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• Blog / Classes

  i’m studying abroad this semester hello europe

  

  less than ten students. My abstract algebra course is actually a reading ... : without financial aid, MIT tuition for one semester is $26,000+ USD for a ... Moscow is $4,500 USD for a full class load, and the credits apply to my

  • by Rona W. '23
  • February 7, 2021
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  History of the Brass Rat with pictures of the bezel design from 1930 to today

  

  Admissions blog posts is Matt McGann's "A bevy of Beautiful brass Rat bezels ... Brass Rat that is missing a photo here, definitely send it to me, I'd love ... Commencement, the ring is flipped over so that the beaver is sitting on the world

  • by Erick P. '17
  • April 23, 2015
• FAQ / First-year application

  Do I have to submit a February Updates & Notes Form (FUN)?

  The February Updates & Notes Form (FUN) is required for Early Action admitted and deferred applicants, Regular Action applicants, students who have graduated, and international applicants. The form will be
• Blog / En Español

  Sloan MBA Adetayo Akisanya works at Volaris, a Mexican airline, on their Commercial Strategy team “I really gained a new perspective on the airline industry, on commercial strategy, on competition,…

  

  thought I was a good manager, and wanted to give it a try in a highly ... a list of things I didn’t learn!" Volaris From the ... ’s main project, "Dynamic Currency Conversion," a system that

  • by MISTI Program
  • May 21, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Open Thread: Not Admitted Early

  

  who fall into this category, this is an open forum for you to talk ... understand that this may be a difficult time for you, but we ask that you ... that is the spirit of our process.

  • by Decisions
  • December 19, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Open Thread: Not Admitted Early

  

  who fall into this category, this is an open forum for you to talk ... understand that this may be a difficult time for you, but we ask that you ... that is the spirit of our process.

  • by Decisions
  • December 14, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  The Story Of @MITStudents as told by the person behind it

  

  Our office is not on Twitter (although our bot is), but 89 other offices at MIT are. Among them is @MITStudents, an account maintained by ... me an explanation of what DSL is trying to do with it (and, for that

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 3, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  MIT Alums Direct New OK Go Video OK Go always has the awesomest videos. Jeff and Eric don't disappoint.

  

  video (among many others)? OK Go has a new video for their song "End Love," and it is directed by two of my MIT classmates, Jeff Lieberman '00 and ... and Ali Mohammad SM '06. Here it is:

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 16, 2010
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Woot! My t-shirt is funnier than your t-shirt.

  

  One seemingly minor, yet important, change I've noticed between college life and high school life is that getting mail is incredibly ... of linear algebra and eigenvalues for a little bit by blogging. And

  • by Paul B. '11
  • November 6, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  REX Sneak Peek A teeny tiny sneak preview of BC REX. I mean really. It's basically useless.

  

  Thanks to the wonders of the Internet, all the way from Madrid, Spain, I bring you: a totally useless sneak peak of Orientation. This is ... director of MIT-Spain is in Madrid, and all of the interns are meeting for

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 31, 2008
• FAQ / Transfer

  Can I apply for transfer admission if I haven’t completed all the recommended coursework?

  calculus-based physics. It’s rare that an applicant is admitted without ... have more engineering than science courses. Fortunately, each decision is made on a case-by-case basis and depends on your course of study and
• FAQ / Life and culture

  Can I join the Design/Build/Fly Team?

  The MIT Design/Build/Fly team is composed mostly of undergraduate students, but is also open to graduate students, who compete in the annual ... , manufacturing, testing, and operating a radio controlled aircraft to meet mission
• FAQ / First-year application

  What are the deadlines for first-year applicants?

  We have some important deadlines listed here, but please take a look ... deadline for Early Action is November 1. We accept test results from any test ... Regular Action is January 6. We accept test results from any test taken
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Engineering Everything I ever wanted to know about making stuff.

  

    Many thanks to the Global Grand Challeneges Summit staff for the photos, and to Ed McCann and Mark Murcko for some of the anecdotes and quotes of the scientists…

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • April 8, 2013
• Blog / Events

  MIT PUMPKIN DROP 2012! chucking pumpkins off the highest building in cambridge. that's an exclamation mark, not a factorial.

  

  What do MIT students do on a Saturday night? Well, if it's the ... : (I was supposed to be a Wellesley girl.  No, I was not prepared for ... enough chocolate in general to sink a small ship, midnight did indeed roll

  • by Michael C. '16
  • October 28, 2012
• Blog / Events

  Halloween, Part 2 Sometimes it's fun to be somebody you're not.

  

  costume. So, here I am as a duke: Note the plume in my hat. Hats with ... 's Sandman) in the background, which is one of my favorites, out of all the many murals on campus. :) I'd also like to give a quick shout out to

  • by Paul B. '11
  • November 8, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  End of term

  

  conclusion of a great semester. You've probably already heard about many of ... . At the Admissions holiday luncheon, we had a traditional New England "Yankee swap," a funky gift swap (described here) that sounds more like a 6

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 17, 2004
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  MIT’s Newest Nobel Laureate Can you autograph my problem set?

  

  -compound catalyst for metathesis--a chemical process wherein two reacting structures swap places--in 1990. Now I don't know about you, but I think this is pretty cool. What's even cooler is that these professors actually teach

  • by Bryan
  • October 5, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Exciting potential UROP: the cancer genome

  

  it is being called for now, would be greater in scale than the Human ... mutations that give rise to cancer or sustain it. Proponents say a databank ... and prevent cancer. [...] The project, which might end up with a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 28, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Candies and Costumes and Pumpkins and CATS Princess Leia and Orphan Annie ran around with laser guns and threw candy at people.…

  

  dressed out of the norm. Wearing just a flannel shirt is out of the norm ... make dinner for our vegetarian Co-op that night.  Shaws is about a ... pieces at friends is all it takes to make a terrible week a million times

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • November 3, 2014