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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Celebrating the Moon Landing MIT celebrates today's 40th anniversary of the Apollo 11 landing.

  

  's pretty inspiring to see all those folks from the MIT Instrumentation Lab ... with Kwatsi here] But perhaps the most fitting MIT tribute to the moon ... , the Apollo Lunar Module "landed" on the Great Dome: Photo by Eric

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 20, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  elephants what I've been up to

  

  of this. But this blog post is about the elephant in the room (read: elephants outside my room). In an effort to not get so over-burdened with ... to dumb it down make it my own. Here's the week-long process, in photos

  • by Abby H. '20
  • September 27, 2017
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Freshman Advisors Can Be Awesome A night on the town with Daniel Barkowitz and his freshman advisees.

  

  year, and in exchange, I get to tag along on group outings. On Friday ... Boston. P.F. Chang's was packed, but we zipped to the front of the line ... from Panama. The Altar Boyz played at the Colonial Theatre to a very

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • November 5, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  tetacats the furry fish of tetazoo

  

  For context, Tetazoo is the name of the cat friendly hall that I live ... and Random that allow cats. It's a story that gets told at every MIT information session that historically, this hasn't always been the case. Back in

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • February 25, 2022
• 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 / 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 / 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 / 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

  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
• 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 / 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
• 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 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 / Art, Literature, Music

  [Guest Post] A Journey to the W I D E by Wide Tim (Margaret Z. ‘23, MEng ‘24)

  

  ’s hard to go through the semester without seeing him, from a poster in the ... .  A Tale of the Widest Tim of All the Land Part 1: Born to be WIDE What ... who has dreamed to be WIDE since Day 1! On the day I was born

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • February 13, 2024