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• Blog / Admissions

  Tour/Hack/Math Three things that happen a lot at MIT

  

  and Jordan '11. For many of you, a campus tour will be one of the first ... . Unlike the typical tourist, however, I decided to take pictures OF the tour ... . They are learning about the wonders of Dunkin Donuts and Subway. After

  • by Snively '11
  • March 19, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  An Uncreative Post with an uncreative title

  

  . The choice was finalized during the first session of 11.125, where I ... complete all those hopeful post beginnings, reenact the thrill of days long ... the essentials of IAP and Spring semester.   During IAP, I took

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • March 1, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Olympians How many MIT graduates have been in the Olympics? No, not the Science Olympiad...

  

  unsurprisingly, more than half of the competitors, and all but one of the medals, have come from the "pirate sports" of rowing, sailing, fencing and rifle ... I sports; we are the birthplace of intercollegiate sailing; and we

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 19, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  mid semester check-in all about my classes

  

  one of the first classes in algebra so it is a prerequisite for a lot of ... more of their work.  During the first class, the professor made us ... of the four technical classes I had picked out or put one of them on

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • October 22, 2022
• Blog / How to MIT

  The Cost of Living at MIT alternatively, how to spend money at MIT

  

  our collective dismay, there is another side of the coin: spending money ... as one of the most expensive cities in the US (see: Example A, Example ... ."]Dormspam[/annotation] asking students how much they spend monthly to see the cost of MIT outside

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • April 14, 2025
• Blog / Challenges

  Navigating Offcampus Housing 101 finding housing is a fucking nightmare

  

  community. I went home until the end of the semester and moved in mid-May, so I wasn't involved in the process of finding an apartment. I'm told ... were being kicked out of our dorms. Due to this, I was under the

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • August 11, 2020
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Let’s Build a Snowman [CRITICAL UPDATE!] We can make him our best friend

  

  ordered 4 of these, expect epic rock band pics to come Along with the new ... album describes it as, "the epic snowman of IAP." It was originally James ... is, really big snowballs are REALLY heavy, and at the end of it we were

  • by Snively '11
  • January 25, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  Mind the Gap Gap years are a good option for some students.

  

  picked up by news organizations across the country. I first saw it at cnn ... required. The University of Chicago says it will grant deferrals for almost ... the University of Chicago (and many other schools), we're happy to grant

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 13, 2005
• Blog / Public Service & Activism

  Boston’s Climate Strike youthful activism

  

  began to feel hopeful. For one of the first times in my life, I stopped in ... 's Fall Career Fair, but also the day of the Global Climate Strike. All ... speakers at the event (which could get hard to hear with all of the noise of

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • September 20, 2019
• Blog / About Decisions

  Spring Break post

  

  the end in itself. Take advantage of what MIT has to offer you, because ... be. I was turned down by three of the ten schools to which I applied ... Hi, readers. Congrats to those of you who got in. I remember when I

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • March 29, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Getting Through a Difficult Month Study, Study, Study

  

  belief. Now, as Spring Break comes to close, and the month of April has arrived, I feel ready for the next two months of school before the summer ... like the largest amount of homework in existence. My classes have split

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • April 1, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  MIT Got Us iPads! [UNBOXING VIDEO] ft. my cat and my new apple pencil

  

  on the first-most-exciting email of the fall semester. watch this space ... Back in July, when the Institvte first accidentally leaked their ... will tuition be?", and "will we get grades in the fall?".  Many of us had

  • by Alex M. '21
  • October 6, 2020
• Blog / Events

  Ode to the New, Part 3 "Your calendar looks like a clown threw up on it!" -my friend Jordan

  

  ! Images not for the faint-hearted. Spiraling out of control. - Now is ... with the decision-making process. In High School, I did a lot with FIRST ... doing any of those things once I got here. At the same time, it seemed

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 28, 2010
• Blog / Events

  Senior Ball 2008 MIT will even help you find a date

  

  dancing awkwardly under the watchful eye of your teacher chaperones (“Sally ... held last night for the Class of 2008. We received the invitation in the ... ever-worsening condition of Senioritis and the stress of knowing that we

  • by Melis A. '08
  • May 4, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  You Gave Love A Bad Name A night of talent.

  

  to serenades. Some of the acts from the night included my former ... First made popular by Bon Jovi, those lyrics brought my fraternity, Zeta Beta Tau, the prize for best large act at Sigma Kappa's Late Night

  • by Bryan
  • October 8, 2006
• Blog / Blog Projects

  8,726,400 SOS: Self-Discovery Within An Internship guest post by Grace C. '21

  

  this much intensity. For the first time, I feel like my life is sort of ... *written by Grace C. '21 as a part of the 8,726,400 Seconds of Summer guest post series*   It’s the end of finals. I’m sitting at a

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • June 27, 2018
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  The Senior Bucket List, Pt. I Do ALL the things!

  

  -time favorites. When I accepted my offer to come to MIT, one of the first thoughts that crossed my mind was Holy moly I am going to be in the vicinity of ... one of the first people that the Program Manager happened to actually

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • November 18, 2012
• Blog / Advice

  We can do this! To high school seniors: we’re in the struggle bus with you

  

  culmination of the first three years’ hard work is going up against the dice of ... have to experience the torture of filling out infinite applications again ... -care! In just this first month of school, we have already reached high levels

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • October 7, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  “Why does my kid have to move again?”

  

  environment that she found unlivable. The first step in the process of choice ... beginning... The first few days of Orientation are largely dedicated to REX ... Before I get to the point of this entry, I'll answer a couple of

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • June 2, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Guest blog: “Me, Marvel, and MIT” Jade's experience working on a SHASS UROP for me

  

  restaurant (Chik-fil-A) in the first line of my email “to demonstrate that I ... went into the making of an article like this, and what it's like to do a ... snippets of Marvel things I did in my first semester: [*] saw filming of

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 2, 2023