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• Blog / Announcements

  FYI: Undergraduates with family income below $200,000 can expect to attend MIT tuition-free starting in 2025 what it says on the tin

  

  kind that is often read by a half dozen people within MIT. It's sort of ... have a spirit summons (mimic tear?) to assist me in various challenges as ... are the latest in a long history of efforts by the Institute to free up

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 20, 2024
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Goodnight Moon Or: The Senior Who Desperately Tries to Put Off Bedtime By Saying Goodnight to Every…

  

  cocoon myself in a swathe of green bedsheets. But tonight is different ... ; - - - - - - - - - -   In the Maseeh floor 2 dorm room, there is a desk. And a lamp. And ... as is my house back in California. I remember being gently startled the

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • September 7, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  51 Things I Want to Say to 2022s one senior's autumn thoughts

  

  performances. In your freshman year, trying new things is a lot less awkward ... knowledge and ignorance. My theory is that, at MIT, especially in the first ... at MIT is a great equalizer. If you fall under either of the categories

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • May 30, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Guest Blog: A Guide for the Hopeless and Drenched thoughts from mark '15

  

  organically in the form of a hobby, or perhaps an inspiring book. Others may ... , there is a goal, the destination to your journey. There is no winning path ... in a wood cabin. As the raindrops patter on the window, you seek

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 29, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Wide-Eyed meet the therapist hanging above my bed.

  

  Giuliano, published in 2007. I first saw Dennis in a pile of four art pieces ... . Dennis Hopper was an actor who was in a few James Dean films and believed ... girl scowling at the camera in a dress, I figured Dennis at least looked

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • October 4, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How the Career Fair saved my summer And forced me to try something new

  

  This is a summer of new things for Maggie Lloyd. I rented a car for ... doing research. Ever since I was a sophomore in high school, I walked ... . There was only one problem. Saying I want to be a “cancer researcher” is

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • July 17, 2011
• Blog / How to Food

  More on food

  

  because I was in lab until 7 tonight -- yes, on a Friday night -- and that ... even going to a fast food restaurant. The food in the residential halls isn't cheap, but neither is any kind of food in Boston (the price of

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 5, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Meow Yes, you can have cats in some dorms.

  

  " -- floors which allow residents to have a cat -- and Third East is one of them ... sleep for a variety of reasons. Dr. Popular is the most skittish ... 's bed, Nixon sheds a lot of goldish-orange fur, Voight meows to himself in

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • October 9, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  chronicle of a snowstorm foretold only a week late ;-;

  

  scheduled hours, without regard to a closure. More detail can be found in ... england”, the tech from Sunday 06z to Monday 06z, the QPF is forecasted to be around 0.90 inches, corresponding to a snowfall of around 14 inches

  • by Boheng C. '28
  • February 4, 2026
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  MIT.01: Intro to the Institute, part 1 And maybe a problem set

  

  and took a gap year. The story of how I decided to take a gap year is ... hurtling into the room. A month later, I was in the United States for the ... once the movie images relapsed into silence, I realized I was in a

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • September 8, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Human After All Unlike customer service nowadays, MIT (and its admissions office) is 100% human. Give or take…

  

  If you had a rabid enough interest in MIT and resided in the ... to an end - nor is it, for that matter, a question of finding how low ... , I know I'm in the same boat, because I didn't become a super

  • by Emad T. '14
  • October 19, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Hardest Thing Ever FOP, family, and how I'm doing so far... plus some findings on frisbee and free…

  

  participating in the Freshman Outdoors Program, a pre-orientation backpacking trip ... notes in the mountains. The vegetation here is different. I know the ... , missing the comforts of home, but the struggle is a good challenge

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • September 4, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How to Fail: Part 2 Tempering Iron

  

  think definitely helps is just talking about it more. When a previous ... post on a happy note, in actuality, the relief of spring break only ... my professors--a move I’m pretty glad I took! Asking for help is

  • by Selam G. '18
  • April 28, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Richard III: Behind-the-scenes [by Grace Kane '11, Guest Blogger] What does it take to put on Shakespeare at…

  

  Catesby is female). Anne is the only character in a dress, which makes her ... seem, MIT has a thriving student theater scene. Though MIT theater is not ... -league counterpart, there is still a contingent of incredibly talented, committed

  • by ARTalk
  • March 11, 2010
• Blog / How to Food

  A Late Recap of IAP 2020 externing at Microsoft, baking butter mochi, and more!

  

  Between the fall and spring semesters at MIT there is a period ... applications and students had less than a month to send in applications. At the ... time to travel away from MIT to a restaurant in Cambridge or Boston

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 6, 2020
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  World Cup Challenge A little admissions fun during the World Cup.

  

  students, World Cup fever is in full force. I got to watch the opening match between Germany and Costa Rica on the big screen with a huge and rowdy group ... Challenge is meant to be just for fun, and an interesting way to see just how

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 13, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Leonard Nimoy at the Boston Pops He told me to live long and prosper!

  

  . Leonard Nimoy is famous for his role as Mr. Spock in the original 1960’s ... about his barber, who discouraged a young Nimoy from pursuing a career in ... , sitting on stage at Symphony Hall.” “Pops” is a portmanteau of “popular

  • by Anna H. '14
  • May 31, 2014
• FAQ / Life and culture

  Who is the President of MIT?

  Sally A. Kornbluth is the 18th President of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Kornbluth follows L. Rafael Reif, who led MIT for a decade and stepped down as president at the end of 2022.
• FAQ / Life and culture

  Why is it called the Brass Rat?

  It's the goal of every incoming student at MIT to get their own Brass Rat—MIT's version of a class ring. The phrase "Brass Rat" is derived ... a rat.
• FAQ / Life and culture

  What is MIT’s mascot/school colors?

  Our mascot is a beaver—nature's original engineer. Perfect, right? Tim the Beaver has been a member of the MIT community for 100 years. MIT's school colors are cardinal red and silver gray.