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  Brass Rat 2017 revealing our class's Brass Rat at the 2017 Ring Premiere

  

  The MIT Class of 2017 Brass Rat was revealed on February 13th during ... booing. Some roared in disbelief. Others murmured to their friends. I saw ... . The beaver sits on a dam made from eight ivy leaves and a pinecone. In

  • by Erick P. '17
  • May 8, 2015
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Poetry and Physics You don’t have to get theoretical physics to get Frank Wilczek.

  

  can do anything" or the world is open to you, and then be told that ... wait your turn or become a certain age before you can do anything, like ... 't weigh anything?" and want to see more from Wilczek, you can find 3

  • by Laurie Everett
  • January 24, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  I hate the way I don’t hate you

  

  : Arrested Development, 3 Years, 5 Months & 2 Days in the Life of (if you ... I'm in the Pacific Northwest, waiting for my Seattle Central Meeting tomorrow. You may wonder what Admissions Officers do when they're on the road

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 25, 2004
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  World Cup Final in Boston An MIT- and Boston-centric look at the Italian victory.

  

  Street, the North End's main drag, had to be closed to traffic. You can see ... was huge here in Boston, home to a large Italian-American population ... an Italian victory in World Cup soccer. It would be hard to imagine

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 10, 2006
• FAQ / First-year application

  How does the MIT admissions process work?

  After you click the submit button, it's easy to feel as though your application has entered a black hole. So what really happens between when you apply and when you receive your decision? We understand that not knowing
• Blog / Academics & Research

  IAP 2006

  

  advice you can get from alums in your major who have gone into different ... can apply to up to 3 positions in the San Francisco, New York, Los ... living. Mmm, I can go running in the park if it's not too snowy. Someone in

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • January 3, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  My Rejection Resume working up the courage to look failure in the eye

  

  advise you that learning how to deal with those feelings in a healthy way ... application - or perhaps you're in the middle of writing yours for this season ... hard for me to deal with because - as you'll learn in this post - I deal

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • October 12, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Music in Springtime and MIT [by Ken Haggerty '11] Music at MIT can be both beautifully melodic and destructive, and…

  

  can definitely do anything you want so long as you're willing to make ... over to Baker House to hear the wonderful sounds a piano can make on a ... Jordan, and Tal Gamlieli perform jazz in Killian Hall on April 24th. Not

  • by ARTalk
  • April 25, 2008
• Blog / Events

  The Class of 2010 Ring Premiere I bring you the 2010 Ring Premiere, in full living color!

  

  that people would complain about defying tradition in previous years ... , in an era in which we have a female president and a female running as a ... once again. It was changed for the first time in 2002). Anyway

  • by Jess K. '10
  • February 20, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT ‘10: Isaac Lozada Isaac Lozada comes from Texas to MIT.

  

  Elizabeth Lozada was in middle school in El Paso, she remembered hearing about ... this morning and land later in the day in Cambridge, Mass. - the home of MIT, the No. 1-ranked university in the nation, according to a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 27, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Open Thread: Deferred Early

  

  application anew and without prejudice in Regular Action. Many MIT students were initially deferred; you can read some of their experiences here, here, here ... hold on, and we'll see you back here in March. We have posted more

  • by Decisions
  • December 16, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  Open Thread: Deferred Early

  

  in Regular Action. Many MIT students were initially deferred; you can read some of their experiences here, here, and here. Some of you may ... As you know, we had a very competitive applicant pool in Early Action

  • by Decisions
  • December 14, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Open Thread: Deferred Early

  

  in Regular Action. Many MIT students were initially deferred; you can read some of their experiences here, here, and here. Some of you may ... As you know, we had a very competitive applicant pool in Early Action

  • by Decisions
  • December 15, 2018
• FAQ / Interview

  What is the interview process?

  held in person whenever possible, however you may coordinate a virtual interview if agreed upon with your EC. After you submit your application, you ... waived, it will not put you at a disadvantage in the admissions process.
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Tips for applying to UROPs

  

  notice you in the first place can be a daunting task. But it doesn't have ... and/or summer. You can even get paid for it, which is awesome. [caption ... the different ways that you can get one, written from a student

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • January 30, 2023
• Blog / Study Abroad

  Last night in Haiti I have about three hours to sleep until we have to catch our flight out…

  

  't get done any time in the near future. It's been something I still can ... It's hard to know exactly how I'm feeling on our last night here in ... just wanted to capture this feeling for now before I fill in the details

  • by Jess K. '10
  • May 1, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Application season

  

  the best to the regular action applicants in finishing up their application materials. Try to get it done soon so you can have a rockin' New ... applicants). These forms can be pretty confusing, so if you have any questions

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 29, 2004
• Blog / Prepare for MIT

  Leavetaking and homecoming

  

  As a kid, I only moved [annotation note="twice if you count going ... ’s Tucson for you. # I grew up in the second house and didn’t move again ... liked the house we already lived in, an old adobe building at the edge of

  • by Amber V. '24
  • August 28, 2021
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  PSA: there’s a new mit.edu!

  

  its launch in 2009, it has maintained a straightforward and uncommon ... prize utility, practicality, serendipity, exploration, and fun. What you ... in brief, bold type that itself (through hyperlinks) serves as a

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 25, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  And the End Closes In My last semester as an MIT undergraduate

  

  systems? Model conflicts? How do you collect data that you can use to create ... I’m finally in my last semester as an MIT undergraduate, and the ... related to photography. I’ve taken plenty of HASS classes in my day, but

  • by Becca H. '12
  • February 18, 2012