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• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Our FAPnomenol Start of Sophomore Year! where we recount the tale of our first week back on campus

  

  you get when writing the date on the first assignment of the new year ... ! That’s some pretty new territory on these blogs, but for us it ... , Allan, and get to know us :). *segway alert* We recently had many of these

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • September 7, 2017
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  [Guest Post] Reflecting on the great memories of my freshman year ☀️ When life gives you lemons, share them with others >:) ☀️

  

  hands-on learning. Each year, it admits 50 first-year students that get to ... will get to know your professors and staff in ESG and you will find ESG ... from applying to MIT. This is an amazing place and if you’re still

  • by Cami M. '23
  • April 21, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Semester II: v. hosed tl;dr: *loud screaming*

  

  You know you’re hosed when it takes you a week after classes start to ... ’t going to attend any of my Monday classes) Sophomore Standing If you’re scratching your head and wondering how exactly MIT is allowing me to take this

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • February 14, 2018
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The 2011 Brass Rat! Can I turn this in in lieu of my blank lab report for tomorrow?

  

  continues to maintain our website. In addition, later on we formed a few sub ... sophomore blogger will get to blog Ring Premiere! So I must admit, I didn ... (more on that later!) with our student ID) Someone (it turns out to be

  • by Chris S. '11
  • February 9, 2009
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Three patterns from the pattern language of my life

  

  messaged me, and on a whim I invited him to visit me in New Mexico, and he ... writing for CityLab, then part of The Atlantic), moved to New Mexico to be ... space. Courtyards are meant to be crossed.  The entry on courtyards in A

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • January 24, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  Your Profile On The Web: Can It Hurt You? Responses to questions on Facebook and other internet profiles and how they can affect college…

  

  . Admissions officers should get involved in these communities if they want to ... policies on this topic that they've made public, I would advise folks to go ... everything; simply limit those parts of your profile to people you approve as

  • by Ben Jones
  • July 11, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Decisions Beginning To Arrive How are you guys doing?

  

  't seem to get anything done. I'm working on the big Q&A thread that I ... this job - so it's nice to know what you're feeling. Ben ... folks (1|2|3) and deferred folks (1|2|3). Still, I'd love to hear from you

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 13, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  An Uncreative Post with an uncreative title

  

  exploration. Many on hall felt free and ready to mingle, and went out every week ... . On bad days, I have to go out to buy a salad (or eat human food that ... even have a new mountain on campus that people climb with a fervor of the

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • March 1, 2015
• Blog / Events

  emergency blog post because Lilly Chin ‘17 just won Jeopardy and is also the greatest of all time "who is the spiciest memelord?" it's you

  

  answer:       I have been privileged to know and ... . But right now, I don't think I've ever been prouder to be an MIT ... LOVE YOU LOTS. edit: more Lilly content posted this morning includes

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 24, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Homeschooled applicants Some advice for our homeschooled applicants.

  

  version of something that will eventually be posted as official content on ... community. I'm happy to take questions on this topic as well. ... 'd recommend bookmarking that page, and not this entry. But this should get the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 5, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  One weekend in New York, two (very different) operas And I didn't pay a cent.

  

  up to get my act together. Showered, dressed, brushed teeth - booked it ... the MoMA: On the way in, Kandinsky tells the visitor what to think about. I'm a little rusty on my art history, but I was very excited to

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 22, 2013
• Blog / How to Human

  Spoofy Spooky Stories MIT is ~haunted~

  

  walking down the Infinite and can’t wait to get back to your dorm to catch a ... butt glued to a random chair on the first floor of Stata. But your mentor keeps Slack messaging you with more and more new experiments to run. You’re

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • October 31, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  Living Off Campus I moved off campus last year and rented a house with some friends who were…

  

  guarantees on-campus housing to undergrads for eight semesters, I was under no ... really living on your own. MIT has a frequent shuttle (called the Safe ... for most people. They allow students to focus primarily on their

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • February 24, 2008
• Blog / Classes

  8.021 and my favorite moments the class that taught me to love physics

  

  sure to get our feedback for our weekly quizzes, too. I was really just ... California the day before his new job and swallowed a bee that proceeded to ... fire, still on a live Zoom call with us because he's that dedicated to us

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 17, 2020
• Blog / Announcements

  The First-Year Application for the MIT Class of 2026 is now live

  

  need to follow up on. This is to allow us to get completely caught up on ... email to check in on your documents - we won't be able to verify until we ... reason to rush your application to us by November 1st, especially if you

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 31, 2021
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  On sleep There's nothing certain in this world but sleep and taxes.

  

  thing, you're talking to someone who loves sleep. Sleep and food are two ... it is possible to get an adequate amount of sleep at MIT, as long as you've figured out what you need to do in order to get that amount of

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • November 7, 2005
• Blog / Community Projects

  [Guest Post] Because Racecar, Friendships, and Family By Monica C. '25: "What I’ve learned about being an engineer, friend, and teammate by…

  

  who were willing to take the risk and get their hands dirty. 3) You’re ... time on the team, requiring us to learn how to build a custom gearbox ... process, but more importantly, it’s taught me what it takes to work on a

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • July 31, 2025
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Have you seen your mother baby standing in the shadow? A visitor's guide to Harrisburg, PA, with original soundtrack by Billy Mack.

  

  the story of the next two days when I get back to sweet, sweet Boston on ... movie Kate decides to get serious, slits her wrists, and uses the blood to ... New England countryside, I gladly agreed to take a bike ride with Ben

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 18, 2005
• Blog / Denied by MIT, Now [X]

  Letters from the 2023 decisions threads

  

  decision on equal terms, the institute and myself, with nothing to lose. Your waitlist decision gives you exactly that: the opportunity to be on ... . It was freeing, in a way, to be able to seek new dreams, create new

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 25, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  How to Foil a UFO Abduction 1. Control your thoughts.

  

  ; 700 are not going to destroy you. You're getting into some pretty major ... , to which I retaliated by going out and getting Daily Paperfolding or ... orange books that tell you everything from how to do a 360 with your car to

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 26, 2006