FAQ / Academics and research
When was MIT founded?
Ok, this is probably more info than anyone wants regarding the founding of MIT, but you asked!
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Blog / Events
Live from MYSTERY HUNT Live from Mystery Hunt
hours so teams can continue to call in answers and meet with us. If you ... puzzles. If you want to join us: Come to Baker 6th floor for live action ... Midnight Bombers What Bomb at Midnight at 12:31am Sunday in a refridgerator -
FAQ / First-year application
How do I track the progress of my application?
You may track the progress of your application in the application ... days to be processed. Materials are not automatically loaded into a ... don’t panic. While it is important to submit your application on time -
Blog / MIT History & Culture
Tweet, tweet plus: swarming, oil spill cleanup robots and virus-made, clothing-embedded batteries
anymore! But now that I finally got a smartphone last month (I <3 my Droid X), I've been finding myself using Twitter a lot more. So if you ... 'll try to post (or more likely, tweet) to share with you all. Today, this -
Blog / Academics & Research
Visual Arts @ MIT part 3 the people who make it all possible
we hold, we met the new maker in residence, who is dedicating a lot of ... there will be a new animation course offered next year at MIT through the ... we didn't write down here, is a great sense of camaraderie and support -
FAQ / Life and culture
Does MIT offer Army, Air Force, Navy ROTC?
MIT is proud to offer Army, Air Force, and Naval ROTC programs on ... motivated students into tomorrow's U.S. military leaders. Upon graduation, you'll have earned not only your degree, but a commission as an officer and -
Blog / Miscellaneous
Redefinitions Name the planet contest REDUX.
http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2006/pluto-new.html So now, we're down to 8 planets. Thus, the contest needs revision itself. Best mnemonic you can make with MVEMJSUN. Ready, set, go! -
Blog / MIT Life
Starting Over it feels like this every time but this time it's different
Every fall at MIT has felt like a new beginning. My freshman fall ... "]in-major classes,[/annotation] which was a big adjustment for me, and I moved entries ... different. Junior fall, I became a blogger, and had just changed my major, so -
Blog / Academics & Research
goodbye, thoughts; welcome, semester tfw classes are my saving grace
I've never been so excited for a semester. I'm taking classes that ... literally all the time. I'm also going through a break-up...and it sucks. I'm around two weeks into it at this point, so it wasn't a sudden shift -
Blog / Admissions
MacCPW, et al. in case you couldn't make it
"Gaming". And while that's not for me, it's probably for a lot of you. Just ... only admit people who belong here, and a big thank you to everyone who ... CPW is officially over! The CPW weather machine ended up pulling -
Blog / Academics & Research
Technology Happens My computer is hiccoughing.
So sometimes in a computer's life, it decides that it wants to enter eternal hibernation and refuse to function. As in like...today. Thank goodness there's Athena. Return I shall, and soon. -
Blog / Miscellaneous
Introducing the New 2017 Bloggers Let's get ready to ruuummmmble!
Pong Champion. He is a sucker for Maseeh’s cookies, drones, and creeping ... bullets it is. Own a necklace replica of Cloud Strife’s sword, which I ... time. She also does cool henna on herself and is a walking encyclopedia -
Blog / Academics & Research
semester wrap-up snaps and snippets
for the aero/astro degree. here is a part of that airplane (i worked on ... from mit. even when you're not on leave. i went to a documentary play ... was an mit student again. i took four and a half classes and worked a -
Blog / MIT History & Culture
Sigma ChIgloo MIT Fraternity brothers engineer a 10 foot igloo while relaxing in Maine
snow is about 1/5th that of water (which we conjectured based solely on a ... roommate Mike '13 and I did a quick calculation. Approximating the igloo we built as a half sphere with an inner radius of 7 feet and an outer radius -
Blog / Blogs That Aren't in English
MIT-Now in Español!
have translated the history and mission of MIT so students can help their ... . And we want everyone to gain a deeper understanding of the friendly and ... parents, and post your questions! It is our hope that students will use -
Blog / Academics & Research
Another fun problem Skip if you don't want to do more physics.
If you liked last night's dynamics problem, here's a new and exciting one for you! -
Blog / About Decisions
Distractions For you.
your way in four days and an orgo test coming my way in a week, it'd be better if you guys were distracted in my stead. It is with this notion in ... Court. It was due to this decision that I spent an hour and a half of this -
Blog / MIT History & Culture
Trendy Reif Strikes Again this time with the ALS bucket challenge.
as by volunteers in the audience. The ALS Ice Bucket Challenge is a ... in an otherwise formal job, like taking a selfie before giving his ... , President L. Rafael Reif was doused with ice water from a ten foot tall wooden -
FAQ / Transfer
What college should I attend to improve my chances for transfer admission?
Our applicants come from all over the world and from many different educational backgrounds. You should choose a college that will offer rigorous ... words, you should choose a college that will be a good fit for you. -
Blog / MIT Life
Counting On One Hand And this is where Porky Pig says, "That's all folks"
experience here, we students don't like that attitude. One way or another you drink from that firehose and you get it done. I can say that this semester ... fall out of the sky and WEBSIS doesn't let you pick your own grades, you