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• FAQ / Life and culture

  What programs does Office of Minority Education offer?

  many of MIT's underrepresented minority students. OME's mission is to ... the ultimate goal of developing leaders in the academy, industry, and society. Matriculation to one of the world’s top schools of science and
• FAQ / First-year application

  Will you send me materials/prospectus/t-shirt/pennant?

  We appreciate your interest in MIT! We don't send a lot of mail (and ... awesome monthly email newsletter that will keep you up to date on exciting things our current students are up to! We'll also send you important news and
• Blog / Challenges

  burning out past the finish line

  

  through wikipedia pages and getting information and not doing anything with ... packing or whatever instead i am sitting and lying in bed and watching all

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 25, 2023
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  “All Aboard the Rage Bus” Travelling by bus.

  

  travelling is stressful and twelve hours is a long time to spend in a room with ... stuff in the overhead compartment, then moved my bag to another ... I’m very lucky in that my family lives in central Pennsylvania, which

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • July 3, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  hello again ヽ( ´¬`)ノ

  

  Allow me to (re)introduce myself. My name is Chris Peterson. For ... from 2009-2012, when I went on a somewhat spontaneous year's leave to complete my master's degree in Comparative Media Studies. A few weeks ago, on

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 19, 2013
• Blog / About Decisions

  The waiting is the hardest part

  

  things a little... It was one year ago. Decision letters were in the mail ... : I got fed up with racing home from school everyday to check on the mail, only to find NOTHING from MIT. So, I have taken matters into my own

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 13, 2004
• 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 / Admissions

  last minute application panic for the procrastinators

  

  date; it can be helpful to add them to a calendar app or spreadsheet. Don’t wait until the last minute to submit. Life loves going wrong when ... that. Send your scores now. Please don’t get stuck paying $30+ for

  • by Rona W. '23
  • December 22, 2019
• 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 ... surviving the elements such as storm and water and eventually I want to put these animals out in herds on the beaches, so they will live their own

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

  IAP & Mystery Hunt preview Four Mystery Hunt puzzles for you to try.

  

  12, at 12 noon in Lobby 7 (the "main entrance" to MIT). It will last ... Experimental Chocolate Truffle-Making, Introduction to Special Relativity, Old Food: Ancient and Medieval Cooking, Experiencing Health Policy: A Week in

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 8, 2007
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Amazin’ The Mets clinched the NL East. *happy dance*

  

  problem to someone else suddenly makes the solution clear). Rick is in 6 ... else has been going on in my life? You know, school and stuff. While I ... . Basically 2.001 teaches you the stuff you need to know to figure out that

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 21, 2006
• Blog / Hacks

  C-Sail Jack Florey really went Captain Jack on this one.

  

  a closer look at that sail! Looks to me like a sail with a C on it ... 't get it: the Stata Center houses the Computer Science and Artificial

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • November 14, 2017
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  taylor swift songs as applicants emergency evermore post

  

  and go to plenty of parties in college.   gold rush But I don ... lost their minds. If you haven't listened to it yet, please go do that right now and then come back. In celebration of evermore as well as the

  • by Rona W. '23
  • December 11, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  Awesome Robot Competition? LIVE?? Check out the 2.007 Final Robot Competition! LIVE May 12th/13th!

  

  DIAGRAMS??   Well then, you’re going to LOVE the 2.007 Manufacturing ... working tirelessly to create robots to overcome this year’s challenge board ... class and plan to write a longer blog about our experiences, but we couldn

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • May 12, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  Battle of The Bands takes over Bryan’s Blog Hostile takeover of Bryan's blog for the night.

  

  MIT to compete in front of YOU for prizes and bragging rights. Yuan ... So me and my 133t h4x0r roommate Yuan decided to take over Bryan ... Bryan when he's typing in his password. Yuan: Shouldn't we be telling

  • by Bryan
  • March 12, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Relativity Special (and vice versa) I took a test today that relied on practically everything I have ever learned from…

  

  my Special Relativity test required me to add (and subtract!) numbers with 5 significant figures, and the professor did not manage to include a ... SAT II's, which was like 29483 years ago. Unable to bear it any longer

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • November 18, 2009
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Think YOUR research is crazy? Why doesn't spaghetti break in half? There is an answer, because someone has dedicated their…

  

  Ever find yourself sitting in lab, thinking "What in God's name am I ... Organization) It calculated the number of photographs you must take to (almost) ensure that nobody in a group photo will have their eyes closed

  • by Melis A. '08
  • November 14, 2006
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Scootah Hockey a sport of tradition, friendship, and raw athleticism

  

  in this way for five nights, and then the final bracket was revealed to ... Hockey. Scootah Hockey, while rich in history and strategy, is a simple game to play. Each team has three to four players on at a time, each of

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • May 13, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  Early Action A summary of this year's early action admissions process.

  

  's admit rate for early action is so low in comparison to the admit ... *Update as of 2015: Early action is available to both domestic and ... students in the middle, about three quarters of the applicants, were deferred

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 9, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Sam Survey I'M HOSED.

  

  in my first entry as a blogger, I recently decided to write a new blog ... to ask? Comment your questions in. (By the way, I probably won't change ... elections meeting, an overnight shift, a trip to New York, another exam

  • by Jess K. '10
  • March 9, 2008