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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Wooo Summer The goal as usual is to do ALL the things

  

  classes range from the Science of Explosions to Engineering Polymers to ... and be inspired to apply and hopefully come to MIT! FPOP At the end of ... I know this is delayed, but I never got to write an end-of

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • July 15, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  LSC’s Q&A with Dean Kelley of Pixar’s Coco (he also worked on Avatar: The Last Airbender, Monsters University, and The Incredibles 2)

  

  photos of their loved ones and leave out food and offerings that their ... A couple of Fridays ago I had the opportunity to sit in on an LSC preview of the upcoming Pixar film Coco, hosted by storyboard artist Dean

  • by Abby H. '20
  • November 8, 2017
• Blog / Residential Life

  Siblings, Scrabble, and Boredom we're bored in the house, and we're in the house bored

  

  and is a member of Northeastern University's Class of 2024. Since I left ... my dorm in a rented Penske truck. We piled all of my boxes and bags ... , some kitchen equipment, and a new pack of paper towel rolls from Costco

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • July 20, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Productive, yes. Appropriately productive, no. You would think that my activities the weekend before finals might include studying.

  

  survey about perceptions of Goldman Sachs and Microsoft (they gave me $20 ... ), ate dessert at Coldstone, and saw Over the Hedge. We also saw a bunch of ... , yeah? Today I have given a tour of MacGregor to Zi Wen (a member of the

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • May 21, 2006
• Blog / Study Abroad

  Moving Across The Pond From One Cambridge to Another

  

  (clubs). One aspect of University that is often over looked is the fact that ... University Digital Gaming Society (CUDGS) A group of gamers who come together ... off to a land of free healthcare, fizzy lemonade and double decker buses

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • February 6, 2014
• Blog / Prepare for MIT

  tunes of interphase! or, how to leave home and look cool doing it

  

  letter in December. I held tight onto the breath of fresh air I took in that day for months, and the effort of it made me blue in the face by ... around, and I left that sleepless, exhilarating set of weekends with a song

  • by Angie F. '28
  • September 17, 2024
• Blog / Classes

  Things I enjoyed reading in 2020 if you read even one of these i will be happy

  

  year". Science fiction short story about death and the second law of ... : the sequel", as [annotation note="At the time of writing it was named ... None of the readings for 24.900 Intro Linguistics, were especially

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 23, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Application advice Read this. Now. It's important. Promise.

  

  the School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences.) We went to the ... writing a letter of rec for me for a political science summer camp, he kept ... [Productivity! This is my second entry of the day. Be sure to check

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 30, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Senioritis We'd fight for a cure if we weren't so lazy.

  

  want a masters degree in your subject pretty much by the end of sophomore ... taking three classes this term, and the grade in all of them is based ... schoolwork, I've had crazy amounts of free time recently. Not that I've really

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • May 2, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Telethon FAQs from a small but enthusiastic sample of prefroshies

  

  ;insert your own> degree of seriousness? In my personal opinion, the MIT ... roomful of Institvte phones to individually congratulate and chat with each of the freshly admitted candidates for the class of 2016. We all stayed

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • April 5, 2012
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The Life Rationing Problem how do you save a life

  

  to possess some degree of moral aptitude, and in so far as moral ... , paradoxically, become a rather depressing pastime of mine. Sometimes, it's fun to ... version of a powerpoint literary presentation I gave at Alpha Delta Phi a

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • January 15, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  So You Want to Declare a Double Major? This is why/how I'm doing it, in case you were curious

  

  sciences and storytelling/media. (For those curious about this ongoing ... , but have been left wanting for different electives among a sea of MIT biology classes on the microscopic, the thermodynamics of drug absorption

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • September 5, 2014
• Blog / Classes

  IAP thoughts two weeks late, but with an illustration!

  

  -internship. I’ll be honest, I applied to this on a bit of a whim. I was sitting in ... science side of it. The science side makes sense. Actions lead to ... the city and vibe, visit a ton of museums Clean my room and finally

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • February 15, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  Decision Day Eve Making your decision by May 1.

  

  're enrolling this fall (Yay! Welcome officially to the MIT Class of 2012!), that you're declining our offer of admission (it's okay, we know you ... concerns? I am available, as are all of the bloggers, to field questions

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 30, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Fall Travel Recap; New Bloggers Announced Philly, Jersey, Wilmington. Jess, Keri, Lulu.

  

  , although it's only been a couple of weeks. Lots to tell you about. Fall ... close), I left for the first leg of my fall recruitment travel. As to not completely bore you with the details of my trip I will compose them in haiku

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 3, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  HS Juniors/Sophomores: Upcoming MIT Events MIT will have events with Yale and Brown Universities in Southern California and the Mid-Atlantic…

  

  road with Brown & Yale Universities for meetings in Southern ... sophomores and juniors to hear from three great universities all in one place ... counselor about the state of admissions. Counselors can RSVP at brownmityale

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 18, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Just a Yellow Lemon Tree… I wrote a rap song for you.

  

  a couple of times, but alas, I've broken that promise by two days. :( OK I know you guys are all sick of the whole "I'm hosed!" talk, so I'll skip that. (please refer to back entries of any of the bloggers if you

  • by Chris S. '11
  • March 11, 2009
• FAQ / First-year application

  How does my school submit recommendation letters and transcripts?

  MIT requires letters of recommendation from two teachers. The most competitive applicants will provide one from a math/science teacher, and one from a humanities, social science, or language teacher. We also require
• Blog / Blog Projects

  letter to my 2023 self from: 2024 janet

  

  , and applying again was one of the best decisions I made this year. I ... in 2024 and wrote most of it then; but then i had to work on a bunch of ... day"] the end of every year. [/annotation] I write one to my future self

  • by Janet G. '27
  • January 2, 2025
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Eating my words at Area Four Mushroom and fontina pizza my beloved

  

  though (after witnessing the sad drooping of my slice) and offered to trade ... , as I believe their pizza defies all known laws of reality. For one, the ... perplexingly, the tip of the slice always flops down and [annotation note

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • May 29, 2025