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• Blog / Life after MIT

  Take Only Memories Leave Only Footprints

  

  I just came back to my dorm room from all the graduation hooplah. I ... the class of 2012, there has always been one elusive item that confused me: #5: Understand the true meaning of IHTFP. The five letters of

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • June 8, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  Finding Your Match and why it matters

  

  enroll, I wanted to take a few moments to speak directly to the Class of 2015 about something you should be thinking about over the next few days ... was the eldest child, so I was making things up as I went along. I knew

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 21, 2011
• Blog / Events

  Leadership Training Institute My first guest blog!

  

  One of the things that I try to do here is to write a little bit about all the activities/groups that I'm involved in at MIT. However ... A mutation or a C to A mutation, I'll let someone else tell the story

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 14, 2009
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Class size A response to a comment brought up on Ben's blog.

  

  down the page at this point) about increasing class size at MIT, and how ... apparently represent the largest college applicant pool ever nationwide. As I understand the situation this is somewhat a result of more people going to

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • December 14, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Pommes et manus Turkeys into oil, apples into beavers... it's all good.

  

  The Annual Burton-Conner Apple Bake: Sunday, October 23 in the Porter Room Win as much as $500 for your floor, the most prize money ever ... Sunday the 23rd at 3:00pm in the Porter Room. Winners will be announced

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 24, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Doctor Who?

  

  've been helping out with research for the past two semesters, today just ... that he intimidated the professors on his thesis committee by showing up ... the time, donuts and coffee would be served at a 10 AM thesis defense

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 30, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet the (New) Bloggers! CONTENT COMING IN HOT

  

  In July we posted the blogger application. 88 students began an ... . Here they are - we're super excited to have them on the team! Say ... . And I love the creative process of writing, which has been part of my

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 10, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Creating the MIT-verse behind the scenes of this year’s pi day video!

  

  hours working on it starting from last fall, throughout IAP, and all the way until the day it came out. We (the exact same crew) also created ... several different art styles and con the admissions office into buying us

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • March 10, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Spot the Blogger where you'll find bloggers during CPW, and some bonus tips!

  

  When the CPW schedule came out  when I was a prefrosh 50000 years ago ... miserably failed at attending all the events I had hoped to be at. While this ... best to get to know them! Remember that your host is fully aware of the

  • by Connie H. '15
  • April 9, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Answer is Yes Tips for navigating your first month here with a Greek life emphasis

  

  interest you. You're no longer trying to impress anybody. Cleaning the banks of the Charles River versus a trip to New Hampshire to try indoor ... of the neatest peer groups in the world. So many of my fondest memories

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • August 16, 2011
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  MIT = The American Dream As usual...we procrastinate like mad before finals.

  

  by the amount of spam and youtube videos that are coming into my inbox ... ...can't beat that...that's the American Dream!" :) --- ps. I am going to be a

  • by Chris S. '11
  • December 12, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT on the road Admissions officers are visiting cities across the United States.

  

  Beginning tomorrow through the middle of October, my Admissions ... . This year, the first meetings are in the northeast: Massachusetts ... , Illinois, the DC area, Florida, and more. Complete list of MIT Central

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 11, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  Updates for the Admitted There's good stuff on your MyMIT portal.

  

  CPW experience as good as possible. Finally, please complete the Medical Release Form. Notes to the wise: if you're flying in, book your plane ... hundreds of events listed on the schedule, from formal events like the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 20, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  the threek post! my lovely lovely year on maseeh three

  

  I shouldn’t have ranked Maseeh first. That’s the thought that kept creeping around the back of my mind during all of [annotation note ... occurs during Orientation Week, and all the dorms hold events showcasing

  • by Angie F. '28
  • May 27, 2025
• Blog / How to Human

  coming off the path is anyone there?

  

  I can begin to even explain where I've been. At the risk of sounding edgy, I've spent the past month and a half feeling as though I am ... responsibilities in favor of going out and wasting the night away, and ultimately

  • by Cami M. '23
  • April 30, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet The (New) Bloggers! how to something something

  

  A few weeks ago I posted the Blogger Application 2012. We received over 50 applications for four spots. Over the last week and a half the ... the admissions office a handmade card, cut carefully from a starmap, in

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 3, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  More On The Interview… The deadline has passed, but if you're an EA applicant who has not yet contacted…

  

  interviews has changed (though Stu's observations on the demands of our interviewers remains accurate). A description of the current interview process is posted here.  The deadline to contact your EC has passed for early action

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • October 24, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Home on the range Dorm choice timeline and advice.

  

  to get party hats, but I couldn't find any at the store, alas. Dorm choice I get the feeling that a lot of people find MIT's dorm choice process a little mysterious at best, so I thought I'd clear up the timeline

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • April 15, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  the npc life office hours with lupe fiasco

  

  "The Show Goes On" and "Battle Scars", so when I heard he was teaching at ... the same idea. Near the end of last semester, we got brunch together at ... out of Arizona/the only one who can save me is Rona," I riffed

  • by Rona W. '23
  • January 26, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Sophomore Stupid It’s morbin’ time

  

  the eventuality of winter break. [caption id="attachment_95733" align ... in the two weeks after classes ended. I got distracted as little as possible too. Any more would have burned me out before the end, and any less

  • by Anika H. '26
  • December 30, 2023