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• Blog / Miscellaneous

  The only living boy in New York I get all the news I need from The Colbert Report.

  

  tomorrow. And you don't get to read it unless you vote. Now, I did my part by ... stories about getting out the vote at the grass-roots level, I'm going to do ... 's Lohengrin. Thanks to Zach for that random fact at the suggestion of a

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 7, 2006
• Blog / Announcements

  MIT after SFFA technology and the dream, deferred

  

  get somewhere together.']persuade people to find common ground ... matters, and what we plan to do next. You should read that interview, as ... , on the blogs, I want to share some personal reflections on what this

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • August 21, 2024
• Blog / Announcements

  MIT Early Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  available in the application portal. To check your decision, login to the portal and visit your Application Status page. There, you will be able to ... , so you should be sure you are prepared to receive your decision before

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 19, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Answer is Yes Tips for navigating your first month here with a Greek life emphasis

  

  . You're about to walk, drive, pogo stick, fly or boat to Cambridge, MA ... interest you. You're no longer trying to impress anybody. Cleaning the banks ... . So my advice to you, incoming freshman-- Drop your preconceived notions

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • August 16, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  What is the value of college? Food for thought in your college search

  

  process of building out your list of schools to which you will likely apply ... institution’s mission aligns with your own goals for the future, in addition to ... work are committed, first and foremost, to helping young people reach

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • May 21, 2025
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  My Life, As Physics Problem also The Tech said a thing

  

  you and the car is related to the force along y delivered to your bike ... immediately after my accident was all about trying to figure out the physics of ... of MIT Undergraduate Women in Physics, and asked her to do some physics

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 26, 2011
• Blog / Classes

  Ranking Every Class I Took at MIT it's that time

  

  honestly so very cool when I get to use it in contexts that are actually ... before 6.009 (Fundamentals of Programming). They're trying to get rid of ... As the name implies, this is going to be a tier ranking of all thirty

  • by Cami M. '23
  • May 24, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  I (don’t) want the summer to end me writing poetry? what a concept

  

  -down, I want dinners together, and parties at midnight; I want things to get ... I don't want the summer to end. I don't want to pack the rice cooker and carry my laptop through campus; don't want to fold my sheets all

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • August 6, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  Terrible Traffic Don't even THINK about bringing a car to MIT

  

  life behind the wheel of a car getting to and from the job that he loved ... just a mess for me to get back to the job from lunch. Eventually, I made ... there were elephants in Cambridge, I ran to get some elephant bait to try

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • October 13, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Wow, work! Mid-IAP update.

  

  took a week of going to bed at 8PM and getting up at 4AM to shock me back ... to be up to finish homework and go to class at 10AM seems to get me out ... from French homework to sit down and write to you, but I think it's time

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • January 20, 2006
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Waitlisted

  

  This year well over 18,000 students applied to MIT, the most in our ... applicant pool we were unable to offer admission to many, many incredible students whom we would love to have on campus. However, we did place some

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2012
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread for Waitlisted Students

  

  This year well over 17,000 students applied for admission to MIT in ... unable to offer admission to many, many incredible students whom we would love to have on campus. However, we did place some students on our

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Maybe later

  

  I was going to spend a couple of hours today formatting the many ... 's warm now, and that's all that matters. I'm going to go outside to read or do work or nap or something. So FIRST is going to have to wait. Maybe

  • by Laura N. '09
  • March 11, 2006
• FAQ / Life and culture

  Is campus safe?

  patrols. Your needs are our dedication and commitment to service." MIT ... MIT has its own police department on campus to ensure the safety and well-being of the entire MIT community. "The MIT Police mission is to
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Day 3 A recap, with pictures.

  

  to meet all of you! But before we get to that, the rest of the day... Got to MIT early, worked the help desk for a couple of hours. Headed over to the EC workshop (that's Educational Counselor, not East Campus

  • by Ben Jones
  • April 9, 2005
• Blog / Announcements

  New bloggers? New bloggers! [cue fanfare]

  

  shared your writing with us. It was fun to read through your talented work ... ! Please give a warm welcome to: Aiden H. ‘28 from Loveland, Colorado, who grew up without internet and turned to books for entertainment like

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • September 7, 2024
• Blog / Residential Life

  Siblings, Scrabble, and Boredom we're bored in the house, and we're in the house bored

  

  quite a bit. I had a whole Penske truck to fill. I'm not sure why I left ... (which can be expensive and annoying). I was happy to pack all of my stuff ... everything in a box. No need to partition items into "do I need this at home

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • July 20, 2020
• Blog / Events

  The career fair and emerging pop stars Thinking about life after MIT at the Career Fair...and then watching a fellow blogger transform…

  

  a very intimate setting and an extraordinary opportunity to really get ... soiree. Not only did I get to consume dozens of scrumptious chocolate ... set-up booths in our athletic facility to try to recruit MIT students

  • by Melis A. '08
  • September 25, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  January in Paris and two weeks of speaking French

  

  . One morning, we tried to get into the library of the Sorbonne, but were ... (on the right). Photo credit to Sophie de Loubens, one of our JSF guides ... who are committed to learning French at MIT. You spend two weeks in

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • January 23, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  ‘Twas a good semester ‘twas :’( the end of Pass/No Record

  

  not just because it took two buses, the T, and an hour to get there). I ... millions of nighttime lights. I pressed my face to the window, not quite sure ... awesome Nigerian food—how I missed that!—and looking forward to a wedding

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • December 29, 2013