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• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Kim Affair It's been fun, guys.

  

  this. If you don't believe me, the lowest score you can possibly get on the SATs (just by putting your name on it) is a 600, combined. My point is, don't take this seriously. Read it with a sense of humor. Call your

  • by Jess K. '10
  • September 1, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Short, Sweet, and to the Point: MIT in five senses or less (Guest Entry) Hear, See, Touch, Smell, and Taste MIT

  

  folder, your booklet of 600+ activities, and this card to give us when you ... kind of place where I want to be: a place where you take your talents and ... While at MIT CPW, I had the wonderful opportunity to sample all sorts of

  • by Bryan
  • April 21, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  a salmonella saga weekend outing tingz

  

  is bad when you're ready to miss these two."] small compromise ... in Boston is a nightmare, so it took us over an hour to get to her ... and venturing into the wilderness is an amazing way to spend your time

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • October 17, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  The Class of 2018 Graduates from MIT

  

  . one reason is so that, when i get up every morning, and get ready to go ... shibboleth. when you go to turn your rat around today, please, take a moment ... everyone else in your worlds to do that, by helping them to learn and

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 8, 2018
• Blog / IAP

  nothing & everything what i did this IAP!

  

  to learn about what it's like to have free time when you're not burned ... . To get interesting things done, and go interesting places, solely ... other recent life experiences, that to be alive, and energized, and to get

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • February 3, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  10,000 Ways That Won’t Work

  

  . Was your research output impactful enough to lead to a start-up?” I ... and guidance, I was afraid of being seen as incompetent; unable to get ... , most students who do UROPs do not get to publish their results either

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • May 27, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Freedom isn’t free. ...but a biology minor is, sometimes.

  

  startups and to la la la la fa la la lee" but really they meant "now we get ... that uncommon." "No, parents are going to read this and be all, 'Oh good ... due Friday Fill out a form. Get a free bio minor. But do it by Friday

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 2, 2006
• Blog / Uncategorized

  time dilation to the Infinite, and beyond

  

  relaxing, and I stand in a very long line to get stir fry at New Vassar during lunch, and I get ten minutes between classes to take a nice stroll ... : I am invulnerable to alarms in the morning, no matter how loud or

  • by Taylor L. '29
  • September 23, 2025
• Blog / Community Projects

  [Guest Post] Because Racecar, Friendships, and Family By Monica C. '25: "What I’ve learned about being an engineer, friend, and teammate by…

  

  who were willing to take the risk and get their hands dirty. 3) You’re ... "]EECS[/annotation] department, I’ve noticed that it’s easy to get funneled into one specific kind ... engineer requires starting to make your own design decisions and advocating

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • July 31, 2025
• Blog / Events

  Oh the Places You’ll Go! Did you know Dr. Seuss was a SigEp?

  

  managed to get one percent higher than what I needed to get an A for the ... is figuring out that you're supposed to tip your barber. 49. Discovery ... outmaneuver any NYC taxi. The Motherland. I woke up last morning to the slow

  • by Chris S. '11
  • May 27, 2008
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Summer in Boston what happens outside MIT

  

  to a big city. It only takes 10 minutes to get downtown from East ... . When you get hungry, head to the Quincy Market (largest food hall in New ... Institute—a great cause. If you like ice cream, convince your friends to join

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • July 3, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  academic struggles zig-zagging in a world of straight lines

  

  -grade teacher told us all to “divide your page in half.” The other students made ... pursue paths where my best qualities don’t get a chance to shine. I can ... saturated and shouldn’t I use my college degree to get one of those well

  • by Rona W. '23
  • January 20, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  “What the hell is water?” Thinking about and understanding your own context…

  

  getting applicants to share information and insights about their lives in ... to better understand you and your achievements. ... In his 2005 commencement address to the graduates and assembled

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • August 27, 2024
• Blog / Community Projects

  [joint post] A Map of MIT Makerspaces ft MechE grad student and mapmaker Rima Das

  

  in the space, how to get access, and notes about the space’s culture ... makerspaces, if you know where to look. The issue is, it’s difficult for any one student to know where all the makerspaces are. PhD student Rima Das is

  • by Amber V. '24
  • July 1, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Holy Grail of Classes Think of the coolest class you can. Then think of one that's a million times…

  

  helps pay to get your toy marketed. By this point we're all reeling ... anticipated it being difficult to get back into the swing of things but was ... seems like a good color! I like to get as close to my art as possible

  • by Snively '11
  • February 6, 2008
• Blog / Class Projects

  2.009 It's not a class, it's a way of life

  

  thousands on a wait list to get tickets. ~40,000 The number of people ... for mechanical engineering students (aka gotta take one of them to graduate). The premise of this class is to ideate, design, build, and present

  • by Taylor V. '19
  • December 28, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  Finding heritage at MIT

  

  reply to those people is, do your parents, or the other adults you know ... this in part to Rush, in part to a slightly larger-than-usual number of crufty alums being around in the last serveral days, in part to various

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • September 4, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Regular Action Deadline With the deadline approaching and the Office of Admissions closed for the holidays, I'll try…

  

  discourage procrastination. The closer you send in your application to the ... submit your application. If your application is ready to go, click that ... back and answer the questions that I can (please limit your questions to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 29, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A…an…uh…a cappella concert? MIT's got non-Petri dish culture, too

  

  A cappella is one of those things that is really weird to type.  It ... " (thanks, Wikipedia) - but it's two words.  Which means that you get weird phrases like "an a cappella group."  Or "many a cappella groups." (if you're

  • by Michael C. '16
  • November 22, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Cacti and Ice Cream

  

  get to browse some of the 1100+ projects, followed by the big lunch ... left to right: Nick, Peak, Jijun, Johann, Mike, Donald, Amber, Kenny (MIT '11?), Ilang (Wellesley '09) In case you're wondering, here are some of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 12, 2005