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• Blog / Prepare for MIT

  My First Few Weeks at MIT … one year ago

  

  Every freshman’s first few weeks at MIT tend to follow a predictable ... (commonly referred to as the Stud)"]Stud 5,[/annotation] learning to share a ... here. Over the past 3 weeks, I’ve found myself doing all of these - but

  • by Hala K. '29
  • September 22, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  train of thought on feeling deeply

  

  A lot of my time this summer has been spent in transit. I take the ... Amtrak train, and more recently a day trip to Providence, RI also via Amtrak. One day, it suddenly occurred to me that when I'm on a train, I

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • July 26, 2022
• Blog / Announcements

  MIT after SFFA technology and the dream, deferred

  

  matters, and what we plan to do next. You should read that interview, as ... packed a green Army surplus duffle bag full of all my clothes and boarded a ... , and I — a skinny seventeen year old Jewish kid from a public high school

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • August 21, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Iron Mask what i learned from MF DOOM

  

  the draft saved in a folder outside of the vortex folder on my desktop ... in my mind, DOOM was a myth. DOOM was an idea. DOOM was one of those ... of a thing to happen to someone so large. Another thing that caught me

  • by kellen manning
  • January 2, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Was Great in the 1800s (and it's still awesome today)

  

  a good time (still do). I've already written about their creative ... other institutions to do the same (more here). I’ve also blogged about the ... comes at a difficult college-choosing time. I hope that a look at MIT

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 19, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Forbes and MIT there's graphs in this one

  

  winners a year may seem like a lot, but according to Forbes there are 15,000 nominations per year to choose from. That's a 4% acceptance rate, less than MIT ... alums in the 30 Under 30 for the past three years. (Slice of MIT is a cool

  • by Erick P. '17
  • January 19, 2017
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Life After (and During) MIT Greetings from beautiful adulthood

  

  with in Simmons) and Maria. Not only do I have a cameo in this one with a ... cross! For those of you who don't know me, I'm Elizabeth. My hair is a ... like it's going to explode more so than in my avatar. I graduated a year

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • May 28, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  Because one story just isn’t enough My tale of being admitted. Laugh. Cry. Both. Neither. All of the above?

  

  In true "everybody else is doing it, so why can't we?"* fashion, I ... would be fun to read. Be warned - I may (read: will) overdramatize a good ... 'm essentially copying and pasting the post I made in my personal blog a year ago

  • by Keri G. '10
  • December 14, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT ‘10: The Plano Four Colin Taylor '10, Timur Sahin '10, Joanne Shih '10 and Albert Chang '10.

  

  consisted of my brother, my best friend, and me doing independent work for a ... . Actor James Woods came close in 1969 but dropped out a semester before ... Plano West Senior High seniors will have the chance to make a difference

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 27, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Out of the lab and into the internet Confession: I actually listen to music from the movie Ice Princess. I'm not even kidding.

  

  First, some updates: A few people have asked about information on ... doing her MEng in the EECS department, but she told me she couldn't answer ... students who did their undergraduate work at MIT (and has a different

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • January 27, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Quick and dirty I freak out a little about graduate school applications, then answer some questions.

  

  'm having to study quite a bit because I haven't learned anything about plants ... rocked the GRE general test, will be graduating with two degrees, have a good GPA, and (most importantly) have a lot of research experience

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • November 10, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Let’s Get Physical Olivia Newton-John, I am not, but I can still pretend.

  

  the PE requirement here. If you're a varsity athlete, earning your 8 ... was going to make a joke about how "IM sports" aren't sports you play ... recommend you finish your PE classes by sophomore year, but obviously it's a

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • August 5, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Doonesbury and MIT Meet Alex Doonesbury, MIT '10.

  

  of reading to catch up on. The last thing I should be doing is blogging ... year!) A compilation: September 10, 2006- On Orientation September 11, 2006 - What AM I doing at MIT? September 25, 2006- On the HASS

  • by Chris S. '11
  • February 8, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Regular Action Deadline Extended to January 3 We have extended the RA deadline. Happy Holidays!

  

  Tracking. Please note that you do not need to express mail or overnight your ... Reports do not need to be submitted by January 3; they should be submitted ... are not in a American-style school or you will not have any midyear

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 3, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Holmstrom, et al.

  

  On Friday, I attended a Undergraduate Economics Association ... to take in life, and how we should do things that we like, not necessarily things that we are expected to do, etc.... and then when he spoke

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • February 24, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  September Equinox Appreciation A Cambridge Autumn

  

  to a place radically different from home. In these first few months, I spent a lot of time walking and riding my bike, exploring Cambridge and ... ).   A Cambridge Autumn Red, orange, yellow Red, orange, yellow Once

  • by Victor D. '27
  • September 22, 2025
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Repainting the Smoots A Wacky MIT Tradition

  

  paint with five other girls in my sorority. Further down the bridge is a ... 1958, a couple members of the MIT fraternity Lambda Alpha Chi were making ... trainer remarked how miserable it was walking across the nearly half-a

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • October 27, 2023
• Blog / How to Food

  “I’m vegetarian now!” Two months, twenty-four days, and goin’ strong

  

  ’ve never been a sandwich person, so there was nowhere I had to consciously cut out meat.  I expected this vegetarian thing to last maybe a month, maybe more -- but apart from a few bites of poke, the last time I ate meat

  • by Amber V. '24
  • November 25, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  halfway there musings about currently being an MIT student

  

  I live a five-minute walk away from MIT, so I pass campus often. It's a weird experience. I can compartmentalize the last 14-ish months of ... were up at 3 am doing [insert mundane thing here]?" I wish I knew how

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • November 14, 2020
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Parks and Relocation a finale and a premiere

  

  could start a new season of my life. I packed up about half of my worldly possessions and drove west. I'll be spending the next few months living with a dear friend on a Christmas tree farm. The other half of my possessions

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 21, 2020