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• FAQ / First-year application

  Do students apply to a specific major?

  academic departments, or courses, which are often referred to by their course ... spend your extra time getting your Pirate Certificate instead! (Just ... Here's one less thing to worry about when applying to MIT: Students
• FAQ / Academics and research

  Is there really a Game Lab?

  is to explore, educate, and engage the public by creating groundbreaking games, interactive online courses, and new applications to real ... scholars, creators, and technologists to teach, conduct research, and develop
• Blog / MIT Life

  Life Tokens the currency of joy

  

  importantly, though, when you land on these squares, you also get to pick up a ... he agreed to do it. I stand by the truth of that claim. He might not 😆 ... When I was younger, one of my favorite board games to play with my

  • by Allison E. '27
  • July 6, 2025
• Blog / How to Human

  a week of summer ft. cafes, lab, and assorted thoughts

  

  my first task was to get ice cream with my advisor, her colleagues, and their interns. We went to New City Creamery. I got something chocolatey ... questions about grad school, I wolfed down ice cream, struggling to get as

  • by Amber V. '24
  • August 8, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  When Friends Become Family How MIT has become my home (with some beautiful pics to accompany)

  

  going to go get some food. Do you want some? Wait, nevermind, get your own ... really got the chance to get superrrr close to people. This didn’t mean I ... New House, and you walk up to it like oh this seems like a nice building

  • by Ben O. '19
  • October 12, 2015
• Blog / Challenges

  when apocalypse strikes… on being preemptively torn from my home, living group, and nearly everything i love at…

  

  . We crowded by the elevators to hug him, and when he left, someone said ... get the hell out of Dodge by Sunday. I thought it was optional, so I ... hurt like hell.  So I proceeded to get a tattoo and then party until 3

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • March 16, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Veni, Vidi, Jamba I came, I saw, I conquered a lot of smoothies

  

  return to your seats.] By the way, the alum at Muir Woods also mentioned ... Every summer, I tend to get a lot of the same questions about life at MIT. What’s it like? Is it hard? How much sleep do I get? These tend to

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • August 15, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Wise Words From Mikey A good thing to read as you prepare to arrive on campus and begin your…

  

  far behind my classmates and I'll struggle to get good grades (I know grades aren't everything, but I'd like to get decent enough grades to apply ... " is what I seriously told myself. And I totally get your "poet" vs

  • by Ben Jones
  • August 15, 2007
• Blog / How to School

  Today Was A Long Day and it's not over yet.

  

  't really have time to study for. The website we were taking the quiz on crashed about two minutes in. I didn't get back to my dorm till 7:55pm ... forth between lab, eating lunch in 5 mins, barely making it to the dining

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • September 25, 2018
• Blog / Rural and Small-Town

  rural winter, city winter haven't shoveled snow here once

  

  —like trading your morning walk to the barn for a crowded hustle to the Kendall ... to inform how we create welcoming spaces, but also to help me get through the New England winter: by embracing the coziness during the cold

  • by Nicole Cooper
  • February 26, 2024
• Blog / How to Human

  A Picture is as much as Ten Hundred Words This is in fact a story that does have pictures.

  

  is hard to not look like a little baby city new person when you pull out your pink picture grabber to grab pictures. Here are some of those ... doing up-goer five, I had the idea to take pictures instead of struggling

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • January 26, 2024
• Blog / Events

  TELETHONNNNN brought to you by Domino's

  

  ones I didn't get to reach. After Nicole and I finished our eightieth ... After my kickboxing class today I ran to the Bush Room and just finished a three hour shift of the Admissions Telethon, calling to

  • by Connie H. '15
  • February 1, 2012
• Blog / How to Human

  My winter break so far take a break

  

  of my life. I am extremely touched by anyone who takes the time to read ... . Anyway, detour ending now.] After this I'm hopefully going to get some of ... blogpost by Mimi, ignoring my AP Lit teacher to watch Mimi's experiment in

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 29, 2019
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  NOOOOO! It's so sad!

  

  I've found my excuse to write a new blog entry. Remember way back ... copy of "The Tech" after work today. I was very excited to get my Tech ... saw an article entitled "10-250 Upgrades to Be Completed by Fall With

  • by Snively '11
  • July 9, 2008
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Week 1 ...of Year 2.

  

  are “Man, I need to fight the power, but I need that new Ferrari” “My feelings told me love is real, but feelings known to get you killed ... to make myself stronger, to get better at thinking and smiling and

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • September 14, 2015
• Blog / How to Food

  My Favorite (Kitchen) Things cue julie andrews singing

  

  , and you get your cold butter out of the fridge and try to gently spread ... ’ve got that, gently place your egg into the cyclone by getting the bowl as ... [/caption] Ultimately, an unnecessary item to have, but getting this filled me with a

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • January 7, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  No Flip Flops The original title of this entry was "YakTrax."

  

  start wearing shoes and socks. To get ready for the winter, this week the ... , and a tshirt. There's actually a lot to take into consideration when you're getting dressed in the winter. Layering is key, but you don't want to over

  • by Bryan
  • November 30, 2005
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Three of a perfect pair Biking! Clothing! Exploding! A day in the life.

  

  decided that it was time to conquer her fear of bikes, mountains, and New ... tour bus when you're trying to maintain a safe following distance of ... Boston, anyway. What I'm getting at is that the trip down to Dim Sum was

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 5, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT EA Decisions To Be Posted Saturday, 12/15, at 12:15 PM EST

  

  them personally to your house - you get the point. However, following ... your username and password correct and you're ready to go. 3.) If ... officers have tried to mix in healthy snack choices (radishes or carrots

  • by Chris LaBounty
  • December 10, 2012
• Blog / Events

  The Newest Member of Our Family What could possibly be more exciting than prefrosh?

  

  What could possibly be more exciting than prefrosh? A NEW KITTEN!!! I did not get one (although I was very tempted to do so), but Kayla E ... Boston today to help her pick out a little companion for the new semester

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • August 17, 2014