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• Blog / Admissions

  Waitlist News Within the next week, we plan to admit approximately 35 students from the waitlist.

  

  For the third consecutive year, we will admit students from our ... from the waitlist. When our waitlist decisions are finalized, we will ... from the waitlist. Financial aid will follow up shortly thereafter with

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 12, 2008
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Standing Out [by C/3C Christopher Benson, '10] Before AFROTC, this abstract concept of "leadership" seemed very generic...

  

  and a half into it and I have learned more from the ROTC program than ... ." This quote came from an F-15 pilot who stopped by to speak to the AFROTC cadets a few weeks ago. It is statements like these that make me very

  • by ROTC
  • January 3, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Brass Rat 2016 tunnels, arc reactors, and skycranes

  

  to a fraternity or sorority, and only 2 are from the east side of campus.  The RingComm chair is at least the 3rd in a row from the same ... attempts at symbolism (a Newton’s cradle hanging from The Alchemist’s armpits

  • by Michael C. '16
  • February 8, 2014
• Blog / Life after MIT

  What MIT Grads Do With Their Free Time Want to see the fireworks up close? Simply turn an old car into a boat…

  

  together on a big project and learn from each other along the way, even the ... My friend Amrys (MIT '02) and a bunch of her fellow MIT-grad friends spent the last month converting a 1967 Chevy Bel Air into a boat - the

  • by Ben Jones
  • July 6, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  Some Useful Things Things that greatly enhanced my chance of survival quality of life at MIT, and lots…

  

  cave. It’s become a happy childish shelter from stressful reality. There ... outside the bubble. I brought a lucky $2 bill, lucky pennies from 1992, a tiny pig figurine from a camping trip, a tiny cat figurine from my

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • September 23, 2012
• Blog / Events

  Stuff that happened on Pi Day (besides decisions) pastries and pie-ings from around the institute

  

  Street in Cambridge (right across the way from the new Welcome Center), a ... Pi Day is a big deal around our mathematically-minded Institute ... a few days later with some of the other stuff that happened on Monday

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 16, 2022
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Winter Through the camera lenses of people who don't have winter

  

  ; While heading back to my dorm, I ran into Kevin. The both of us being from ... , got right down to business and started making snowballs. A picture inside a picture... The Alchemist! We saw tons of bunnies in Killian

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • January 13, 2016
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  LSC: A Brief Summary [by Ashley Nash '11] Who wouldn’t want to join?

  

  [by Ashley Nash '11] I am a member of LSC, the Lecture Series ... now and then there will be a free showing of a movie that is either in ... Scorcese's "Taxi Driver." I'm a member of LSC because I love movies, and I

  • by ARTalk
  • May 2, 2008
• FAQ / First-year application

  How do I apply as a permanent resident?

  a U.S. citizen if you currently hold a United States permanent ... applications from students in the process of waiting for their green cards. If there is a change in your citizen status during the application process
• Blog / Academics & Research

  David Berry: A “Fearless” Innovator with a Passion for MIT Dr. David Berry, who received his S.B. and Ph.D. from MIT, received the honor of…

  

  becoming a professor when he received a call from Flagship Ventures and ... explore and learn a lot about yourself.” (The photo is from the MIT ... , MIT grad Dr. David Berry knows a thing or two about success. Though he

  • by Melis A. '08
  • October 4, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  Here’s a Plan let's burn off the pi(e)

  

  Pi day is almost here, when all the hard work from both applicants ... hitting the gym? Besides, after this humongous pie I'd say it's time for a little workout. Stress-exercising is a coping mechanism for me and one

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • March 9, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A reading list for a week at MIT All my classes have required reading this semester!?

  

  of it is technical, it’s a really sharp break from the math ... found as a function of how many people reviewed the UI: From ... ”, which is a HUGE field comprising everything from operating systems to

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • February 27, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Breakfast with a Genius Okay, so I stole the genius joke from Bryan. But it's still true.

  

  . Suzan-Lori Parks is a playwright and novelist whose play Topdog ... to win the Pulitzer Prize. She was also a recipient of the Mac ... favorite author; I even met her a few years ago at a discussion/book signing

  • by Keri G. '10
  • October 28, 2006
• Blog / Majors & Minors

  Choosing a Major there are so many

  

  issues. My favorite project was sorting through a few hundred letters from ... with all their myriad names feel like something from a novel, a mad ... , some have less, but you do kinda have to map out a courseroad if you

  • by Amber V. '24
  • June 20, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Choosing a Major I hope this is helpful to you at some point

  

  heard from person A that asking about relative difficulty of majors is ... important to you? Having a tried and true certified-damn-good education from ... wanted a physics education from MIT, the way that they've been training

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • December 18, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Sun off a beach The one where it rains. I mean, another one where it rains.

  

  Well now, this is a good way to start a blog entry. Megan '08, nine ... this happened. Well, it was a little cold, for the first time in a few ... . Sorry. That's an apology for a lot of things. Please don't go stalking

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 31, 2005
• Blog / Personal Projects

  a novel excerpt in honor of the friendly toast

  

  back. I slide in across from him, next to a blond guy with limbs that ... ’all. It made such an impact on me, I even set a scene there for my novel ... , [annotation note="It’s a first draft, so please forgive any awkward sentences. I

  • by Rona W. '23
  • September 3, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Be A Blogger 2015! TAKE THE PLUNGE

  

  slow-cooking ribs at least once a week 2) My Google search history is ... ? Here is the opening paragraph from the blogger training manual that Lydia ... being a student at MIT is like. You should interpret this mandate

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 14, 2015
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  A Nerd’s Paradise Phi is a "h" of a lot cooler than pi.

  

  listen to an admissions presentation, take a campus tour, visit a lab, and talk to some of the current students. I was on campus for a grand total ... , fraternity rush, several awesome hacks, finding a UROP, more classes, more p

  • by Paul B. '11
  • February 28, 2008
• Blog / Athletics

  A sporting chance

  

  been a great way to network and meet fellow MIT alums from the past ... Despite growing up in New York, I became a Red Sox fan when I was 8 ... myself in a Red Sox uniform taken sometime in the late 1980s: While

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 22, 2004