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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Victorian Literature? MIT, perhaps surprisingly, has top programs in ethnomusicology, the history of Islamic architecture, and more...

  

  Sciences (HASS) Philip Khoury, to help us talk about and address the quality ... recognition is largely focused on the reputation of faculties that have not only

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 24, 2005
• Blog / Uncategorized

  ITS SPOOKY SEASON (complete) A spoopy piece of content every day for the month of October.

  

  /22 10/23 10/24 This actually happened today, picture taken from

  • by Jamie C. '19
  • October 31, 2018
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  I GOT TWENTY DOLLARS IN MY POCKET (because I got a press pass to SpringFest 2013, of course. photos inside!)

  

  As Matt wrote earlier, today was SpringFest 2013!  Or, to put it in technical terms, a really dope* concert with Macklemore and Ra Ra Riot. *note that the MIT Admissions Office does not endorse the use of dope.  Unless

  • by Michael C. '16
  • April 27, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  Q&A, Vol. II A sort-of guest post

  

  weekend. Today incidentally also happened to be my brother's birthday AND

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • April 18, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Christmas Hug [UPDATE: New picture!!!] *squeeze*

  

  Today was Winter Break 2008 in Lobby 7, a really pleasant way to spend your evening drinking cider, hot chocolate, and eating cookies. There was Christmas music, a happy atmosphere, and there for all of it was

  • by Snively '11
  • December 10, 2008
• Blog / Events

  I saw fireworks from the freeway… Happy 4th!

  

  (Name that tune) Clearly today is July 4th, and thus the festivities are just beginning. Oddly enough, I'm in lab, but later this afternoon, I will be participating in my first ever VEGETARIAN BARBECUE. It

  • by Bryan
  • July 4, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  11,231 Applications

  

  Today's issue of MIT's student newspaper, The Tech, accurately reported that we have received a record high 11,231 applications this year (this number will probably change slightly by the time we get to selection

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 18, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Regarding The Tech Article Some clarifications.

  

  The Tech published an article today that contains some significant factual errors. In particular this statement: "Although MIT limits the number of international applicants admitted to 10 percent of the total

  • by Ben Jones
  • January 18, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Quick update

  

  I guess the folks who staff the phones in MIT Admissions received lots of calls today, with many references to my blog. Below are the FAQs. Q. If selection is over, can I have my decision? A. The selection

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 1, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Science Times

  

  A great article about MIT Professor Erik Demaine in today's New York Times science section: "Some people don't even think this exists," says Dr. Erik Demaine, turning in his hands an elaborately folded paper structure

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 15, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Guide to CPW: Why It’s Special all the things that make CPW amazing

  

  spontaneously planning my life here on walks around the neighborhood and during ... green next time I visit East Campus. It’d be so cool to live there, too ... is the link to a mini-guide to CPW with advice on packing, planning

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 6, 2018
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Presenting…the 2008 Brass Rat!!! As the only sophomore blogger, it is my duty, no, pleasure, to describe the unveiling…

  

  played a prank on us this year. Actually, the Brass Rat is one of the most ... 's book on the animals of North America and instantly chose the beaver. The ... . The first designs were that of the skylines (on the sides of the ring

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 11, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Sentimental Objects (part three) junior trinkets

  

  ! SEEING IT LIVE WAS  A M A Z I N G (though admittedly no less confusing then ... went to see an Opera on this year’s New York Art Scholar’s Trip! This was ... haha. Musicals are more of our thing (re: number 15 on this list

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • May 26, 2019
• Blog / How to Human

  FOMO: Fear of Mis-Optimizing ice cream teaches me a thing or two

  

  a brief respite finds me on the second floor of [annotation note="MIT's main entrance, located on 77 Mass Ave"]Lobby 7.[/annotation] i let my ... , returning to my dorm, and sleeping, but a desire to commit to the events on my

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • September 18, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Round here we stay up very, very late Vignettes on my last day at lab, the Counting Crows, grad school, and pets.

  

  crying in front of people. On Thursday, my postdoc took me out to lunch ... project that he'd really like Adam to take on for his master's degree. So ... stranded me on a desert island and forced me to pick two bands to listen to

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 30, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  In Anticipation of Pi Day 2017 bloggers past and present try to make you feel better right now

  

  why write about this on 03/13? Tomorrow, you are going to be able to ... understand why I didn’t get into the "match," and I hope this story helps you ... take it personally. If it helps you, think, in the most cliché way

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • March 13, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Answers To Questions Fall 2007 Here are answers to the questions posted in my blog over the last month or…

  

  xx on some test. Should I retake it? Probably not, especially if the ... got less than 7xx on some test. Should I retake it? Plenty of people get ... whichever test you feel you'll do best on. Or take both - we'll use whichever

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 31, 2007
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Bad Ideas events I went to (another late IAP post) i can’t believe ellie beat me to the punch

  

  " align="aligncenter" width="400"] dig yer own grave on the front page of ... , chugging milk, and dying of heat in the middle of winter. I started on the ... himself. From then on, the spice got logarithmically worse, and I was

  • by Anika H. '26
  • March 8, 2025
• Blog / Blog Projects

  17 Ridiculously Useful Tips Every Blogger Should Know i am the entire circus

  

  conversations with random people Chances are you've given up on your artistic ... . Help them out by linking even the most tenuously related blog posts you ... satisfying to work on bigger problems than smaller ones," he replied. "Yeah

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 1, 2023
• Blog / Advice

  November 1st is coming up! What not to do as it approaches (and after it passes)

  

  , right when the application came out I jumped on it and was like, “I ... period of EXTREME STRESS, I finally submitted my application on Oct. 31 ... made (or think you made) on your application. This is normal. It shouldn

  • by Mimi S. '22
  • October 26, 2018