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• Blog / Admissions

  Full Circle Here's to yesterday.

  

  during the summer. Unfortunately, the science options for the summer were sort of lacking...so, instead, I signed up for an art history class ... , because my dorm room was on the first floor, I had a great view of the

  • by Paul B. '11
  • July 7, 2008
• Blog / Athletics

  A Week in the Life of a Student-Athlete feat. women's soccer & meche

  

  . The season is flying by, and we’ve played a whopping total of 18 games — 4 of which were the past week. I’m going to take you along for the journey of that week, and what it's like to have both a mix of soccer and

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • October 31, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sights, Sounds, Smells, Tastes, and Feels of IAP photo dump

  

  our Brown University friends, who were touring startups as part of their ... visiting one of our friends in DC, it turned out that one of my MIT frat brothers was also staying in DC, interning for the Department of Energy. So

  • by Erick P. '17
  • February 9, 2017
• Blog / People & Identities

  Thank You for unity and kindness

  

  . Subconsciously, I've been feeling a lot of feelings. Sadness. Despair. Hopelessness ... hours, because I simply didn't feel capable of confronting reality. But subconsciously, my amygdala was processing all kinds of emotions. These emotions

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • March 18, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Be A Blogger 2015! TAKE THE PLUNGE

  

  basically variations of "where to buy industrial sized vats of SPF 50" 3) It's time for those of you who might want to be bloggers ... mission of the blogs is to allow our bloggers to express to the world what

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 14, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  Admitted Students Update Lots of good and important stuff for both EA and RA admits.

  

  're declining our offer of admission (it's okay, we know you're making the best ... Hello MIT Class of 2013! Here are some things that admitted students ... . Here it is: MIT Class of 2013. (...and international students can join

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 16, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Keeping it Green On a visit to NYC, I learned a little about environmentally friendly housing.

  

  break, I took large bites out of the Big Apple on my two visits to New ... unassuming, only the giant blue solar panels on the roof give any indication of ... garden insulates the building and offers a quiet haven for residents

  • by Melis A. '08
  • January 10, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Mystery Hunt 2007 A final report from this year's awesome IAP puzzling solving funfest.

  

  synopsis" of how the Hunt went down: The hunt began with teams gathered in ... the first unpardonable activity of gathering the assembled puzzlers into ... came in to save the day, offering the teams the opportunity to get the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 16, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The most beautiful class schedule yes. good

  

  in economics or political science and with permission of the ... likely demoralize you until your stash of motivation is entirely depleted ... ’ve been a junkie for the kinds of dusty old works of revolutionary politics

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • February 3, 2016
• Blog / CPW

  some cpw events i’ll be at

  

  some of the events I'm planning to be at. If you're having trouble deciding which of 10 simultaneously occurring events to go to, here's some ... Cafe x Gothgirl IHOP: we'll have a lot of grilled cheeses (and gothgirls

  • by Victor D. '27
  • April 15, 2026
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Exploring the newest innovations in dessert technology A trip filled with enough desserts to satisfy anyone's sweet tooth!

  

  consumption of an immeasurable amount of calories. (OK, Dad, I know you hate when I fixate on food, but it’s all in the name of science.) We began at Truly Jorg's Patisserie in Kenmore Square, which had some of the coolest

  • by Melis A. '08
  • November 12, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Professorial Help Thanks to the faculty.

  

  While we continue working 7 days a week toward selecting the Class of ... Sadoway. Speaking of Professor Sadoway, there was a nice article about him ... at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, works to make metal

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 26, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Long weekend It was a looooong weekend.

  

  So this weekend was a long weekend, in honor of Columbus Day and also in honor of student exhaustion, and therefore I would like to write a paean to the MIT long weekend. The abundance of long weekends is one of

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • October 11, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Seeing The Dalai Lama In which I join the press (for a bit) and listen to His Holiness

  

  goes beyond the disciplines of engineering and the life sciences. ... laureate, a spiritual leader, and one of the foremost advocates for peace and compassion, but because he has an uncommon way of both disarming and inspiring

  • by Emad T. '14
  • October 15, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Hits from the ‘90s ♪ Why can't we be friends? ♫

  

  and potentially prompting them to not apply to MIT. The truth of the ... use all of them. They're just good to have in case of an emergency. That ... twitter. Facebook, I do use, as many of you have discovered. I get about 2

  • by Snively '11
  • July 2, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Life during finals season It's always darkest before the holidays.

  

  . Selected approach is to go for a long run in sub-zero weather and the sort of ... supermarket down the street. Granola bar of unknown provenance. 12:30 PM: Resume consumption of knowledge. 3:30 PM: Study break! I decide that I can

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • December 13, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  O’Reilly Primes?

  

  to really like it, for a few reasons. Certainly, it is a swiping of the nomenclature of a certain telecaster's forum. Now I don't care much for that ... recall how the topic came up, but as we were talking, I was applying

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 12, 2004
• Blog / MIT Life

  Are you sure you don’t want to cancel? Double whammy.

  

  ; instead, I slept. Land in Houston. Now, here was one of the most exciting parts of the trip. I exit baggage claim, and there someone is holding a sign that reads: "Mr. Bryan O." I wanted to take a picture of him and

  • by Bryan
  • October 23, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Goodnight Moon Or: The Senior Who Desperately Tries to Put Off Bedtime By Saying Goodnight to Every…

  

  my brain full of knowledge by 10:05am. Unfortunately, what I ought to ... universe, and everything. If it were up to me, I’d sleep at least 9 hours ... cocoon myself in a swathe of green bedsheets. But tonight is different

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • September 7, 2016
• Blog / How to Human

  Your credit history is too short and other adult things

  

  , for the longest time, I thought the idea of "building credit" was ridiculous. The going advice is that you shouldn't go over 30% of your credit limit, and that you should pay it off when you can. This kind of all goes

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 23, 2023