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• Blog / Events

  How about an eπ Reunion?

  

  may not have heard, the Class of 1997 is throwing a "e^2" Reunion to ... style by throwing a "get out of the cold" party in South Beach the weekend ... front row ("splash") seats, so I left the theater a little bit wet and

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 27, 2004
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Dear July A video experiment just for the heck of it

  

  in my 30 day trial period to tinker around and make a couple videos for fun. This particular experiment is a product of 1) wanting to test the ... filmmaking skillz). I should probably also put in a shameless plug to join the

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • July 30, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Home is where the heart (of Texas) is Going away to school isn't such a bad thing.

  

  for sure. Now the MIT environment and surroundings was a lot different ... people. And a word for the parents: I know that you get worried. I'm 21 ... for the environment when I think about all the cars that actually made

  • by Bryan
  • December 30, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Rambax MIT On Rambax, MIT's one and only Senegalese drumming ensemble. Also known as MIT's best Senegalese…

  

  , for a Christmas special on how much it'd actually cost to buy all the ... other people, and really getting into the groove - but mostly the banging-on-a-drum-with-a ... on a drum) for an extended period of time every week. That's about half

  • by Jess K. '10
  • January 6, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Undecideds It's crunch time for college decisions.

  

  With 10 days to go until the May 1st postmark deadline for your college decision, I figure now is as good a time as any to the students who are still undecided: How can we help you make your decision? What more

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 20, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Melis and the AXO Chocolate Factory AXO Fondue was last night!

  

  event was particularly special for me because I was one of the four organizers, so we have been organizing everything for the past month. Luckily ... a row house on Commonwealth Avenue (two minutes from Fenway Park.) The

  • by Melis A. '08
  • March 5, 2006
• Blog / Community Projects

  Mystery Hunt mile markers portrait of the blogger as a young puzzler

  

  campus for a weekend, to do things, which are limited only by what the ... MIT Mystery Hunt was, and what it was like. Since the youth yearn for ... 's the ceiling of Lobby 7. Lobby 7 is a beautiful space, with that vaulted

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • January 24, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Past Enrollment On A Map [updated as to not freeze your browsers ^_^] My final project for 4.502 (Design Scripting).

  

  theses. Below is the link to my final project for 4.502/4.564, an ... ). Mouseover a data point to see the number of undergrads from that state. Now ... Hi!! I've been super busy over the past few weeks with various final

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • May 17, 2009
• FAQ / International applicants

  How do international students apply to MIT?

  limited to): the IB, A Levels, the French Baccalaureate, and CBSE. Your ... admission and select a major at the end of the first year with help from their ... We understand that it's difficult for international students to apply
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Adventures in Math Conversations in the world of math.

  

  in the math community. A couple weeks ago, I had the opportunity to ... run the San Diego Math Circle, which I had a chance to visit. A Math Circle (like the ones in Berekeley and Boston) is a gathering of K-12

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 15, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  My Long-Overdue CPW Recap Better late than never!

  

  snapped a picture with Shaye Storm, the Master of Ceremonies for BOTB ... at the registration desk, shown here with Anthony. This was a special ... favorite '09 prefrosh and now he's a full-blown MIT student, workin' the CPW

  • by Ben Jones
  • April 21, 2006
• FAQ / Transfer

  Can I apply for transfer admission if I haven’t completed all the recommended coursework?

  At the very least, we recommend you have one full year of both ... for calculus) and calculus-based physics. It’s rare that an applicant is admitted without calculus and physics at the college level
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Examining exams Sometimes, grades matter less than photons are matter.

  

  with an unearthly chorus of low self-esteem for the past week. Take a ... It's October. Cambridge is cozily snuggled into the cusp of a cold front, the air is crisp like tempura in the cracks of a deep

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • October 4, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Friday morning potpourri in lab How MIT's campus makes me happy to be alive. Also stuff from Adam.

  

  have no classes on Fridays (except for a 7.28 recitation to which I have ... involuntarily, in lab, finishing up a Western blot. I swear, my cells call the ... this point, my project may or may not be done by the time I leave for

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • March 17, 2006
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  39 windows and 2 friends a love letter to simmons's architecture

  

  .   there’s a lot to unpack in this building, so let’s start with the ... floor has a height of three windows, so when you look at the building from ... lived in a large triple room at the very corner of the building; most

  • by Boheng C. '28
  • December 2, 2025
• Blog / IAP

  A Visitor In My Own Hometown Yeah, so it was boring. But it's still where I spent the better portion of…

  

  getting up for the 10am class! I also had a UROP meeting -- I'm developing a new Web project for the BE department with my friend (and fellow ... while newly a visitor. I spent a lot of time pre-MIT longing for my days

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • January 9, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  That time MIT was almost rebuilt on an artificial island in the middle of the Charles River we were THIS CLOSE to being a pirate fortress university

  

  MIT almost became a pirate fortress in the middle of the Charles. Via ... of the Institute wanted to make a new interconnected technology complex but there wasn’t any room to do that in the Back Bay. In search of a new

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 22, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Day in the Life… [Biochemistry] Life as a biochemist at MIT and Cambridge

  

  -taught by the amazing Prof. Stubbe (who, in addition to being a brilliant ... squirt bottle, and has a dog named McEnzyme) and the amazing Prof. Ting ... up some experiments, let the ones that need to run for awhile incubate

  • by Cambridge
  • May 1, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  101 Things About Tokyo (Pt. 1) Another IAP. Another Country.

  

  embarking again on a cruise to the Carribbean next week). I go home for dinner ... -subway-with-two-strangers-beside-you," the "let's-take-a-nap-while-waiting-for-the-train-to-arrive-and-wake-up-right-when-the ... ) = a couple of steps? 13. Sorry for mentioning the subway so much - you

  • by Chris S. '11
  • January 13, 2009
• Blog / Hacks

  C-Sail Jack Florey really went Captain Jack on this one.

  

  This might look like a regular old picture of the Stata Center on a ... a closer look at that sail! Looks to me like a sail with a C on it...a C-Sail... It's a C-Sail on CSAIL! (For those of you who still don

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • November 14, 2017