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Is campus safe?
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FAQ / Visit
How do I sign up for an info session and/or campus tour?
We look forward to showing you what makes MIT so special! We offer in-person info sessions and tours as well as online sessions. Head over to our ... -created version of MIT in Minecraft! -
Blog / About Decisions
what we mean when we say the people why we like “the people”
family emergencies or winning some award or getting some offer. In addition ... people at mit"? i think it's mostly undergrads, people in related friend ... , personalities, and backgrounds that MIT offers. One can argue that the people as a -
Blog / Academics & Research
Scheduling Conflict Which class should I take? (Results from the previous poll posted.)
offered during overlapping time slots -- which one should I take? Don't Doonesbury vote-bomb me though! A new class will be offered by the Economics Department in fall, 2006: The Challenge of World Poverty. The class is intended -
Blog / Admissions
Transfer App Is Live For current college students hoping to enter MIT in the Spring of 2013
be another cycle in the Spring with a February 15 deadline.) There ... . Students who are admitted in this transfer cycle would begin MIT in the ... US citizenship or permanent residency should apply in the Spring for -
Blog / Admissions
Stephen, I’m Putting You On Notice!
besides reading applications to MIT. One of the things I enjoy doing in my ... , Stephen Colbert interviewed Richard Hersh, a former university president who recently coauthored a book on how higher education is failing in America -
Blog / Art, Literature, Music
Want To Play Music @ MIT? (informally, that is.)
to college - I played solo in coffeehouses, as half of an acoustic duo in auditoriums, as part of a band in various bars & clubs. I sang in an a cappella group for most of college as well as college choir -
Blog / Blog Projects
Boston’s college mascots, placed into a Tree of Life a project that nobody asked for
universities in metropolitan Boston that were listed on Wikipedia ... 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 -
Blog / MISTI
Do Welsh Robots Dream of Electric Sheep? teaching kids robotics through GTL Wales!
Two summers ago, I visited my friend Shruti ‘24 in their home state ... "]We[/annotation] drove up to Paterson Falls, a waterfall in the middle of the industrial ... you in Europe?!” I rode the high of my “European” adventure for a few -
Blog / MIT Life
Adventures of a Morning Person rise and shine
I can't sleep in. I don't have any early-morning obligations – I just ... 'll crash hard in the afternoon."][/annotation]. Last year, I wouldn't ever ... grants me a rare solitude in my suite kitchen. The counter is clear, all -
Blog / Admissions
October Questions Omnibus 2 Wow, lots of questions to be answered...
conducted research in physics at Washington University through a program that ... essay about research they've conducted in big university engineering labs ... biggest concern right now is hot to get my recommendations to MIT in time -
Blog / Academics & Research
how the first midterms actually were xoxo gossip girl?
[annotation note = "One exam question was set in the Avatar universe and another had ... I believed in my abilities so much that I genuinely go around telling ... midterm in the middle of the term, but instead 2-3 midterms plus a final -
Blog / MIT History & Culture
I’m a Muslim Woman and… on this #MuslimWomensDay, meet some p cool ppl
attending one of the most advanced universities in the world. I can’t tell you ... away from my dorm? Do I talk about the halal food that’s served in Mc ... in my hijab? When I found out about Muslim Women’s Day, I immediately -
Blog / Academics & Research
What can you do in four years?
resources MIT has to offer for a student?" In a word, no. No matter how much you take advantage of what MIT has to offer, there are going to be ... . Sophomore year (IAP '05): Took a PE class in foil fencing. Attended a few -
Blog / Classes
A Major Crisis haha get it..cause..yeah,
different classes offered and I really want to dabble in video game design and ... the city. And now that I've chosen a university that is quite a ways ... Logan. But I don't hate flying. In fact, I kind of like it. Sure -
Blog / About Decisions
Spring Break post
the end in itself. Take advantage of what MIT has to offer you, because ... Hi, readers. Congrats to those of you who got in. I remember when I got in. It was my first college decision, and I was so excited, and so -
Blog / Art, Literature, Music
speaker talks and gallery shows + other cool stuff yay
Architecture department tend to host or promote a lot of these events, in ... for the T in Technology, it also has a super vibrant and scholarly humanities and arts scene, particularly in disciplines like comparative media -
Blog / Art, Literature, Music
Exercises in Style with apologies to queneau
was offered popcorn by a friend, and the two of us were left in the ESP ... , we were assigned to read Raymond Queneau's classic Exercises in Style. In it are 99 retellings of the same story, each written in a different -
Blog / Admissions
July Questions Omnibus 1 Answers to the many questions left in the comments of McGann's Factors.
the schools are universities with strengths in math ... feel there are things that you did not cover completely in your ... explaining a special circumstance in your case. anonymous wrote, "I am a high -
Blog / Admissions
Meet the Admissions Officers: Jenny Rifken Name:Jenny Rifken; Job title: Director of Recruitment and Associate Director of Admissions; Hometown: Elgin, Illlinois
(who have the best record in baseball right now), the University of ... School College: University of Michigan, 1995, English Language and ... . The fireworks on Fourth of July. The colors in and around the city