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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  A bevy of beautiful Brass Rat bezels A tour of the past 8 MIT class rings.

  

  purchase the ring in a typical year; one company actually shuts down their ... disdain that many MIT graduates profess for academic tradition, a very large ... created in 1929, the ring's official name is the "Standard Technology Ring

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 13, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Tetazoo Goes Camping An adventure to the top of a mountain and a little cabin in the woods

  

  on a rather painful hike in the snow. This camping trip was a little ... . After many struggles, we started the fire in a creative way, and sat ... there were a lot of other people hiking that Saturday was because it was

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • September 20, 2014
• FAQ / Life and culture

  What do you mean by “MIT Speak”?

  MIT uses numbers for everything. You could be in 10-250 taking 18.03, which is 5-0-7, for 6-2. At MIT, all of your friends would understand exactly what you're saying. (You have to enter "MIT Code" in the ask field
• Blog / Events

  A Mystery Hunt Puzzle A Taste of Things to Come...

  

  molecular orbital diagrams. You still have a 14.01 pset to do, before the sun ... , you decide to return to your 14.01, for it is due in 11 hours. Luckily ... It is 2:45 AM. You have just finished your 5.111 pset. The

  • by Chris S. '11
  • March 21, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Study Break on the Roof! We had an EMT study break on the roof of the tallest building in Cambridge!

  

  some fun with them on the roof! Adam S. '14 wanted a photo of him in ... had a wonderful time, and we were all so glad that Morgan brought us up ... she works - the roof of the Green Building!  The Green Building is the

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • May 8, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT ISEF Lunch

  

  I've gotten a few search engine hits for "MIT ISEF Luncheon," so for those of you looking for that information, here it is: The MIT Office of ... family. Majerle's is located at 24 North 2nd Street in Phoenix, just one

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 11, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  EA Decisions Some facts and figures to put it into perspective

  

  In a year of record early action applications, 590 students have been ... depth of the applicant pool – both in what students are doing inside ... this year, representing a 13% increase over last year’s record. The

  • by Decisions
  • December 16, 2009
• Blog / Events

  Lobby 7 Gotta love it

  

  coffee cup in hand, along with a horde of students and tourists, and I ... kind of things that happen in this lobby every week. I’ve walked through ... Here’s a little tribute to lobby 7. Since my start at MIT in January

  • by Kris Guay
  • October 12, 2011
• Blog / Events

  What’s on your mind? As for me, my hair feels normal again.

  

  surprise that I plan on spending most of rush hanging out at Random, with a ... RUSH RUSH RUSH RUSH So much is about to happen!  Electrical ... living group and club we've got. It's an exciting time, and now... now I

  • by Piper '13
  • August 26, 2011
• Blog / Events

  Mystery Hunt Day 1 Liveblogging the beginning of this year's campus-wide puzzling competition.

  

  2007 Mystery Hunt will begin! I'm going to try today's entry as a ... Hunt is a weekend-long competition at MIT where people team up to solve ... hints and thoughts in the comments thread that might help. Don't stop, you

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 12, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  So apparently the Media Lab figured out how to 3D print glass and it's pretty glorious

  

  I saw a tweet from MIT News late last week about how some researchers ... a way to 3D print glass. I'd actually seen some objects on display at the Lab back in June, but had no idea how it worked; at first, I didn

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 24, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  You Gave Love A Bad Name A night of talent.

  

  Borskis. I kid you not. You might know Borski as a frequent commenter, so ... a big philanthropy event each year. Sigma Kappa's is Late Night which is basically a talent show with acts ranging from magic acts to dances

  • by Bryan
  • October 8, 2006
• FAQ / International applicants

  Do application materials have to be in English?

  All application materials must be in English. You may have a professional service or a teacher in your school complete the translation, but you can't translate the material yourself. If your teacher translates
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Alive and In London Updates from the Road

  

  Currently writing to you from the London Apple Store. Spring Break has been a blast so far. Once I find free wireless, I'll upload the real entries.

  • by Bryan
  • March 26, 2007
• Blog / Hacks

  Where’s Waldo? Hack Attack!

  

  The time is 11:23 am, and I am sitting in the Student Center. Then to in my email inbox I receive this email. From: Friend with the ... motto is: "Have camera, will travel." Off to Killian Court I depart

  • by Bryan
  • December 12, 2006
• FAQ / Life and culture

  Can I play football at MIT?

  that most of the team members had a better chance of "owning" an NFL team ... ever! In front of an enthusiastic home crowd on Senior Night, the MIT football team completed its historic regular season with a 24-13 victory over
• Blog / Events

  Puzzled need a quick fix for your boredom? try this puzzle on for size.

  

  prepare one another. This is the one I came up with. I'll be posting puzzles ... remotely next IAP. -- Come and Ride It Lost in the jungle, Joe is ... Greek A + Roman V Thirteenth in Mr Tumnus Eighth in Ugachaka Law Case

  • by Bryan
  • July 29, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT EA Decisions: Thursday 12/16, 9pm EST On Thursday evening, our admissions decisions will be online.

  

  before logging in to decisions.mit.edu. To ensure that you will receive a ... . Simply visit my.mit.edu and click on the lost password link. There is a ... , simply visit decisions.mit.edu and log in using the same username and

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 10, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Upcoming non-MIT deadlines Other forthcoming deadlines.

  

  what's out there. In that spirit, here are some deadline for some programs that MIT applicants are often interested in: Gates Millennium ... programs (a much more complete entry on summer programs is forthcoming

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 28, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  MIT Guests on The Colbert Report All the MIT guests Stephen Colbert has had on his show.

  

  chain of links and tweets that eventually ended up in my inbox which I ... I don't usually watch TV but recently I saw a few episodes of The ... featured in the blog post "Stephen, I'm Putting You On Notice!"   Jeff

  • by Erick P. '17
  • July 17, 2014