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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Bread at Desk This entry brought to you by the letters "Sleep Deprivation."

  

  I've drawn enough Lewis structures to satisfy me for awhile. When I ... seagreen paint next to the X office" or "cute cat, call xxxx for more ... who scan reuse for computer parts to build random cool things. For real

  • by Karen F. '11
  • March 14, 2008
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Remember the Fourth Another reason why I'm happy I chose MIT over Stanford.

  

  . 3. Get to the Hatch Shell early and get a wristband for the night ... series of puzzles for the heirs to solve. At the end of the book, after ... entire day, I went to Quincy Market for chowda for lunch (the American meal

  • by Chris S. '11
  • July 6, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  To-Do List for Regular Action Applicants With the deadline a month away, there are things you need to be doing now.

  

  10) to schedule your interview is fast approaching! You can find the ... standardized test scores have been sent to MIT. Our College Board Code (for SAT ... great time to register for the January administration of the tests, which

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 1, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Lost in the Pages of the Institute are we out of the woods yet, are we in the clear yet

  

  , to “get by”, but far below what it felt like to be swimming in new ... fraternity was getting new members. I had ideas for a second novel, Nkem, and ... . There’s been getting to know the new friends in my life, both at the dorm

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • October 25, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2 / Keep Calm and Carry On Getting some much-needed vitamin D on the other coast

  

  forced myself to get up early to skate from 8-9am before by 9am. I usually ... ="alignnone" width="1000"] A peek into my week of October 1st to 5th, categorized by ... leaving MIT for a semester would make it harder for us to adjust back to the

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • October 30, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  New York, New York

  

  assessments for entering M.I.T. freshmen. He fears that the new 25-minute SAT ... backed by data, I went to my hotel room, counted the words in those essays ... I'm in New York City now, staying in a hotel a stone's throw from the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 4, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  For the Admitted Students Welcome, Class of 2013!

  

  portal gets updated for new information (if it haven't already ... easy for awhile. Spend some time with your parents, go out to a movie ... graduating sooner than you think. 6,939,937. GET PUMPED for Campus Preview

  • by Chris S. '11
  • March 16, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Summers spending three at home

  

  , we were still focusing on adjusting to and getting used to college life, so applying to internships or looking for summer UROPs just wasn ... that is not the case for everyone), so we didn’t feel any pressure to

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • June 22, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Advanced Standing Exams: know your stuff, get out of a semester-long class! You should really consider taking them.

  

  the credit for those classes. ASEs are created by the department that ... class. If you take the ASE, the grade you get on the test stands in for a ... as you pass the test, you get full credit for having taken the GIR, and

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • May 24, 2016
• Blog / Classes

  Apply to WISE! It would be WISE of you to do so

  

  changes.  Overall, WISE is a valuable time for students to get advice from ... decided.  Asia’s reason for applying to WISE was simple: “it was free”. We ... apply to. But she wasn’t genuinely considering it. “I didn’t think I’d get

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • June 13, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  News for Admitted Students Some next steps for those who received the good news.

  

  register for CPW by March 24 or when your travel plans are solidified ... securely with your future classmates, and to get emails and screennames to be ... 've made up your mind for sure about whether or not to attend MIT -- after

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 15, 2011
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Guess who can legally drive alone in Maine now? Learning to drive on hard mode (i.e., in Boston)

  

  , so it was too late for me to do the road test and get the proper ... ’t you the least bit terrified?” “Is it even legal for you to drive here ... I wasn’t about to let anything get in the way of my Acadia trip

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • January 19, 2025
• Blog / Challenges

  work-life balance (without a life)

  

  or play smash with. i used to think i'd burn out, that by doing ... for, i feel like there's no speed limit. i always have a feature to work ... when i was waiting for pull reviews, i had a limitless list of tickets to

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • August 10, 2022
• Blog / Athletics

  Go, ninja, go. A four hour tour of Boston, with Gilligan, and the Skipper too.

  

  anyone runs bandit--you have to qualify for it. You have to run really fast ... armed guards, waited for the second wave of runners to come by, and hopped ... (water, road closure, medical facilities) paid for by the entry fees of

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 24, 2006
• Blog / IAP

  Teaching Abroad: a Guest Blog Post by Elizabeth Q. ‘14 Learn a new language, teach science.

  

  summer after my freshman year I went to Germany for two months as part of ... GTLs is a great way to explore teaching – you get to try teaching very ... ’m Elizabeth ‘14, one of Anna’s many friends). I’m here to talk about teaching at

  • by Anna H. '14
  • April 13, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  MIT Admissions Valentine's Day Cards! Welcome to your moments of fame, 13's.

  

  contest to be last. That should be a new one for you guys. ... . And finally we come to Sheila '13 of Connecticut, who opts for separate ... (I know where that is! yay Google maps.) and will likely be in for a

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • February 14, 2009
• Blog / Residential Life

  rush wilg bunnies inside this blog post

  

  year and thus couldn't get on-campus housing anymore. I used to live in ... plan. WILG also has a meal plan, but it is all cooked by us! We get ... for a year and a half spent elsewhere due to the pandemic. For a long

  • by Rona W. '23
  • September 13, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A Weekend in New York [by Davie Rolnick '11, Guest Blogger] Art Scholars go to see Wagner at the Met!

  

  suffice it to say a most marvelous time was had by all. And hoorah for ... [by Davie Rolnick '12, Guest Blogger] Glory be to MIT! The Arts Scholars went to see Wagner at the Met! A weekend-long trip to New York

  • by ARTalk
  • April 22, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  2021 Applicants: Answers to Your Emails Inspiration, Process, Components, Stress Mgmt, and More

  

  . The website tells you what MIT is looking for and how to get here, in as ... )” by Chris S. ‘11 Interview To prep for the interview ... ’re not an applicant this year, but emailed me already, I’ll get to

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • October 9, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Checking in with EA Applicants because I just saw Chris' post, and you probably did, too

  

  . Sometimes, students here live for weeks on a deadline-to-deadline schedule, so ... ’re going to get in (relevant fun fact: MIT doesn’t do legacy admissions ... to show you why MIT is not the goal. From The New York Times, &ldquo

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • December 8, 2016