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• Blog / Admissions

  Newly Admitted Student Events… ...coming to your neighborhood.

  

  locations and times for these events, and for a list of all of the events ... for Admitted Students. Although a lot of my time is spent preparing for ... hometowns for students admitted to the Class of 2015. If there's one in your

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • March 17, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  A Beautiful Day

  

  along the Charles River. Lots of people running along the river (doing a ... -- setting up events, matching prefrosh (that's MIT jargon for you, the ... the Spotless Mind." You may have heard that we'll have a "Meet The

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 30, 2005
• Blog / Public Statements

  Asking for letters of recommendation (during a pandemic) tl;dr: mostly the same as during normal times, but clarifying some points of anxiety

  

  "hey can you write a letter for me" and then enter their email into the ... have known me for a few weeks]. Who should I ask to write letters on my ... as the norm. However, it is not uncommon for us to receive letters from

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 6, 2021
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Brass Rat 2016 tunnels, arc reactors, and skycranes

  

  One of the hardest things to avoid at MIT is a sense of jadedness ... in all of us. It’s the event where the Brass Rat for each class is ... to a fraternity or sorority, and only 2 are from the east side of

  • by Michael C. '16
  • February 8, 2014
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  The Holy Grail of Hacks Returns and everything it took to get there

  

  completes the unit with a custom silicone gasket for a water-tight seal ... ="Campus Preview Weekend"]CPW,[/annotation] and a crowd is gathering in front of the ... amongst themselves. Just a few minutes past ten, the hackers, who will of

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • May 3, 2026
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Q&A Part II Why the Media Lab is cool. Bonus: A great "You Know You Go to MIT…

  

  this blog template for me, he named it "Life of a Tecker" after the first ... technology?" Here's the story: I went to a school called High Technology High ... "technology" in the more general sense. "Life of a Tecker" was the title of my

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 25, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Almost a Real Engineer my foray into the world of professional conferences

  

  the industry. I’ve known for about a year now that transportation is ... with a session for new attendees in the afternoon; I’m excited to learn ... , with a delay really only to get the plane de-iced (nice work Jet

  • by Becca H. '12
  • January 22, 2012
• Blog / Events

  Fireworks over MIT’s Great Dome Fireworks and music and Dome, oh my.

  

  As I noted two entries ago, MIT has a front row seat for Boston's 4th ... around. And now, you can watch a excerpt of the fireworks over the Dome, online. Click To Play   Thanks to MIT TechTV for posting the clip!

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 12, 2007
• Blog / Personal Travel

  I Climbed a Mountain Today there's always gonna be another mountain!

  

  area on the mountain, where there's a big parking lot for your car if you ... . Like MUCH better. On the other hand, I got, frustratingly, a B+ for 7 ... the States, and I've been happily living at Berkeley, CA, for the last 2

  • by Chris S. '11
  • June 28, 2009
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  American culture at its finest: Thanksgiving How my family celebrates the holiday. Plus a crash course in U.S. culture for internationals.

  

  !) is Thanksgiving day, which is a BIG DEAL in the U.S. Considering the ... cooked meals centered around a turkey, football (the American kind, not actually played with your feet), and preparation for the holiday season. I

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 27, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  A Time to Enroll You have doubts, I have gifs

  

  to college in the fall and can sleep soundly. But making a choice is a little harder for your situation. You may be overwhelmed thinking ... the price of the education. You’ll be a part of a unique community of

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • May 1, 2014
• Blog / Announcements

  Be a Blogger 2019!

  

  in the office and serve as a shibboleth for student culture. We pay you ... become a Plant Dad (tm) and am growing tomatoes in my office window The ... ; the blogs are a specific example of this general case. The mission of

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 1, 2019
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Formula SAE: A Turbocharged Experience Join the MIT Formula SAE team to design, engineer, and build a small formula-style autocross…

  

  is to assume the position of a manufacturing firm that has just been asked to design a prototype car for the nonprofessional weekend autocross ... handling, while maintaining a cost under $25,000. The team must also make a

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 12, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Live from Florida Hello from Tampa, Florida!

  

  just in time for a crazy week in the office. Now, I'm off on group travel ... the meetings, and the schedule for upcoming meetings in California, the Mid-Atlantic, and the Carolinas here) We started in Miami with a nicely

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 7, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Cancer Research The history and future of cancer research at MIT.

  

  researchers by a professional society of peers, the American Association for ... of MIT's Center for Cancer Research is the principal investigator on a ... The MIT homepage has a great spotlight today about the Institute

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 29, 2006
• FAQ / Academics and research

  Can I study Global Change Science/Climate?

  The MIT Center for Global Change Science (CGCS) at MIT was founded to address fundamental questions about climate processes with a ... predict changes in the global environment. Additionally, a variety of
• Blog / MIT Life

  You Gave Love A Bad Name A night of talent.

  

  , Zeta Beta Tau, the prize for best large act at Sigma Kappa's Late Night. Last night, it was made a smash hit by Michael Borohovski and the Sexy ... the next time you run into him online, ask him for his digital John

  • by Bryan
  • October 8, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Design Squad: Pretty much the opposite of The O.C. A show where 8 teenagers use their engineering skills to build some really cool stuff.

  

  had the opportunity to work for him for a while, since we are both in ... converting kiddie toys into a dragster to creating moving art for a museum and designing a low-cost peanut butter machine for a women's collective in Haiti

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 21, 2007
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  hey hey HAYMARKET slicing and dicing all over the place.

  

  advertising auditions for a show on WGBH, so we decided to follow the posters to ... for a new show for high school kids. We were too old :-( In the ... getting snapped at by a vendor for analyzing the fruit too much, we began to

  • by Bryan
  • July 10, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  Taking a Step Back Using Avatar: the Last Airbender to talk about my feelings

  

  show's been around for like over a decade soooooooooo, y'know, there ... villain for the first two seasons, falls very ill after freeing avatar Aang ... . Once he successfully fights the illness, he emerges as almost a

  • by Powers '23
  • September 23, 2020