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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  LAST! It's the end of the world as we know it!

  

  the beginning of the universe (read:Big Bang). In doing so they hope to ... bills, don’t make weekend plans, don’t even finish applying to MIT, there ... . Yes boys and girls, the doomsday device built under the guise of solving

  • by Chris M. '12
  • September 10, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Someone saved my life tonight Survived my squalor, like a butterfly.

  

  unmanageable. A sign of first degree squalor could be that you might be ... out of hand. Signs that you have reached second degree would include ... in squalor, but Second Degree Squalor. Most times when people laugh I

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 12, 2006
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Happy 375, Boston! Turning 375 years old is no easy task.

  

  This year the city of Boston turns 375 years old (that makes Boston how many years older than me?) And of course, who has a 375th ... when I hit 20). To kick off part of the festivities, free hot air

  • by Bryan
  • July 1, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  people appreciation post <3

  

  just so great. recently, I got to watch an old School of Science video ... in the past months, I have felt the impact of various people around me on the quality of my life with full force. MIT is so vast and there

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • November 2, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Teach ‘til you drop, then draw the Mona Lisa while blindfolded. 573 students, 10 hours.

  

  presented some of the most recent highlights of exoplanet science. We then ... the center of the universe. With that context under our belts, we returned to exoplanet science. I talked about the first discovery of

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 26, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  The Class of 2018 Graduates from MIT

  

  -deserved diploma. https://youtu.be/AdwPeNsMmGM I helped select the Class of 2018 ... Today, the Class of 2018 graduates from MIT.       ... exceptional. The admitted Class of 2018 includes mathematicians and marksmen and

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 8, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Spreading the word Yesterday, new father Ben and I did a presentation on blogging for the annual conference…

  

  the annual conference of the New England Association for College Admission Counseling (NEACAC), hosted by Boston's Northeastern University. Hundreds of guidance counselors and admissions officers from across the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 2, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Coming Soon! In which I briefly account for my I-haven't-been-blogging-so-much-recently shenanigans

  

  a great degree of compassion and commitment, and I greatly look ... all of this will be going up on the blogs quite soon, but first, a brief taste of what to expect from me over the coming weeks: Famous

  • by Emad T. '14
  • April 28, 2011
• Blog / Events

  [joint post] we can’t hear you, you’re on mute another mystery hunt post

  

  began. Our hunt was set in ⊥IW, the perpendicular universe version of MIT ... disturbance caused by the presence of matter from our universe. As we solved ... someone had the idea of applying a similar mechanism to the Next meta and

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • February 26, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  21L.011 Are You [film] Experienced?

  

  As a freshman you will probably be taking two sciences, a math, and a humanities class. The sciences and maths are pretty standard fare; you'll have a couple classes to choose from based on the results of your placement

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • October 21, 2008
• FAQ / First-year application

  Can I take a gap year?

  We encourage students to take a gap year to explore and grow. Every year we have a number of students apply to MIT after a gap year and more ... year before applying to MIT simply gives students more experiences to
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Steve and Me remembering steve jobs

  

  was stored on top of a tall cabinet out of harm's way. The very first ... . I've always been a Mac guy. I don't fall into the stereotype of the ... of this was because I grew up on Macs, and so I've always thought in

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 6, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Orgo Birthday Happy birthday, Ting Ting!

  

  learning community that offers all of the core classes in smaller classes. It ... promise I haven't fallen off the earth! Coming off of pass/no record, though, is taking a little bit of adjustment. Speaking of adjustment.. This

  • by Jess K. '10
  • March 14, 2007
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  RainbowFloor@MIT Because at MIT, if it doesn’t have a mailing list, it doesn’t exist. Fact.

  

  of bloggerdom, crowding my blogspace with its inconvenient, road ... amazed, out of my suite kitchen one night, the sound of a cadre of people ... émon approximation of Tim the Beaver. WRONG.However, I digress. What I really meant to

  • by Natanya K. '14
  • October 11, 2010
• Blog / Events

  Science, Technology, and Elephants. In which I take the best field trip ever.

  

  to town and parks their train right behind Simmons. This is one of ... ’s the elephants. Specifically, the walking of the elephants from the train tracks behind Simmons down Massachusetts Avenue, straight in front of MIT

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • October 13, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  What do you want? the story of college fit and how i stole from jeremy

  

  too holds true for hundreds of other colleges/universities around the ... sessions[/annotation] by saying some form of “I believe in my heart that MIT ... by any means, but if there was list of everything that goes into making

  • by kellen manning
  • August 19, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  let’s talk about financial aid a different kind of holiday miracle

  

  . Not only is the entire process of applying for financial aid confusing ... about being at a top university, there are plenty of middle- and lower ... It's admissions season! To all of you who were that right combination

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • December 24, 2025
• Blog / Events

  Let There Be Prefrosh! And let them build ALL the things!

  

  -orientation program (FPOP) known as FUP, where I got to do all sorts of cool community service projects.  However, this year I decided to apply to be a mentor for the Materials Science FPOP known as DMSE, as well as continue to help

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • August 22, 2013
• 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 / First-year application

  Where can my school counselor find helpful information?

  Thank you for all of the good work you do for our awesome applicants ... all of the different requirements for so many students and schools. We offer specific advice for educators here. We hope it helps!