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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Two Truths and a Lie Because we all definitely love playing icebreakers

  

  proud of me.  First generation Latino and the first from my school to be ... .  Welcome to the party. I fell out of my parents' nest in New Jersey and ... ) the next day and over the course of a week, I worked in a group with two

  • by Erick P. '17
  • September 17, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Classes! Classes! Classes! Classes!

  

  class so late in the semester and didn't I have a lot of work to make up ... first semester of senior year, and I don't remember seeing arabic on any ... , and that's why I'd like to devote the few following sentences to help

  • by Karen F. '11
  • November 1, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  I’m in Round 2! Can You Help Me Make the Top 10? Change.org is running a competition that'll propel 10 ideas to the fore of the next…

  

  , and, worst of all, undermining each other in the quest to gain ... right-hand corner of the page. – Find the "Social Entrepreneurship ... that'll propel 10 ideas to the fore of the next administration's agenda

  • by The Humanitarian Blog
  • January 2, 2009
• FAQ / Testing

  What tests do I have to take?

  If you are planning on applying to MIT and would like to see our testing requirements, please visit our Tests & scores page.
• FAQ / Life and culture

  How did the blogs get started?

  Ben Jones, The Blogfather, started the MIT Blogs in 2004. The idea behind the blogs was to open a window into the lives of MIT students: what they do, think, and feel. MIT was one of the first universities to have
• Blog / Admissions

  The Ides of March

  

  , it made me feel like I was at the Oscars of high school science. And ... discovery and invention. And despite the Times' criticism of high school ... reception, I stood as a representative of the first university to get

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 14, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Updates And Shannon’s Formula Random mid-week fun, and a few small updates for admitted and waitlisted students.

  

  thread to write new formulas and solve the puzzle from a variety of ... must first read the email conversation that we had on the day decisions ... best job in the world. And then I [think about the admit rate], and I

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 26, 2008
• Blog / MISTI

  More entries about buildings and food Same as it ever was. I'm still single, but at least I'm in Belgium.

  

  students and also make me puke. The enduring symbol of Brussels is the 18 ... between Cologne, Brussels, Paris, Amsterdam in first class for the low, low price of 50 € RT, with an included meal and up to three (3) beverages of

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 3, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Testing requirements FAQ We've been getting a lot of questions about our testing requirements; here are the answers.

  

  this year and for whom English is your primary language, here is the ... the SAT I or ACT and [2] SAT IIs as above, or you may choose the second ... submit one of the following: SAT I, ACT, or TOEFL, in addition to the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 22, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Adventures in Italy, Part 2 Tales from Rome, Take Two

  

  first voyage of sorts was to find food which is probably one of the ... traveller so the first thing I did was cover my pockets, but it was kind of ... toured the Colosseum and Forum for the low price of 20 Euros. Now before I

  • by Bryan
  • April 13, 2006
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  A Seemingly Stressful Survey The Tech publishes about stress at the institute

  

  that there’s stuff to go on the front page. It falls on the shoulders of ... so, as me and the other news editors were a part of the survey ... of time in The Tech office and with Tech people getting this done

  • by Stanley G.
  • December 7, 2012
• Blog / Personal Travel

  A bear encounter and a wild cow-milking contest Summer adventures

  

  control of the bike and slammed head-first into a bush), With a lot of ... some pictures of the first few events: And here's a tiny little girl ... to the ground, and milk it. First team to bring a cup of milk to the

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 24, 2014
• Blog / Events

  #WeAreMIT SMASH helped jumpstart an intense conversation between students and administration

  

  were great. The Chancellor and President of MIT showed up for the first ... some pictures from the #WeAreMIT event. And of course, a picture of my ... the three-hour event, and lots of really important administrators and

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • November 30, 2014
• FAQ / Academics and research

  How does pass/no record work?

  after your first term, and at any time during your course of study. ... Here's something else to love about MIT! The first semester at MIT ... of A/B/C. As part of the flexible pass/no record grading option, you
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Admissions Statistics 2007 Numbers, numbers, numbers.

  

  updated the admissions statistics page for this year's application cycle; we'll update the freshman class profile page closer to Registration Day. Here's a ... Probably the most popular questions asked at any information session

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 8, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Cambridge Traditions and 5 Course Meals

  

  process in which you are formally admitted into the university and your college. I think all of the colleges has a matriculation ceremony on the first day of the term where all the first year students to the university

  • by Cambridge
  • October 18, 2007
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Beacon St. and Marlborough St. Rooftops and flowers on two streets in Boston.

  

  Over the past few years, toward the end of my full-time undergrad and ... Boston, and Somerville—the vines and flowers and old brick against ... pillars, grey roofs, green and red walls, rust, and vines. I still feel the

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • April 27, 2016
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Alcohol in College: Scotland and the US An MIT student from Scotland compares alcohol culture in the US and the UK in…

  

  the consequences of alcohol abuse. Grace's article is a great read, and ... of the labs to build submarine robots from spare parts. I had fun and ... a few people were vomiting in the street and most of them were still

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 22, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fun Times @ MIT (Pt. 1) Life's gotta be fun.

  

  perfect 100% of the time. (3) It's easy to feel sad and miserable about ... a whole lot of thermo before, and I've heard mixed things about this ... quickly. Case in point: in the past two and a half years, I've learned the

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • February 4, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Global Languages Freshman Learning Community engaging frosh done right

  

  , and Composer of the Month, all of which stem from a diverse range of ... everyone about the history and culture of bento in Japan before leading us in ... collected in a twenty-year odyssey around China, Europe, and the east coast of

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • November 6, 2020