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• Blog / Athletics

  XC is Sexy

  

  I first saw the slogan "XC is Sexy" on the shirt of a 12 year old ... Forest Hills. (For you subway people, we took the Red line to Downtown Crossing, where we switched to the Orange Line and took it until the end.) We

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • October 11, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Enrolled 09’s: Watch Your Mailbox I've been getting a lot of questions about the Next Big Mailing (NBM®). Here's the…

  

  I've been getting a lot of questions about the Next Big Mailing (NBM®). Here's the scoop - it's not sent out by admissions, rather, it's handled by the ARC - so my knowledge thereof is a bit limited. I just spoke

  • by Ben Jones
  • May 4, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Note To Prefrosh With Time Machines and/or Good Ideas Don't forget to show up for the Time Traveler Convention this saturday at 10PM EST.

  

  Don't forget to show up for the Time Traveler Convention this ... to be exact. Amal, the guy who organized the convention, was interviewed on NPR's All Things Considered. Pretty cool. And the winners of the

  • by Ben Jones
  • May 3, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  π Day

  

  /14) was also Einstein's birthday, and seeing as I was right next to the Albert Einstein Memorial at the National Academy of Sciences, I set up my ... the National Academy of Sciences? I was there for the public exhibition

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 14, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Normalville

  

  Congratulations to the Random Hall dormitory team ("Physical Plant") for winning this year's Mystery Hunt! I really enjoyed the hunt, and our ... might enjoy doing at lunch tomorrow with your friends: D3: The

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 18, 2005
• Blog / MISTI

  Vive la France!

  

  I'm about to head off for a two week in vacation in Paris, Rennes, and Bordeaux. In the meantime, you can check out the MIT France Program ... , the soundtrack from Dil Se... (awesome Bollywood stuff)

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 15, 2004
• FAQ / Academics and research

  What is Interphase Edge?

  includes an eight-week summer session as well as programming during the academic year to help ease the transition to MIT and to build community among new students. Any enrolling first-year student may apply for the program.
• FAQ / Academics and research

  Can I take a summer session?

  During the regular Summer Session, MIT offers a limited selection of the subjects available in the academic year, as well as a few subjects designed for special interests and needs of MIT students. All classes are for
• FAQ / Interview

  Do alumni conduct interviews?

  —from providing admission interviews all over the world, to sharing in commencement exercises 50 years after their own graduation! They're members of one of the most diverse, talented, and invigorating communities in the world.
• FAQ / First-year application

  Can I submit a maker portfolio?

  The Maker Portfolio is an opportunity for students to showcase their ... -on approach to learning by doing. Members of the MIT Engineering Advisory Board review the portfolios.
• FAQ / First-year application

  Where can I find admissions statistics?

  we love stats too! You can learn the number of applicants, admitted students, and SAT/ACT score ranges for admitted students on the Admissions statistics page. The International Students Office has interesting stats on
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Science is apparently not for the easily-frustrated Stories of woe from the lab

  

  Although most of the time I coast through my days in lab in a whirlwind of science glee, I have to admit that every once in a while, the lab ... little ahead by running a protein gel -- I had run the samples before and

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • January 31, 2006
• Blog / CPW

  the two sides of CPW CPW as told by a prefrosh and an upperclassman

  

  It so happened that my younger sister got accepted into the Class of ... prefrosh, and mine as a jaded East Campus CPW chair. The Build-Up [Ankita ... to figure out housing. I thought it would be easy, but seeing the huge

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • April 24, 2019
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  INT to the INT to the IN(s)T i3 Videos! woo!

  

  Interactive Introduction to the Institute (i3) (n.) - a DVD you will ... ), after you choose to matriculate. The DVD is a compilation of student-produced videos introducing each of the 17 (this year!) dorms at MIT (counting New

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 26, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  The State of the Mail: Opened & Processed It's time to check MyMIT to make sure we have all the pieces of your…

  

  Our fabulous Records Office team has processed all of the mail we ... show what materials we have processed for you. We should have the ... . What happens if the tracking system is missing something? First, do not

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 24, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Don’t Miss the Battle of the Bands Watch Ben Jones's band, Tremulant, perform with Marilee Jones at Battle of the Bands this…

  

  What: Battle of the Bands When: Saturday of CPW (April 8th). Doors ... Floor of the Student Center Who: YOU! Battle of the Bands will be a ... really amazing... guaranteed to blow your mind or your money back (ok, the

  • by Melis A. '08
  • April 2, 2006
• Blog / Athletics

  Unveiling the New Varsity Weight Room let's get buff !!!

  

  After a seven-ish month renovation, the new Varsity Weight Room is ... MIT, the new VWR is now double the size, has double the number of racks ... " align="aligncenter" width="438"] us when we see the new varsity weight

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • November 23, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet the Admissions Officers: Jenny Rifken Name:Jenny Rifken; Job title: Director of Recruitment and Associate Director of Admissions; Hometown: Elgin, Illlinois

  

  Literature Favorite things about MIT: I love that the people take their studies ... seriously. There is a great sense of humor here. I also love the collaborative atmosphere. Favorite things about Boston: The different neighborhoods - Davis

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 3, 2005
• Blog / Prepare for MIT

  Leavetaking and homecoming

  

  twelve. My big sisters were excited about the new house, but I wasn’t. I liked the house we already lived in, an old adobe building at the edge of a dry riverbed. The property shrank each year as the river bank eroded

  • by Amber V. '24
  • August 28, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My 7 Favorite Places to P-Set! Eat, Work, Repeat.

  

  sets take a significant portion of their time throughout the week. Here ... switches topics between all my classes like the change from American Foreign Policy to RL circuits as you can see from the picture. With four or five

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • November 10, 2017