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• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  it. >"< Last IAP, we had 3 hours of class everyday in the ... and have most of the day (except class hours) to have fun in Tokyo! It's been really fun so far, exploring all of Tokyo's neighborhoods - peering

  • by Chris S. '11
  • January 13, 2009
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Watch this! An MIT blogger alum deservedly gets a moment in the spotlight.

  

  If there were an MIT blogger Hall of Fame, Mollie would definitely be ... with degrees in Biology and Brain & Cognitive Science in 2006. Today ... community as member of the MIT Cheerleading Team (yes, MIT has a Cheerleading

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 23, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Waitlist post Answers to waitlist FAQs.

  

  waitlist? We offered 389 applicants -- approximately 3% of applicants -- a ... accept our offer of admission. Some years, we overpredict (as in the past ... the offer of admission from another college before May 1. After May 1

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 27, 2006
• Blog / Events

  MIT wins Putnam math competition

  

  undergraduate mathematics competition in North America. Of the top 5 students ... , Civil & Environmental Engineering). Twenty of the top 75 competitors ... Putnam exam is a difficult set of 12 questions, each worth 10 points for a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 21, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Sounds of Summer What've you been listening to lately?

  

  still have four glorious days of summer break left, so I will continue to ... Company of Thieves - This is the kind of song that you enthusiastically sing ... . This is completely uncharacteristic of the rest of their material, just

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • August 30, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Stories of Senioritis How to Procrastinate

  

  So the four year roller coaster called "Quest for a degree from MIT" has come to a close. And of course, it wouldn't be blogworthy unless there was more of a story than that. So this semester I had just one

  • by Bryan
  • May 31, 2007
• Blog / IAP

  Kiss the Frog Charm School and Nerdy Pick Up Lines. What can I say?

  

  the first day of classes is Tuesday, YIKES! But I didn't get through ... , a snapshot of the dinner table (me, my mom, and my three younger ... faculty and staff from all around MIT help members of the community practice

  • by Bryan
  • February 3, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How I Accidentally Double Majored How I managed to accidentally get a second major at MIT (hopefully)

  

  classes to graduate, an average of one a semester. I waved around that ... enjoying the writing classes and my job outside of class working with polymers better than some of my materials science classes. And it got me

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • February 2, 2016
• Blog / Classes

  A Major Crisis haha get it..cause..yeah,

  

  comforting hometown of Los Angeles, California (well, not quite. I live slightly outside of that: Norwalk, California.) I'm really excited to be ... year for the past four years, just out of my mom and I's pure love for

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 12, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Answers To Your Questions ...and happy thanksgiving!

  

  been taught, even despite taking all of my school's offered physics and ... ------------------------------------- Ron wrote: "hey i miss the october test for the SAT because of the ... clash of my exam and i couln't give it. in december i have my exam again

  • by Ben Jones
  • November 22, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  This doesn’t suck It's not particularly great, either. But you could go to Germany!

  

  DID YOU KNOW? Upon hearing one of Bach's motets late in his life ... KIum said she would buy every piece in Uli's collection, and some of them ... those prints mightily in the warm weather of Saint-Tropez. Then again

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 20, 2006
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread for Waitlisted Students

  

  the most competitive admissions cycle in the history of the Institute. Because of the incredible size and strength of the applicant pool we were unable to offer admission to many, many incredible students whom we would

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2011
• 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 calculus (or higher level of math, whichever meets your ability level) and ... made on a case-by-case basis and depends on your course of study and
• FAQ / Life and culture

  Is campus safe?

  well-being of the entire MIT community. "The MIT Police mission is to deliver total quality service to all the members of our community. We focus ... offers shuttles day and late into the night around campus in Cambridge and
• Blog / Admissions

  Best of the Ben Blogs Looking back at Ben's four years on the blogs.

  

  of 42.6 degrees for said aardvark, where is the banana and why is that ... at some of some of the blogging highlights of Ben's 4 years (and 194 ... to hide from us and our pursuit of content. And we promise to serve you

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 26, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Waitlist, 2010

  

  with aid packages. Admitted students can then choose to accept our offer (it is an understood part of admissions that some people will shuffle ... offer) or decline it. We will be maintaining the waitlist for another few

  • by Dave McOwen
  • May 13, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  Holding out for a piece of Pi because there wasn't enough to go around the first time

  

  Over a week has passed since Pi day, and the reality of the MIT admission decisions should certainly be sinking in by now. For those offered admission, there is a bit of role reversal as a new decision date approaches

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • March 26, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  FINAL TERM ATTACK Like a black light attack, only it's not like that at all.

  

  On Monday, I managed to trip and fall down half a flight of stairs ... of stairs in the Haus when I ran to look at the Rocko's Modern Life-inspired mural of a sad crying clown in an iron lung. Oh, and I was singing songs

  • by Keri G. '10
  • February 10, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Notes From The Middle Of Selection What interdisciplinary fields will exist 100 years from now? What will people be able to…

  

  we offer has grown over time as a result of advancements in science and ... . Though it's been a lot of work, I've been having a lot of fun. Selecting the class is one of the most rewarding moments of the admissions cycle

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 21, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  The Story Of @MITStudents as told by the person behind it

  

  Kellen Manning, Communications Coordinator for MIT's Division of Student ... @MITStudents, which I myself follow and often interact with. He offered to send me an explanation of what DSL is trying to do with it (and, for that

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 3, 2014