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what's going on around campus, or check out a list of active groups from the Association of Student Activities (ASA).
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FAQ / Life and culture
Why is it called the Brass Rat?
It's the goal of every incoming student at MIT to get their own Brass 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 -
FAQ / Academics and research
What does the D-Lab do?
D-Lab is building a global network of innovators to design and disseminate technologies that meaningfully improve the lives of people living in ... , technology development, and community initiatives, all of which emphasize -
FAQ / First-year application
How do homeschooled students apply?
MIT has a long history of admitting homeschooled students and these students have been successful and vibrant members of our community. We don ... applicants, like all of our applicants, are considered within their context -
Blog / Academics & Research
World’s Largest Collection of Brains The new Brain & Cognitive Sciences Complex opens tomorrow.
opening of the new Brain & Cognitive Sciences Complex at MIT: On Friday, MIT plans to dedicate what it bills as the largest collection of ... -foot building of limestone and glass, the largest research building on campus -
Blog / Admissions
ZOMG CPW! The greatest shopping list ever.
: 7 cartons of ice cream* 3 jars of fudge 3 jars of caramel 3 cans of whipped cream 2 jars of sprinkles 2 jars of cherries 3 boxes of brownie mix 3 boxes of cake batter 3 tubs of icing 4 decorating gels 4 packages of -
Blog / Events
Spontaneous 5-Minute Classes on Whatever You Want These are too good not to share
a whirlwind of learning. I've blogged about teaching at these events ... embarrass ourselves as we teach you about them on the spur of the moment ... night, I randomly pull up three of these prompts randomly, to practice the -
Blog / Events
Obama to speak on clean energy, visit MIT energy labs today You can watch the speech live... or wait for the bloggers' account of it!
them virtually via the webcast of President Obama's speech. The ... can watch a live webcast of the speech here: MIT President Obama Live ... Institute of Technology an institution that has been developing cutting edge -
Blog / MIT Life
Blog Entry: Recession Edition At MIT, your spoon is too big.
In times of economic crisis, Random Hall perseveres in upholding the traditions that temper the pains of work and study with the welcome relief of ... prepared by a group of residents on Pecker floor and generously shared -
Blog / Admissions
Davidson Fellows scholarship program A great scholarship opportunity from the wonderful folks at the Davidson Institute for Talent Development.
From reading your applications, I know that many of you would be very ... Development, the program provides scholarships of $50,000, $25,000 or $10,000 to high school-age students who have done significant work of their own -
Blog / Events
Fondue: fun and done A break from admissions at the Fondue party.
long Saturday of working to select the class, I hopped on the Safe ... one of the most anticipated parties of the year, a great MIT tradition ... , Eric Klopfer, and Margery Resnick. One of the big appeals of the party -
Blog / Art, Literature, Music
Activities Midway Each year, MIT exhibits its 300+ student activities. Friday, I checked them out for you.
event that showcases hundreds of MIT's student groups (you may have seen this over at Sam's blog). Of MIT's 300+ groups, approximately 250 of them ... of MIT student activities, courtesy the Association of Student -
Blog / Academics & Research
MIT Festival of Learning: “Nerd Epistemology” with Woodie Flowers from the co-founder of the FIRST robotics competition
The Festival of Learning is an annual event organized by the MIT Office of Digital Learning around the idea that we need to bring technology and pedagogy together for effective learning. I blogged an overview of -
Blog / MIT Life
Class of 2010: Wondering Where Everyone Is Living? Find orientation housemates/roommates.
From Star Simpson '10: Nando Paniagua '10 manually created this database of housing info for at least half (so far) of the class of 2010, so that people can find other orientation housemates/roommates. Check it out -
Blog / Decisions Day Threads
Open Thread: Waitlisted
't accept all of them. We have placed a small number of students on the ... learn more about it, you can read more here. Some of you may feel happy to be waitlisted. Some of you may feel sad. Some of you may have -
Blog / Decisions Day Threads
Open Thread: Waitlisted
accept all of them. We have placed a small number of students on the ... learn more about it, you can read more here. Some of you may feel happy to be waitlisted. Some of you may feel sad. Some of you may have -
Blog / Announcements
New year, new bloggers! introducing the new bloggers for fall 2019
Today is the first day of classes, and, as new MIT students are introduced to the fun of the firehose, we also wanted to introduce our new bloggers to you! On July 1, we posted the blogger application; by the end of -
Blog / Decisions Day Threads
Open Thread: Waitlisted
accept all of them. We have placed a small number of students on the ... learn more about it, you can read more here. Some of you may feel happy to be waitlisted. Some of you may feel sad. Some of you may have -
Blog / Decisions Day Threads
Open Thread: Waitlisted
accept all of them. We have placed a small number of students on the ... learn more about it, you can read more here. Some of you may feel happy to be waitlisted. Some of you may feel sad. Some of you may have -
Blog / Decisions Day Threads
Open Thread: Waitlisted
accept all of them. We have placed a small number of students on the ... learn more about it, you can read more here. Some of you may feel happy to be waitlisted. Some of you may feel sad. Some of you may have