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• Blog / Admissions

  Advising Folders! Lots of fun discoveries about advising and such. Also, how I managed to confuse MIT…

  

  , which means excited little prefrosh like yours truly got to find out ... , MAS.A17 (Designing Technologies for Kids). Basically I get to play with ... you meet with them every once in awhile to make sure things are going OK

  • by Laura N. '09
  • August 18, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  notes on hope despite despite despite

  

  have to be good. You do not have to walk on your knees for a hundred ... matter how lonely, the world offers itself to your imagination, calls to ... easily to the strangers i pass on my way home. it's finally warm enough

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • February 25, 2025
• Blog / IAP

  IAP and Igloos This is an entry about IAP. IAP is the month of January. It's...February. I know.

  

  during the school year that you didn't quite get to because you were ... to walk across the Harvard bridge, wear rainboots up to your elbows ... . IAP is another name of the month of January. Some people may be quick to

  • by Jess K. '10
  • February 25, 2009
• Blog / Events

  Why yes, I’m with the news I need a good fedora

  

  packet and your press badge, feel free to wander around and thanks for ... said in order to get this kid to make this face. Also there was the ... , had a pretzel bar. I leave you now to your jealousy, knowing that I

  • by Snively '11
  • August 7, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  FUN Form FAQs U is for Ukelele

  

  obligated to fill up the form—it’s okay if all you’re sending us is semester ... can indicate that you don’t have any grades to report since you’re not ... want to see your latest grades and any updates. It’s okay if you don

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • January 16, 2018
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  One Day in the Life of Dora as told by the one and only Dora

  

  direct transcript for your reading pleasure: Me: Tell me about your day. Dora: So I went to sleep at 2am last night because I was trying to finish my 18.03 pset. But I didn’t actually finish. I was going to do it in

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • March 4, 2016
• Blog / Events

  some food around boston plus a random ski pic!

  

  so I hear: I've yet to go) but it's good in a pinch and when you're ... Bridge to get on the Boston side, there's Santouka, which is a fairly ... It is my long-term quest to visit as many ramen shops around Boston

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • March 1, 2018
• Blog / Classes

  How to build a Tamagotchi and the power of curiosity

  

  was a completely opened ended opportunity to design your own printed ... what features you want your circuit board to have. The components I ... where you bring your schematic to life. How will these connections and

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • May 25, 2025
• Blog / Blog Projects

  ASK US (the MIT Bloggers) ANYTHING! YES

  

  were newly admitted to MIT get to visit the campus and experience student ... them answered. (You’re able to comment anonymously, but use this power ... questions as we can. You can address your question(s) to all of us, or to

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • April 18, 2025
• Blog / Public Statements

  Asking for letters of recommendation (during a pandemic) tl;dr: mostly the same as during normal times, but clarifying some points of anxiety

  

  below, nor should you feel compelled to defend your choice as much as to ... , and how hard I worked to get an A in it, coming in every lunch to work ... /disrupted], and my 11th grade teachers barely got to know me. I feel like my

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 6, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  WMBR: College Radio at MIT will anyone watch the entire 36 minute video? probably not

  

  collecting clean audio. If you've gotten to the point where you're getting ... orientation and are usually able to get their own show within a few weeks of ... . It was kind of shocking to me just how easy it was to get on air. My

  • by Abby H. '20
  • May 15, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Blogger Wrapped 2023 For all of the Blogger/Spotify Data Junkies

  

  the top .001%. You need at least 150,000 minutes to get to this level ... IT'S BLOGGER WRAPPED TIME This feels almost poetic to me. The very first time I even considered applying to MIT was in January of 2022, when

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • December 10, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  This entry has a surprise ending While you wait for decisions to come out, I remind you that people at MIT…

  

  at MIT happens more often than some people do laundry. Best to get it ... away from your mistakes and weaknesses. All you need to do is reach out ... existence of outside has fled your memory. I'm going to stop writing now so

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • March 13, 2009
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  In Defense of Peer Pressure or, why my hair is now purple

  

  act, be your own person and make good choices. I'm here to tell you how ... pressure isn't always bad. Listening to your friends, and letting them affect ... abstract. Let me get to the point. My hair is purple. Let's be frank

  • by Kate R. '14
  • March 17, 2011
• Blog / Events

  Sal Khan, Gabriel Abrantes, and the Man in the Shiny Red Satan Suit Yesterday was crazy, or: How to Quit your Job, Learn Everything, and Think about Art

  

  looking all over for you, kid!" booms Satan. "Let's get you back to hell ... uncertain coworker. By the time I grab my sandwich and get to the door, both ... roast chicken-mashed avocado-jicama sandwich and talking to my sister on

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • May 10, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Summer Circus but like a nerd circus. So you know, less elephants and more calculus. Just as…

  

  and tweaking components to get everything to work like it does in the ... I wish I had time to do during the school year! (I'm getting much much ... , and I get to read all the books I've always heard good things about. Our

  • by Chris M. '12
  • July 7, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Singing with a Local Filk Group [by Susan Shepherd '11] At MIT, I discovered that my "unusual" hobbies weren't all that…

  

  capsaicin to get a really spicy dish?" "Actually…that would work. Okay ... 's easy for you to learn about neat stuff through the grapevine. If you're ... is the culture. It's hard to describe, but there's a peculiar mix of

  • by ARTalk
  • April 14, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Double diplomas The only thing better than one MIT degree is TWO MIT degrees!

  

  actually get two diplomas to show off at graduation (and to hang pretentiously on your putative future office wall, for that matter). Somewhere ... being pedantic. A "double-major" generally means that one gets a single

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 12, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  REXachusetts Institute of Technology your guide to the daily confusion

  

  where you're going to live, REX is the perfect time to explore MIT’s dorms ... years and upperclassmen, and get a feel for everything MIT has to offer ... . According to MIT's Dormitory Council: Residence Exploration, or REX, is a

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 1, 2022
• Blog / Community Projects

  MIT Mini Maker Faire Celebrating STEAM and creativity

  

  seemed to showcase this idea of demonstrating your artistic creativity with ... according to MIT News) it was a huge success! My photography skills are less ... ). I’ve been to county fairs with craft exhibition booths and ventured to

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • October 11, 2014