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• Blog / Admissions

  MIT: Progressions what the students thought of the place in 1969

  

  's an even older silent movie called Technology (1934) that was sent by reel across the country to help prospectives understand the place. But what's amazing to me is the salience and relevance of this film. The

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 18, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A word about the humanities It's sort of a long, multi-section word.

  

  requirements. By assisted, I mean something more like “forced to comply in order ... (3) failing to reach the d-section of the alphabetized-by ... sheathes of apple-crisp, sizzled brown skin off a roasted turkey that your

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • November 25, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Camp Kesem! It's magical.

  

  ' :) This might sound familiar to those of you who have been reading the blogs ... importantly, it's a chance for these youngsters to forget about difficult times at home for just a little while and to immerse themselves in pure camp

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • April 28, 2010
• Blog / Events

  Lilly Chin The Spiciest Memelord

  

  --which is indeed, as heavenly as it sounds. It was introduced to Beantown by ... so readily frequented by my floor that we have a stash of Beantown coupons attached to one of our refrigerators and an entire system for

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • April 27, 2017
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Wanna be on the Radio? (Update) CPW: T Minus 4 Days

  

  than willing to link to it if you send me an email with a link to your ... Thanks to everyone who volunteered to write a CPW Blog Entry. At this ... I'm going to stop asking for volunteers. But, if you have a personal

  • by Bryan
  • April 9, 2007
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Waitlisted

  

  A lot of students applied to MIT this year, and unfortunately, we ... on the waitlist. If you would like to be considered for the waitlist, or you want to learn more about it, you can read more here. Waiting

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My First Astrophotography Courtesy of 12.409

  

  Dear current and future MIT students, There is a class you need to take. 12.409: Hands-On Astronomy. It's a 6-unit P/D/F (your options are: pass, get a D, or fail). You learn the basics of amateur astronomical

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 22, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Upside-Down Letters We will get to the bottom of whatever caused this error, that much I can…

  

  To those of you who received your letters printed upside-down on the MIT stationary, I cannot begin to tell you how sorry I am. That is ... . We will get to the bottom of whatever caused this error, that much I

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 16, 2005
• Blog / Events

  emergency blog post because Lilly Chin ‘17 just won Jeopardy and is also the greatest of all time "who is the spiciest memelord?" it's you

  

  ! And she was ahead by so much at the end that this was her final Jeopardy answer:       I have been privileged to know and ... . But right now, I don't think I've ever been prouder to be an MIT

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 24, 2017
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Children of Eden, seek for your garden. You and your children to come, someday to come home.

  

  i was going to write a post about Thanksgiving and Drop Date and not ... to read. I will, however, grace you with this: It takes up more ... who needs sleep when you're in an amazing musical?

  • by Keri G. '10
  • December 2, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Simply Brothers Finding brothers and brotherhood in MIT's fraternities.

  

  our tempers and egos to get the better of us. But one way or another, we ... initiated together as eleven new brothers, the way it was meant to be. Beyond ... to the contrary, I'm the only guy out of four children. That's right: I

  • by Paul B. '11
  • February 5, 2008
• FAQ / International applicants

  Can I apply if I am undocumented?

  information, check out the section of our website for undocumented applicants.
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I’ll bet you got waylaid! Wherein Portland, Oregon rocks my face.

  

  'm flying back to Boston by way of Portland, Oregon and Philadelphia ... guess after four years it might be nice to get a different perspective on ... the whole ordeal was the 25 hour odyssey it took to get from my hotel

  • by Sam M. '07
  • February 25, 2007
• 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 ... that I read in middle school. The Westing Game, by Ellen Raskin. Basically, the book is about a bunch of strangers coming together to live in

  • by Chris S. '11
  • July 6, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Born Under Punches The heat goes on, which is nice, but so does classwork.

  

  minuet dance lesson for us to get us more in that baroque mood. 21M.500 ... way of reminding myself that I need to start getting them too. GET TO ... DID YOU KNOW? The German language has two different verbs for "to eat

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 19, 2006
• 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 ... your niche abroad begins with identifying these "target spots" for your major. I discourage underclassmen from choosing internships

  • by MISTI Program
  • November 3, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Schedule Is Awesome & it's better than Snively's / Sometimes completely unrelated entries are posted in pairs.

  

  because I forgot to adjust for the President's Day holiday, oh well) 21W ... little seminar where we're presumably taught how to design spaces while enhancing acoustic quality. 4.502: Design Scripting. A new class, this one is

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • February 13, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What’s happening with the Digital Currency Initiative developing blockchain technologies here at MIT

  

  managed to raise $500k in funding and a ton of faculty sponsors to distribute $100 in Bitcoin to every MIT undergraduate as his final project for the class I was teaching. Which, by the way, is not a bad final project

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 28, 2016
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Lounges: An Interactive Experience It's almost like you were here!

  

  MIT evening is like, and I will not be able to tell. By “evening” I ... sleep. Then to open my eyes to the surprises of a new day. Of a new week ... The 3D Lounge Experience For this part, I ask you to settle in a

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • September 22, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  deconstruction end-of-semester atmospheres

  

  back across the bridge to get my haircut, and read half of a woodrow ... and rigid. when i got back to campus i felt my new hair and looked at ... i woke up naturally at 9am this morning to a sunny day, feeling

  • by Allan K. '17
  • May 17, 2016