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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Guest Post: Rush & Recruitment 2012 Evan and Denzil weigh in on this hectic week

  

  came to mind when the topic was broached were of the insanity shown in ... swept away in the process that was rush -- attempting to figure out if ... 'welcome to MIT' freshmen experience, began on Saturday. Today, Denzil Sikka

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • September 3, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  hello applicants, i don’t know what to say but i can try

  

  to classes for a while. maybe some of you are far away from any ... powerless. i wish love was the kind of thing i could package in a box and deliver. if love was the kind of thing i could wrap up in words and send

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • March 13, 2020
• Blog / Events

  Commence the Commencing! and congratulations to the Class of 2014

  

  147 classes have graduated from MIT in its history; today, the Class ... prefrosh to unbelievably intelligent and compassionate adults. Most of my ... graduating today as well before heading to different corners of the planet to

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 6, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Doonesbury and MIT Meet Alex Doonesbury, MIT '10.

  

  I skipped 4 days of school to go to Seattle and Vancouver to learn ... of reading to catch up on. The last thing I should be doing is blogging ... comic strip Doonesbury. Basically, back in 2006, the author of the strip

  • by Chris S. '11
  • February 8, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Hi, (gasp!) I’m Kim Kimd's first post as an admissions blogger!

  

  , I've gotten to a point where the workload will be manageable from here ... 'm Kimd when it comes to admissions blogging, since there's another Kim. As you can see in my bio, I'm a senior at MIT this year. I'm taking a lot

  • by Kim D. '09
  • September 17, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Dating At MIT: Episode 1 So two of my favorite '09s have just started dating each other...

  

  (a) they're pretty much the same person so their banter is fun to watch ... revealed.) So the three of us had lunch today. Allow me to share an example ... you are. He: Prove it. She: You stopped kissing me the other day to say

  • by Ben Jones
  • April 26, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Who WIll Win the Nobel Prize? Vote for your favorite MIT professor!

  

  in Stockholm, Sweden will begin to award this year's Nobel Prizes ... pick to win a Nobel Prize this year? Vote Now on Facebook The "nominees ... a reasonable predictor of winners). Here they are, in alphabetical

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 30, 2012
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Bloggers invade LA What should Sam and I do in Los Angeles? Suggestions welcome

  

  and I are flying out to Los Angeles today for a one-week stay in the ... instead of a suitcase. On our to-do list so far, we have 1. Roscoe's House of Chicken & Waffles (thanks, Bryan!) 2. Biking in Santa Monica

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • March 23, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

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

  

  . We'll be working throughout the week, making decisions and preparing to ... in the snow in Killian Court. This year, it was a completely different story. If President Hockfield and Casey were playing in Killian today

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 2, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  On Broadway My first few days of fun in NYC

  

  . Some friends from MIT, UC Berkeley, and NYU took care of waiting in line ... for the Straight Guy performed in the show... and since I was seated in ... pretty late, but this weekend I hope to see Avenue Q with a certain

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • January 13, 2006
• FAQ / Transfer

  What does MIT consider for transfer admission?

  There's no formula for gaining transfer admission to MIT. There's no ... .5 GPA or above, and mostly As in math and science courses. Ideal ... covered more ground in one science discipline or another, or you may have
• Blog / Classes

  Watch the 2.009 final presentations webcast!

  

  Engineering Processes is a capstone course in Course 2 (Mechanical Engineering ... out there, it's sort of like FRC, but for products. From the website: In 2.009, Product Engineering Processes, [150] students work in large

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 10, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Watch the 2.009 webcast tonight at 7PM ET! the premier product design class at MIT

  

  . From the website:  In 2.009, Product Engineering Processes, [150] students work in large teams of approximately 20 individuals to design and ... 2.009: Product Engineering Processes is a capstone course in Course 2

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 12, 2016
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The Punt Puzzle A collaborative affair

  

  Saw Franchise to baking cookies to video games—and in my case, to ... commenters and my occasional check-in to bemoan your exponential progress or ... typically often used as a verb. It refers to an action or a series of actions

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • February 25, 2014
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Eating my words at Area Four Mushroom and fontina pizza my beloved

  

  [/annotation] even when you fold it in half. To appreciate just how cursed this ... . During the dinner, Petey also mentioned (in response to my initial distaste ... wood-fired pizza made from a 10-year-old sourdough starter, A4 is the go-to

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • May 29, 2025
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Introducing the New 2017 Bloggers Let's get ready to ruuummmmble!

  

  shop in Seattle), and I gathered to select the bloggers who will join our ... Reckoning. It wasn’t really like that. We spent FOUR HOURS in our committee ... and permutations of our cohort, duking it out (I mean, as close to

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • September 7, 2017
• Blog / About Decisions

  Fall 2014 Transfer Decisions Will Be Sent Today see title, more or less

  

  applicants, receive decisions via email from our office to the address listed ... traffic in the tubes. Our transfer admissions process was quite competitive. As in past years, hundreds of students applied, and we only had space

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 7, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Opera No, not the browser

  

  One of my housemates here in Boston is a grad student at the MIT Media Lab, which is great for me because it gives me an excuse to go visit ... -controlled set in a "disembodied performance" that integrates with and enhances the

  • by Dave McOwen
  • September 10, 2010
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  You’re Still Our No.1 :) less than 2 days left!

  

  QUOTE(S): "If I have kids, I'm going to name the first one "Control ... !) --- While we are on the subject of speeches - for all to-be valedictorians ... before spring break. I'm super stressed. I don't know what is going on in

  • by Chris S. '11
  • March 12, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Registration – Important! If you're planning to attend CPW, please read this entry whether you've already registered or…

  

  MIT account, you can call the CPW hotline (617.258.6085) to register via ... . Simply click on the "Registration" link in the CPW portlet - if you see ... to a few students who didn't register using one of the recommended

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 31, 2008