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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Liveblog: Info Session with Karyn Blaser! Learn about MIT

  

  often just to stay fresh on current admissions policies and procedures, and typically when I sit through one I'll live blog about it. So here ... them and use them for signing in now) with Mac keyboards (thank goodness

  • by Snively '11
  • October 12, 2009
• Blog / Blog Projects

  Boston’s college mascots, placed into a Tree of Life a project that nobody asked for

  

  of a mascot. Brandeis University has two mascots—Ollie the Owl and The ... )[/caption] Lasell University and the University of Massachusetts at Boston won't be ... Elephantidae and Canis lupus for some reason, so I had to wedge Tufts University

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • February 18, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Cultura MIT students use online collaboration with their French counterparts to learn about each other's cultures.

  

  correspond with university students learning English at l'Ecole Polytechnique and l'IUP in Paris. So far, we've done word associations and sentence ... see words and sentences related to work, money, food, culture, and other

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • October 30, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Fall 2015 Wait List Decisions Will Be Sent Today

  

  , and we know many of you have been awaiting news about our wait list ... , as well as Teacher's Day in Mexico and South Korea - at 6PM Eastern ... decision, including the 52 to whom we have offered admission. At that point

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 14, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What Are We Waiting For answer: FPOPs to begin!

  

  participate in one of 22 Freshman Pre-Orientation Programs (FPOPs), which offer ... paper clothing. Travel to Colorado and Northern New Mexico. Spend a day ... 'm leaving the list just so you know what was offered): DA: Discover

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 17, 2014
• Blog / Events

  How to MC Hammer AKA embarrassing yourself for charity

  

  challenges of varying degrees--I can proudly say I've already seen a concert in ... lack thereof) and learn more about the sisters in my sorority while smanging it. Hard. Last weekend two sororities, Sigma Kappa and Kappa

  • by Connie H. '15
  • October 20, 2011
• Blog / Athletics

  Nadal, Federer, Helfant ‘85 Adam Helfant '85 is the new boss of professional men's tennis.

  

  Engineering, earning his degree in just three and a half years. After MIT, he ... I've been reading many, many applications over the last month, and ... like tennis, both playing and watching it. Thus, I'd guess a lot of the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 31, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Saturday at the water park

  

  my boyfriend and I ended up at the water park in the first place is that he's from a ski family; they own a condo in Maine and he's a ... deal of money, and c) we work too hard (Adam's working his UROP and a

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 8, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  the pnr mindset vs. the grindset mindset pnr shall be missed

  

  ="Undergraduate Research Opportunity."]"UROP[/annotation]-ing” instead of “studying,” and ... winter break and remembering that nobody understood what i was talking ... “multivariable calculus.”"]“7.012 lecture”[/annotation] instead of “bio class,” and

  • by Teresa J. '26
  • January 15, 2023
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Milk, Cookies and Dangerous Secrets Somewhere at the cloying helm of exponential senselessness (weird post incoming)

  

  and unfeeling bulky vehicles whose owners are lost in thoughts of their ... large room sprawling with shelves and people and signs hanging from the ... , liquid and eventually unhealthy layers, the pride of a newborn tradition

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • October 29, 2013
• Blog / How to Human

  Take Care of Us asking for change

  

  love this school and I want you to come here' when the institution I ... simultaneously trying to be kind to the institution that gives me the privilege of ... with every day that comes and I want it to change. For those of you who

  • by Cami M. '23
  • April 12, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  Marilee Jones in the news The Associated Press article about Dean Marilee Jones.

  

  's currently on CNN.com, with a nice picture of Marilee and her daughter (at ... ) -- Though just teenagers, the applicants to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology are a scarily accomplished lot. They have started businesses and

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 18, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  The Ultimate Recognition You probably don't know what that is.

  

  awards that FIRST offers its teams. I worked my butt off, and the first ... and THIS IS THE UNIVERSE TELLING ME NOT TO BE A PHYSICIST and WHY DO I ... sympathize - I know how it feels to pour a lot of yourself into something, and

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 19, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Look Ahead The fight's begun but not yet won.

  

  Koch Institute's express mission is to bring together scientists and ... Theory. It wasn't a bad class, all told. Circuits are pretty cool, and I ... ) - but there is a big difference between knowing something in theory and

  • by Paul B. '11
  • May 19, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  Deferred Students Update Some Q&A for deferred students.

  

  Union, Harvey Mudd, Olin College, RPI, and the University of Chicago. For ... , Northeastern University, Tufts University, and Wellesley College, among others ... action, 295 the year before, 267 the year before that, and 326 the year

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 18, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  More For Deferred Students FAQ and advice.

  

  . 1), RPI (Jan. 15), and the University of Chicago (Jan. 2). For those ... University (Jan. 1), and Wellesley College (Jan. 15), among others.] Should I ... the year before, and 326 the year before that) What should I do now? I

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 11, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  For Deferred Students Some advice and answers.

  

  College (Jan. 6), RPI (Jan. 1), and the University of Chicago (Jan. 1). For ... ), Tufts University (Jan. 1), and Wellesley College (Jan. 15), among others ... : last year, we admitted 267 deferred students during regular action, and

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 17, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  My MIT Story How I came to be at MIT

  

  respective universities, and didn't want to look back at graduation as ... , green, has mountains and an ocean, open spaces, and people who obey ... drive from my house. In fifth grade my parents and I were driving to my

  • by Snively '11
  • July 28, 2008
• Blog / Classes

  A Week in the Life of My MIT Junior Fall we're back in person baybee

  

  metaphors of the United States being a mixing pot vs. a mixed salad and which ... because I have friends in this class and my professor is very helpful ... because our assignments are READING really cool videogame articles and then

  • by Cami M. '23
  • September 20, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Lost Art of Hand-Lettering Lives at MIT hidden in plain sight

  

  and care are everywhere at the Institute. update March 2025: last ... . A lot of doors. And a lot of them with letters on them, like this one ... Engineering just posted a short video about Glenn and his time and contributions

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • January 12, 2017