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• Blog / Admissions

  Lots of questions today! Lots of answers, too.

  

  during my sophomore year, but one time we were at a dorm formal and looked at each other, and both of us were like "You know, I really don't like dancing." Adam's line of reasoning is that once you're in a relationship

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • May 9, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Lunch with Madam President Guess who I got to eat lunch with today?

  

  apart from other schools. A short list of the topics we discussed at ... hopefully none of my professors themselves will ever hit the blog when they ... of the day is that I got to eat lunch with MIT President Hockfield

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • November 18, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A bevy of beautiful Brass Rat bezels More on the evolution of the MIT class ring.

  

  To go along with Chris' entry about excitement for the unveiling of the ring, here's a bit of history and background. Each class year at ... [William Temple] Hornaday's book on the animals of North America and

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 9, 2009
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The Years of the Rat More about MIT's famous class ring: the "Brass Rat."

  

  Following up on JKim's entry about excitement for the unveiling of the ring, here's a bit of history and background. Each class year at MIT ... two years at MIT, and drawing upon suggestions and ideas of the entire

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 21, 2008
• FAQ / Prepare for MIT

  What programs does MITES (MIT Introduction to Technology, Engineering, and Science) offer?

  MITES (MIT Introduction to Technology, Engineering, and Science) runs outreach programs under the School of Engineering at MIT for underrepresented ... students free of charge.  
• Blog / Classes

  writing and faeries reflections on my classes at Harvard

  

  ="one-year master’s of engineering, offered to select engineering departments at MIT ... of the readings than I have at any MIT class. However, they also graded ... , which I don’t typically do. At the behest of my writing professor, I

  • by Amber V. '24
  • January 3, 2023
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  summer in boston that summertime, summertime, uh, gladness

  

  ="564"] the North End is lovely at night[/caption] i've also checked out ... the stars over our heads and the dome at the back of our peripheries, we ... blissful summer. here are a couple of things that are making me very happy

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • July 15, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  2 AM Destiny An early evening snapshot of an MIT kitchen

  

  major at the end of this year, when freshmen at MIT declare their majors ... picking trip to Honey Pot Hill Orchard. Here’s his photograph of the apples ... looking at pictures of agarose gels for my UROP, doing my 6.042 (Math for

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • October 12, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  So let’s build a snowman. In the moat. One of the better ideas I’ve had in a while.

  

  , we were walking by the moat of the MIT chapel, which is just an empty ... -circles-of-hell-on-a-good-day-was-even-cold type of cold. But seriously, I ... this kind of breaks down once it gets below 0, because I kind of like to

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • January 25, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  The Minerva Delusion the political economy of an educational scam

  

  critics of elite admissions processes tend to make their cases at the ... the child of a well-to-do family in Beijing, by offering them a great ... wealthy family north of $50,000 a year. However, MIT, like most of our

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 6, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  5 / The final countdown A month of stress and relief

  

  th at 4:30p, I breathed a sigh of relief alongside my study buddies ... few weeks of every semester is chaotic, nerve-wracking, and stressful. As I took my last midterms, handed in my last rounds of psets, and

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • January 3, 2019
• FAQ / First-year application

  How do I apply to be an Exchange Student, Special Student, or Visiting Student?

  An Exchange Student enrolls at MIT to take classes as a non-degree ... Students are non-degree students who take classes at MIT. You will apply ... are very few of these arrangements. MIT participates in the Exchange
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Day 1: Quito Old Town The hostel, the basilica, and Embarrassing Spanish Attempt #2

  

  Ecuador!) and gazing at Cotopaxi. t When I finally dragged myself out of ... distance, you can see a little figure sticking out on top of the hill. That ... lunch, we set out to hike up to the statue. Near the bottom of the hill

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 4, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Borne back ceaselessly into the past I've had a week! The whole earth was created in a week!

  

  down on your stomach at the 30-degree (or pi/6 radians, if you prefer ... went into a lab in the secret sub-basement of Building 66, pressed "on ... at MIT. But the real challenge is to explain why it heats up

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 13, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  FIRST Robotics Kickoff Things go into Overdrive at a reception at Dean Kamen's house.

  

  Last night, after a day of reading the first batch of regular action ... battling traffic caused by the likes of Barack Obama and Ron Paul, I arrived ... hosts a reception at his enormous hilltop mansion, "WestWind." The

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 5, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Starbucks. I'm getting a little too familiar with it.

  

  stretches all the way to and sometimes out of the door. 2. At any given time ... expected. The high for today is 59 degrees, with a low of 51, and while I ... like accidentally drop a box of pipettes and cough every five minutes

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • June 14, 2011
• FAQ / Life and culture

  What’s the Infinite Corridor?

  The Infinite Corridor is MIT’s spinal cord. Many of our departments ... , the circular path of the sun crosses the axis of the Infinite Corridor. (As viewed from a stationary point on the earth, the path of the sun
• Blog / MISTI

  Break New Ground Join the NEW MIT-Chile Program

  

  MISTI is pleased to announce the launch of its eleventh country program, MIT-Chile. With generous support from the Chilean Ministry of ... ,000,000 and one of the world’s highest economic growth rates, Chile is a

  • by MISTI Program
  • November 17, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Beginning of the End & the end of some beginnings

  

  together to finish my degree. In fact I can proceed at a comfortable pace. I ... I ensure that I've made the best out of my four years at MIT? Will I ... dwelling on that. While some of my friends have completed their requirements

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • February 1, 2010
• Blog / People & Identities

  Amicus briefs and the ABCs of a diverse MIT A SCOTUS filing with Stanford et al, and a strategic action plan for an inclusive…

  

  science. As such, American businesses at the forefront of innovation in STEM ... thrive." As the report says, MIT has offered generations of people the ... public understanding of the issues at stake as we see them. As I've often

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 27, 2022