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• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Everybody LOVES a math joke Math jokes for a Monday chuckle!

  

  Judging by the facebook group "I Wish I Were Your Derivative So I ... Mathematical Folk Humor by Paul Renteln and Alan Dundes Here are some I received in an email: I've definitely felt like doing this before....

  • by Melis A. '08
  • November 6, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Accidents Happen My mom was right.

  

  response for me when I claim I made a mistake: We don't make mistakes; we ... . I recently read an article on Slashdot about the power of accidental ... sometimes I feel like my experiments are more mistakes than intentional, but

  • by Bryan
  • June 19, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Senior Week The beginning of the final week for MIT's Seniors.

  

  today on this blog, I also begin a weeklong celebration of our seniors. I ... that I know who replied to my request for a profile =) As such, some non ... experiences & plans, but not a representative sample. I'll post some

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 4, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Decisive Battle The one examining "Turkey vs. Spam" on the almost-literal level.

  

  -hour food coma immediately after dinner, I think it's pretty safe to say that I emerged victorious. I wanted to turn the turkey carcass into usable ... Thanksgiving everybody! I hope you enjoyed your turkey, or if you did not have a

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 24, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  On Tour Goin' each and every place with the mic in their hand.

  

  Called Quest Hello All! As you can see I'm taking the fight to the people! In the last few weeks I had MIT Central meetings in Washington, DC ... Manhattan (NY, not Kansas). Additionally, I've visited high schools in Detroit

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • September 28, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Quick update

  

  I guess the folks who staff the phones in MIT Admissions received ... . Q. If selection is over, can I have my decision? A. The selection ... available over the phone or the web. Q. If selection is over, does this mean I

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 1, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  2,822 applications

  

  So, after two entries that seemed to relax people a bit, I do need to ... students during EA; this year, I anticipate it will be fewer than 400. Last ... ; I suspect the numbers will be somewhat similar this year (we don't set

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 23, 2004
• Blog / Admissions

  First read

  

  Welcome those of you who have just joined us! I encourage you to read ... makes a good summary of an application. I just finished reading and ... I must say I'm very excited to be starting the application reading

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 24, 2004
• Blog / Challenges

  It’s Not Always Rainbows and Butterflies Inspired by Paul and Snively.

  

  So, I'm in the Stratton Reading Room right now and the number of students here had dwindled down to single digits. I logged on to take a short ... class!) decided to blog about schoolwork, I decided to pitch in my own

  • by Chris S. '11
  • February 26, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  The Other Side from prefrosh to cpw chair

  

  This was me about a year ago: Even now, I remember what it felt ... I experienced when I got on campus. It’s a moment I won’t ever forget. This is me now:   I woke up today, to a similarly pleasant scene. The sun

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • April 12, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fran Sancisco and Spother Oonerisms Racing tays and fighting lires

  

  , snoonerisms speak into speveryone's eech. Please hend selp; I'm luck thike stis. Anyway, I've been living in Fran Sancisco this summer with (a sizable crew ... of rite of passage for computer science students, and I'd spent both

  • by Joel G. '18
  • August 7, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  Testing the Waters There comes a time in every man's life when he has to make a choice.…

  

  I really should be napping or something right now, since in the last 24 hours I finished two problem sets, read four articles (one of which ... by three hours of MedLinks training, but I got pushed off the front of

  • by Jess K. '10
  • September 22, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Cake-offs, chariot races, and salsa dancing

  

  the Greek Week Champions. Here are the different events and how they ... girls play football and guys are the cheerleaders). Points based on how many people came to watch, how many played, and if your team won. Sunday

  • by Melis A. '08
  • May 12, 2008
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Waitlisted

  

  A lot of students applied to MIT this year, and unfortunately, we just couldn’t accept them all. We have placed a small number of students on the waitlist. If you would like to be considered for the waitlist

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2025
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Not Admitted

  

  at nightBut no little moonbeams would give me the lightSo me not like

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  Missing Documents Deadline please check MyMIT

  

  processed your newly submitted documents. If at this point you would like to

  • by Kris Guay
  • November 14, 2013
• Blog / Events

  MIT Commencement On Friday, the MIT Class of 2005 graduated! It was a beautiful day on Killian…

  

  On Friday, the MIT Class of 2005 graduated! It was a beautiful day on Killian Court for the MIT Commencement ceremonies. For the curious, here would be your projected MIT Commencement dates: MIT Class of 2009

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 6, 2005
• FAQ / Transfer

  What does MIT consider for transfer admission?

  good match and who we feel would bring something unique and special to
• Blog / MIT Life

  *THE* double a room tour from an (only slightly) obnoxious duo

  

  ="105765" /] I'm not quite sure when it happened, but if I had to guess it was ... 're doubling together, I feel like we could really lock into making our room ... our minds. Sometimes, when I found myself gazing for long enough upon my

  • by Veronica P. '27
  • November 17, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  Admissions Videos Over the Years The 90s were, uh, different

  

  I was going through some of the Admissions archives last week and ... , have some things not changed...) Our first video that I know of was a ... before, and you can see a more complete history here, but I thought it'd be

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • September 14, 2017