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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Avoiding moonlight on an empty stomach Late-night snack cravings lead me underground on meandering routes to Massachusetts Avenue.

  

  accessible and become quite useful when you want to avoid various above ... . Once said novelty is firmly affixed to said vacuum attachment, the lid ... approached. Not wanting to look like a complete weirdo taking pictures of a

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • September 11, 2005
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  I Picked My First Apple apples, part 1

  

  MIT sponsors an annual trip to an apple orchard in Stow, MA for ... , and now I have enough apples that it would be wasteful for me not to eat ... to pick half a peck of apples, a hayride, a bottle of cold apple cider

  • by Abby H. '20
  • October 16, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  What’s Making Me Happy This Week: Week 1 Spider-Man, Nina Yuen, and More!

  

  week. The rules are simple, what I post needs to be something that you ... . Amazing Spider-Man 2 I was lucky enough to see this movie on April 12th(I realize this was a few weeks ago but it's still making me happy), thanks to

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • May 2, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  NIGHTMARISH THOUGHTS fear of technology

  

  Hello all, I interrupt the great back-to-school flow of these blogs to deliver a semi-personal, semi-existential rant. I am THIS close to ... I really want to help undermine the value of the physical public

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • August 22, 2011
• Blog / Events

  IAP & Mystery Hunt preview Four Mystery Hunt puzzles for you to try.

  

  Experimental Chocolate Truffle-Making, Introduction to Special Relativity, Old ... competition at MIT where people team up to solve lots of puzzles (which lead to ... 12, at 12 noon in Lobby 7 (the "main entrance" to MIT). It will last

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 8, 2007
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Teacher of the Year MIT's notable alumni include amazing teachers.

  

  tables and are asked to solve problems too complicated for one. So, they ... ," he said. "I began to see that there was an option that I had never considered -- teaching physics at a high school level. That would allow me to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 1, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  In the Music Cubes, no one can hear you scream…

  

  ... which just goes to show what a great job the acoustics engineers did on soundproofing the building! I got to experience it first ... ="aligncenter" width="768"] Rambax and Galak Tika used to rehearse in Building N52 – a 10

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • September 25, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  been walking a lot recently furthermore, i like taking pictures

  

  I'm not living on campus for the summer, but I have a lot of things to do on campus (tours, glassblowing, UROP meetings, seeing friends), so I've been walking to and from campus nearly every day. I

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • June 17, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  Open Thread: Deferred Early

  

  , here, here, here, and most recently here. Some of you may feel happy to ... feelings that you don't know how to name; that's okay, too. For now, just

  • by Decisions
  • December 16, 2023
• Blog / Advice

  Music for Pre-decisions De-stressing manifesting calm and cozy vibes to get you through it

  

  into something stressful. Many of these were songs I listened to while I ... calm you down/you think should be added to the playlist? Let me know in

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • December 8, 2023
• Blog / Events

  happy year of the rabbit featuring the wilg bunnies

  

  Happy Lunar New Year!! My living group, WILG, has pet bunnies, and conveniently, it is the year of the rabbit, so of course we had to incorporate ... ="437"] all the decorations we made, hanging on the wall. thank you to

  • by Rona W. '23
  • January 23, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  Open Thread: Deferred Early

  

  deferred, you are one of the applicants who are going to be reconsidered ... that you don't know what to call; all of those feelings are perfectly

  • by Decisions
  • December 18, 2021
• FAQ / First-year application

  How does MIT use my name and preferred name?

  would like us to call you—preferred first name. Preferred first name is ... first name. If you have any concerns or questions, please reach out to us
• Blog / Admissions

  Open Thread: Deferred Early

  

  feel happy to be deferred. Some of you may feel sad. Some of you may have complicated feelings that you don't know what to call; that's okay too. We have posted

  • by Decisions
  • December 14, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Open Thread: Deferred Early

  

  feel happy to be deferred. Some of you may feel sad. Some of you may have complicated feelings that you don't know what to call; that's okay too.    

  • by Decisions
  • December 15, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Admissions Videos Over the Years The 90s were, uh, different

  

  silent film that was almost an hour long! An HOUR! What was it even like to ... fun to see their evolution in one montage of clips:   What video

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • September 14, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  Real, live MIT students * IN HD* A look inside the world of MIT Admissions Interns

  

  Hey you! Yes, you, the one reading this sentence right now! How would you like to have a glimpse into the life of current, MIT students and ... , such as outreach, conducting information sessions, how to be ninjas and

  • by Beatriz Valdez
  • September 21, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Two cakes and six cupcakes ...they may or may not resemble astronomical objects.

  

  we made an epic cake for him, but didn't have pictures to show until now. Requisite background information: his research project is to model

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 15, 2012
• Blog / MISTI

  Need help choosing a MISTI program? MIT-Germany alum Nina Sinatra advises incoming interns to keep an open mind

  

  students who are considering MISTI to think of the program both in terms of ... based only upon the places that look most fun to live in - while being ... critical to enjoy the work that you are doing. In my case, I found a good

  • by MISTI Program
  • November 3, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  Ask Me Anything go on

  

  closed! at 10:54 EST. so i can go to bed without worrying about whom I'm not answering. thanks all!  Today is Sunday. I am at home. After I do a small amount of requisite shopping, I am going to eat an entire

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 25, 2011