higher learning and crawled out of their rooms to stand in awe of ... axiom to keep in mind during the finals season! Of course, the Lunar ... the construction plans due to an Institute budget crunch in 1913." One

  • by Paul B. '11
  • May 20, 2009
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Pardon my French! Join me as I cross the English Channel and dodge oncoming traffic on the Champs-Elysees.

  

  was a long trip.) I'd been to Paris before, but I wanted to ride the Eurostar train through the Channel Tunnel, referred to by some as one of the "Seven Wonders of the Modern World". It's certainly interesting to travel

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • July 19, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Prof. Acemoglu’s Clark Medal On the front page of the Business section of today's Boston Globe, there's a story…

  

  , 11 have gone on to win the Nobel Prize in Economics. MIT Economics ... , there's a story on the John Bates Clark Medal being awarded to MIT ... to an American economist under the age of 40 for making a significant

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 15, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  I’m studying poetry to be a better engineer, and this is why

  

  that ability to convey lots of meaning very succinctly is vital in any ... ability to deliver a message, whether it’s on the 2.009 stage or in a ... hours in class analyzing those poems, and written 5000 words on a few

  • by Michael C. '16
  • November 14, 2014
• Blog / Events

  Orientation Wrap-Up Reason #457 why I love Orientation: I don't have to pay for food for a…

  

  goes that you should not have to spend any money on food for at least ... been touched on yet. "/> Our CityDays project involved going to the Match School and getting stuff ready for the upcoming school year. A lot

  • by Bryan
  • September 4, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Life during finals season It's always darkest before the holidays.

  

  . Selected approach is to go for a long run in sub-zero weather and the sort of ... brain cells. (*In the past two days, I've been taking study breaks to the ... , MA 02139. Please mail excess pillows to address above. 9:20 AM

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • December 13, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Goodbye, for now

  

  , however, try to post some tidbits about life in the Bay Area!   So ... graduating seniors - I'll miss you).  Can't wait to meet 2019s in the fall! ... Jony Ive video?). Anyway, I'm very happy to say that yesterday I joined

  • by Michael C. '16
  • January 28, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  This is my spork.

  

  everywhere in between.   It’s been used to eat freeze ... participation in the fight to save them, and to help reverse the steep decline in ... . Today I used it to pry a Simmons window shut when the handle failed. My

  • by Michael C. '16
  • November 20, 2014