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• FAQ / First-year application

  Does MIT recruit athletes?

  your sport by completing a recruitment form. Depending on your potential contribution to MIT's varsity athletics, they may choose to advocate for you in ... undergraduates play at least one varsity sport. If you're a prospective student
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Truth Values [by Ken Haggerty '11] A fantastic one-woman show about life at MIT. (Now playing!)

  

  venue. (Photo by CST) The Central Square Theater, home to two theater ... playwright. Truth Values, written by Gioia De Cari in 2008, is a roman à clef ... stand has delicious cookies for only $1 each :) The show was followed by a

  • by ARTalk
  • September 22, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Even Waitresses Under 30 Call Me ‘Sweetheart’… Some thoughts about how classwork and free time intersect at MIT, with a look at…

  

  thinking a bit about age and about what it means to be eighteen, anyway, and ... to a two-year break from school, I'm finding that my passions ... to be a worthy contender for most intriguing class this term. We meet

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • October 8, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  I Scrapbook Sometimes Stickers!!!

  

  post, but I did not get to post about any of my own pages. Here is a look ... and stress-reducing to sit down on the floor and put stickers on pages ... you have some stickers and are feeling overwhelmed, get some pretty

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • January 17, 2015
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  (un)Empty Nest Welcome Back!

  

  ) because there are research opportunities year-round, and we get to meet ... the great summer blog posts. MIT encourages students to do research ... ’s a great opportunity for you, it does make things much quieter on the

  • by Dave McOwen
  • August 26, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Lucky Saturday the 14th Luck was a lady three nights in a row in NYC

  

  Avenue Saturday (avec Sam): a lunch in Chinatown a visit to Trump Tower ... Square a return to Chinatown, where I bid Sam farewell Special thanks to ... To make up for the apparently unlucky (but ultimately normal) Friday

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • January 17, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  feeling grown up walking in adult clothing

  

  one of the prompts i answered, when i applied to be a blogger (and ... myself i'm not tired all the time. offices. having a desk to myself ... myself, so if i don't get invited to anything, i stay at home and sleep

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • July 17, 2022
• Blog / Events

  Live from MYSTERY HUNT Live from Mystery Hunt

  

  7 to begin the hunt [12:48 PM] Now in Baker starting to solve the puzzles. If you want to join us: Come to Baker 6th floor for live action. Join us digitally at: Go to: http://headquarters.mit.edu Username

  • by Bryan
  • January 13, 2006
• Blog / Hacks

  A couple of hacks from a couple of hacks CPW tends to bring out the best work from the esoteric pranksters

  

  in a lot of people: facilities pays extra attention to make sure things ... starters, Lobby 7, the entrance to MIT from the road, was transformed into a ... well as a brave soul ready to be shot out of a cannon! Something I think

  • by Chris M. '12
  • April 30, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  MTB Party Pic & TechTV CPW Coverage Some fun ways to remember the weekend...

  

  update before I depart for a few days of vacation... First, a big thanks to ... fun reliving the memories, and I'll talk to you all when I get back next ... Hi folks, It was truly AWESOME to spend lots of time with all of you

  • by Ben Jones
  • April 14, 2008
• Blog / Announcements

  Welcome our new bloggers! Huzzah!

  

  summer, we are happy to announce our new bloggers! Please give a warm welcome to: Hala K. ‘29 from Michigan, who built not only robots but ... Carolina, who went on a quest to find a Pink Lemonade Celsius near her

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • September 16, 2025
• Blog / How to Human

  Seatbelts, Everyone! Interrupting Radio Silence...

  

  a week ago, I feel compelled to at least pretend I have some salient ... said "Take chances! Make mistakes! Get messy." I'll add to that only ... ...for a little trip down memory lane. What inspired this sudden

  • by Alina G. '11
  • June 13, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Trouble with External Validation Which came first? The admit or the awesome...

  

  decisions, we utilize a wide range of sources to help confirm and validate our ... that it frequently seems to be part of a continuous feedback loop. Allow me to explain. In a selective, competitive, holistic, merit

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • January 9, 2012
• Blog / How to Human

  lessons on burnout 2020 made me realize things

  

  , and… I get a break. Or I let myself take a break. A real break, for the ... considered a gap year in pre-covid times would have been to give myself a break ... myself for another year? So here I was, trying to get ready to learn again

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • January 12, 2021
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Day 1: Going North Leaving the light pollution bubble to go to class?

  

  than intended before coming back to campus, I forget that there’s a world ... is a college campus where events and famous people will often come to ... out to New Hampshire to do this? Wouldn’t it have been a lot warmer and

  • by Stanley G.
  • January 31, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  One for sorrow, two for joy Never surrender your dreams.

  

  class. Lead a life someone would want to remember. No matter what anyone ... This past week has been a mixed bag on many levels. On the one hand, I've gotten a lot of work done (three problem sets, one group project

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 14, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Wide-Eyed meet the therapist hanging above my bed.

  

  just waiting for me to bring him home. He keeps a very watchful eye as I sleep and dares anybody who walks by to have a staring contest with him ... Meet Dennis Hopper. That was a portrait taken of him by Charles

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • October 4, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Biology-inspired design from MIT alums What happens when you bring together nature and technology? I think you'll like the result.

  

  was turned off by academia, and wanted to explore those interests in a ... Louis-Rosenberg and Jessica Rosenkrantz take it a step further by actually ... program designed to replicate a natural phenomenon, such as the branching of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 29, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Musings on Graduate School Starting to think about graduate school...

  

  about the BE MEng is that I get to see what life as a grad student is like ... is that you get a masters in just 1 additional year, but right now my ... on my resume and not the PhD. While this sounds loony, I've talked to a

  • by Bryan
  • January 10, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Killer Mike, Lupe Fiasco, and the Dancing Body of the State five gatherings of many people

  

  'm not here to get you to buy a CD. I don't care if you come to my next ... exists to get people in a circle? I believe in the power of human ... Dance at Duke, gave a profound lecture to a rapt and engaged audience. He

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • April 27, 2015