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• Blog / How to MIT

  [joint post] the MIT picture scavenger hunt or, how to drive yourself insane by looking at floorplans

  

  knowledge of MIT’s campus and all its many quirks. Their blog also has a lot ... around campus, taken from interesting angles, and the goal for each is to ... : CJ: The post also includes a form to submit guesses, and a leaderboard

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • September 12, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  Spring cleaning and miscellany The Brass Rat club, sending 4-inch heels to Goodwill, and picking a new food-providing graduate…

  

  Well, grad school interviews and visiting weekends are done! This weekend I visited Harvard Medical School's Biological and Biomedical Sciences program, from which both my UROP professor and my postdoc graduated

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • March 12, 2006
• Blog / IAP

  IAP and Igloos This is an entry about IAP. IAP is the month of January. It's...February. I know.

  

  (I'm gonna go ahead and spill the beans: This is an entry about IAP ... months, Santa isn't real, and eating ice cream and shredded cheese for ... I was little, my favorite store was the Sanrio store, and my favorite

  • by Jess K. '10
  • February 25, 2009
• Blog / Athletics

  weather and stuff a Californian’s first experience of fall and also other things on my mind

  

  Wisconsin, and the other, Abby, is from San Diego. Last week I get home from ... .” Abby and I stand in awe. What is this “fall clothing,” and do we need it? (The answer is yes; we do need it). I own some jeans and one or two warm

  • by Fiona M. '20
  • October 2, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Quick and dirty I freak out a little about graduate school applications, then answer some questions.

  

  cellular, molecular, and developmental biology, so no ecology classes for me! (And frankly, I couldn't be gladder. I think plants are uninteresting ... rocked the GRE general test, will be graduating with two degrees, have a

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • November 10, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  I love musicals! Wicked just dropped and I am LOSING MY MIND

  

  Boston and want to catch a musical, [annotation note="MIT also offers ... saw Wicked on opening night with two friends (Caitlin O. ‘25 and Oris S. N. ‘23), and I went absolutely FERAL. I have been waiting for this

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • November 29, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  RA Selection Day 8 & Beyond

  

  On Selection Day 8 (Thursday), I wore a skinny tie, and worked with Mari and Prof. Patrick Henry Winston. Winston is what we at MIT call a "lifer" -- he received 3 degrees from MIT (SB '65, SM '67, PhD '70) and was

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 26, 2005
• Blog / Hacks

  Where the Sun Shines, There Hack They MIT is known for many things, including its legendary hacks.

  

  part of MIT folklore, hacks can tell much about MIT's culture and ... design, humor and general outlaw behavior—and serve as another indication ... provost for student life, brings gadgets and other hack artifacts and gives

  • by Laurie Everett
  • August 2, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  Don’t Worry, Be Happy A few words of advice.

  

  wanted to go to college, and I had a few ideas of where I wanted to apply and that was it. And so, what did I do, I procrastinated. Why? Because of state laws. Back in TX, if you were in the top 10 percent of your

  • by Bryan
  • March 17, 2006
• Blog / Announcements

  MIT Early Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  portal and visit your Application Status page. There, you will be able to ... the MIT Class of 2029, and as of *checks watch* right now, we have offered early admission to 721. Though they are all different in their own

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 17, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Early Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  MIT, and we have offered early admission to 687. These students hail ... log in using the same username and password that you use to log in to ... Massachusetts to Malaysia and many places in between. We can't wait to welcome

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 14, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Early Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  in using the same username and password that you use to log in to your ... .mit.edu. This year, 9,600 students applied for early admission to MIT, and we have offered early admission to 707. These students hail from more than 486 high

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 15, 2018
• Blog / Community Projects

  Not in Kansas Anymore oh, wait...we actually are. Day 1 with the MIT Design/Build/Fly team.

  

  We're in a hotel room and we're watching Men In Black (preceded by Aviator and Family Guy) while assembling our airplane to drown out the ... you sprightly prefrosh came rushing into MIT for the one and only Campus

  • by Allan K. '17
  • April 10, 2014
• Blog / Classes

  Notes on Cancer rate my handwriting

  

  note="director of the Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, one of those buildings that course 7s and 20s spend a lot of time in"]Tyler Jacks[/annotation] and [annotation note="associate director at the Koch

  • by Abby H. '20
  • September 10, 2019
• Blog / About Decisions

  Waitlist Wrap-Up 2008

  

  that we do not have any more room in the class, and will not admit any ... our peer institutions needing to admit greater than 200 students from ... admissions for this year and let the remaining waitlist students focus on their

  • by Decisions
  • June 24, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  fpop-ing I haven't worn a poncho since the third grade.

  

  Institute where they sequenced part of the human genome. - we walked ... Cordova Sculpture Park - a nature talk and swimming at Walden Pond - bio movie marathon including Gattaca and Aliens in 6-120 Orientation is by far one

  • by Bryan
  • August 26, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  International Selection Day 2

  

  *Update as of 2015: Early action is available to both domestic and international students.   Today was the second and final day of ... decisions will be checked and reviewed over the next few days as we draw ever

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 7, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Waitlist post Answers to waitlist FAQs.

  

  waitlist? We offered 389 applicants -- approximately 3% of applicants -- a ... accept our offer of admission. Some years, we overpredict (as in the past ... the offer of admission from another college before May 1. After May 1

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 27, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  February(ish) Updates and Notes aka my life in photos and haikus

  

  photos that accurately summarize my current state of existence: The ... -ish classes (3 12-unit classes, a 9-unit, and a 6-unit). I think it ... you have classes and psets and labs and tests again” was a rough

  • by Taylor V. '19
  • March 1, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Relativity Special (and vice versa) I took a test today that relied on practically everything I have ever learned from…

  

  Today, I felt: angry and heartbroken. Because: the first question on my Special Relativity test required me to add (and subtract!) numbers with 5 significant figures, and the professor did not manage to include a

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • November 18, 2009