Search

Search Results

• Blog / Admissions

  Update from selection We're working through the weekend towards admitting the Class of 2011.

  

  in the snow in Killian Court. This year, it was a completely different ... release them on the web and through the mail. This is what Selection Saturday looked like last year during early action: That's President Susan

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 2, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Fold, Throw, Recycle I used to get in trouble for doing things like this.

  

  In kindergarten, I used to get in trouble for throwing paper airplanes in class, but apparently, that's not the case at MIT. I received this email just now in my inbox. I might try to revive my skills. For

  • by Bryan
  • December 11, 2005
• FAQ / Life and culture

  How does one attain a Pirate License?

  —but students that complete courses in archery, pistol shooting, sailing, and fencing are granted pirate status with a tangible certificate. Blogger Abby H. '20 is one of the students who has earned official MIT Pirate
• Blog / Admissions

  International Selection Day 1

  

  international students.   I wore a tie today, which might clue you in to ... . Tomorrow is a new day, and a new tie. I'm very much looking forward to ... conclude selection of the international class. Relatedly, I had a great

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 6, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  The Reading Commences The applications are in, and now we're reading them.

  

  progresses, but I did want to take a quick break to at least give you all an ... Things are starting to get quite busy! Now that the Early Action ... 's what a stack of application folders looked like on my table yesterday

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 10, 2005
• Blog / Community Projects

  Blown Back to Oz the close of the 2014 Design/Build/Fly competition: day 4.

  

  had one more mission to fly and we wanted to re-fly a mission as well in ... forecasted heavy rain and a thunderstorm starting around noon, in which case ... ) for three laps around the course in as short a time as possible. We knew

  • by Allan K. '17
  • April 15, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Burning Question Part 2 An extension of the previous thread, which grew quite long.

  

  Quoting Prashant from the last thread, "Number of ways to compare two applicants from a pool of 10,500 is 10500(C)2 = (10500!)/(2!*(10498!))" I don't need to win the USAMO to know that's a lot of ways. What a lively

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 17, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  I Should’ve Been Working When I Drew These ✨but i wasn't✨

  

  ="aligncenter" width="356"] in my notes for 18.01a (single-variable calculus ... ="attachment_77409" align="aligncenter" width="1000"] i should've been writing my final ... " align="aligncenter" width="400"] i honestly don't remember the context for

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • August 11, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Hip-Pop – Konnecting Souls Part of the MIT series "Hip-Pop in French: Contemporary Theater, Film, Dance, Comics and Graphic…

  

  Technologies: A Talk and Demonstration Part of the series Hip-Pop in French ... Cultural Services of the Consulate General of France in Boston A choreographer and composer, Franck II Louise is a pioneer of the French hip

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • October 4, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT TechFair THINK Competition A national science competition "intended to motivate high school students to think about problems related…

  

  let you guys know about a competition that she and fellow MIT undergrads Jennifer Sim and Di Ye have organized: Introducing a great opportunity for ... guided by Innovation, Networking, and Knowledge), is a national science

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 17, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A UROP or Two In which I ramble about how lucky I am to have such awesome UROPs

  

  mix! I currently have two UROPs, one in Biology and one in CMS. It takes a lot of juggling schedules and hard work, but I'm really loving both ... Quite a few people have blogged about their UROPs (aka MIT

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • November 24, 2014
• 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/science teacher and a humanities/social science/language teacher. We accept QuestBridge applications without a humanities/social sciences/language teacher letter of
• Blog / Events

  Orientation Wrap-Up Reason #457 why I love Orientation: I don't have to pay for food for a…

  

  So Orientation is pretty much also a week of free food. The saying ... Midway, I'll just try and cover the aspects of Orientation that have not ... of manual labor, but I don't get enough of that anyways. Taking

  • by Bryan
  • September 4, 2005
• FAQ / Interview

  What is the interview process?

  held in person whenever possible, however you may coordinate a virtual ... waived, it will not put you at a disadvantage in the admissions process. ... . Interviews are not a required part of the MIT application. While we try to
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Up To Snow Good PSA: IT'S SNOWING

  

  a storm is coming, are you listening in killian, the snow is glistening a wonderful fight our snowman's a sight walking in a winter wonderland

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • December 10, 2017
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Puzzle: Are we going to win? another puzzle to stimulate your mind

  

  ? "Here is my schedule. I just can't seem to get the times right. I need a ... this weekend, so I probably won't get a chance to post the solution until ... My friend Brian, Course VI '07, came up with this puzzle. I'll give

  • by Bryan
  • August 5, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Welcome To Room 3-107 Hope you like the new site! It incorporates a lot of your feedback and requests.

  

  Well here it is, the reason I've been hiding for the past couple of ... and comments. Changed the URL to 3-107.com, which is a lot easier to ... # of the office suite I share with Matt and a few other folks, directly

  • by Ben Jones
  • January 27, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  MVEMJSUNP A contest!

  

  : Assuming that the new order of the planets is: Mercury Venus Earth Mars Ceres ... mnemonic. I'll select a top five on Sunday, and then voting can occur through ... If you're old like me, you'll remember a classic episode of Saved by

  • by Bryan
  • August 17, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Obama to speak on clean energy, visit MIT energy labs today You can watch the speech live... or wait for the bloggers' account of it!

  

  conventional solar concentrators. Professor Baldo is a principal investigator in ... which is a replacement for existing light bulbs or fluorescent lights that ... solar, battery, and wind technology, and a LED light experiment. Below is

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 23, 2009
• Blog / Athletics

  Scootah Hockey a sport of tradition, friendship, and raw athleticism

  

  Hockey. Scootah Hockey, while rich in history and strategy, is a simple ... whom rides on a noble steed--those scooters that you used to sit your butt on in PE class. Each player was also gifted a weapon of pure magic

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • May 13, 2025