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• Blog / MIT Life

  New Kid on the Blogs Claim your place. Make your mark. Live your dreams.

  

  was going to end up at MIT for college, I probably would have laughed in your face. Me, an MIT student? The concept was practically unthinkable ... accomplishments, whenever I thought about applying to MIT, I kept coming back to the

  • by Paul B. '11
  • October 8, 2007
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  FREE FOOD! FREE FOOD! EVERYWHERE!! AM I YELLING??

  

  ? ME: What? MOM: You're not really kicked out of MIT, were you? ME: Yeah, I've already returned my MIT mug to the Coop. MOM: THAT'S NOT FUNNY ... guys, I'm really not leaving MIT. Not yet, anyway. We'll see once classes

  • by Jess K. '10
  • September 2, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  A slightly snarkier guide to visitors How to not be the kind of MIT visitor who drives me up the wall.

  

  nice time to talk about MIT's campus organization. My goal is to teach ... there. At MIT, we refer to rooms in a format like this: 10-100 (the ... Corridor is the hallway which passes through several of MIT's main academic

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 12, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Song Remains The Same But sometimes my blog entry is a little different.

  

  any inside info about the choruses and performance classes at MIT? The ... Fall 2003 concert I was in with the MIT Chamber Chorus... it's a movment ... think this is pretty typical quality for MIT choral ensembles. Most of the

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 30, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Nance Nance Revolution! (+ My CPW Recap) New art and new memories.

  

  perfect fit for MIT and I can't wait to see you as a freshman this fall ... cannot express how pleased I was to gaze upon the MIT family and see a ... at MIT. While I'm at it, parents, you should take a bow as well. You

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • April 25, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sometimes a whale is just a whale Humanities classes make me roll my eyes sometimes.

  

  when I was little. (And everybody gets giddy at MIT -- freshman year, all ... of wiggle room if you go to a school like MIT. For instance, I have a 3 ... grad schools recognize that MIT is hard and many grade-inflated schools

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • December 13, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I think I can, I think I can The word "student" sounds like "study." I wonder if there's a correlation.

  

  me, "Isn't MIT supposed to be super hard? How do you find time to have ... office hours, but I promise you I, like the rest of the students at MIT ... "statements" that exist out there about MIT students and how they pull all

  • by Bryan
  • October 18, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  UROP 101 – The Intro Entry Each week, I will explore a different MIT student's unique research project and the insight…

  

  MIT is serious about research. The Institute is the birth place to ... upperclassmen. But fortunately, every MIT student has the opportunity to conduct ... into a field of our choice. Each week, I will explore one MIT student

  • by Melis A. '08
  • July 20, 2005
• Blog / Life after MIT

  The After

  

  is life like after MIT? Same same and different. I’m still an engineer ... community here still skews heavily from my MIT ties- a very present reminder ... been to 10 MIT weddings in the last 5 years from various college friends

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • January 26, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  MITWE Goes Digital We stan Fred in this household 😤

  

  website outages, it’s easy to forget nowadays that MIT is a tech school. Luckily, the MIT Wind Ensemble (MITWE) is always ahead of the curve, using ... loaner iPads across the MIT campus must have given Dr Fred Harris (MITWE

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • September 21, 2022
• Blog / IAP

  In The City That Never Sleeps NEEEEEEEEW YORK CIIIIIIIIITY

  

  This IAP, I was originally supposed to take an MIT class called ... UROP where we'll be reviewing the role that MIT plays in Marvel ... faces. A gaming UROP hosted by the MIT Game Lab where we're creating a

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 17, 2022
• Blog / Announcements

  We will not be taking anyone from the wait list in 2020 closing out the wait list for the Class of 2024

  

  students will accept our offer of admission and enroll at MIT in the fall (as ... best decision for them once MIT announced its plans for the fall. On July 7th, MIT released those plans, and allowed incoming first

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • July 30, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  Spirited Away Guest Post By Freshly Alum'ed Wasay A. '19

  

  all, but MIT will never be the same. Because MIT is about the people. It ... foundation is left behind, for the next generation of the MIT community to make

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • June 13, 2019
• Blog / Athletics

  Skating or School? Why not both?

  

  Before coming to MIT, I had no idea if I wanted to continue skating, training, and competing. Before committing to MIT, I accepted the fact that, as a full-time student as a full-time MIT student, there was the all

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • November 21, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  More Cool Data Stuff, ft. Immersion I just really like data visualizations, plz don't judge

  

  . I present to you: immersion.media.mit.edu. The Collective Learning ... want to UROP there some day. Also, general shoutout to the MIT internet

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • November 5, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Celebrating Defiance @ the Media Lab a prize for responsible, ethical disobedience

  

  Last July, the MIT Media Lab created a $250,000 award to recognize and celebrate responsible disobedience: The Media Lab Disobedience Award seeks to highlight effective, responsible, ethical disobedience across

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 21, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Dear Applicants: Parts 1 and 2 for Early and Regular Action applicants

  

  school adventures. MIT is not the goal. It never was. No one can see the ... . MIT is competitive, but it’s not a competition. There are no judges to ... productive high school years, congratulations! Your story is now part of MIT

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • November 12, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  When September Ends on career fair, life, and other occurrences

  

  Life is back on the MIT track… I ended my most recent blog post with ... the MIT bubble. You get to preview what’s way ahead. The life beyond and outside MIT. Many recruiters are alumni. You might see yourself in them

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • October 7, 2015
• Blog / Hacks

  Hackapult Sieges The Dome

  

  . The Boston Globe reported soon after with "In latest MIT hack, a tribute ... assembled and traffic copters flew overhead.     MIT facilities ... Landon Carter '17.         MIT facilities

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 15, 2015
• Blog / Events

  Happenings What's been going on? Recent events at le MIT.

  

  least not officially. Come on MIT, what is that? It’s breaking tradition ... final update, on Friday, Fossil Free MIT revealed a campus-wide statement ... ; Fossil Free MIT gained permission from MIT Facilities before executing this

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • May 4, 2014