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• Blog / Admissions

  Class of 2009 Numbers

  

  In a recent post, I wrote, "Our yield was even higher than we ... (though preliminarily there are a few numbers I'm very excited about...)." This left a few people quite intrigued. For example, Laura commented

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 31, 2005
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Packing incoherent thoughts from move-out week

  

  off, my friends and I were squished together in the front of a U ... Boston. It was a miracle that I ever made it to the airport in time. Then ... friends and I realized that the few extra dollars spent on getting a PODS

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • November 18, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  Should I include my ethnicity on the MIT Application? As a minority, how many times have you heard some off-handed comment about someone of…

  

  As a minority, how many times have you heard some off-handed comment ... . So why then do we ask for this information? Simple - it helps us to understand who you are - in context. Remember, we don't get a chance to meet

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • August 16, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  my day in pictures

  

  started off the semester with basic stuff, like incrementing a number when you push a button: http://xeaphyr.tumblr.com/post/150788176669/i-made-a ... a lab assignment due tomorrow.     6.111 aka

  • by Allan K. '17
  • October 13, 2016
• Blog / Athletics

  Red Sox *wwooooossshhhh!*

  

  has to be a game, because I just heard the last little bit of the ... Hey, did a Red Sox game just start? The dorm just shook and it sounded like a bunch of fighter jets just flew by, another benefit MIT has

  • by Snively '11
  • April 7, 2009
• Blog / Events

  Cake Concert, Wing Dinner, and Senior Ball An action packed 2 weekends: Cake, a wing dinner, and Senior Ball!

  

  workload, etc.) Of the seniors I talked to, many are staying for a Masters ... around the world - a Habitat for Humanity event, this year they built walls ... . As a result, I don't have any pictures to post. =( Anyway, the

  • by Melis A. '08
  • May 7, 2006
• Blog / IAP

  Yestermonth’s IAP Everyone else is doing it.

  

  campus, where I developed a module for automatic query expansion based on ... spirits were a little soured by the first day, which I spent half of filling out and faxing a massive pile of paperwork so I could get paid, although

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • February 14, 2011
• Blog / Events

  MIT is Utopia Because the nice guys were here.

  

  CSC (Chinese Student's Club) hosted it, and a bunch of students from ... other shorts and music videos. I've been a fan of them since high school, so I was super excited that I got a chance to meet them. Be sure to

  • by Celena C. '12
  • October 15, 2009
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  MIT Professor Creates DEATH RAY! I'm not making this up.

  

  with a healthy dose of comedy thrown in. So when I saw a headline about a professor inventing a real DEATH RAY, I didn't figure it would be a real ... Syracuse from a Roman siege by training a mirror (aka Death Ray) on the

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 19, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  What is the value of college? Food for thought in your college search

  

  I spent the beginning of this week in the company of a select group ... information session with a primer on our mission, so I think it would be difficult to come away from a visit with a member of our staff without having

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • May 21, 2025
• FAQ / QuestBridge

  Can a QB Finalist who ranked MIT but was not matched still apply for EA and/or RA?

  If you're a Finalist who ranked MIT but weren't matched, you ... withdraw your MIT application. MIT practices need-blind admissions for all ... through Early Action or Regular Action, MIT will assemble a financial aid
• FAQ / Academics and research

  What’s the Deshpande Center?

  The Deshpande Center for Technological Innovation provides grants and resources to help MIT faculty and students move their ideas from the lab to ... researchers to make a difference in the world by developing innovative
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Life After (and During) MIT Greetings from beautiful adulthood

  

  cross! For those of you who don't know me, I'm Elizabeth. My hair is a ... like it's going to explode more so than in my avatar. I graduated a year ... now... Some things are definitely the same - for instance, I wrote this

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • May 28, 2014
• Blog / Residential Life

  how to grow a vibrant kresge just add sod

  

  torment season. From August to March, the grass in front of Kresge is hit with an onslaught of violent offenses ranging from tents to snow, turning ... the rain is sufficient to water [annotation note="I have all sorts of

  • by Abby H. '20
  • April 18, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  MacCPW, et al. in case you couldn't make it

  

  through, and it's a sunny Fahrenheit 63 as I type this on Sunday afternoon ... nine entries, A-J (minus I because it's ~imaginary~), in a highrise stack ... the details soon. And now for the main event. CPW 2017 Events A Entry

  • by Abby H. '20
  • April 9, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Don’t believe everything that you read

  

  Someone emailed to me a funny post from one of those rumor-filled college admissions discussion sites; this one made me laugh out loud: I ... directly from someone who has a friend that goes there and knows the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 8, 2005
• Blog / Events

  IAP Jealousy (Hey, Jealousy)

  

  a little since I tend to talk about glass-blowing and truffle ... but can't because I'm home reading your applications. (It's okay, you can throw a #sorrynotsorry at me.) One day a week, we meet in the

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • January 13, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  So, you’re applying to college.

  

  , you probably aren't. For well over a year, from my rural roost, I sort of idealized MIT. The more I read, the more I learned, the more I ... . And I'd finally be the heck away from the desert. But it wasn

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • October 31, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Crazy Day

  

  Two of my friends from UCLA are visiting, and we have had a busy ... for the first time ever I saw Ben Affleck on the sidewalk! ... indicates the MIT Weather Machine is gearing up for Campus Preview Weekend

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • March 30, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Decision letters mailed

  

  envelope sizes, since I've received a number of questions about this, I can ... 're aiming for a smaller class this year. So, given our 1/3 constraint, our ... prime number (though I'm sure you'd prefer a different prime number, maybe

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 10, 2004