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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Wahoo! MIT takes over Doonesbury! Alex Doonesbury is coming to a campus near you.

  

  For those of you who are closely following the Doonesbury comic strip ... her around campus next year...at least in The Tech. Here's today's Doonesbury: and see more at Doonesburg@Slate. The Tech covered this story in

  • by Melis A. '08
  • July 19, 2006
• FAQ / First-year application

  Will there be a wait list this year?

  Each year we aim for a class of approximately 1,100 students. Based on our estimates of the percentage of admitted students who will attend ... with the uncertainties, we also keep a wait list of students. We won
• FAQ / First-year application

  What if I don’t have a class rank or GPA?

  holistic admissions process, we're much more interested in how an applicant "fits" with our culture than if they were No. 1 in their school. If your
• FAQ / Academics and research

  How good are the academics at MIT?

  MIT is one of the best places in the world to be a student ... , currently on our faculty and all of them teach undergraduate classes. In fact ... it's how problems are solved in the real world, by small teams of smart
• Blog / Events

  Susan Hockfield’s Private Concert La la la la la la la laaaaaaa!!!!

  

  Yes, we are this cool. We perform our drinking song, in capes, for our president. Also, last year, the Marching Band was a bit more destructive. As you can see, Alex (a prefrosh then, an '11 now) decided to

  • by Snively '11
  • April 12, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Planned Mail Date: March 11

  

  In case you missed it: We plan to send freshman admissions decision ... -wracking it can be to wait, but please give the mail a chance! If you don't get ... being put together in parallel with everything else going on. If the mail

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 6, 2005
• Blog / Community Projects

  Blown Back to Oz the close of the 2014 Design/Build/Fly competition: day 4.

  

  of 1 minute and 49 seconds. Success! But Corn Dog was still in the air ... delicate task of repairing and reinforcing our wing in anticipation of ... weight of 4.66 pounds balanced out by our excellent mission score (in fact

  • by Allan K. '17
  • April 15, 2014
• Blog / IAP

  the view from my window and netflix's view of my window through another window

  

  It snowed on Saturday. Here's what I woke up to on Sunday. [caption ... o m i n g  s h a d o w and weather-dirtied window[/caption] And here's a screenshot from the Neri Oxman episode of "Abstract: The Art of

  • by Abby H. '20
  • January 21, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Late Night Thoughts On You Guys & This Whole Process Each of you is going to make the world a better place, whether or not…

  

  I've been thinking about something since I left work today, and felt ... 't take the MIT admissions decision as any indication of your potential. You are all superstars, truly. And each of you is going to make the

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 11, 2004
• Blog / MIT Life

  Inventional YoYo what the what

  

  I'm completely hosed with post-CPW communications right now, and will be for the next few days and weeks. So though I've got a bunch of ... , who was admitted to the class of 2015, is a professional yoyo-ist. Yoyo

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 12, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Vivek Venkatachalam- Constructing a Very Low Temperature Scanning Tunneling Microscope Vivek Venkatachalam worked with researchers in the Low Temperature Scanning Tunneling Microscopy Lab at MIT's…

  

  surface of high-temperature superconductors in an attempt to understand how ... project, he had the opportunity to spend a couple of weeks in a Japanese ... Ultimate Frisbee team and participating in activities through the Society of

  • by Melis A. '08
  • October 13, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW 2006 Day 1 Campus Preview Weekend has begun! [photos]

  

  many familiar faces! Mitra helps to check in one of the first students to arrive. Hundreds of families checked in during the first several hours of ... of Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego? Performances included

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 7, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Why It Pays…

  

  meant downing gallons of coffee, but that math- or science-related major might just be worth it -- in terms of job outlook and high starting pay ... , 'but you have to be a good communicator to be put in charge of large

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • June 8, 2005
• FAQ / QuestBridge

  If a QB applicant is admitted EA/RA, will they receive full financial aid?

  MIT practices need-blind admissions for all students, regardless of ... assemble a financial aid offer that will meet 100% of your demonstrated need ... to Student Financial Services. You can contact them at [email protected] if
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Visual Arts @ MIT part 3 the people who make it all possible

  

  up out of nowhere, OpenMind::OpenArt, which we describe in more detail in the first part of this series, that allowed us to spend our freshman ... by ourselves in our freshman spring semester, a group of upperclassmen

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • May 17, 2020
• FAQ / First-year application

  How does my school submit recommendation letters and transcripts?

  MIT requires letters of recommendation from two teachers. The most ... profile, and a letter of recommendation). MIT's recommendations process is ... section of your application. We will also accept letters and materials
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Always A Toys ‘R Us Kid Poll: Who was your favorite superhero?

  

  Flashback to the days of elementary school: Did anyone else read comic books? Batman was by far my favorite superhero. Poll of the day ... fact I just discovered Iron Man also went to MIT.

  • by Bryan
  • June 12, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  The best Metro station ever The Metro does it best.

  

  Last week, I used DC's subway/underground train system, called the Metro, to get downtown. While I was waiting around the Medical Center station, which is located next to the NIH and my house, I saw this

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 6, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Happy Pi Day

  

  in room 2-102** the UMA (undergraduate math association) will be holding the following festivities in honor of pi day: Pie baking contest Pi ... -related prizes. ----------- In honor of Pi Day, the UA Dining Committee invites

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • March 14, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Conner 2 Trip to the North End Bother bother bother bother

  

  A bunch of people from my floor decided to go to the North End to get pizza and pastries the other night. I didn't feel like writing about it so I decided to just film it instead. I present to you, what it would

  • by Snively '11
  • February 1, 2009