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• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Take Off Gate '21 Calling for Departure

  

  I’ve already been on three flights. And as I attempt to make sense of ... ! Welcome aboard! On behalf of our pilot and flight crew, I’d like to thank ... last but not least: the abundance of information that is shared with all

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • September 6, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet the Admissions Officers: Ben Jones Name: Ben Jones; Job title: Communications Dude, MIT Office of Admissions; Hometown: Baltimore, MD

  

  collectively create - impossible to describe, must be experienced. Another of my ... of paper, we connect with people. So make sure that your application is ... , a house, a job that I love, food on the table, and the means to follow

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 1, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Don’t Panic! MyMIT will be inaccessible on Saturday, October 31 from 6:00am until 10:00am EDT for essential…

  

  will be plenty of time for applications after the maintenance is ... that last minute work on your halloween costume, or...... I can tell you ... As the message on MyMIT says, MyMIT will be inaccessible on Saturday

  • by Dave McOwen
  • October 30, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Photo Contest, Round 2 The Boston skyline at night.

  

  ), which is quite awesome. Here's what Evan saw (it looks to me like Evan is ... to the right, you'd see MIT and the Cambridge side of the river), and ... 's Museum of Science, which features a lightning show by the world's largest

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 31, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Famous people who didn’t go to MIT Some people are more successful because they turned down admission to MIT.

  

  measure. He wanted to go to the Art Institute of Atlanta and study cooking ... 2002. Gillespie is also a new television star, playing himself on the ... .R. Hildebrand applied to MIT from a strong public high school in the Bay Area of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 23, 2010
• FAQ / First-year application

  How does my school submit recommendation letters and transcripts?

  profile, and a letter of recommendation). MIT's recommendations process is ... , SCOIR, Cialfo, or MaiaLearning. Regardless of where documents are ... MIT requires letters of recommendation from two teachers. The most
• Blog / Events

  Let There Be Prefrosh! And let them build ALL the things!

  

  plenty of building going on next week, and we are so excited for you all to ... -orientation program (FPOP) known as FUP, where I got to do all sorts of cool community ... so many exciting things going on, and best of all, THERE ARE SO MANY

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • August 22, 2013
• Blog / About Decisions

  Mind the Gap (again) About deferring admission for a year, also known as a gap year.

  

  member of the Class of 2010 and would like to request a one-year (or ... ,000 or more many of them would be paying for college. I'm not writing to ... University of Pennsylvania: "Not wanting to break stride is the American way

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 12, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Blending In (Guest Entry) Of singing, eating, and shopping (sorta)

  

  asking one of the members for an autograph which, WAS, for my friend who ... ...the wonders of Youtube. Here's a photo of them in concert later on in the ... was my Bible. I think I touched base on all the categories of events. I

  • by Snively '11
  • April 20, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  NSBE MUSE Colloquium my first video

  

  Chapter at the Black Students Union on campus. NSBE is a wonderful ... . I promise to get a better camera for my future productions. ;-) ... money to help support their continued research. 1st Place won $500: 2nd

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • February 21, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  A Blog Entry About Transition This blog entry is about transition. The act of passing from one state or place…

  

  " painted on its side, but I'm not actually going to tell you what it is yet ... wanted to know the material, whether or not you kicked butt on the exam ... to make sense of the Hammond Postulate, or you get to explain the

  • by Jess K. '10
  • April 2, 2007
• Blog / Mailings & Comms

  Open Thread: The Final Countdown a noble tradition of posting all day on the internet

  

  , ExpressionEngine, is, like my mom's 16 year old minivan with 250,000 miles on ... Charles in frustration over these EE bugs, this post is going to carry us ...  noble tradition of infinitely long, rambling, nothing-is-offtopic-because-everything-is

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 10, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  “Hello! I would like to schedule a meeting with Senator Markey.” Exciting spring break plans

  

  solar astrophysicist at Harvard. The AAS has a whole website on how to ... requesting a personal meeting with him (or one of his science/tech staffers ... I'm Senator Markey?] I'm going to be in Washington DC on Mach 26th to

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 7, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW: Tips and Tricks Hitchhikers Guide to Campus Preview Weekend

  

  out another aspect of MIT or talking to the potential students. Rule #3 ... Here are a few tips to making the best of your CPW experience. Rule ... part of CPW for me was talking to other prefrosh getting to know the

  • by Bryan
  • April 10, 2007
• Blog / Challenges

  Disaster Relief .

  

  I haven't been able to focus at all today. I didn't really understand the scope of it til this afternoon. Times Report on the Earthquake When I describe Sichuan to people I always mention the food, and the

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • May 13, 2008
• Blog / Events

  MITHenge Blinded by the light.

  

  Every June 21st, thousands of people flock to Stonehenge to watch a very special sunrise. On this day, the summer solstice, the sun is ... , people popped their heads out of their offices and labs to see this special

  • by Melis A. '08
  • January 31, 2007
• Blog / Classes

  Pirates and Pi and Rats and Pie and Rats (except there are no rats) 3.1415926535897932384626433832795… idk the rest.

  

  note="The spelling of this word is a complex thing. There's a chicken-or ... to.  The Golden Age of Piracy was from 1650-1739, and the Chanties as ... capstan to raise an anchor) or hauling task (like raising the sails). Modern

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • March 23, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  Admitted Student Gatherings

  

  applications, I’m excited to start meeting all of you! Kim was kind enough to let me guest post on her blog to let you know about some exciting opportunities for Admitted Students. Although a lot of my time is spent preparing

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • March 19, 2013
• Blog / Hacks

  A Fool’s Holiday How MIT celebrates April Fool's Day

  

  MIT homepage. Hey, anything's better than trying to work in an Athena cluster. From the MIT Hack Gallery: On April Fools Day of 1998, hackers ... . The School of Engineering will be renamed the School of Imagineering and

  • by Bryan
  • April 1, 2008
• FAQ / Life and culture

  What support is available for LBGTQ students?

  , welcoming communities on campus willing to answer questions for current MIT ... campaign has a great list of resources available to students as well. ... MIT strives to create a safe and welcoming environment for LBGTQ