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• Blog / Challenges

  cookies life lessons through six scrumptious sayings

  

  school backpack, slipping them under the desk to friends during class. So ... icing on the cake, the cake is a lie, to take the cake, and cakewalk ... what cookies could mean to me and MIT culture, and how all the phrases

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • September 13, 2025
• Blog / How to Human

  things that went well reflections on my first semester

  

  course, in all the things that we’d like to be able to leave behind. But at the same time, in some ways it’s too easy to for me to feel like the ... the negativity in my previous post, though I do stand by it, so this is

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • December 25, 2020
• Blog / Athletics

  Around the world in 30 days ...ok, maybe more like I'm Traveling a Lot this IAP

  

  2018 is turning out to be quite the adventurous year. I kicked off the year by packing up all my stuff in Boston, hauling most to storage ... mattress pad, cooking utensils, etc.), and the rest to bring with me on a

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • February 15, 2018
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Watch this! An MIT blogger alum deservedly gets a moment in the spotlight.

  

  will not link to here.) The folks at PBS's Nova have been producing a ... & Engineers. A now, the producers have shown the good sense to ... , and really important, research work. Would you like to hear the short

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 23, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Two important reminders

  

  fast approaching. Today, Friday, April 29, is the regular deadline to ... /family/societal pressures assuaged, stereotypes thrown out the window. We do our best to help ... First, from the College Board: The last two registration deadlines

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 29, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  The Class of 2011 arrives… Orientation programs are beginning, and the campus is really starting to come alive.

  

  stop by or don't have all that much time to chat. So, just who are the ... Today, the Class of 2011 started to arrive! With International Orientation as well as the Freshman Pre-Orientation Programs (FPOPs) beginning

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 20, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  Stressful Times in my opinion, the best advice, ever.

  

  well I needed to do on the next exam to get an A in the class. I thought ... -ended piece of advice, when you get down to the nitty gritty. As I've repeated ... 's or about getting in to your dream school. "Being the best you can be

  • by Ana V. '15
  • December 11, 2012
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Happy Thanksgiving! Holiday wishes and fun stuff.

  

  Thanksgiving group, including how to fry a turkey. But the awesomest Thanksgiving project has to be the gravy fountain: what's more excessive than a giant pie ... assistance this Thanksgiving? One place to check out is Instructables (a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 23, 2006
• FAQ / Life and culture

  How many students play sports at MIT?

  With 33 varsity sports teams, MIT is the largest DIII athletics program in the nation. About one in four MIT students join a team during their time at MIT. For students who want to stay active but who don
• Blog / Blog Projects

  For the next two weeks we will all use fewer words here

  

  this time we had a thing where the students who write for us, and also students who went to this school in the past and used to write for us, could ... different. From 1/15 to 1/31, the people who write here may write only using

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • January 15, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Oodles Of Doodles Chris Peterson once impersonated me as such: "Blah blah blah Irish people, cartoons blah blah…

  

  .00 (Introduction to Programming), taught by the epic Prof. John Guttag: Turns out I ... have a cold so that means it is the perfect time... TO BLOG. In honor of ... !). The professor was super – so super. I have to admit, though, that class

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • January 3, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  And the End Closes In My last semester as an MIT undergraduate

  

  this is the first that doesn’t seem like work. That’s not to say that I ... is just, well, FUN. After spending the semester learning how to use my ... commitment is relatively low. Back to the classes I am actually taking. 1

  • by Becca H. '12
  • February 18, 2012
• FAQ / First-year application

  How do I apply to be an Exchange Student, Special Student, or Visiting Student?

  demonstrate their ability to handle MIT’s rigorous academic standards. The ... An Exchange Student enrolls at MIT to take classes as a non ... are very few of these arrangements. MIT participates in the Exchange
• Blog / MIT Life

  They Call Me Yankee The stars at night are big and bright - deep in the heart of Texas!

  

  other interns at the Houston R&D Center here in Texas, and we all get ... and helpful, and some employees have even invited us to hang out on the weekends! One weekend, the other interns and I went to the local food bank

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • July 6, 2014
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

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

  

  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 ... to Institute regulations, the earliest hour-long classes begin at 9 AM

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

  MIT honors Officer Sean Collier (photoblog) photos from today's memorial service

  

  Police officers from across the country as well as other mourners turned out by the thousands today for a memorial service to honor fallen ... suggested that memorial gifts be made to the Jimmy Fund of the Dana

  • by Michael C. '16
  • April 24, 2013
• Blog / Athletics

  Back Bay 5K Cool running... so cool that my legs were numb. (11 pictures)

  

  As I wrote in a previous entry, I signed up to run the Back Bay 5K last Saturday. Results here. I very intelligently chose to walk across the bridge in flip-flops. For those of you who were not at MIT last

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • April 10, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW 2006 Day 1 Campus Preview Weekend has begun! [photos]

  

  many familiar faces! Mitra helps to check in one of the first students to ... brought along their pickle-powered VU meter to show off. 2x4 Jenga! The ... breakdance by Imobilare. The Indian fusion dance troupe Chamak also gave a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 7, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  New stuff on MyMIT, and more

  

  I'm back in Boston now after two trips to Washington, DC in the past ... weekend, I hope to answer the backlog of questions, talk a bit about the waitlist, and more. Again, congratulations to the Class of 2009!

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 18, 2005
• Blog / Events

  The Blogger’s Cut, Year One Some other first year memories captured in photos

  

  check out by noon on May 21st. Conveniently, this was the day after my ... that was touched by my incessant need for a challenge. From the ... Aspire: Bringing Textbooks to Developing Countries As part of the FSILG

  • by Emad T. '14
  • May 25, 2011