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• Blog / Admissions

  Talking about a difficult subject Answering an FAQ.

  

  , but also a call to action. No doubt, we wonder how young people with so ... session, I am asked a question like this: Is it true that MIT has the highest suicide rate? The answer to that question is: No, this is not true

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 10, 2010
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  The Spirit of Competition [by MIDN Brendan McCord, '08] Every year, the Army, Navy, and Air Force duke it…

  

  to act, my eyes focused directly forward. Out of my periphery I could ... forces. I stayed back off the front line to provide ground support to my ... sweat and determination. I was lucky to still be alive. Several of my

  • by ROTC
  • October 31, 2007
• Blog / MISTI

  The POWER of a Mechanical Engineering

  

  connected me to relatives in Italy and formed long-lasting friendships. I hope ... While I probably wont return to the same campus, EDF’s enormous ... the world simply as a place to travel to on vacation. Now I see Italy as

  • by MISTI Program
  • December 7, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  21E our major in a diagram!

  

  about the requirements of 21E, and were inspired to make a diagram, sine ... 've taken to meet the req's! Legend GIR = General Institute Requirements ... = Fun and Games: Cross-Cultural Perspectives CMS.100 = Introduction to

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • September 9, 2019
• Blog / Events

  Roller Coasters and Dance Parties Sunday was the East Side party! Lots of loud music and prefrosh!! Still, no fun.

  

  from the party, enjoy! I even got to go on a ride ... about, including one of the new bloggers! I'm so grateful to be here at ... East Side and prefrosh (now frosh!?!?)  from all around MIT came to see

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • August 25, 2014
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  You’re Still Our No.1 :) less than 2 days left!

  

  QUOTE(S): "If I have kids, I'm going to name the first one "Control ... whether I failed or passed. But I just know that I tried my hardest to fill ... !) --- While we are on the subject of speeches - for all to-be valedictorians

  • by Chris S. '11
  • March 12, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  rolltreppe I use the word funky loosely in conversation but these tunes are tight. um did…

  

  to my favorite MIT band, Rolltreppe. I've been living under a rock ... these guys until I went to saxophonist Dylan's Emerson Scholar recital ... to do that you have to be really creepy." (Um...thanks?) It is that

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • May 21, 2012
• FAQ / Life and culture

  Can I join the Design/Build/Fly Team?

  students, but is also open to graduate students, who compete in the annual ... , manufacturing, testing, and operating a radio controlled aircraft to meet mission ... flight telemetry as applied to 2.4 GHz radio-controlled aircraft.
• Blog / Events

  Kresge Info Session Come integrate MIT, at least for an afternoon.

  

  deceive you. Kresge is 1/8 of a sphere. I once walked by it and remarked to ... , student activities, sports, research, and lots more. I look forward to meeting everyone who will be there (here)! In the meantime, I'm off to a

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 25, 2005
• Blog / Uncategorized

  spring notes resilience, change, warm weather, Santa Fe

  

  too much time deciding where to work and going there, when I should just ... . I'm full of excuses. And today it was almost too beautiful to work ... former shape when released. I do not want to return to my former shape. I

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • April 18, 2016
• FAQ / Academics and research

  What’s the School of Science like?

  % of the content of our universe? How does our brain—a complex system of interconnected neurons, give rise to our mind—our consciousness and ability to ... implications: How does global warming increase the intensity of hurricanes? Can
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

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

  

  , winner of the Nobel Prize in 2001. I think I would have asked them to ... So it's Nobel Prize week, and this year, MIT has been able to add another name to it's list of professors, affiliates, and alumni who have won

  • by Bryan
  • October 5, 2005
• Blog / Classes

  final exam distributions "mit does not curve"

  

  ", [/annotation] so I've added some here to make up for it! ... MIT [annotation note="but many classes will define cutoffs relative to class performance, which is more or less a curve; hence, increased

  • by Alice L. '24
  • December 22, 2022
• FAQ / International applicants

  What if I’m waiting for my green card?

  All applicants are requested to fill out the application with their current citizen status. In our first-year admissions process, you ... green cards are considered to have non-U.S. citizen/non-U.S. permanent
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  What’s happening with Senior House The thing that happened, why the thing is upsetting, and what can hopefully be done

  

  House community,” and I felt that discrepancy did well to set the tone for ... life on this earth, which I think serves to illustrate that this has ... expressed in an open letter to the Chancellor, which I suggest you read for a

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • June 13, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  It’s Monday Actually, I think I just made it to Tuesday.

  

  , I'm blogging! Which brings us back to the immutably desolate fact ... other stuff that GRT's are supposed to do. In summary, I have no time to ... 7:39 PM: It's Sunday night. I have four exams in the next week. Hey

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • February 24, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Final Forty-Five Still somehow worse than last term

  

  Friday, so I thought it'd be an opportune time to discuss the classes I ... , which I am, to some extent, quite grateful for, considering I couldn't fit ... I, I was drawn to the class by the lab component (three hours on

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • February 28, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  You know my name I should think of a clever title, but the song has been in my head…

  

  21 years old. Well, it's been a while. According to MT I started ... hard drive crashed. I'm a Mac user now. I need to find a way to acquire ... members to Casino Royale (awesome!) and Body Worlds 2 (barf!). I dropped 6

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 24, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  ZOMG CPW! The greatest shopping list ever.

  

  . But I have to say, last night's trip to Shaw's was my absolute favorite ... cream toppings. Right now I've got to run off for my second 8 ... for serious, and I'd love to meet you guys. =) I'll also be at the Reg

  • by Laura N. '09
  • April 12, 2007
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Pictures that don’t belong anywhere else – Part I because i'm a slackslackslackball.

  

  freshman year, naturally, we each got to have our own way with the decor. I ... other day on my way to Brigg's Field. It was lookin' pretty good so I took ... each dorm room. I hear it's quite a pain to live in. I took these from

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • February 17, 2007