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• Blog / About Decisions

  For the Admitted Students Welcome, Class of 2013!

  

  't believe me on the awesomeness that is CPW, just read any of this! woo! It ... First of all, Welcome to the MIT Family! (click to see full ... peeled on the myMIT portal. Sign the guestbook to introduce yourself to

  • by Chris S. '11
  • March 16, 2009
• Blog / Class Projects

  Watch our robot grow up! Grow robot grow!

  

  excuse is that I'm tired of uploading my pictures for this blog because it ... omniwheels on him, and gave him a battery + eeePc. He's just now learning to drive and move (which is exciting!) but even more exciting is the fact

  • by Snively '11
  • January 12, 2010
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Building 56 It's really boring. You may not even want to bother reading it.

  

  think that it's the most beautiful thing on earth. The reason for this is ... , MIT is like "I WANT WEIRD STUFF, GIMME GIMME GIMME GIMME!" Of course ... , building 56. It sits right at the end of the infinite, next to the NEWLY

  • by Snively '11
  • June 30, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  RA Selection Day 2

  

  nation to take the step of fusing molecular and cellular bioscience with ... paired on the same subcommittee today. In other news, while we were in ... major in Biological Engineering: The Massachusetts Institute of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 17, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Wheels on the Bus Go Round And Round what do you get when you cross the flinstones with public transportation?

  

  another hint. Typically on my commute to work, I read the Boston Metro. It ... funded by the Berwick Institute. One of the organizers of the project is an ... they've done a lot of work with the project and hope to have the

  • by Bryan
  • July 27, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Happenings What's been going on? Recent events at le MIT.

  

  The first speech I ever gave in my life was to the 1000 of you who ... guide on "How to Do CPW", and I heard it was "amusing" though I was really ... least not officially. Come on MIT, what is that? It’s breaking tradition

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • May 4, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Marjane Satrapi and French Breakthroughs The author of Persepolis visits MIT, and my French professor is famous

  

  AIDS, there is a lot of joy. And life without joy is pointless." It ... blogged earlier, is also sponsored by the French department, part of MIT Foreign Languages & Literatures. Speaking of which: French language

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • October 29, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Next House Thanksgiving 2016 (sort of a guest post) A (very late) recount of last Thursday’s celebration

  

  stuffing than I care to count. Personally, this is also my favorite night of ... family. While it is only advertised to Next House, our goal is to give ... "Delicious food" "Better than home" "My favorite dorm event" "I was

  • by Fiona M. '20
  • December 1, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Info for MIT QuestBridge Finalists Don’t know what QuestBridge is? You can skip this entry.

  

  transcript? A: You can fax it to us at 617-687-9184 or mail it to MIT Office of ... still apply to MIT for Early and/or Regular Action? A: On Nov 30th, Quest ... application is incomplete, we will not be able to match you. However, we would

  • by Beatriz Valdez
  • October 23, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  MITWE Goes Digital We stan Fred in this household 😤

  

  website outages, it’s easy to forget nowadays that MIT is a tech school. Luckily, the MIT Wind Ensemble (MITWE) is always ahead of the curve, using ... are a wind ensemble) to convince IS&T to loan out 12.9-inch i

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • September 21, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  We Want You! Write for us!

  

  be going insane trying to eat 500 lbs of food, watch people juggle with ... is why we like to let YOU blog CPW. Bryan started this system two years ... this year!). So, here it is, the official "I want to write a guest entry

  • by Snively '11
  • April 14, 2009
• Blog / Events

  A Morning With Sir Tim Berners-Lee This morning I attended a lecture in Stata, given by Sir Tim Berners-Lee, the guy…

  

  site to learn more about him. My favortite page is the one on which he ... to change the world. That part was just icing on the cake. As he explains on the kids' page: "Think about most of the bad things that have

  • by Ben Jones
  • June 1, 2006
• FAQ / Academics and research

  Can I join the Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change?

  . Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change is MIT's response ... Model (IGSM), a linked set of computer models designed to simulate the ... prediction. Responding to these changes requires innovative policies that
• Blog / Admissions

  Some notes for applicants Thoughts for both EA & RA applicants.

  

  been sent to MIT. Our College Board Code (for SAT and TOEFL) is 3514 and ... other schools on your list. It's an unfortunate fact of life that, in all ... will be deferred to regular action for further consideration (and some of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 25, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fredventure, Part 3 Showtime!

  

  and part 2 to get up to speed if you haven’t already. We spent most of ... sound effect (apparently to mimic some kind of bird call). Fun fact: his ... an hour. The rehearsal stretched on for so long that we didn’t get to

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • May 10, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Day in My Summer Life Starts at 5 AM, ends at 10:30 PM, and go-go-go in between.

  

  , and since all of us are used to showering in the morning instead of at ... of my summer goals was to improve my culinary habits, but I am ... on the train and hope that I wake up to my 7:20 alarm. 7:30 AM

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • July 15, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Small Get-together Friday An informal reception for HMMT participants and others visiting Boston on Friday.

  

  visiting MIT on what is a vacation week for some students across the country ... (and hence won't be able to informally meet with folks otherwise or attend HMMT), I want to be able to take some time to see the MIT Class of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 23, 2006
• FAQ / First-year application

  What should I do if I’m deferred?

  to "improve" your application, or redo/edit/modify your application. The only thing you need to do is submit the February Updates & Notes ... includes an opportunity for you to update us on anything important that has
• Blog / Admissions

  Waitlist post Some Q & A about the waitlist.

  

  spot on the waitlist. Not all of those students will choose to remain on ... of you may be saying, "C'mon, MIT is really good at math. They have to ... I know that folks on the waitlist have lots of questions; hopefully

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 20, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  July 4th in Boston MIT has the best seat for Boston's July 4th celebrations.

  

  Cambridge and MIT. The fireworks barge is moored in the middle of the Charles ... much with Photoshop, but you can see the barge is right in front of MIT ... , "preview concert" on July 3rd. This was the second year I decided to attend

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 5, 2005