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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  A Pythagorean Triple of Awesome Otherwise known as the weekend of the 4th of July. Just another long weekend in…

  

  I should probably start out with this: oh hey, guys, I’m living in ... , I’m UROPing in the Doyle lab in the basement of building 66 (which is the ChemE building), I actually have time to shop at Trader Joe’s at

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • July 18, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Mocha Show ’22: Mo’Mixtape creating and performing a dance showcase, from start to finish

  

  i'm on the hip-hop dance team Mocha Moves. every February, we put on ... my friends came to the show to cheer me on, and i was absolutely ecstatic to show them the results of how hard i'd worked over IAP. we weren

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • February 16, 2022
• Blog / Hacks

  MacG 50ish years ago an email from an alumnus

  

  Every now and then I get a cool email from the outside world. Here ... I asked in a rambly 10-minute-long video tour of my MacGregor single ... to a video you posted last year about your room.  I can offer you some

  • by Abby H. '20
  • October 6, 2019
• Blog / Events

  This School’s Big Game: a fun way to think too hard (how MIT Mystery Hunt works, now in Up-Goer Five)

  

  I love to play with big weird words, so writing in Up-Goer Five makes ... things more confusing, I have hidden some real words used by [annotation ... studying-people that might be hard for you to find if I did not say them. You

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • January 25, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

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

  

  do! Angela ‘24, Karthik ‘22, Emily ‘22, and I spent who knows how many ... making here.  I dragged Angela into talking about this year’s video ... Audrey came up with something good. Audrey: lmao i don't remember if that

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

  For those whose applications have been interrupted by disasters and disruptions providing what information and comfort we can

  

  , not new: as I blogged last year in the wake of Hurricane Michael ... they are all interrelated. More on that in a minute. I am writing this ... (and all other) difficult time. I want to elaborate my point above

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 29, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  How to decide, when you’re deciding a pretext for productive procrastination

  

  haven't completely decided. I shouldn't give you more things to read as a pretext for further procrastination...but I will. Here are some blog posts ... I've met, emailed, Facebooked, Slacked, or spoken on the phone with

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 1, 2018
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Summer in Boston what happens outside MIT

  

  , Boston Common, Public Garden etc. I travel Downtown almost every week: to ... four I attended last year. I’ll keep you updated for more Boston activities this summer (and let me know what I missed in the comments below

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • July 3, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Dear Applicants: The College Essay part 3 of the Dear Applicants series

  

  did. I doubted each one of my essays. Re-wrote drafts. Edited the main ... confident. Use the active voice. Avoid “I think” and “I believe.” Don’t try to ... ." Use the personal pronoun "I" with caution. I know that's hard. I also

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • November 12, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  The Importance of Wasting Time lessons learned over Thanksgiving break

  

  three different aliases in the blogosphere) and I prepared a modest ... ’d caught herself in a pre-college Alaskan life), and I stumbled through the ... played video games, and I attempted to work. Upon opening my eyes the next

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • December 9, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Mathematics for Computer Science – “Top 10 Proof Techniques NOT Allowed” 6.042 has been a very engaging and entertaining class thus far.

  

  my approach to MIT (more on that later), I've finally figured out my classes for junior fall. One of the classes I'm in this semester is 6 ... . Actually, I didn't expect it to be this great at all. Even though I loved

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • September 12, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Q&A for EA Deferred and Regular Action students your last minute questions

  

  on Monday, January 6. However, I know that those of you who were ... ’s see if I can answer some of the most common questions we get every year. For Deferred Students I was deferred. I will never get in RA, right

  • by Kris Guay
  • December 20, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  The Real Deal no impostors here

  

  Facebook group: I know I've been *admitted* to MIT, but I don't know if I am ... * because i feel pretty much the same way... 0.o ... I keep reading about these national scholars and competition people and I'm just a guy from

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 27, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Space Robots Here's how I spent my summer.

  

  It's been a while since I introduced you to MIT (my way, of course).  Since then, I've been on the ETOOMUCHADVENTURE side of things - the curse ... catch you guys up on what I've been doing. I will start it with a post

  • by Piper '13
  • August 19, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  Waitlist Q&A A bit of clarification on being waitlisted.

  

  I know that folks on the waitlist have lots of questions; hopefully ... students will choose to remain on the waitlist. Can you tell me where I am on the waitlist? As I've said, the waitlist is not ranked. We will

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 15, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Burchard Scholars Program (old time stamp: 11-21-09) - this entry is five months late >___

  

  . When my daughter was living in McCormick, I asked her one day what she ... , Burchard Scholars Program Coordinator. I've been meaning to write about Burchards for awhile, but I always thought, "well, I'll just write about it

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 18, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Generally Unrelated to General Relativity In which I am not a graduate student.

  

  This semester, I'm taking a graduate class in General Relativity that ... sandwiches and phalanx-like carrot sticks at exactly 11:55 AM. Never did I ... complaint like, “I was five standard deviations below the mean on the last

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • February 15, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  A Blog Entry About Transition This blog entry is about transition. The act of passing from one state or place…

  

  transition. And in one sentence, I've completely ruined your hope of being ... " painted on its side, but I'm not actually going to tell you what it is yet. Especially not that it's about transition. Okay, I'm really not doing too well

  • by Jess K. '10
  • April 2, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  You’re 18, But You Aren’t Invincible Impressions of my first month at MIT -- both sobering and exciting.

  

  I've been at MIT for just over a month now. It hasn't quite sunk in ... , particularly where I live... I have not known boredom since moving here. There ... . "Oh my gosh! I'm in college now! I can do whatever I want! Heehee, my

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • October 1, 2005
• Blog / Blog Projects

  Answer these 13 questions and we’ll reveal the perfect dorm for you! What does your favorite dorm animal say about where you should live?

  

  IT SOB OK I THINK IT WORKS NOW LMK IF IT BREAKS Let us know what you ... -turned-blog-idea on the MIT class of 2029 Discord Server, where I was helping out ... each of our dorms has its own traditions, in-jokes, and lifestyles. I

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • May 22, 2025