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  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 / Travel

  clownazoo part 2 this post is two years late

  

  In case you have not seen part 1, I posted it near the end of my freshman year. I am now going into my senior year. I think I may have procrastinated a little bit. In total, we ended up spending around 9 hours on

  • by Anika H. '26
  • August 1, 2025
• 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
• FAQ / Life and culture

  What’s MIT’s mission statement?

  The mission of MIT is to advance knowledge and educate students in ... nation and the world in the 21st century. The Institute is committed to ... to bring this knowledge to bear on the world's great challenges. MIT is
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  amongst the stars a comic

  

  , inspired me to draw the comic above. There are a lot of nebulous feelings I ... 's honestly been a soulsucking semester so far, I went full-on retail therapy at ... been ... a lot. As a cherry on top, I tested positive for covid this week

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • April 15, 2022
• Blog / Life after MIT

  A New MIT “Alum” Many fictional characters are MIT alumni; the newest is Jessica Alba's Sue Storm in "Fantastic…

  

  film "Fantastic Four" (it got a "thumbs down"), and one plot point caught ... ... Of course, it's nothing new for a film or other work of fiction to establish credibility for a character by giving them an MIT degree. Here are

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 10, 2005
• Blog / Events

  The career fair and emerging pop stars Thinking about life after MIT at the Career Fair...and then watching a fellow blogger transform…

  

  internships as well. It was quite a spectacle, as 3500 MIT students and alumni ... way through the maze of prospective employers. Some were looking for a ... network with company representatives over a wonderful buffet dinner. It was

  • by Melis A. '08
  • September 25, 2006
• FAQ / First-year application

  Does my transcript count as official?

  submit your transcript to us. Please note: If you send us a copy of your ... school does not have a school counselor, your transcript may be submitted ... and processed, we will add it to your application as a placeholder until
• Blog / About Decisions

  Transfer Admissions Released Next Wednesday, 12/21

  

  I wanted to post a quick update for our transfer applicants. We will ... emailing all applicants with their decisions, so you should expect to hear ... admitting a small number of highly qualified applicants at a rate

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 15, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Hello, strangers. A video, a song, and some doodles.

  

  &reg. Please don't hate me! Anyway, I also realized it's been a while since I've posted some doodles and a video (because honestly that last one totally did not count). So here you go! This one's from 20.310 (Molecular, Cellular

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • May 8, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  My Talk @ Maker Faire a bit about how we see, select, and support makers

  

  We've had makers on the mind here for a little while. Earlier this ... wrote a white paper for the White House about technically creative ... Portfolio at a small conference in California. Last year, before we launched

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 28, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  NSBE MUSE Colloquium my first video

  

  Chapter at the Black Students Union on campus. NSBE is a wonderful ... Mtingwa, kicked off the event by sharing a bit about his research in physics. I made a little video of the event. Here are the highlights. Enjoy

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • February 21, 2011
• Blog / Events

  Graduations

  

  . Jacobs is also a former MIT graduate student and faculty member. I don't know what Jacobs will say, but here is a list of previous MIT ... , but I'm sure it will be a great time. This year's MIT Commencement

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 20, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Holiday Stories Here's mine. What are some of yours?

  

  's class decided this would be a fun event for the dads, and that's how this whole thing got started. Laird, Tim, and I found ourselves in a room full ... . (Mind you, I'd recently taught my son to say "Miss April, you are so

  • by Ben Jones
  • January 9, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Spreading Santorum around MIT Or rather, just spreading awareness of Santorum.

  

  is a lovely picture, and I've been trying to find an appropriate photograph to paste a cutout of good old Rick's head onto. I've decided not to ... vs. Spam as a stepping stone to the presidency. Still, I must say, I

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 6, 2005