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• FAQ / First-year application

  How does the MIT admissions process work?

  the details can add a lot of stress to the waiting period, so we're happy to shed some light into that black hole. In fact, we outline our ... After you click the submit button, it's easy to feel as though your
• FAQ / Life and culture

  How does one attain a Pirate License?

  arrrrrrr! Come to MIT and earn your Pirate Certificate. All MIT undergraduates must complete eight points of physical education classes to graduate—but students that complete courses in archery, pistol shooting, sailing, and
• FAQ / First-year application

  May high school juniors apply?

  information on our site about what to do in high school that you'll find helpful ... to our email list without any commitment to apply for admission.
• Blog / Challenges

  Together. thoughts on today's tragedy.

  

  This was supposed to be a happy post. It was supposed to be one of ... ice cream, Tetris hacks, and a campus-wide show of unity to welcome prospective students.  It was supposed to be about my first time celebrating

  • by Michael C. '16
  • April 16, 2013
• Blog / Events

  A Brief History of Thursday I met Kip Thorne.

  

  's statistically improbable to win things that aren't in cereal boxes. Well, it ... week. It turns out that, due to the gnarly distortions in spacetime ... direction when they return to their original position. In curved spacetime

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • May 9, 2009
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Square Root Day Your daily dose of nerd humor.

  

  kind of joke. (In related news, Pi Day is only eleven days away. Get

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 3, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  International conference followup A post especially for international students: casting a wide net to find a good college…

  

  things to come from this group in terms of information is the international ... ; on the most recent list, we're third, supplying $8,628,074 in aid to ... *Update as of 2015: Early action is available to both domestic and

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 17, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Techfair! tisn't ye olde renaissance faire, institvte

  

  made me want to wake up and go outside. In a manner not dissimilar to ... companies from tiny startups to Microsoft had brought in, to the Tesla coil ... not only refusing to snow for more than a few days, but by having

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • February 19, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Time-sensitive matters

  

  to answer in time, but i'm STILL struggling to decide between Yale and ... Relations and would like to study abroad in China. Can you tell me about MIT ... decide to not major in science? As for applying to law school - they should

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 1, 2005
• Blog / Classes

  Screaming on a page (kinda) about 6.009 Please excuse what's about to follow

  

  basically made my code recite back to me EXACTLY what it was doing in scripts ... .009. I want to be back at MIT and swing on the rope swing in the East ... spent on a little blue couch, waking up early, leaving my physical form to

  • by Powers '23
  • April 12, 2020
• Blog / Events

  LeaderShape 2012 Six unforgettable days.

  

  Massachusetts, allowing students the opportunity to fully engage in the leadership ... What do Chancellor Grimson, The Salvation Army, and I have in common ... takes place over IAP. Participants will be asked to wrestle with such

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • January 27, 2012
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Above MIT The sky's the limit.

  

  takeoff is a good place to start with a disclaimer: my father was in control ... frequents these blogs! * The word "prospective" doesn't distribute to parents ... really, don't plan out your child's future that far in advance, dude. Wait

  • by Piper '13
  • May 29, 2011
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  MOUT Training Exercise With UNH ROTC [by CDT Vikram Mittal] When UNH asked our battalion to supply people to act as…

  

  were holding five hostages in an abandoned prison, and they were to ... and my buddy. We were then searched and told to wait in a nice warm bus ... outnumbered 4 to 1. However, in the end, they couldn't hold the position. We

  • by ROTC
  • December 17, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The First Ending it's the last day of classes and I am having some feelings.

  

  my total time in college is coming to an end. I suppose this is ... maturation. You only need to sit in a poetry class, people-watch at a few ... team in 16.00 (Introduction to Aerospace Engineering) building a blimp

  • by Allan K. '17
  • May 15, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Murals of Senior Haus "find where you thrive"

  

  inside of the building in an effort to preserve the years of artwork ... Drive to the Kendall T stop a lot (back in my PNR daze) and this sign was ... Last Friday night at around 2 am I finally got around to visiting the

  • by Abby H. '20
  • May 8, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Magic of Those Ivory Keys (Guest Blog!) Part 2 of 3 of "Why I Declared a Humanities Major at MIT" series!

  

  times when I felt pressure from my parents to practice piano. In the ... did you decide to major in music? Jenn: I decided to double major ... /ensemble/piano accompanying, and giving a solo recital in the spring. In order to audition for

  • by Chris S. '11
  • May 27, 2010
• Blog / Challenges

  MIT and Slavery a developing history, and a live webcast

  

  , meeting in the MIT archives. In December, the students presented to me what ... to the community: To the members of the MIT community, At MIT, we ... , we must attend to some newly uncovered facts from our past. A

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 16, 2018
• Blog / Life after MIT

  O hai A reintroduction

  

  . I got a JOB here, people! In Admissions. Me. An adult thing. Here! The ... position for creative media stuff, and I think to myself, do I want to APPLY???? I applied. I interviewed. And now, I'm back to where it all began

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • August 7, 2017
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Do You Wanna Build A Snowman? And thanks to an awesome friend, I built my first one!

  

  ’s nighttime when my eyes open, and the middle of the day when I go to bed. In ... in snow, thick white snow that looked like they would be so much fun to ... -dance communication-thingy/self-procreation/photosynthesis ritual to call in the alien

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • January 25, 2015
• Blog / Events

  Doggy Birthday Meet Simmons Hall's smallest - and furriest - new resident, who just turned 8.

  

  Maseeh and Burton Conner, to have one on the premises. In honor of ... for Tai Shan, the giant panda born at the National Zoo in 2005, whom a ... residents, she's not here to take classes or do any research. Primarily

  • by Chelsea R. '15
  • September 20, 2014