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• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  MFA Boston A trip to Boston's Museum of Fine Arts

  

  from William A. Koch. Who is he, you may be asking? Well, from the MFA ... benefactor of the Museum, Koch is also a passionate collector, described by The ... of the collection is a group of important nineteenth-century paintings

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • November 16, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  MITES, RSI and WTP applications due next week The three high school summer programs hosted by MIT have their application deadlines next week.

  

  Introduction to Engineering and Science (MITES) is a rigorous six ... ), sponsored by the Center for Excellence in Education and MIT, is a rigorous ... , the sciences, and engineering. The Women's Technology Program (WTP) is a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 25, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Happy Cinco De Mayo!!! Admissions counselors make the sexiest models. Oh, and a probability question.

  

  -shirts, which were made by the good folks in LUChA. Awesome. Math question: if ... ,500 applications this year, what is the probability that one of them read your application (assuming you were in the applicant pool)? Knowing that each app

  • by Ben Jones
  • May 5, 2005
• FAQ / Life and culture

  Who is the President of MIT?

  Sally A. Kornbluth is the 18th President of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Kornbluth follows L. Rafael Reif, who led MIT for a decade and stepped down as president at the end of 2022.
• FAQ / Life and culture

  Why is it called the Brass Rat?

  It's the goal of every incoming student at MIT to get their own Brass Rat—MIT's version of a class ring. The phrase "Brass Rat" is derived ... a rat.
• FAQ / Life and culture

  What is MIT’s mascot/school colors?

  Our mascot is a beaver—nature's original engineer. Perfect, right? Tim the Beaver has been a member of the MIT community for 100 years. MIT's school colors are cardinal red and silver gray.
• Blog / Events

  Stuff that happened on Pi Day (besides decisions) pastries and pie-ings from around the institute

  

  Pi Day is a big deal around our mathematically-minded Institute ... mailing list culture I really appreciate that I work at a place where ... a few days later with some of the other stuff that happened on Monday

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 16, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Advising and freshman formalities

  

  time was had by all. I invited a fellow who is actually an alumnus of my ... connections, even as a freshman. For those of you coming here in the fall, be ... Yep, I'm officially Course 11. A few interesting things have

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • April 20, 2006
• Blog / Events

  HST Forum 2006… for real The real thing.

  

  poster session once I can steal them from the MIT News Office. I know for a ... address at last week's forum. "David D. Ho, M.D. (HST '87) is the ... AIDS Research Center, a world-renowned biomedical research institute. He

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • March 28, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Mailing Tomorrow; Yo-Yo Tonight Verify your MyMIT username and password.

  

  Hall, a quick walk or bus trip from MIT. Did you know: MIT students get ... After a week of checking, double checking, and checking ... online on Saturday. I want to urge you one final time: if you have not

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 16, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Week 1 Autumn tastes like warm apple pie covered in bacon.

  

  pound. I'm sure CMS.100 is a worthwhile class, but grapes at 88 cents ... piled on top of each other in the middle of a circuit board where nothing ... Registration week was a heinous tangle of scheduling; seven (7

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • September 13, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  RA Selection Day 6

  

  long time, but I assure you, it is better not to rush such important ... Today I got in early, giving me a chance to read my copy of the New York Times; also, Ben and I had a nice conversation about the Clay

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 22, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Class of 2009 Ring Delivery The '09s get our brass rats. We think this makes us like, so cool.

  

  As a lot of you probably know, the MIT class ring is a little more than a simple piece of jewlery. First of all, it's huge. Like, as rings ... ," as we call it, is a Big Deal. Each class selects a ring committee which

  • by Laura N. '09
  • April 24, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  2 AM Destiny An early evening snapshot of an MIT kitchen

  

  a ghost, two fridges have been nommed, and the exit sign is breeding ... right— Phillip ’15, hiding behind the Cheez-Its. Phillip is a freshman on ... in Zimbabwe and Hungary. Devin is Course 18 (Math). Cory ’13, a Course

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • October 12, 2011
• Blog / Events

  Fondue: fun and done A break from admissions at the Fondue party.

  

  usually said "A-Kai-Oh") sorority's annual Fondue party. AXO Fondue is ... is, of course, chocolate. Lots of it. Including a yummy chocolate ... [see also: Melis and the AXO Chocolate Factory] Last night, after a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 5, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Reischauer Scholars Program For those interested in Japan or international relations.

  

  and the United States. The format is pretty cool - you watch a video ... Don't you hate it when your computer freezes and you lose a huge ... let you guys know about a program that I participated in back in high

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 10, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Monkey Dance

  

  appeal to some of you... The (27th annual!) LSC Sci-Fi Marathon is a ... film, Monkey Dance, is a documentary about the lives of three Cambodian ... the time. For those of you with an Asian Students Club or a Film

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 12, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  Jargon

  

  students and alums, you should learn a bunch of the jargon that we MIT folks ... useful, is a badge of honor. drop - (1) v. To de-register for a subject ... which something is effectively but inelegantly made to perform a function

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 6, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet the Admissions Officers: Amy Perez Name: Amy Perez; Job title: Assistant Director of Admissions; Hometown: Lubbock, TX

  

  funny story. It shows a human side of you that we'll relate to. Fun fact about yourself: I can wiggle my ears but I can't whistle (you just got two ... 's Wheel (which was actually challenging!), cooking classes, and a Walking

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 14, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  9000 Words This post doesn't have 'em.

  

  after we made these posters (you'd be surpised how handy a stack of ... Figure 1. Life outside of classes. A) Study break to make Matt (or rather, Papa Matt!) a congratulatory card. B) On Wednesdays and Fridays, I

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • December 9, 2011