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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Wahoo! MIT takes over Doonesbury! Alex Doonesbury is coming to a campus near you.

  

  . Basically, a hacker from Baker wrote up a script in Flash ActionScript in 15 ... For those of you who are closely following the Doonesbury comic strip ... #3 on it), Alex Doonesbury is officially going to MIT! Look out for

  • by Melis A. '08
  • July 19, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  RA Selection Day 6

  

  Today I got in early, giving me a chance to read my copy of the New York Times; also, Ben and I had a nice conversation about the Clay Mathematics Institute's Millennium Prize Problems. A stimulating morning. We

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 22, 2005
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Early Action: Not Admitted A forum.

  

  There were a record number of applications for Early Action this year, which unfortunately means that we had to turn down a great number of ... open forum for you to talk. We understand that this may be a difficult

  • by Decisions
  • December 16, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Important Information about your Financial Aid Application Track your status on MyMIT

  

  Action admission decisions are made in mid-March. You can still apply for ... Hi all, Many of you have already filed your application for ... applicants and the comments will be closed. But we did want you to know a few

  • by Kris Guay
  • February 4, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Top Ten of All Time; 2024 Edition ft. Barack Obama aka Minesweeper Monday EP 2

  

  In this episode, which was most certainly posted on a Monday, I talk about making a pizza, and how Simmons hall doesn't have a sheet pan in any ... 'congratulations' at the end. i tried to make it a caption but yo no se. "]Note[/annotation].

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • January 7, 2025
• FAQ / Life and culture

  Why is it called the Brass Rat?

  Rat—MIT's version of a class ring. The phrase "Brass Rat" is derived from the alleged resemblance of the brass beaver featured on the ring to a rat.
• Blog / Events

  How the World Cup Will Conclude Backed by Science

  

  I like to think of myself as a fortune teller. And since predicting a tournament's outcome is basically telling a fortune, I've decided to tell ... , biased by virtue of my being a Ghanaian:     And yes, all

  • by Richard O. '28
  • June 30, 2026
• Blog / MIT Life

  Looked outside my window, and what did I see I probably shouldn't be surprised, but I am.

  

  impossible to try and capture it all in a blog. Never fear though, I'll figure ... This is probably one of the last things I was expecting to see when I went to my window to investigate the staggeringly loud noise I heard

  • by Chris M. '12
  • May 3, 2010
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The best picture we took in Paris Slightly delayed for some slightly successful attempts at photo editing.

  

  Handbook for 17 years without any faculty or staff, until the last remaining ... . Regardless of what it looks like, this is a tribute to our institute, not a ... ! Why did I wear yellow plaid shirt that day? Stupid, stupid! Does this

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 25, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  State of the Mail We're processing a lot of mail.

  

  As I write, our terrific Records Office team is processing the largest volume of mail you've ever seen. There is a lot of mail to be opened ... materials and test scores for more than 7,000 regular action applicants. That

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 6, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Missing Documents Deadline please check MyMIT

  

  Hi all- This is a quick update for our Early Action applicants ... a direct message from us. If you have missing components, don ... , fax the missing documents to 617.687.9184. Please allow for five

  • by Kris Guay
  • November 14, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ratification: The Story of the US Constitution History @ MIT

  

  : When I visited Borders last week for their liquidation sale and saw Prof. Maier's book, I knew I had to get it. Having spent a whole semester poring ... so well after working with her on Tuesday and Thursday mornings for a

  • by Chris S. '11
  • August 4, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  What’s Going On Some of the 600+ Campus Preview Weekend events.

  

  /Professor"). Former Mystery Hunt winners Random Hall will host a Minihunt... I love ... Important note: the weather forecast has a 70%+ chance of rain Friday ... midnight here on the East Coast, so Campus Preview Weekend begins today for

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 10, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  If You Wish To Receive Your Decision Online… ...please read this entry!

  

  to check your decision online, you will need to have registered for a ... .mit.edu and click on the "lost password" link. What if I don't have a My ... register for a MyMIT account without your MIT ID, your username and password

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 1, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Not in our stars, but in ourselves Or in ourselves not to see our stars... or something.

  

  I just came back from watching MIThenge, a celestial phenomenon ... it a year and a half ago, I knew that the best place to check it out ... , along with Javier '08, I got to the far end of the infinite around 4:02 PM

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 12, 2005
• Blog / Announcements

  MIT EA Decisions To Be Posted Saturday, 12/14/19, at 12:14 PM ET

  

  I've stopped watching this video of a tiny hedgehog being bathed and ... and u become afraid and need to be rescued by our tech support i.e. a ... click on the lost password link. There is a similar link for forgotten

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 5, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  Weather Sensitive I know you think that I don't care, but I really do.

  

  So you all know that I come from South Florida. (And if you didn ... said, I present to you three pictures of the view from my window. Early September: Mid-October: Last week: ...I don't get it. (No, it does not

  • by Keri G. '10
  • November 27, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Birthday! (a.k.a my first video blog) vlogging? MEAT CAKE!

  

  , they are a changing. The air is crisp, the trees are ebbing into their ... . Ok so after that needlessly artistic intro and akward awkward segue, I give you Snively's 21st Birthday as seen on Conner 2! Watch and see how a

  • by Chris M. '12
  • September 30, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  The DHL Fiasco I really want to thank those of you (you know who you are) who turned…

  

  Hi folks. Hope everyone had a good weekend. Mine was good until the DHL fiasco, but thanks to many of you, that was a lot better than it could have been. I really want to thank those of you (you know who you are

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 14, 2005
• Blog / Class Projects

  Television MIT on TV.

  

  the Archimedes Death Ray episode, done in conjunction with students from ... students have done cool stuff on the Discovery Channel. A few years ago, my ... "Flammschmeisser." And, of course, you can catch Ankur '03 on Beauty and the Geek 2

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 25, 2006