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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Vote for Ksplice! MIT's spirit of entrepreneurship and collaboration in action.

  

  to make the world a better place. Another cornerstone of MIT culture ... don't normally do on my blog. I'd like to ask you all to do me a big ... Forbes "Boost Your Business" Competition. Their concept is actually a

  • by Paul B. '11
  • November 25, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sights and Sounds Only at MIT.

  

  would sacrifice an afternoon nap for a one-mile walk across the Harvard ... was made more memorable by the following episode: (Jeanne and I spot a ... laughing* (A minute or so later: we walk through a narrow passageway

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • November 5, 2009
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  And the winners are… 2010 Blogger results!

  

  A few weeks ago I sent out the call for new bloggers. We had quite a few responses (28) from incoming freshmen (25) and upperclassmen (3). I ... who to invite into the elite ranks. Unfortunately that would be a lie

  • by Dave McOwen
  • August 27, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Operabots with Personality Ahhhhh.....music to my ears

  

  opinion, this is a fact. Just as the sun rotates around the earth ... will be able to find a home here at MIT. Recently, Professor of Music and Media Tod Machover has been getting quite a bit of exposure for

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • August 26, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT Regular Action Admissions Decisions Available Online MIT Regular Action admissions decisions are now available at https://decisions.mit.edu.

  

  year, we received 15,661 applications for admission, a record number for us and a 17% increase over last year. We admitted 1597 students for an admit rate of 10%, or about one of every ten applicants. We have offered a

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT goes on the road Over the next month, MIT Admissions Officers will visit dozens of cities across North America.

  

  Island, followed quickly behind by Virginia and Pennsylvania. For a ... life, Boston/Cambridge, MIT culture. What makes MIT different from other universities? How might you know whether or not MIT is a good match for you? We

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 3, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Welcome to Senior Haus, version 2.0 More pictures!

  

  of Hanna, Dorota, and Jake, all fellow frosh. Here are some from the ... stairwell opening into the third floor, there's a mural of our banner with our motto. Sport Death! Here's a view of another room, this time a double

  • by Keri G. '10
  • February 20, 2007
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Marjane Satrapi and French Breakthroughs The author of Persepolis visits MIT, and my French professor is famous

  

  French-language students at MIT are benefiting from a breakthrough method ... about life and criticisms of American foreign policy. All in all, it was a ... Satrapi said something along the lines of: "We live in such a conservative

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • October 29, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fame Discover Magazine tries to cash in on this whole "turkey into oil" craze that I…

  

  DID YOU KNOW? America's fastest competitive eater is Sonya Thomas, a ... , Jefferson Tester, a professor of chemical engineering at MIT, says he ... ... did you know that "a 60-mile bike trip" means 60 miles each way? Really

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 5, 2006
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Not your stereotypical sorority girl Tonight is the first night of sorority recruitment!

  

  popular (and untrue notions) a little later on. First of all, I should just clarify exactly what a sorority is. According to the Panhel website ... Alpha Theta, and Sigma Kappa. Each sorority has a different group of girls

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 2, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Wow, work! Mid-IAP update.

  

  from French homework to sit down and write to you, but I think it's time. Class has been going well. It's a significant effort commitment, but it ... of homework, with a fourth packet due this coming Monday. I've done

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • January 20, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Trading Room

  

  emerging from our research, it is also a classroom for teaching the people ... against other students! MIT has a really cool Wall Street-style trading ... -of-the-art trading room ever built on a university campus. Identical in every detail to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 1, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Match Game

  

  risk-taking. Risk-taking. Asian Mom provided a great quotation from ... seat Kresge Auditorium on campus. Here on my blog, there has been a lot ... to be a "good match" for MIT? What do we look for? Alignment with MIT

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 27, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Everyday Is Like Sunday

  

  received a decision by Wednesday. On Friday, we'll begin giving decisions ... down from more than 2800 applications to the 383 we could admit. There ... 't set any target for that number. We won't have a final count of regular

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 12, 2004
• Blog / Academics & Research

  major uncertainty switch 2 A 6-2?

  

  Col·lege ma·jors (noun) A term that invokes pain and, as ... a while and then got all stirred up again during this semester. There was a solid period of time where I felt pretty set on my major. I

  • by Waly N. '24
  • January 2, 2022
• Blog / Announcements

  MIT EA decisions to be posted Saturday, 12/18/21, 3:14 PM ET i guess the title kind of says it all, huh?

  

  've brought you both here today because i need to announce a decision date for ... the furtherest from them, I want your help. Sooo, what I should say to ... ME  IN A MICKEY MOUSE HAT kellen: but they won't be able to see your

  • by kellen manning
  • December 13, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  ask me (an mit alum, maybe) anything! aka, am(amam)a

  

  Hi blog readers! It's been a few months since I've graduated, a time ... problems (my laptop's motherboard has a burn mark??) and vegetating, so ... . '12's post from the time of yore with an Ask Me Anything! If you

  • by Phi A. '21
  • August 12, 2021
• Blog / Majors & Minors

  What MIT Is Like for Non-Technology Majors a quirk of the institvte

  

  Since its founding in 1861, MIT has been a special place for ... here are interested all kinds of different fields, from anime to manga ... a fatal loophole in the founding charter, that you can actually study

  • by Abby H. '20
  • April 1, 2019
• Blog / MISTI

  Total immersion An MIT-Italy student finds her way around Rome

  

  wondering…was there another way to get to and from work? A week or so ... ’ve come into a fuller realization of how interconnected Rome is. The first ... stuck like glue to the bus that took me directly from the apartment to

  • by MISTI Program
  • July 30, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Settled It's good to be back!

  

  Charles River has been replaced by a partial one that I can glimpse if I ... . It's so nice to be back; I didn't quite have a whole lot of time to ... !! I've pseudo-met my campers via a brochure that was sent out, detailing

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • August 20, 2010