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• Blog / Uncategorized

  Things I Know to Be True: Addendum One A post I hate, and some truths from my first year at MIT

  

  MIT students, that change is continuous, like paint gliding across a ... freshman year: You Will Be Surprised What You Can Do When You Are Forced ... the content. It looks like it is written in a different language, which

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • June 20, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  MIT and Slavery a developing history, and a live webcast

  

  , we must attend to some newly uncovered facts from our past. A distinguished member of our history faculty, Professor Craig Steven Wilder is the ... universities is entwined with the history of slavery. Last spring, I sought Craig

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 16, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Exciting potential UROP: the cancer genome

  

  . Lander (who was my Introductory Biology teacher; you can also choose to ... it is being called for now, would be greater in scale than the Human ... mutations that give rise to cancer or sustain it. Proponents say a databank

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 28, 2005
• Blog / Uncategorized

  [joint post] we can’t hear you, you’re on mute see alan's post :)

  

  https://mitadmissions.org/blogs/entry/we-cant-hear-you-youre-on-mute/

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • February 26, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  Planned Mail Date: March 11

  

  -wracking it can be to wait, but please give the mail a chance! If you don't get your letter by March 18, please give us a call. Right now, the decision ... In case you missed it: We plan to send freshman admissions decision

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 6, 2005
• FAQ / First-year application

  May high school juniors apply?

  . You can fill out our Tell us about yourself! form and you will be added ... a small number of applications from young students who have outgrown their high school curriculum and feel ready for college. We have a lot of
• Blog / Hacks

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

  

  This might look like a regular old picture of the Stata Center on a cloudy morning...but wait, there's more. Do you see what I see? Take ... C-Sail... It's a C-Sail on CSAIL! (For those of you who still don

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • November 14, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  New Server As of this afternoon, mitadmissions.org is living on a new (and much faster) server.

  

  Hi folks, As of this afternoon, mitadmissions.org is living on a new (and much faster) server. You'll probably notice better performance in page rendering right away; commenting is still slower than I'd like, but

  • by Ben Jones
  • July 30, 2007
• Blog / How to Human

  New Decade, New Me? some reflections, some resolutions, some hopes,

  

  little better. I recently got a phone with a camera that is actually pretty ... Some Reflections It's been a long decade. When the 2010s started, I ... roughly fifteenth grade. A lot has changed, but some things remain the same

  • by Alex M. '21
  • January 1, 2020
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Narrative of Discovery Most people would be hard pressed to tell a story that has both James Watson…

  

  Watson. Zebrafish and Cancer: What's the Connection? is a rich narrative ... Most people would be hard pressed to tell a story that has both James Watson and Richard Nixon in it, but at MIT, anything is possible. The MIT

  • by Laurie Everett
  • February 1, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Soothing Words About Deadlines From Joanne Cummings She's both the director of the freshman admissions process *and* Evie's mom, so you know…

  

  This is the time of year in which people start worrying a great deal about deadlines. Rather than give you my own "don't panic" advice, I ... -258-8304. Again, be patient, as faxed materials take a day or two to process. As you

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 29, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Things that are hard. Though not as hard as this.

  

  blog is for those of you who love this school already and for those of ... were a Crayola crayon, I would totally be Dandelion- it’s clearly the ... they come one right after another. I happen to be a bit of a nerd. I

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • September 17, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  merry christmas from MIT and my newsfeed a snapshot of holiday cheer from cambridge to new zealand

  

  ; Since I'm still here for a few days, my flexible family is just ... *present* to you, newsfeed style, a snapshot of recent MIT festivities ... It is standard practice to leave MIT as quickly as possible upon

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • December 25, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  21E our major in a diagram!

  

  We are majoring in 21E, a joint major that lets you combine any ... about the requirements of 21E, and were inspired to make a diagram, sine 21E can be confusing. So, here it is, filled out with the classes we

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • September 9, 2019
• FAQ / Transfer

  Does MIT offer fee waivers for transfer applicants?

  Fee waivers are available for all applicants, domestic and international. You can request one in the Fee Waiver Request section of the application. MIT offers need-blind admissions, so requesting a fee waiver won
• FAQ / Transfer

  How much does the transfer application cost?

  The transfer application costs $75. Fee waivers are available for all applicants, domestic and international. You can request one in the ... -blind admissions, so requesting a fee waiver won’t have any impact on your chances of
• Blog / Hacks

  Remember, Remember the Fifth of November Celebrating Guy Fawkes Day as only MIT can.

  

  contained a number of pictures, which I am more than happy to pass on to you ... Just over 400 years ago, a group of Englishmen attempted to blow up ... foiled at the twelfth hour, the conspirators nonetheless secured a place in

  • by Paul B. '11
  • November 5, 2007
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Leaving a Mark Painting a mural and turning my rat

  

  you're an undergrad, you wear it so that "the beaver is sh*tting on you ... , for the incredible mark you’ve made on me, and I hope I’ve made a ... 'd always said I wanted to paint a mural on Tetazoo, and I'd had my eye on

  • by Kate R. '14
  • August 12, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Institute of Contemporary Art College Night #2 of 3 Boston Adventures

  

  You Look: Black Mountain College 1933-1957,” a collection of art from “a ... developments, I will soon gain access to the front of my cerebral cortex, where ... ). Then there was midnight. Three of my friends and hall neighbors, M., T

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • December 27, 2015
• Blog / Athletics

  Get to know Tim the Beaver! Tim shows off some moves at an MIT men's ice hockey game

  

  siezed the moment. To the 2016ers, here's what you can expect when you arrive on campus in a month and a half! Get pumped! ... spectators waited patiently for the Zamboni to finish during a men's ice hockey

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • July 10, 2012