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• Blog / Admissions

  But What Are They Really Looking For? My thoughts (advice) on navigating (surviving) the college application process.

  

  will be you must move on and should make the most of the school you do go ... full of finding out about the lives of those who are applying to MIT and ... got to see applicants admitted and then watch them become a part of our

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • November 11, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  USA Wins 2nd in International Math Olympiad Three MIT '09s won Gold Medals.

  

  On July 6, the world eagerly watched as London was named the host of ... problem, the average score was 1.35, and the median was 0). The top 1/12 of ... the People's Republic of China winning and the United States once again

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 18, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  Making Tracks

  

  be, hanging on to memories of your senior prom and of the countless ... I just turned nineteen, and the journey billed as the first year of ... information technology and toward the pursuit of transportation. I'm nursing my

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • April 30, 2006
• Blog / Announcements

  MIT after SFFA technology and the dream, deferred

  

  Lower East Side of Manhattan, speaking Greek and Ladino at home — did not ... institution of science and technology on the planet.  I moved into New House ... draws on the full range of human talent and experience. Decades later

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • August 21, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  Friday Night at Random Beautiful people at a beautiful hour.

  

  never been occupied in and has never contained clubbing seals of any age ... fifth of my life so far, I have lived in Random Hall, MIT’s smallest and ... because I’ve only ever lived on one floor, and on that floor I’ve only ever

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • December 31, 2014
• FAQ / Transfer

  How do I apply as a veteran?

  If you are a veteran and interested in learning in any way, shape, or ... our veterans page. MIT has a growing community of veterans on campus ... ), committed to supporting the academic, financial, and personal goals of
• Blog / MIT Life

  Two Cool Projects

  

  , Ecuador through the sale of their jewelry and ceramics. It is analogous to ... pay for electricity, chlorine, the salary of the community operator, and any repairs necessary. (2) "Braille Pencil" Nadia Elkordy '08 and her

  • by The Humanitarian Blog
  • May 31, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  sk8 jebby on a skateboard

  

  towards the back of the board so that it would stabilize and not move any ... . I ran through several options and settled on learning how to ... skater and led through the process of picking out the different parts for

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • June 29, 2022
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Musings of My High School Senior Self bring your best cringe face

  

  of makeup and white shirts. As we took turns putting on our half ... out about them or take things head on and make the most of them. Right ... , with medals to take home and memories to hang on walls, they moved on

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • February 16, 2021
• Blog / Events

  150. We're in the news!

  

  anniversary, and all sorts of cool installations appeared on campus. Jenny ... past year consisted of things much bigger and better than the story of my ... my own to the collection: Thousands of people showed up on

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • May 20, 2011
• Blog / Uncategorized

  The Suite Life ~20 pictures, be careful (Updated Wed, 5/17/06)

  

  Cambridge edge (Cambredge?) of the Charles River. To the east of my dorm are some fraternities, and then Baker, former home of Matt '00. To our west are an independent living group and MacGregor, home of Mollie '06. You

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • May 13, 2006
• Blog / Summer

  The 9-to-5 grind (or the 9-to-6:30 because that's when the free dinner is, and a girl's gotta eat)

  

  of bed and into your desk early. Here’s an example plate: Lox on a ... for a run. Submit the finishing touches on the latest batch of code, and ... really just sit in front of a computer for 8 hours a day? Do you work on

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • September 4, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  July and Unified O.O and lots of pictures

  

  without setting off any alarms (a sure sign of sophomore-ish maturity, or so ... engineering, and we also had them design a system of making the program itself ... , and I'm excited to see them around throughout the year. Most of them

  • by Ana V. '15
  • October 14, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Listen to Admissions: Holly on applications, art, and action team an experiment in the sounds of admissions

  

  minutes later, my friend Holly responded and said that, duh, of course she ... Counselor for Communications, and she basically makes all of our print ... listen to it whenever and however you like. I listen to a lot of podcasts

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 4, 2015
• FAQ / First-year application

  Does MIT have required classes or language requirements?

  students to increase their chances of admission. We don't have any required ... , chemistry, biology, and four years of English. We want you to take the most ... and IB coursework as college level and the highest level of rigor in
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Growing Pains And Every Other Type of Ache

  

  little sleep. I haven’t eaten since yesterday evening, and I’ve sort of ... much work and far too little desire to do it. I put on the largest shirt ... embodiment of burnout. I feel stupid, unmotivated, inarticulate, ugly, and

  • by Shorna A. '25
  • December 6, 2022
• Blog / Events

  Dinner With Goobers Yeah food! Yeah people!

  

  and early 5:30 PM (because we actually have the lifestyle habits of ... for this...) and mosey on down to ye olde Simmons dining hall. Okay ... was during Sasha and Sneha's chess phase, which lasted all of one week

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • February 27, 2012
• Blog / How to Food

  [Guest Post] Your Guide to Boston Cafes a letter from chomps

  

  on the lookout for a cozy spot to lock in and chomp. Here are a few of ... Vietnamese and Western classics. Some of my favorites include their noodle ... of coffee, smoothies, and acai bowls. Manager Petya Todorova and her

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • January 15, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  Sport CPW cpw at senior haus

  

  (and residents!) got to ride around our courtyard on two horses, one of ... our bucket full of hotdogs and a handful of buns and embarked on a ... CPW has come and gone, and it’s left all the students of MIT with

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • April 13, 2017
• Blog / Blog Projects

  My Blogger App, five years later i've finally dyed my hair blue

  

  home everywhere I go. I grew up in and just outside the bustling city of New York, and I carry that feeling of home with me wherever I may travel ... , vicious cycle of almost-doing and not-doing that ended back on square one

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • July 16, 2020