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• Blog / Prepare for MIT

  Ebony Affair as a Pre-Frosh A Recap of my Experience from the 49th year of the Program

  

  As a pre-frosh, one thing I really appreciated before coming to MIT ... that I continue to interact with and get support from on a daily basis ... it would be like. So with that, I wanted to put together a little recap

  • by Richard O. '28
  • March 25, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  About the Midyear Report We've been getting many questions about the Midyear Report. Here are some answers.

  

  ). The Midyear Report is to be completed by you, the applicant. The MIT ... Common App MYR which is filled out by your counselor and sent to Common Application schools. The MIT Midyear Report is to be filled out by you, the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 14, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Goodbye 2023, Hello 2024 looking backwards and looking forward

  

  've never truly made New Years resolutions with a strong commitment to them—I've always just had a vague idea of things that would be nice to do or learn ... [/annotation]without a definite idea of what I want to study. I knew I wanted a biology

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • January 1, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  Painting and a trip into Boston

  

  Freaks and Geeks, and listen to a really funny speech by its creator ... Yesterday evening I came back from work to discover my friend Kim, a ... to work on it. So Kim, who is a good painter, asked me if I wanted help

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 7, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Hello, Layover I'm stuck in an airport. Ask me things.

  

  To take a leaf out of Sam's book: DID YOU KNOW? Charlotte/Douglas International Airport has a scale model of the Wright Brothers plane hanging from ... the last six hours, and have another eight to go. But this isn't about

  • by Keri G. '10
  • July 25, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Introducing the Class of 2013: Scott ‘13, Cory ‘13, Edner ‘13, Jeremy ‘13, and Bee ‘13 The penultimate in a nine-part series of articles about the incoming MIT class.

  

  Terence '13 Christy '13 Project STEEM alumni accepted to MIT this fall By Mary Lou Hazal, A&M-Commerce News Jun 29, 2009 ACCEPTED TO MIT - Cory ... and won't see until college," Landers commented. Funded in 2007 by a $1

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 26, 2009
• Blog / Challenges

  Failing and perfectionism

  

  by itself was really boring. The challenge of winning a bunch of stuff ... ; The goal of perfectionism is more similar to a survivalist mindset. If ... of shit I was going to eat, sometimes served on a high-speed conveyor

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • June 12, 2023
• Blog / Events

  “Where art thou, O Higgs?” *insert shimmering transition into the past here*

  

  blogging momentum is really hard to start up again after a certain point. I'll be trying to atone throughout April. In the meanwhile, here's a story ... in his lap, and began to explain the search for a bizarre particle

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • April 7, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  oversharing first base what have I been up to for the last 2+ years?

  

  to not really knowing how to make friends (I came from a close knit ... having the chance to make new enemies on campus joined a racial ... to a tech school; hated the GIRs; hated being around only STEM people

  • by Jude H. '21
  • December 11, 2019
• Blog / How to Human

  Seatbelts, Everyone! Interrupting Radio Silence...

  

  a week ago, I feel compelled to at least pretend I have some salient ... said "Take chances! Make mistakes! Get messy." I'll add to that only ... ...for a little trip down memory lane. What inspired this sudden

  • by Alina G. '11
  • June 13, 2011
• Blog / Events

  #NoBanNoWall

  

  : with this note, we invite the broader MIT community to join in a show of ... * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * tech article on a student directly affected by the executive order ... received this email from mit administration sometime yesterday: To

  • by Allan K. '17
  • January 29, 2017
• Blog / Classes

  Prof. Catherine D’Ignazio on Urban Science for Public Good

  

  applications that a lot of prospective MIT students are interested in how to use/change technology to make the world less awful, and Catherine is one of the central ... and I try to outline what a feminist approach to data science looks like

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 1, 2020
• Blog / MISTI

  Piece of my Heart Hey, look, a Turkish internet cafe.

  

  apparently caused by a law requiring any restaurant with seating to also have ... to have full internet access from work until Tuesday, so don't expet any great updates until then. Anyways. I've managed to get myself

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 1, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Speaking of mu…

  

  of applications to read, followed by an MIT Club of Boston ice hockey ... I love MIT, because starting a sentence with "Speaking of mu..." doesn't get you looked at funny. A quick rundown of tonight's activities

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 17, 2004
• Blog / Personal Travel

  A bear encounter and a wild cow-milking contest Summer adventures

  

  's skull was going to get smashed in by a cow hoof) but two of the teams were ... coaxing, I managed to wobble (screeching) down the sidewalk to a gyro cafe and back. Two days later, I managed to transport myself down a riverside

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 24, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  Welcome MIT Class of 2010! By now many of the Early Action admitted students have received "Da' Tube".

  

  Effect a line and we'll chat! Tell us your story. I especially want to hear from those not given to post regularly to this (or any MIT blog). ... By now many of the Early Action admitted students have received "Da

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • December 13, 2005
• FAQ / First-year application

  How do I fill out the self-reported coursework?

  section. We're simply trying to get a clear picture of your academic preparation by subject area—you can't do anything wrong when completing the form ... must be sent to us from your school to verify your self
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Advising and freshman formalities

  

  happened this week. - Thanks to a freight derailment in Idaho, I spent most of Tuesday on a bus from Montana to Washington state. - Last night, my ... time was had by all. I invited a fellow who is actually an alumnus of my

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • April 20, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Loose Ends A chronology of happenings.

  

  of 8:00 to get ready for the train. A shuttle + subway ride later, I ... , weren't even plowed, but I managed to score a ham/sausage/cheese omelette at a hole in the wall called the Golden Rooster. This place's claim to

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • December 16, 2005
• Blog / Classes

  highlights: high points of a virtual fall Part 1 of a fall semester recap

  

  the topics that seemed to be the easiest to write about was a recap of ... a long blog about both, but I felt it would be better to ... semester gave me a little more confidence in my abilities to be a remotely

  • by Waly N. '24
  • February 2, 2021