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• Blog / Events

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

  

  choreographed by an MIT student (Hannah ’13!), and am currently in the process of ... ballet between the ages of four and nine. Next weekend, I’m going to a Students for the Exploration and Development of Space up in Illinois. I

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 28, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Our Room (formerly, THE Sal Khan’s Room) is Being Converted into WiFi! we made this post just for the title

  

  email got sent out to the both of us and to two others who live in a ... too salty about this, since the awesome Housing Chair and President of ... bottom right of the left poster needs more explanation, and some context

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • May 29, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Chapter Closes To open another

  

  letter of admission and screaming to stepping foot on campus for the first ... room, shut the door, and stood behind it for a couple of seconds. A ... renew the world around you, of getting heartbroken and realizing some

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • May 24, 2014
• 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 around the world, students, parents, every day workers, and more gathered

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • September 20, 2019
• Blog / How to Human

  A Cautionary Tale of Two Students You may be surprised by how many first year students at MIT believe that they…

  

  , he is admitted to the Class of 2011. Let's back up for a moment and ... -forward a bit and we see Mills walking the Infinite with the rest of his peers ... which the hero goes it alone to kill the bad guys, and avenge those who

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • November 22, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  close your eyes and put your finger on the map and other ways to make grad school decisions

  

  descriptions, requirements, and especially course lists of the program I ... of campus culture from reading the blogs, and I love much of our ... every 1-2 weeks; and even when I don’t, the presence of the city around us

  • by Amber V. '24
  • October 22, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Taking Shape

  

  It’s hard to believe the first month of sophomore year is already ... the feeling of being stimulated, with new insights and questions brewing ... eloquent my classmates are… and in fact, much of the insight I’ve gathered

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • September 25, 2006
• Blog / Athletics

  walking into the MEng thoughts about a 63-mile trek

  

  ."]REX[/annotation] and the first day of classes. I've always been so busy, running from ... and up the sides of roads, through the heat of the mid-afternoon to the ... that the walk taught me the importance of "knowing your limits" and

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • September 8, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW 2007: I Got Served, and It Felt Grrreat!! By: Seleeke, '11

  

  experience was one of the most liberating, invigorating, and awe ... blogger Sam, and at the awesome Battle of the Bands event on the last night ... reminded me of Zeppelin and other classic rock staples) was the inspired

  • by Bryan
  • April 18, 2007
• Blog / Athletics

  An Adventure on the Charles In which Kate fails spectacularly, except at storytelling.

  

  tippy and… wait… yes, you read right, I LET GO OF THE RUDDER!! OH NO! So ... straightened out, and I got my bearings and looked up to the front of the boat ... managed a tack turn by wedging the slack of the rope between my knees, and

  • by Kate R. '14
  • October 7, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What do you want to be when you grow up? Worst. Question. Ever.

  

  ? Inspired, Adelaide and I proceeded to spend the rest of the semester ... tons of fluid mechanics here and am really getting into the idea of ... , or something. I'm not very far from "the real world," as they say, and

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 2, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  I’m Kind of a Big Deal Leaves and famous people alike think so.

  

  , I go to the mall, wear makeup, and own way too many pairs of shoes. We ... "Everyday". So I went. I laughed. And I hugged the hugging guy. Speaking of ... your liberal art courses and still have a good chance of making it in MIT

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 22, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Halloweekend and the 7 weekends prior!

  

  of SK LATE NIGHT First, you take the Night Market, a celebration of Asian culture though performance and food, and you boil 3 handfuls of the ... in my first round of exams (don’t panic, I got above average on the

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • October 28, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Checking My Calendar I know I'll eat my words come late September, but I'm looking forward to three…

  

  the clock at MIT and getting several full nights of sleep a week at ... of those too) and the less exhaustive selection of student groups meant ... were nearly impossible to guess... First Row 1: Ortaköy Mosque and the

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • August 17, 2010
• Blog / Advice

  Hey International Kids! Press 'Submit' already!

  

  a bit of Boston- and when the cold October winds blew, they gave me ... this time I read them imagining myself as one of the students here. I ... application season, and if so, then this post is for you! First I’d like to

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • October 25, 2018
• FAQ / Prepare for MIT

  Can you recommend some academic competitions?

  It's great that you're searching for programs to challenge yourself academically. We have info on science olympiads, science fairs, robotics competitions, and maker opportunities on our STEM programs page.
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Making Things Fly for a living.

  

  obscene hours of the morning to attend a 2 hour long double lecture. And you ... streamlined design of the tip to minimize drag, the payload inside the nose and ... stability. He talks about the 120 degree separation of the fins and their

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • October 27, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Machine Shops, Part 1 Yay, power tools! A look at places to find them around campus.

  

  output of our sensors shown on the oscilloscope. That's fun and everything ... year, 2.007 in the spring of sophomore year, and 2.009 in the fall of ... ... And a nice view of all of the available table space. Another machine

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 5, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  [Guest Post] Good Morning or Good Night? seven am adventures where people say good morning and good night

  

  introduce myself: Name? Theo. Year? First-Year/Frosh/The Young One ... theo if he was younger than most of the admissions blog readers. to which ... since they’re like, two out of the top three declared courses"]Course 6s

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 6, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  Help! Learn from my mistakes...and from the Beatles.

  

  my eyes to the intricacies and mind-blowing consistencies of language…and ... . EVER. After the first paper, everyone in the class found a speaker of a ... . Phew. That first one WAS just a fluke. And then I looked at the comments

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 23, 2010