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Blog / MIT Life
The sky is falling! Either a huge cottonball just exploded or it's snowing.
And so it begins. The first snow of the term has arrived. Kresge in the snow! Later that cold October evening, the snow turned into rain. -
Blog / Admissions
Home! I'm back in the US after three weeks in Asia.
the swing of things tomorrow. It will be a little strange to be back ... the new application season for the Class of 2010. My first Admissions ... will include a brief recap of my time in Asia, a Questions Omnibus, a -
Blog / Admissions
CPW Feedback
For those of you who attended: How was it? What was your favorite part? What would you tell those who couldn't attend? -
FAQ / QuestBridge
Do I have to submit a math/science recommendation with my QB application?
MIT strongly recommends a letter of recommendation from both a math ... Bridge applications without a humanities/social sciences/language teacher letter of ... letter of recommendation, we strongly recommend asking one of your math or -
FAQ / Visit
How can I contact the Registrar’s Office?
The MIT Registrar’s Office provides registration status for enrolled students, college transcripts, and other official forms and certifications. -
FAQ / Academics and research
What are Psets?
psets. Problem sets are the backbone of our teaching in many subjects; for many, problem-solving is the essence of the MIT education. Faculty vary as to the portion of course credit derived from psets. In some cases -
FAQ / Life and culture
What’s the MIT motto?
MIT's motto, mens et manus, translates from Latin to mind and hand. This motto reflects the educational ideals of MIT's founders who were promoting, above all, education for practical application. -
FAQ / Life and culture
Can I play football at MIT?
ever! In front of an enthusiastic home crowd on Senior Night, the MIT ... garnered a lot of press from coast to coast, with announcers pointing out that most of the team members had a better chance of "owning" an NFL team -
Blog / Life after MIT
Memories I know this feelin', yes I know it very well (Thutmose)
of my students heard about finding their puzzle piece and the magic ... at the end of your college application journey? What's the point of ... CPWs past on the walls, and a picture of the quad near room 3-108 rested -
Blog / Miscellaneous
Links Sent to My Group Chat from the past month
I'm a group chat kind of person -- I really am bad at individual ... controversial, I send to my group chat. Here are some of those things. December 1 ... Tok describing the sluttiness of sweaters for my friend Julian '23 Cami: This -
Blog / Events
MIT Mystery Hunt is happening! watch the kickoff at 12 PM EDT today, 1/15
part of the winning team last year. Here's an excerpt: A puzzlehunt is a series of puzzles, but what exactly a puzzle is is kind of hard to define ... in order to do it. Puzzles have some sort of answer, which is usually a -
Blog / Challenges
when apocalypse strikes… on being preemptively torn from my home, living group, and nearly everything i love at…
This week, hands down, has been the most chaotic one of my life. I feel like I’ve lived so much in such a short span of time, which makes sense, I guess; I DID manage to cram two months worth of memories into -
Blog / MIT Life
merry christmas from MIT and my newsfeed a snapshot of holiday cheer from cambridge to new zealand
% of annual time) where we go to class, typically weekends and days off ... (3% of annual time) of winter break as a truly reliable time to relax. See more: The eye of the storm. This christmas, I decided to un-wind by -
Blog / Admissions
I Suppose It Was Inevitable That We Have An Office Instagram a list of some other places you can find the blogs (and the bloggers)
other way than navigating to or searching for MITAdmissions.org. Of course, it's also strange to think I once had a full head of hair and wasn ... taking and posting many square, filtered photos of MIT. As some -
Blog / About Decisions
A Time to Enroll You have doubts, I have gifs
It's May 1st. Most of your friends have decided where they are going ... well at MIT. First of all, please and let ... ; 1. Are there normal people there?/Are 'my kind of people' at MIT -
Blog / MIT Life
“Hello! I would like to schedule a meeting with Senator Markey.” Exciting spring break plans
within a week received a whole bunch of homework. Book your travel Get ... representatives My group consists of myself, a PhD student from Georgia, and a ... Massachusetts resident and I divided up the labor so that I'm in charge of -
Blog / MIT Life
Skies over MacGregor Views of campus, Boston, and the Charles River from ten stories up.
spent a lot of my time in MacGregor, which is where Cory was living for the summer. Specifically, he lived in B entry, which consists of the tenth, eleventh, and twelfth floors of the high rise and is broken up into -
Blog / MIT Life
Cats!! I love where I live!!
MIT are kind of different from most other colleges. Each dorm has its ... fantastically different culture and feeling of community! My absolute favorite floor in the world is my home. I live on the third floor of the east -
Blog / Athletics
Marathon Monday A Boston institution.
Boston tradition – 115 years running (no pun intended). Of course, I ... record time). A number of MIT students run each year, but even for those ... around 11:20 am; thanks to the number of spectators heading that direction