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• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Dorm Companion #1: Art MIT loans out 400 pieces of famous art each year from its collections to its…

  

  tank. It got infested with fruit flies, and we had to get it fumigated ... May. What a way to decorate your room! Whoever said MIT students don ... Want a Warhol in your dorm room? This is exhibition week of the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 9, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  a rose is a rose is a rose ...is a rose

  

  ’s like, most of it. Haven’t really gone to any big new events. Haven ... class gets to build their own; the 2013s were feeling pretty funky and we ... So I haven’t blogged for a while - again... I’m not going to lie

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • December 12, 2010
• Blog / Community Projects

  We Are All Slaves to the Wind it gets pretty windy here in Kansas. Day 3 at the 2014 Design/Build/Fly competition.

  

  designed to fly at 20 mph and the wind is 30 mph, your plane will take off ... possible. We wanted our plane, Corn Dog, to fly all three of our missions ... have an opportunity to re-fly tomorrow for better scores. However, when

  • by Allan K. '17
  • April 12, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Wake Up Calls because The Big Picture needs you

  

  important to you. That said, you're probably wondering why I would expose ... who you are. If you're a senior right now, getting through your ... what you've done to get to where you are. Answer the question, and it

  • by Ana V. '15
  • October 23, 2011
• FAQ / Transfer

  Does MIT offer transfer credit?

  your academic record doesn't appear to merit credit in a certain subject, you may be allowed to demonstrate that you're entitled to such credit by ... If you're admitted, you can expect to receive credit for subjects of
• Blog / Classes

  [Guest Post] This is Junior Lab, not Junior Theory By Jorian B. '25

  

  first time, but much easier the second so this is your chance to do paper ... , and a part of that is engaging with students. Go talk to them!!! Getting to hang out with cool people is also part of the fun! Go get advice and

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • September 1, 2025
• Blog / How to Food

  LET ME COOOOOOOK 🍳🍳🍳 I am stupidly excited about learning this Basic Life Skill, and not ashamed to admit…

  

  friends, but also as a chance to get poke bowls at the mall, try out a new ... awkwardness get in the way of getting to know people. Asking people to eat lunch ... students to live in AirBnbs, sometimes funded by their MISTI programs. My Air

  • by Fiona L. '27
  • September 16, 2024
• Blog / MISTI

  Getting MISTI-fied There's a loud boom coming from Lobby 10.

  

  Contests, and even a Soccer Tournament I'll try to update this entry as I can with photos of events that I attend. Until then, I'm off to enjoy

  • by Bryan
  • September 20, 2005
• FAQ / Visit

  How do I sign up for an info session and/or campus tour?

  . But don't feel like you have to travel to Cambridge to get a feel for MIT! There are many ways to enjoy our campus from the comfort of your ... We look forward to showing you what makes MIT so special! We offer in
• Blog / Athletics

  Marathon Sports The store has the word "marathon" in it, so it has to be good, right?…

  

  decided to go into Boston and buy new shoes from Marathon Sports. They ... running shorts to make trying out the new shoes easier. I thought I would ... Brief background: I try to be healthy. I don't eat junk food, and I

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 13, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Boston Rain With apologies to Tay Zonday.

  

  room, not to mention three (count 'em) umbrellas. In case you're curious ... !) Unfortunately, I'm not going to sing it for you. Sorry, but trust me, you're ... Makes it hard to get where you want to go Boston Rain Come listen to my

  • by Paul B. '11
  • January 12, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  The Other CPW CPW guest entry by Sam Range '13

  

  their fellow mortals, only get to attend a fraction of the events they ... group was getting quite hungry, so we decided to head to one of the ... prefrosh in an "OMG, you're from New York too?!" powwow. Once back on campus

  • by Bryan
  • May 1, 2009
• Blog / IAP

  How I Spent IAP bonus content: one sentence statements about books and movies

  

  baby and people are always saying things to it like, “you have your mother’s nose!” or “you must have gotten your fantasy-world-ruled-by ... -a-bunch-of-young-siblings from your father!” The Magician King by Lev Grossman In my favorite

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • January 29, 2016
• Blog / Challenges

  my problem list weird brain things

  

  least.) anyway, every day i'd wake up to a new message from someone ... some official record if i got covid and wanted to get paxlovid." when i ... -diagnosing depression this WHOLE TIME, and you're telling me i've actually been going to

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • May 8, 2022
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  2009: Let There Be Bloggers!

  

  following: Blog/writing stuff Provide a link to your "portfolio." This ... not currently keep a blog, you may wish to start a new blog and start ... freshmen) possibilities of your major.‚Ä® Tell us what activities hope to

  • by Dave McOwen
  • August 4, 2009
• Blog / Athletics

  A Three-part IAP sababa* in more than one way

  

  great time to bond with teammates and get some sun in the middle of a ... were really interesting (my subtle hints to get you to consider courses 1 ... to take part in a program called “Israel by Foot” which meant that we

  • by Becca H. '12
  • February 17, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Wall A Lack of Color

  

  concert and spend New Years in a place that I wasn't allergic to. (No ... 're allowed to paint the walls (and have cats and smoke, if you're into that ... comes time to choose your living groups (because, you know, it's only

  • by Karen F. '11
  • January 2, 2008
• FAQ / Academics and research

  What’s the Deshpande Center?

  researchers to make a difference in the world by developing innovative technologies in the lab and bringing them to the marketplace in the form of ... resources to help MIT faculty and students move their ideas from the lab to
• Blog / UROP & Other Research

  On UROPs Research at a private research institute? Naaaaahhhhh, couldn't be!

  

  my new phone everything was very small and hard to tap. I was way past ... just be me (and the other student that was new to the project) reading ... I'll get use to it in the future, but it's pretty weird. I'll keep

  • by Mimi S. '22
  • January 21, 2019
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Unlikely Candidate Finding the unexpected “right fit”

  

  ’t get to see her much afterwards, except for the occasional "get togethers ... when I got to MIT, I would proceed to get C’s on pretty much all of the ... . (Nerd status, I know, but confession: I was much more motivated by the

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • October 9, 2012