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• Discover / Life and culture

  Hacks, tomfoolery & pranks

  stealthily execute campus pranks according to an informal code of ethics. These ethics, loosely stated, assert that hacks must do no damage to property or any person, must be safe, and must provide joy or amusement to those who
• Apply / Understanding the process

  Admissions statistics

  included in the tables below, despite their centrality to our process. The ... beyond the stats already contributed to the MIT's standard Common Data Set. Holistic admissions It is important to understand that these numbers do not
• Discover / Learn more

  Books about MIT

  the evolution of MIT as seen in a series of crucial decisions over the ... , values, and controversies in which the college admissions process is ... -time digital computer to the famous Baker House Piano Drop Designing MIT
• Apply / Understanding the process

  First-year class profile

   http://iso.mit.edu/about/statistics.shtml. Socioeconomic Status First generation in their family to attend college 20 ... [/annotation] of the Class of 2028. You may also be interested in this post from our ... citizens and excluded from all other categories). All percentages rounded to
• Discover / About MIT

  Basic facts

  relevance to the practical world and transforming society for the better. To ... ) who will contribute to MIT and the world.[/intro] These basic facts are ... note='Source: MIT Facts']Campus[/annotation] 168 acres (0.68 km2) in
• Apply / Transfer applicants

  The transfer application

  test by the March test date. School Official Report: To be completed by ... . Remaining documents should be mailed to: Massachusetts Institute of Technology ... -200 Cambridge, MA 02139 Materials may also be emailed to [email protected] or
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  Social media

  the latest research and news to the craziest hacks and campus events
• Help / Contact

  Via phone

  Our phone number is 1.617.253.3400. That's it. That's the number you'd call. This probably didn't need to be its own page, but now that it's here, you can watch this true and factual documentary video of what it
• Discover / Learn more

  Other videos

  people. It's hard to narrow down thousands of videos, but here are a few of
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  get SLAPped! it doesn't hurt

  

  's telling about gender. getting to look at this painting up close in my room ... . [...] In addition to the term’s traditional associations of being masculine in appearance or actions, I chose to use “Butch Heroes” to indicate

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • September 21, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How to get a UROP A lesson on stalking.

  

  -mails get buried in overflowing inboxes; it happens to all of us. But listen ... in a new way? Do you have no prior experience, and want to try ... know." ^Something to bear in mind. Anyway, here you are, resume and

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 7, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  25 Stories of Getting Accepted to MIT told by students and alums

  

  reasons similar to M.B. ‘17’s ice cream: if I got in, she'd get hugs. If I ... were convinced i wouldn't get in and forcibly tried to not make a big ... decisions came out. I could get 1 bar of wifi on my phone in one corner of the

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • March 21, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  How Wrestling With Snapping Turtles Can Get You Into MIT A student profile of an aspiring limnologist.

  

  willing to get mauled in pursuit of our interests, she by vicious animals ... , writing search algorithms to help fictional cows find salt licks in ... to reenact this feat may result in serious injury, excessive brinyness

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • February 27, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  What getting an education from MIT is like according to students and robo-cj

  

  says. "It's not the same. If you are going to get a job in the United ... firehose.” The earliest reference I could find is from the 1972 How to Get ... subject of a famous hack in 1991, where hackers hooked up a fire hydrant to

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • August 17, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  How to do everything wrong and still get into MIT, part deux The case study of someone else you wouldn't expect to have gotten in

  

  that he didn't get those two scores together -- the time he got a 710 in ... together, and when he was in high school they liked to make rockets, too ... requires passion, and, luckily, you get to define passion on your own terms.

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • October 7, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  leaning in on choosing lives

  

  half an hour, eating my lunch, and the wind is getting to me. I could choose to get up and move to a different bench 20 feet away, one that is in ... , which is a big reason that I'm writing this post. In one week, I need to

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • April 20, 2021
• Blog / Athletics

  Biking in Boston Breaking out the bicycle.

  

  something constructive to do rather than getting in to trouble. In the last 25 ... the Norwottuck Rail Trail from my house in Belchertown to school in Amherst or to see my girlfriend in Northampton. At the time, it seemed like

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 2, 2010
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Back in Time I change my clock back three hours and read headlines on the magazine of the…

  

  had to go through it to get to building 2 but in this case 2 didn't mean ... The last time I was on an airplane, I was in an aisle seat getting my ... everywhere, but for some reason, for me, it always seems to hold true). The

  • by Jess K. '10
  • December 22, 2006
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Speaking in MITese A language all our own.

  

  this summer, I decided to get involved in helping produce the next ... - features. Keep in mind that this guide is just an introduction; I chose to ... Harvard-Yale football game to many more. (2) An inelegant shortcut to get

  • by Paul B. '11
  • August 19, 2008
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  A Day in the Life Liveblog of my Thursday complete with (not so great) pictures

  

  that scare me, including trying to get to know new people. Marjorie ... in common, from nerdy interests to growing up near Seattle to being ... pursuing a career in writing or the media industry. I'm hoping to interview

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • November 15, 2014