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• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Regular Action Deadline Extended to January 3 We have extended the RA deadline. Happy Holidays!

  

  Reports do not need to be submitted by January 3; they should be submitted ... admission to January 3. The freshman application can be submitted through My ... to submit your deadline. If your application is ready to go, click that

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 3, 2009
• Blog / Classes

  CMS.621: Fans & Fan Culture the class that changed my career trajectory?

  

  class was also a 9am-10:30am class on Mondays and Wednesdays. To those of ... having to read Powers' ATLA blog in class, which I thought was a cool ... for having girlish interests, and it was a really difficult thing to

  • by Cami M. '23
  • May 17, 2021
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The Years of the Rat More about MIT's famous class ring: the "Brass Rat."

  

  , 1931, and 1932. Their mission was to design a ring to be used as the ... committee decided to adorn the bezel of the ring with the beaver and have a ... 1914, Lester Gardner of the MIT Club of New York proposed a mascot to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 21, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Listen to Admissions: the creative process for Pi day videos

  

  arriving on campus, upperclassmen are returning to campus, admissions ... by the Video4Colleges podcast about the drone delivery video from Pi ... splits video), and the V4C folks wanted to know more about the creative

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 22, 2016
• Blog / How to Food

  concord market is finally here!!!!! feasting at MIT's on-campus grocery store

  

  hope was lost. I thought I would graduate and never get to lay eyes on ... morning, over two years after I had last eyes on LaVerde's, to see a ... explore this new grocery store, so here I am, a week or so later, ready to

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • March 21, 2025
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Full Steam Ahead Leaving Boston for the final time

  

  look forward to. This September, I’ll be beginning a Masters of Science ... degree program, and head into the “real world”, by March 2013. Prior to ... On Sunday night, I sat alone on a bench in South Station holding what

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • June 9, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Time and change

  

  taking the bus down even further south to visit my dad in Woodstock, Georgia. It's very strange. The first few times I went back to a parental ... go to a place like MIT, and I promise you, you not only change but you

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • December 23, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Value added You are not the same person you'll be at the end of undergrad, and your…

  

  school applications (particularly in getting into my perfect program) to my ... applying to my programs. (I got a better score on the GRE than I did on the ... scientist, not a baby, and was able to discuss my project with humor and poise

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 25, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  regrets about college and the pandemic

  

  than gratitude” is a refrain commonly attributed to anne frank, but ... look for the true source, or at least i wasn’t able to get anywhere ... while i could. if i knew a certain type of person would stop talking to me

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • September 30, 2021
• Blog / Personal Travel

  We Wear Matching Hats Very nearly one year ago, I wore the hat you're all wearing this week.

  

  spent a while fussing over getting into college, and as a result I'd put a ... structure until you get here and come into your own. And maybe you won't. As a ... forward to what is still to do. -- Goethe So I spent the Thanksgiving

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • December 6, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  people appreciation post <3

  

  over text by Alan. and everyone else who I have failed to mention here, I ... sure that the dorms are clean and livable and a home to so many of us ... hope to even feign. dining staff  I had a very complicated relationship

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • November 2, 2024
• Blog / Events

  MIT Commencement On Friday, the MIT Class of 2005 graduated! It was a beautiful day on Killian…

  

  On Friday, the MIT Class of 2005 graduated! It was a beautiful day on ... . Killian Court opens to parents at 7:30am, but the Commencements ceremonies don't begin until 10am. In the meantime, there's a "pre-game show." This

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 6, 2005
• Blog / Advice

  No Snow, and on singing badly me? singing? and posting it online?!

  

  'm listening it right now and I don't like it. Do yourself a favor and listen to ... 't have to listen to how embarrassing I sound? Well, I'm trying to make a ... want to get better. That's something that I failed to grasp for so long

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 24, 2021
• Blog / Uncategorized

  [guest post] The Random Hall Milk: Gone But Not Forgotten an obitu-dairy for Pecker's oldest resident

  

  This is a guest post by Sara M. '24, our lovely dorm VP, who did a ... -enjoyer, please take a moment to think of our beloved Milk as you drink your own ... dorm for more than a week before we began to notice that some crucial

  • by Alice L. '24
  • October 21, 2022
• Blog / Athletics

  Scootah Hockey a sport of tradition, friendship, and raw athleticism

  

  guarded by a vigilant goalie with the power to apprehend nearby pucks and ... game to play. Each team has three to four players on at a time, each of whom rides on a noble steed--those scooters that you used to sit your

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • May 13, 2025
• Blog / Community Projects

  No Touching one plane, two planes, red plane, Corn Dog

  

  paint job. Sometimes people get enthusiastic and want to touch each others ... then headed out to Sonic (a drive-in burger restaurant) for lunch, where ... , headed to Olive Garden for a well-deserved dinner, and then called it a

  • by Allan K. '17
  • April 11, 2014
• Blog / Events

  MIT International Or how a local Model UN conference broke molds and expectations by going abroad

  

  in my two and a half years of doing Model UN in high school - to help ... more than just a niche - they've given momentum to an overseas movement ... , Ahmed H. (a former blogger) and Albert W., were invited to be guest chairs

  • by Emad T. '14
  • February 11, 2011
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Bloggers invade LA What should Sam and I do in Los Angeles? Suggestions welcome

  

  and I are flying out to Los Angeles today for a one-week stay in the ... instead of a suitcase. On our to-do list so far, we have 1. Roscoe ... the last bit of my milk, which may have been a problem tomorrow

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • March 23, 2007
• Blog / Events

  What if You Didn’t Like CPW? is MIT still the place for you?

  

  of fun meeting a you future froshies in person. Today I wanted to ... , it'll always be such a small window to the vastness of the types of ... continue staying awake to watch the sunrise. It always had such a chill

  • by Erick P. '17
  • April 21, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  2 AM Destiny An early evening snapshot of an MIT kitchen

  

  a cup of tea on his way to fight an invisible space bear the printer ... day rolls over, by Random Hall Standard Time. Destiny, the southern half ... rights on eBay for $36 and used the money to build stadium seating in the

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • October 12, 2011