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  You might think math and science are serious fun, but you aren’t sure what activities are out there! There are many programs that can challenge your imagination and powers of…
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  Academic foundations

  This section will focus on academic preparation for first-year applicants—in other words, all domestic and international students who are finishing up high school. We have separate recommendations for transfer students,…
• Blog / Academics & Research

  anatomy of a freshman year 🦴🧠🩸🖐️🫀 my first year at mit, told through the body

  

  bones there would be no body without the bones. just how there would be no “college” without the hallmarks typically associated with the classic american college experience: classes, clubs, a…

  • by Fiona L. '27
  • February 9, 2025
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  How to Make Money at MIT for all of us who don't know how to make a startup :(

  

  As someone who is notably not a millionaire, I started working in high school once I turned 16. And while a lot of students at other universities might continue to…

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • February 4, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Where the Free Things Are A List of Free Opportunities and Tools for Students

  

  Being able to experience new things is such a fundamental part of growing up and with the increasing interconnectedness of our world, it’s now easier than ever to share new…

  • by Richard O. '28
  • January 30, 2025
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  the blogs at twenty some reflections, plus an index of posts

  

  Last August, the MIT Admissions blogs turned twenty. Over the past week, we (belatedly) celebrated by asking a bunch of former bloggers to come back and blog for us—just like…

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • January 29, 2025
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  everything i made this year (mostly)

  

  Wow I haven’t blogged in one million years! I feel like I’ve written many stubs and snippets over the past few months, but I haven’t been able to push any…

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • January 1, 2025
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Pictures from a Semester of Classes The Sequel Society Didn't Know It Needed

  

  So about a week and a half ago I handed in my last final in Johnson Athletic Center which marked the end of a very long first semester at MIT.…

  • by Richard O. '28
  • December 29, 2024
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  parallel universe for those feeling dejected

  

  Text transcript: Many times this semester, I felt disappointed in myself. It’s not a new sensation. But after all these years, I still don’t have any advice, just a feeling.…

  • by Kai V. '25
  • December 19, 2024
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  A Fireside Chat with President Sally Kornbluth get to know our president!

  

  Did you know that President Sally Kornbluth, MIT’s 18th president, has sung onstage with one of MIT’s student acapella groups called the Chorallaries? Did you know that she is a…

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • December 13, 2024
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  [Group Post] Next Haunt 2024: The Survivors three bloggers face the horrors of public transit

  

  Jebby Every fall since 2014, Next Haunt puts together a horror-themed escape room in the Next House basement. In my opinion, it’s one of the coolest showcases of student culture…

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • November 27, 2024
• Blog / Athletics

  And the Whistle Blows soccer post-season & my last competitive soccer game

  

  Soccer season is officially over. Holy smokes does time fly. It feels like I just stepped on campus to begin preseason, and now I’m handing in my practice gear and…

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • November 21, 2024
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  halloween down the infinite

  

  Happy (slightly belated) ⁠88 so if you think about it i'm technically still on time in pacific standard time. but also i girlbossed a little too close to the sun,…

  • by Janet G. '27
  • November 1, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Taking the L On "failure" at a place like MIT.

  

  I never wrote a blog recapping last semester. I thought about it quite a bit this summer and I think I wrote a few drafts but none of them really…

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • October 16, 2024
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  [Guest Post] How to Build a Three Story Fort by Zack I. '27

  

  I’ve had all kinds of feelings about returning to MIT as staff a decade after I was a student here, but one of them is ✨delight✨ at seeing new generations…

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • October 1, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  get SLAPped! it doesn't hurt

  

  last year, i got an email from sandy, the head of house at east campus. my tenure as a physical resident of ec had just ended due to the initiation…

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • September 21, 2024
• Blog / Athletics

  [joint post] a guide to mit gyms big brains, big gains 😤

  

  intro Gloria: Contrary to popular belief, MIT students actually do exercise! We lift, run, dance and generally touch grass. One feature of MIT student life is that every dorm comes…

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • September 4, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  Painting by number The anti-formula

  

  image generated by pbnify.com In a rant post many years ago, I referenced the concept of students completing elaborate “paint by number” applications that could often be appealing at first…

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • September 2, 2024
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Home Under the Dome sorority recruitment, tips, and my experience

  

  Now that it’s August, the fall semester is right around the corner – which also means sorority recruitment will be here before we know it. Because sorority recruitment inevitably has…

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • August 14, 2024