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  2020 Admitted Student Gatherings Get a vision of your future at MIT

  

  you haven’t done so already), early spring is an exciting time for the MIT community. Newly admitted students have received their ... together admitted student gatherings to help welcome you to MIT. Starting

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • March 17, 2016
• Blog / Community Projects

  are you stressed/anxious/ [emotion] about finals/decisions/[noun]?  here are some adorable dogs. also, me as james bond.

  

  easy steps: ...I can't tell if crush.mit.edu is a self-mocking parody ... Are you looking for true love at MIT?  Are you not willing to leave your dorm room or talk to anyone in real life?  Then this latest MIT

  • by Michael C. '16
  • December 13, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Additional Questions & Answers Regarding Music At MIT If you've pursued music in high school and wish to continue doing so in college,…

  small collection of MIT-owned wind, brass, and percussion instruments is ... [by Clarise Snyder - Director, Concerts Office, MIT Music and Theater ... of opportunities at MIT. MyMIT bloggers have written about many student

  • by mitblogs
  • April 24, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

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

  

  their wonderful meals at Kevin's Woodfire Grill (I'm jealous). MIT is ... and turning down MIT, J.R. is achieving his dreams. Finally, before you ask -- the rumor that movie star Will Smith was admitted to MIT is

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 23, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Not in my own words. 90% of this entry = not written by me.

  

  for an admissions or selections committee is HARD. It's not like ... of Purpose required by grad schools is probably the hardest thing you ... is a place where I will be challenged and I can hone my writing skills

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • October 1, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  Just To Be Clear: We Don’t Do Legacy anatomy of a WTF in the WSJ

  

  it is going to help them get into MIT. So where did this idea come ... -2008, the MIT Common Data Set (CDS), which is published by our office of ... .   It is indeed unusual for a school like MIT to have no preference for

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 25, 2012
• 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
• Blog / Uncategorized

  our perpetual battle with the mit weather machine spinning arts needs a shaman

  

  operating the MIT weather machine. Also, Novemburn is still on Sunday ... the weather wizard lies. He, the arch-nemesis of our fire dragons, is ... . I would like to think it is a short and shriveling twig casting a

  • by Anika H. '26
  • November 15, 2025
• Blog / Challenges

  Small Victories The view from a month into MIT

  

  fact that people say an education at MIT is like drinking from a fire ... , In Time ), and I have to decide how to spend it. MIT is a culture ... , "Dang, what did I do wrong? Oh the irony." MIT is hard. I'm not going to

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • October 8, 2011
• Blog / How to Food

  [Guest Post] On Food and Cooking at MIT, per se a selection of fantastic dishes, part 2

  

  the MIT dorm kitchens and subjected on campus students to a dining hall ... where I learned that term from. Cooking is all about nourishment… more on ... in this post – lobster beets and leeks – is my take on Mr. Keller

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 24, 2021
• Blog / Events

  101 Things to Do Before You Graduate from MIT What every MIT graduate should have experienced.

  

  Graduate from MIT." I immediately taped it onto my wall and I've been ... lectures to the MIT community. For example, this weekend I saw Paris, Je T ... called Bad Taste where they make fun of everything related to MIT. It

  • by Melis A. '08
  • September 16, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Two answers on a Saturday night Because SNL's a rerun and we just finished our movie from Netflix

  

  response, My daughter graduated from MIT in June. She is currently in med ... is a dynamic place, and MIT and its students are not the same as they ... -- the acceptance rate for MIT kids at the top several medical schools is

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 2, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Whoa…You’re Old Bryan returns from the crypt of grad school

  

  realize is what makes MIT the place it is. It's safe to take risks; it ... So I realized that despite not having left MIT, I haven't written on ... that the life of a graduate student is not as exciting as an

  • by Bryan
  • September 8, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Omnibus Followup: Women in Engineering Melissa asks what the gender ratio is in engineering at MIT.

  

  know what the gender ratio is at MIT in engineering (mech ... graduation. Luckily, the situation at MIT is much better -- I spent a few hours ... . One great mentoring and support organization is MIT SWE. SWE hosts

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 10, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  Very frequently, we are asked about the humanities and arts at MIT. I ... to pursue interests in the humanities at MIT -- I mean, the name of the school is the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, after all. Even as I

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

  A slightly snarkier guide to visitors How to not be the kind of MIT visitor who drives me up the wall.

  

  nice time to talk about MIT's campus organization. My goal is to teach ... Corridor is the hallway which passes through several of MIT's main academic ... 's campus. MIT is kind of a miniature city -- there are about 4000 undergrads

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 12, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Lies, Damned Lies, and Statistics If you want to come to MIT, you'd better learn a thing or two about…

  

  of the story here is that no one is a shoo-in for MIT, but the opposite ... here; relevant quote: "In fact, MIT's suicide rate is below the national ... than female college students, the figures quoted prove nothing. MIT is

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 1, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Camp Kesem! It's magical.

  

  be teens! This is the first time that CK-MIT has a teen program - it ... one that I'm extremely excited about is Camp Kesem - or Camp 'Magic ... the MIT branch of Camp Kesem was initially founded. Essentially, Camp

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • April 28, 2010
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Sororities @ MIT- Become a part of it! Come to the first day of recruitment on September 1st to learn more about what…

  

  school year. This is a major change because most of the MIT sorority women ... of MIT Panhel, which is our panhellenic association, and you can click ... perspective: It probably comes as no surprise that MIT is an emotionally

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 20, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Jugal Shah- Improving the technique of High Resolution Quantitative Autoradiography Sophomore Jugal Shah is improving a boron imaging technique that may potentially enhance a promising…

  

  interests and sophomore Jugal Shah is living proof of MIT's success. Jugal is ... Education (INIE) program. Getting to work in MIT-NRL is an amazing opportunity ... -September of this year. BNCT is a potential cancer therapy that targets the

  • by Melis A. '08
  • November 13, 2005