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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

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

  

  THEIR CLASS MAILING LIST The name of the game is a photo scavenger hunt ... of MIT life is the mailing list. Mailing lists are powerful tools that allow people to contact a large number of other people whom all have a

  • by Snively '11
  • September 27, 2012
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  SCIENCE ALERT: “smoking gun” evidence for Alan Guth’s theory of inflation! Good thing I already have Alan Guth's signature on all of my class registration forms.

  

  the Virgo galaxy cluster, of which the Milky Way is a member. We, of ... street is that this could mean a Nobel Prize for MIT's Prof. Alan Guth ... into the wrong exam hall, I said "Um, yes. 8.012 is DEFINITELY in this

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 17, 2014
• Blog / Athletics

  Physical Education: because your body needs problem sets, too My adventures in completing the MIT Physical Education requirements

  

  taking measurements of toxic algae concentrations while you’re on a boat in ... fulfilled by taking 4 gym classes, or by participating in 2 seasons of a ... ’t consider myself to be a terrible ice skater, but I was pretty bad in the

  • by Melis A. '08
  • November 20, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Decisions, decisions Yikes! It's been a month since I last wrote to you guys. In the intervening…

  

  Yikes! It's been a month since I last wrote to you guys. In the ... fashioned way, like a letter showed up in my actual mailbox outside my house ... , because how the hell should I know? I got in to my first choice school, and

  • by Laura N. '09
  • March 19, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  wait for it for those awaiting decisions

  

  , chug coffee, drop out of school and go live in the mountains as a goat ... start failing classes. I know senioritis is coming in strong but hang in ... dining plan during college, knowing how to cook is still an essential life

  • by Rona W. '23
  • December 6, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  It’s Not Always Rainbows and Butterflies Inspired by Paul and Snively.

  

  :48 PM: Jolts to a start and realizes that, in fact, life is full of ... is like taking a drink from a fire hose," right? (If you haven't, I ... classes at MIT is like riding a train whose speed increases exponentially

  • by Chris S. '11
  • February 26, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  If strangers meet life begins you shall above all things be glad and young

  

  been in the middle of a great book - How Doctors Think, by Dr. Gerome ... I. Flying back home to MIT from home in South Bend (not a typo), I ... River and the bay glittered like uncut gems in the light. It took me but a

  • by Paul B. '11
  • August 23, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  An Enigma Wrapped In A Riddle A prize will go to the first person to unwrap this mystery.

  

  in the neighborhood, I can speak with some certainty that he is not Noah and said construction in not an ark. Good Luck! P.S. A prize will ... -time mathematician. John is my neighbor, and for the last few weeks he has been

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • November 27, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fredventure, Part 3 Showtime!

  

  for the first time in a week, I also thought about how lucky I was to be ... finally complete! Djuena then taught us the lyrics to a song in the Ticuna ... was too engrossed in eating a slice of genipapo toast in the dressing

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • May 10, 2023
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Uh Oh Joke: What do you get if you divide the circumference of a bowl of ice…

  

  question is however, do I celebrate at: A) Toscanini's B) JP Lick's C ... distance of the 'Tute. Get the Scoop here. Joke answer: Pi a'la mode.

  • by Bryan
  • July 19, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  No Child Gets Ahead?

  

  There was an article in the New York Times yesterday about a topic that is very interesting to me (and you, I suspect): gifted education ... American excellence." This is a topic we could talk about for hours on end...

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 27, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  More info for Admitted Students just a few more things to do

  

  email later this week for the details from us about how to tune in ... what documents are still required. There is also a link to the contact ... still celebrating, but I also want to remind you of a few things to do now

  • by Kris Guay
  • March 15, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Regular Action Deadline MIT's regular action deadline is January 1.

  

  report, transcript) come in after the January 1 deadline. We are much more ... such documents (there is a time for this later). Do not worry about ... are in tough financial shape and make a good faith effort to inform us

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 29, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Regular Action Deadline Some answers to frequently asked questions about regular action and the MIT application process. Our…

  

  showing on MyMIT; we currently have a backlog of materials in our processing ... Admissions at this time to check on any such documents (there is a time for ... are in tough financial shape and make a good faith effort to inform us

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 29, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Some Funnies An Appetizer

  

  . How is that lucky?" "Simple, they run away from me with a negative ... -mail at 2:30, I wonder what this is?" I don't know how many of you are like me in this regard, but mental capacity is not quite at its peak

  • by Snively '11
  • February 19, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sophomore Slump and an unexpected summer

  

  “sophomore slump” is a real thing. In general, I think everyone goes through ... year that I’m really excited about. It's in a lab that is a supportive ... profound or at least informative on the subject. But the truth is, as a

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • June 2, 2017
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  The Halls are Alive with the sounds of students...

  

  . How supportive are MIT faculty in encouraging students' ideas? What research opportunities are available? In preparation for a visit program, I ... /etc. It also turned out that the transfer student had worked in the lab on a

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • September 25, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Bibliophiles assemble! When life gives you books...

  

  A few weeks ago, I had the best weekend in recent history. Of course ... unexpected details go a long way in raising your spirits. For me, that little ... . Designing Media is a collection of interviews with media pioneers, probing

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • May 5, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  What’s the big deal about 40^2?

  

  Okay, so I'm in the middle (towards the end) of a long day of reading ... recently. I come to the second to last piece in the folder, which is the ... impact on me that the student had "the magic 1600." Yes, scoring a 1600 is

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 20, 2004
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT Early Action Admissions Decisions Available Online Visit decisions.mit.edu to find out your decision.

  

  ://decisions.mit.edu. You can log in using the same username and password that you use to log ... sure you are ready to receive your decision online before logging in to ... mail, as we do not plan to send out admissions decisions in this way this

  • by Decisions
  • December 15, 2008