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• FAQ / First-year application

  Will there be a wait list this year?

  Each year we aim for a class of approximately 1,100 students. Based ... 't possible to exactly predict how many students will attend each year. To help with the uncertainties, we also keep a wait list of students. We won
• Blog / IAP

  firsts of first year 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1…

  

  ']Learned how to use a hair stick[/annotation] Got stuck in a slinky Embarked ... : Stayed in a [annotation note='dome-shaped tent that feels like a cabin ... fort party Got a temporary neck tattoo Popped a balloon in front of

  • by Kanokwan T. '25
  • December 31, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sid Puram – Polymer Microspheres Sid Puram UROPs in the renowned chemical engineering lab of Dr. Robert Langer, developing polymer…

  

  to the process. At MIT, Sid is completing a double major in Biology ... For the past four years, Sid Puram has had a UROP in the renowned ... vaccines work by inducing an immune response to a protein that is produced by

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 2, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  It’s Pi Day, Pi Day the infinite is alive with the buzz of drones, and the 2020s bake pies

  

  released, some number of you will be happy; a proportionally much larger ... to MIT, you will almost certainly be able to study at a college that is ... It's Pi Day. I woke up at 5:38AM (a nod to Nate Silver) and walked to

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 14, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  East Campus Rush photos

  

  . In this case, a picture really is worth a thousand words, so I'll let ... from right after Dorm Rush ended. We had a picnic in the courtyard, and ... . We had a roller coaster, in the style where one hangs below the track

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • October 1, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  I’m A Famous Rockstar The title is misleading - I'm famous, and I'm a rockstar, but I'm not famous…

  

  That title is misleading - I'm famous, and I'm a rockstar, but I ... record, we were indeed in a viewbook planning session - Saad you were right ... took the piece a bit too seriously - which is ironic since environmental

  • by Ben Jones
  • July 29, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Written Post Oh man my handwriting is atrocious

  

  a million times, because four classes at MIT is a full and very ...     Typed out notes in review: I wrote this two weeks ago I apologize for my handwriting Ceri's post is here I am also

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • September 20, 2014
• Blog / Events

  A Mystery Hunt Puzzle A Taste of Things to Come...

  

  , you decide to return to your 14.01, for it is due in 11 hours. Luckily ... It is 2:45 AM. You have just finished your 5.111 pset. The ... molecular orbital diagrams. You still have a 14.01 pset to do, before the sun

  • by Chris S. '11
  • March 21, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Faster than a speeding locomotive. E=MC^2 serving up the most delicious physics problems since 1905.

  

  and technology developments on society. Featured in the documentary is ... cleaning spam from my inbox. Join your fellow Student Pugwash members in the ... 's own special theory of relativity. More information on the program is

  • by Bryan
  • October 11, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  moving out i'm leaving for a bit

  

  lived in East Campus G212 for half a semester--just barely two months ... filled the high ceilings with a gentle in-betweenness, half out and half in ... . Friends wandered in at odd times; sometimes to say hi, sometimes to share a

  • by Allan K. '17
  • July 12, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Christina Royce: Analyzing Re-entry Systems Christina Royce, a senior double majoring in Mechanical Engineering, with a concentration in Manufacturing through…

  

  type of manufacturing system is called a re-entry system, where a silicon wafer re-enters the system with a higher priority each time it is processed. Christina Royce, a senior double majoring in Mechanical

  • by Melis A. '08
  • March 21, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Bill Gates It looks like you're trying to inspire philanthropy...

  

  Per Child, or MIT's Public Service Center - to name just a few - for examples of how MIT students are already involved in making the world a ... the Best Way to Make a Difference. Sadly I was unable to get him to

  • by Dave McOwen
  • April 21, 2010
• Blog / Events

  “Exactly” the Same We're not being too critical! We're MIT students!

  

  discussion of one of the puzzles. In about a month all of the puzzles will be ... overhear while a puzzle is being solved: (The following puzzle is completely ... like they could be the second half of a year." "Hmmm, how does this

  • by Snively '11
  • January 28, 2008
• Blog / Events

  A Splash of color! and a bigger splash of water.

  

  ?); by 'MIT', I mean my friend Michele and a few of her cohorts in the ... 'pretty cool', I mean this: Splash is a program lasting for one weekend ... was interested in). 6.828 is MIT's junior

  • by Cam T. '13
  • March 4, 2011
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread for Admitted Students

  

  This was the most competitive admissions cycle in the history of the ... admission. Congratulations and welcome to the Class of 2015! Feel free to introduce yourselves in the comments below to your future friends. And

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Music Groups at MIT, Pt. 1 [by Jessica Noss '14, Guest Blogger] Audition for everything.

  

  musical, but I assumed that when I came to MIT, music would play a much ... decided I wanted to be in an instrumental group and a vocal group. I didn ... solo for the audition, and there was the Concert Choir, a much larger

  • by ARTalk
  • May 3, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  A Day at the Beach: Quick Trips From MIT The ocean is only a short train ride or drive away!

  (or going to college) in the Boston area is a real luxury because the ocean is only a short train ride or drive away. In fact, many of ... Growing up in the Midwest, my "beach" experiences consisted of the

  • by mitblogs
  • October 24, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Biochemistry at its finest!

  

  ! Basically, everyone knows that when a blood vessel is damaged, a bunch of ... know is that this process is facilitated by the formation of a mesh made out of a protein called fibrin. This fibrin is formed by a long and

  • by Melis A. '08
  • March 9, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  MIT Admissions Valentine's Day Cards! Welcome to your moments of fame, 13's.

  

  the rain, I didn't ask. He maintains that he is in fact NOT making a ... (I know where that is! yay Google maps.) and will likely be in for a ... Following last year's tradition, here is a few applicants' moment of

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • February 14, 2009
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  A question for you… No seriously I have a question

  

  What is a scientific/engineering topic that you find most difficult ... 'll explain why later) in a blog post. Some categories to think about ... subject, but if someone comes up with a good chemistry question I'll take a

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • October 22, 2012