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• Blog / MIT Life

  Inventional YoYo what the what

  

  , who was admitted to the class of 2015, is a professional yoyo-ist. Yoyo-er. The man has serious skills with a yoyo. He's already got plenty of ... be for the next few days and weeks. So though I've got a bunch of

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 12, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Fantasy Feast Fantasy foods and costumed friends.

  

  Yesterday evening Random Hall residents prepared a CPW fantasy feast ... cake, deviled eggs, onigiri, and pork stew. The strawberry kiwi punch is HP potion. The blue Hawaiian punch is mana.                         

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • April 13, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT History Makes MIT Spotlight! Again, bringing you live reporting from the underappreciated MIT History department.

  

  Professor Maier, teaching is not a one-way street. I believe she thinks that ... historian should, even on-the-spot if necessary. Professor Maier is a master ... a storyteller, and although she is often fond of stating how she

  • by Chris S. '11
  • December 4, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Watch Ceri on SciShow! teenage mutant YOUTUBE NERDFIGHTERS

  

  Longtime readers (i.e., those of you who didn't first tune into the ... prolific blogger/vlogger who graduated in June with a double-major in 7A ... , writing and editing science content for the show, but a few days ago she

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 4, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Selection continues Regular Action domestic selection is underway.

  

  As you've read over at Ben's blog, the admissions officers are ... . While students had a three-day weekend this weekend, we worked straight ... in Turin. And last week, after a snowstorm, The Tech captured some

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 20, 2006
• Blog / Events

  President Susan Hockfield

  

  ; You are cordially invited to a community reception to welcome Susan ...   To: "All Members of the MIT Community" From: "Kathryn A. Willmore" Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2004 14:06:22 -0500 Subject: Welcome Reception

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 1, 2004
• FAQ / First-year application

  When are decisions announced?

  the release of admissions decisions, however, you may receive a package ... determined. Applicants will receive the email about a week prior to the release
• Blog / Events

  Lobby 7 Gotta love it

  

  Here’s a little tribute to lobby 7. Since my start at MIT in January ... office just a few feet down the infinite corridor. I enter with my morning coffee cup in hand, along with a horde of students and tourists, and I

  • by Kris Guay
  • October 12, 2011
• FAQ / First-year application

  What if I don’t have a class rank or GPA?

  school doesn't calculate GPA, please don't convert your grades to a U.S. GPA system. Simply leave spaces blank if the information is not
• FAQ / Academics and research

  What’s the Deshpande Center?

  researchers to make a difference in the world by developing innovative ... breakthrough products and new companies. In turn, those innovations can help
• Blog / MIT Life

  Looked outside my window, and what did I see I probably shouldn't be surprised, but I am.

  

  This is probably one of the last things I was expecting to see when I ... impossible to try and capture it all in a blog. Never fear though, I'll figure ... to draw some pictures to factor out a few thousand words.

  • by Chris M. '12
  • May 3, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Financial Aid Tracking Portlet Now Available You should now see it in your MyMIT account.

  

  Just a quick note - after this morning's build, you should now see the financial aid tracking portlet in your MyMIT account. If you have ... 'm getting a bunch of comments in response to this post with financial

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 9, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  College Admissions and the Public Interest

  

  serve as a force for the betterment of society. The key for Thresher is ... of Admissions at MIT, wrote a short book called College Admissions and the Public Interest. It's a longstanding handbook of the admissions

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 3, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  RA Selection Day 4

  

  subcommittee was Ben and another student, a great team. The three of us worked ... Barbecue. At lunch, we had a visitor: Akash, a student admitted to the MIT ... chatting, Akash got a call on his mobile phone from another MIT '09, Anthony

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 19, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Freshman Application: Live on Monday The MIT Freshman Application will go live tomorrow (Monday) on MyMIT.

  

  MIT. If you have not yet done so, you will need to register for a MyMIT account. The account provides a number of benefits, including: Access to the ... , you must list MIT as a school to receive your scores when you take the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 3, 2008
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Deferred Early

  

  As you know, we had a very competitive Early Action applicant pool, and unfortunately we could not take all of them. If your decision was deferred, then we will reconsider your application anew in Regular Action

  • by Decisions
  • December 14, 2013
• FAQ / Life and culture

  Did MIT invent hacking?

  American Heritage Dictionary and is included as a unit of measure in Google ... MIT hacking is legendary among college pranks. MIT culture ... creativity, cleverness, and difficulty of execution. A 1958 prank in which the
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet The Admissions Staff It's my pleasure to introduce you to our current team.

  

  you know why?), and a flower-pot-decorating competition. To kick off ... I've been trying to think of a good way to kick off the new ... had lots of fun - including a hysterical presentation by an etiquette

  • by Ben Jones
  • May 19, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Happy New Year! And so two thousand nine begins...

  

  always seem surprised when they find out, Michigan is on the EASTERN time ... this year - what's your new year's resolution? Best wishes for a safe

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • January 1, 2009
• Blog / Study Abroad

  Fig. 5: Zimmer- und Wohnungsvermittlung Universität/ETH Zürich aka ETH Zürich dorm tour!

  

  Hoi zäme! I'm finally back in the US of A after 6 continuous months abroad, and it's been refreshing to not have to rely on my broken A1.2 Schwiizerdütsch to get around on a daily basis. Random things I've dearly missed

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • July 18, 2018