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• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  dancing at MIT (and beyond) continuity vs. fulfillment and the perils of stagnation

  

  time, and where I felt the same pride of being on a dope team that I ... being on exec and watching most of the people I respected graduate ... -time instead of Mocha was difficult and took quite a long time to make; I started

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • November 14, 2021
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  We’re #1! What's the emoticon for oversize foam hand?

  

  on our website you're really just not trying. That's more of an opinion ... few theories as to why we elbowed our way to the top of the list: OpenCourseWare: MIT courses for free on the web. What's not to love about

  • by Dave McOwen
  • January 29, 2010
• Blog / Events

  In pursuit of freedom MIT might not be free, but plenty of things are.

  

  through the entire three hours of twists and turns and flats and sharps, but ... magnificently staged. A giant blue trash can was brought on stage and filled with ... later. End of story. Between the opera performance and the de-mating and

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • October 21, 2008
• Blog / Residential Life

  1.1 miles as the crow flies and it takes me forever to run there

  

  mischief every time I jump on at 9:05 am. Fix my home-cut bangs in the video ... ’m in Cambridge, reeling with a move cross-country and the start of the ... of beds dropped on the side of the road, cheap furniture selling fast

  • by Amber V. '24
  • September 17, 2020
• Blog / Events

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

  

  worth it to be in the presence of so many bright and thoughtful people on ... 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 / Admissions

  my MIT admissions essays a retrospective

  

  ) of my essays and how 20 year old me thinks about what 17 year old me ... applied to MIT largely because of the program in Urban Science and Planning ... like this! The application of programming and GIS to visualize pedestrian

  • by Victor D. '27
  • October 14, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Ode to the Institute Better late than never.

  

  ceilings, and old marbled floor, You house the echoes of students’ footsteps ... nature of our souls. Smiles and joy are also spread As gentlemen burst ... . You provide us with a home-- an often-decorated dome (by the work of

  • by Ana V. '15
  • February 16, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT Early Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  *Update as of 2015: Early action is available to both domestic and ... of these students were academically competitive and well-matched, this ... an academic record, a high caliber of character, and a strong match

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 14, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  can’t stop smiling a time capsule for freshman fall

  

  ’d come home and lie on the floor for a couple hours to slowly recoup my ... October, and kept working on it for the next few weeks. And then months. And ... to some group study spaces, and got distracted worked on psets with

  • by Allison E. '27
  • February 12, 2024
• 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!

  

  and without chocolate on top. They fill the puffs with your choice of ... on our journey, one which would take us across Boston and involve the ... when I fixate on food, but it’s all in the name of science.) We began at

  • by Melis A. '08
  • November 12, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  YO! -yo. Learning how to make more toys!!

  

  manufactured some beautiful molds on the mill and lathe. Dave, one of the ... childhood memories... and decided to make a yo-yo based on the 1996 movie ... working in Solidworks (a program used for modeling on the computer) and

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • December 19, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  6.270 What's a 6.270?

  

  during IAP. Not Mindstorms, but just tons and tons of LEGOs, sensors, and a "HappyBoard." ($1,500 worth of LEGOs, sensors, and HappyBoard). To avoid any further confusion, the HappyBoard is the brain of the robot, where

  • by Snively '11
  • January 31, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Blast from the Past

  

  out of bed and on campus 5 hours later. Yikes. Why, you ask? Because ... and uses of tools, and an overview of the various activities that go on ... of time (sorry!) and after Ruth's balloon adventure, I headed over to

  • by Laura N. '09
  • December 15, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  art and work i really struggled with titling this one

  

  description of what goes on in my head and many other peoples’ heads, of why i ... properly, and then i’ll begrudgingly write the rest of the arrangement to ... passages not derived from those themes, and so on. and it makes sense that

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • November 27, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Applying Regular Action – Q&A

  

  you can click "submit" on your application any time on January ... to fix it and then bam — you're out of time. No good.   ... on top of this.   January is the last testing date that can

  • by Chris LaBounty
  • December 20, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  First Day of School Fall term classes began today at MIT.

  

  felt a sense of accomplishment like never before, and I knew I was ready ... have any old professor teach freshmen -- in fact, many of MIT's best ... various affectionate hacks, Prof. Silbey became MIT's Dean of Science, and

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 5, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Regular Action Deadline Some answers to frequently asked questions about regular action and the MIT application process. Our…

  

  answering phone calls (and I am on vacation!). The office will reopen on ... you can click "submit" on your application any time on January 1 or ... deadline. We are much more understanding of and flexible with late documents

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 29, 2009
• Blog / Athletics

  MIT is going to pump you up! A bit about a cool new fitness program called getfit@mit

  

  comprised of five to eight people, and teams compete based on the average ... Have any of you read “The Idea Factory: Learning to Think at MIT”? If ... , which always has a way of making me feel important… In any case, MIT is

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 29, 2008
• Blog / Announcements

  Class of 2023 Wait List Decisions Released

  

  decisions for students who were on the wait list for the Class of 2023. If you ... , then those people decide whether to accept our offer of admission, and ... enroll at MIT. This number is a record-high, and toward the upper bound of

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 10, 2019
• Blog / Classes

  highlights: high points of a virtual fall Part 1 of a fall semester recap

  

  ..."]just yet.[/annotation] Another of my projects was on a small scale, and it ... ! Exams were tough (emphasis on tough) and stressed the heck out of me. To ... multiply. With due time, I managed to bully myself into writing, and one of

  • by Waly N. '24
  • February 2, 2021