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• Blog / Announcements

  Be a Blogger 2021!

  

  colorful new new MIT welcome center will soon be ready for you to see! more ... to be bloggers to share your garbage with the world https ... wisdom, but we can’t write about what it’s like to live on Conner 2, or

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 1, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  year 2 of the course 2 how do you become a mechanical engineer, anyway?

  

  's my blog and I get to put words in your mouth if I want. That's a good question, which is why I went trekking to Professor Warren Seering (my new advisor)'s office on Tuesday in search for the answers to life, the universe

  • by Michael C. '16
  • September 5, 2013
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Psets from hell Sometimes learning can be painful

  

  , working out how to compute integrals on my own or creating new methods of ... volunteered to help out the following year. (You know how it is, when you're in ... about 3 weeks ago) to get straight A's, but despised every minute of AP

  • by Laura N. '09
  • April 18, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  what we mean when we say the people why we like “the people”

  

  the people that say "theyre not like people their age that like to get ... traits: go deep/intense on projects (+), too overwhelmed/busy to care about ... to talk to / get to know we’re analyzing a film in literature and

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 25, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  Come Visit! I promise we'll be nice.

  

  succession, her Facebook status was updated, Google-stalking was initiated, and ... yesterday, Jeanne's phone rang and we went to meet our overnight guest (who ... my floor after an effort to microwave a bagel pizza went terribly

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • October 14, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Idol A selection committee fantasy.

  

  someone has a little too much wine and gets up on stage and tries to ... brain is concerned, so when you get home at night, you're not exactly looking to dive into a theoretical physics book. Truth be told, you're

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 22, 2007
• Blog / Events

  TELETHONNNNN brought to you by Domino's

  

  congratulate Early Action students on getting into MIT. It was... tough. What ... connie.huang at mit dot edu or just comment on this post! I'd love to ... ones I didn't get to reach. After Nicole and I finished our eightieth

  • by Connie H. '15
  • February 1, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Intense Procrastination There's a difference between procrastination and INTENSE PROCRASTINATION!

  

  ? Instead I listened to the new Muse album (go buy it now) and found a solo in ... in a nice piece of sheet music. I looked around on YouTube to see if ... your enjoyment, a video of me playing the clarinet solo from Muse's new

  • by Snively '11
  • September 19, 2009
• Blog / Events

  In pursuit of freedom MIT might not be free, but plenty of things are.

  

  day on which I will again not tell you about FASAP. Except, that is, to ... portraits of what appeared to be Woodrow Wilson. If that doesn't pique your ... ) works. Afterwards, the participants get to keep the phones. (*Just to

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • October 21, 2008
• Blog / Community Projects

  Affirmations not unnecessary

  

  now you’re learning something new, and that’s hard to do, but that doesn ... that semester, I went back to him with grades I was proud of, and a new ... learn and get better at math. In a way that allowed me to be me. I guess I

  • by Paige B. '24
  • January 29, 2025
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Freedom costs a buck-oh-five Question: What are two broke twenty-somethings to do on a pristine summer day in Boston?Answer:…

  

  too cool for this sort of thing. When you get to MIT for orientation ... Series is going on outside your window. 6. Old North Church At the Old ... Boston on Fridays and Saturdays. You can get pounds and pounds of produce

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 8, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Incoming freshmen, come to the Activities Midway tomorrow! Find a group where you can continue your hobbies and try something new.

  

  service? Want to get involved with these activities at MIT? Then, come to the Activities Midway, on Friday August 31st, 4:00pm - 6:30pm in the ... student group on campus (246 of them!!!!) We'll all be vying for your

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 30, 2007
• Blog / Classes

  [Guest Post] Down the River Sharon L. '21 talks Harvard and life paths

  

  awareness on campus. A lot of campus politics seem to have more student ... cool experience. Free transportation: MIT students get free access to ... ’s even just nice to be able to get out of the MIT STEM bubble for a bit

  • by Abby H. '20
  • March 8, 2019
• Blog / Athletics

  the fear and delight of fire spinning do not this at home! I am a trained (semi?)professional.

  

  accident and on purpose). Besides committing to MIT, joining Spinning Arts ... four props, though I have tried everything i could get my hands on. There ... of calm and focus I usually don’t get in the hectic day-to-day of an

  • by Anika H. '26
  • June 21, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  the luxury of bad art nothing but the truth

  

  story ended up winning a national award, and I flew to New York City for ... bashes a thinly-disguised ex and upload it to Soundcloud only to get two ... Recently, I’ve been trying to record music. I have a mic setup thanks

  • by Rona W. '23
  • May 11, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  Planned Mail Date: March 11

  

  In case you missed it: We plan to send freshman admissions decision letters on Friday, March 11, 2005 by regular mail. We know how nerve-wracking it can be to wait, but please give the mail a chance! If you don't get

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 6, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Holy Grail of Classes Think of the coolest class you can. Then think of one that's a million times…

  

  promise to be marketed and you need help on the startup. That's right, MIT helps pay to get your toy marketed. By this point we're all reeling ... anticipated it being difficult to get back into the swing of things but was

  • by Snively '11
  • February 6, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  you can’t be everything to everyone you just can't

  

  to work on the hunt. so i was looking forward to it for quite a while ... steam, and i felt zero motivation to work on any of the puzzles. this ... and gets passed on, with the impending east campus renovation and all

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 8, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  I failed the Swim Test! And now you can too!!

  

  blogger to learn to swim (you’re welcome).  The day after I got to campus, literally on day two, I had to report to the pool for the swim test. At least ... get to skip the line of people attempting the test to sign up for a

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • October 26, 2023
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The Room Where It Happens my two year tale of student governance, up until the bitter end

  

  led to that very introduction. But, I’ll touch on that in a bit. I was ... at New House. I went to a panel about housing at MIT because my parents ... them all weekend in favor of rush burgers. I sat next to my parents on

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • July 13, 2017