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• Blog / Admissions

  The Case of the Disappearing Admissions Officers Where have the Admissions Officers been lately?

  

  's been lots of other exciting news, including the production of the first 1,000 of the "$100 laptops" (currently coming in at closer to $150). One ... technology into the hands of millions of the world's poorest children. This

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 22, 2006
• FAQ / First-year application

  Can I get a copy of MIT Facts?

  MIT Facts is a pocket-sized compendium of essential facts about the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Unfortunately, we don't mail the booklets, but you can find it online!
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Summer reading: “The Language of God” Consider adding "The Language of God" to your summer reading list!

  

  As some of you may know, this summer I'm working at the NIH National ... entire human genome, so that we now know the location of all human genes ... least in my opinion.) Well, Dr. Francis Collins is the director of the

  • by Melis A. '08
  • July 22, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Spring Break and Study of Cities Abroad Students in the Department of Urban Studies and Planning enjoy a subsidized spring break abroad…

  

  city planners and conduct research on the topics of their choice. These ... . While in Scandinavia last spring break, a few of us met up with the 11 ... 'll register. It's a CI-M class, so it fulfills part of the Communication

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • November 23, 2006
• Blog / Announcements

  New year, new bloggers! introducing the new bloggers for fall 2019

  

  Today is the first day of classes, and, as new MIT students are introduced to the fun of the firehose, we also wanted to introduce our new bloggers to you! On July 1, we posted the blogger application; by the end of

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 4, 2019
• Blog / Events

  Consilience From college essays to a Medieval Studies @ MIT Colloquium

  

  became obsessed with the word consilience. I loved all of my classes ... - and was enamored by the possibility of doing research that bridged ... it's been collecting dust. On Monday, at the beginning of my Chaucer

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 7, 2013
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Stealing from the Class of 2016 And you'll have to work to get it back

  

  Good day! One of the many unique and altogether unavoidable aspects of MIT life is the mailing list. Mailing lists are powerful tools that ... during your time at MIT. By the end of my four year stint I believe I was

  • by Snively '11
  • September 27, 2012
• Blog / Athletics

  Guest Blog: Operation Overgourd A different kind of pumpkin drop (by Lauren H. '16!)

  

  have the dangerous dual combination of both being full of awesome project ... 's got a blog of her own, The Fullerene Incident, where she documents her creations and adventures: personal favorite posts of mine include The 21

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • November 16, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  The last few days of summer I think I spent them well.

  

  (turns out I'm That Person Who Cries For The Entire Ceremony), eight of ... . That's not to say that I didn't absolutely love every second of the ... opinion, one of the magical characteristics of SUMMER that distinguishes it

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 6, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Q&A I asked current freshmen about the things they wish they knew for their CPW!

  

  AHHH CPW!!! Was the name of my last blog post I wrote prior to CPW ... remember the fun I had with them more than the specifics of the events that ... have comMITted, focus the weekend on exploring each of the dorms.  Make

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • April 9, 2014
• Blog / Events

  Of Dancing and T-Shirts (Guest Entry) Who had fun at CPW? I did!

  

  , dumping the gajillions of photos I shot before 3:30pm on Saturday. I can ... and center at the CPW Opening Ceremony. Three members of Alpha Phi Alpha ... think). The sound quality of the recording, of course, inferior. After

  • by Snively '11
  • April 22, 2008
• Blog / Personal Travel

  In the Darkness of the Night one of the strangest things I have ever experienced

  

  the start of one of the most curious experiences I have probably ever ... where we stayed in stilt houses characteristic of the Black Thai, an ... made this field the site of strange experiences. A late night stroll down

  • by Becca H. '12
  • January 24, 2012
• Blog / Events

  The Boston Festival of Indie Games In which I geek out on campus with a bunch of gamers

  

  Boston Festival of Indie Games! The 2nd annual convention hosted here ... things. (Also kind of humorous how the remnants of an 18.02 lecture are on ... and executive producer of the game Journey. Her talk reminded me how

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • September 16, 2013
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  Battle in The Bay a comic

  

  seeding cells and learning to increase throughput with the use of all kinds ... excited to wake up and make my way to work. The routine has it's own kind of ... adult" in the "real world", I've been able to spend a good amount of time

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • July 1, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Newly Admitted Student Events… ...coming to your neighborhood.

  

  Hi! I’m Katie Kelley, one of the Admissions Counselors here at MIT ... hometowns for students admitted to the Class of 2015. If there's one in your ... locations and times for these events, and for a list of all of the events

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • March 17, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Snow On working in a winter wonderland.

  

  Though born in Massachusetts, I grew up in the wintry hinterlands of ... will melt, whereas in Burlington it never does, so towards the end of the ... composite history of the year's blizzards. In New Hampshire, up in the White

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 21, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  I GOT TWENTY DOLLARS IN MY POCKET (because I got a press pass to SpringFest 2013, of course. photos inside!)

  

  that the MIT Admissions Office does not endorse the use of dope.  Unless ... Lewis!  The star showing of the night, and the reason why this Spring ... mean the memories of the seniors I was talking to.  Since I'm a freshman

  • by Michael C. '16
  • April 27, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Our FAPnomenol Start of Sophomore Year! where we recount the tale of our first week back on campus

  

  new person together, they almost always asks us at least one of the ... the time of the program, we weren’t sophomores yet because of the “conservation of frosh,” (meaning freshmen are still freshmen until the next class

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • September 7, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Exciting potential UROP: the cancer genome

  

  determine the DNA sequence of thousands of tumor samples, looking for ... different name, would determine the sequence of the DNA in at least 12 ... comparing the order of the letters of the genetic code in the tumor samples

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 28, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Dating Research A news story today looks at Media Lab research on dating.

  

  tomorrow) on a bit of Media Lab research called the Jerk-O-Meter (?!), which comes out of the Human Dynamics Group, run by Prof. Sandy Pentland ... other end of the phone is really paying attention? The "Jerk-O-Meter" may

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 11, 2005