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• Blog / Academics & Research

  One Week MIT: It's so dangerous, you'll have to sign a waiver.

  

  typical day is like for an MIT student. Although that's a very good question, it's actually really hard to answer, for two reasons. First, MIT is ... 's what MIT is. Everyone understands this, and I think it's important for

  • by Paul B. '11
  • October 20, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Admitted Student Gatherings we want to meet you!

  

  if requested. There is a whole MIT community that cannot wait to meet ... Hi! I’m Katie Kelley, one of the Admissions Counselors here at MIT ... admitted students. Although a lot of my time is spent preparing for Campus

  • by Kris Guay
  • March 21, 2012
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  An Explanation I always end up writing about underwear!

  

  was an MIT student who didn't have quite enough credits to graduate ... happened: Undergraduate This whole argument is silly. Well, thanks for ... . Undergraduate uhh, he is graduating, right? and graduating people, i presume, won

  • by Snively '11
  • April 30, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

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

  

  Let's start off with a little riddle. What is white, at least 2500 ... Busycle. The Busycle is a public art/community building/environment project funded by the Berwick Institute. One of the organizers of the project is an

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

  5 days until Mystery Hunt

  

  One of IAP's most exciting activities is the annual Mystery Hunt. In short, Mystery Hunt is a weekend long competition at MIT where students ... Friday, January 14, at 12 noon in Lobby 7 (the "main entrance" to MIT). It

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 9, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Pulse 2011 [by Nathan Kipniss '14] A lot of talent under one roof!

  

  performances from MIT included Rambax, Gospel Choir and Mocha Moves. ABOVE: MIT ... learned in person. Videos are one thing, but attending a live performance is ... , but I think that the metaphor is true. There were also performances of

  • by ARTalk
  • March 3, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Was Great in the 1800s (and it's still awesome today)

  

  Previously on the blogs, I’ve written about MIT’s commitment to ... , MIT fought against discrimination among its female faculty, inspiring ... fun parts of MIT culture from the late 1800s, showing how eerily similar

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 19, 2017
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  That time MIT was almost rebuilt on an artificial island in the middle of the Charles River we were THIS CLOSE to being a pirate fortress university

  

  This year MIT is celebrating a century in Cambridge. "Boston Tech ... Cambridge, now, but I am sort of mad that the MIT Pirate's Certificate is a ... quickly ran out of room. There's an incredibly interesting story to how MIT

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 22, 2016
• Blog / Public Service & Activism

  Ethics, AI, and the College of Computing some student voices in a campus controversy

  

  to be very clear about what the mission is here. MIT has a long history ... and beyond. This is why so many in the MIT community found it ... transparency around the funding of research at MIT—it is contradictory to pursue

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • April 5, 2019
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  T Minus One. BRASS RAT BRASS RAT BRASS RAT.

  

  (Class of 2007's Ring) The Brass Rat is MIT's class ring, which is ... at MIT, Mitra '07 was a member of her class's RingComm. It's all kind ... tomorrow. Because tomorrow is the Class of 2012's Ring Premiere, and we'll be

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • February 11, 2010
• Blog / Events

  The Class of 2017 Graduates from MIT

  

  MIT needs. because the rest of the world is in desperate need of people ... nerd illuminati far-flung family of MIT alumni.       ... years, we, as MIT staff, have come to know and work with so many of them

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 9, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Friday liveblog Let's see how long I can keep this up...

  

  : "Living and learning at MIT is not a spectator sport." 9:24am: President ... choice?" President Hockfield: "There is a huge amount of choice at MIT, and ... the community's "diversity." MIT's preview weekend "is a lot different

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 13, 2007
• FAQ / International applicants

  How do international students apply to MIT?

  to schools in the U.S., but almost one-quarter of MIT's applications ... MIT admissions officers will review your application in detail. We ... domestic or international students. All students apply to MIT for general
• Blog / Community Projects

  CASE: Identity and Intersectionality and some bunnies if you hate everything else about this post

  

  hear about how cool MIT is. In either case, I have something for you ... people's differences. CASE was founded and is run by MIT students and is ... empathetic humans. In addition, this forum is an example of MIT students

  • by Abby H. '20
  • November 30, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Shaye Storm: Studying Extrasolar Planets Shaye Storm spent his summer working at the MIT Planetary Astronomy Laboratory where he studied…

  

  's summer UROP at Jim Elliott's MIT Planetary Astronomy Laboratory. As most ... would meet at the lab and if the sky was clear, they would drive up to MIT ... 'm told is currently a super hot topic in astronomy! The goal of the

  • by Melis A. '08
  • November 20, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Another New Semester and A Lot of Cats Call me the crazy cat lady

  

  .  All that is left is the national exam, which I am taking within the next ... Microstructural Evolution of Materials.  It is all about materials on the ... what the class is about, which is a bit concerning given that my first

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • February 25, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  New stuff on MyMIT, and more

  

  at MIT, including the Latke versus Hamentashen Debate [editorial ... your MyMIT portal, where you'll find the Class of 2009 guestbook ... . And even more information is heading your way, as Daniel has announced

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 18, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  a season of secondhand joy on mudita and vicarious delight

  

  , which is the second-best time of the semester. mit has several a capella ... , personally, have seen this in the world outside mit. but it is in mit i have ... hey. it's christmas season in mit. i was never a big fan of christmas

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 12, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Update – Featuring Tim the Beaver as Miley Cyrus Everything is awesome!

  

  is awesome right now at MIT, even if we have tons of work next week and ... come to visit him! This is East Campus, this is MIT. This ... seen wearing shorts and a tank top.  The temperature is well into the

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • April 12, 2014
• Blog / Events

  TBT: The Science of Chocolate The school down the street does cool things

  

  (Sorry if you were expecting to read more about MIT, but exploring outside the MIT bubble is an important part of being a student here!) One of the best things about going to school at MIT is that you get to live

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • April 9, 2015