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• Blog / Academics & Research

  To ASE Or Not To ASE preparing academically for freshman year

  

  , and many many other students didn't To make things even more confusing ... was! Nonetheless, it is done. Looking back to last summer, everything I ... prefrosh seem to be freaking out over imposter syndrome/is MIT too hard/am I

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • June 26, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  Listen to Admissions: the creative process for Pi day videos

  

  arriving on campus, upperclassmen are returning to campus, admissions ... by the Video4Colleges podcast about the drone delivery video from Pi ... splits video), and the V4C folks wanted to know more about the creative

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 22, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How I Accidentally Double Majored How I managed to accidentally get a second major at MIT (hopefully)

  

  doing this: I'm working really hard to get better. And just by ... classes to graduate, an average of one a semester. I waved around that ... ago to the advisor for the writing department, and she got back to me

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • February 2, 2016
• Blog / Events

  Halloweekend and the 7 weekends prior!

  

  event that allows you- at absolutely no charge- to showcase your ability to gracefully flail on the ice rink, while dressed up as your favorite ... paste on setting: Friday. After 4 hours, at 11:59, quickly sprinkle in the

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • October 28, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Sneak Preview (to next) Weekend let's just pretend I managed to backronym CPW in the title

  

  somehow forgot to submit the event on the left on time, it's not on the official schedule, so I'm just going to tiptoe over the bounds of propriety a ... excited about CPW! There are far too many events for a single person to

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • April 3, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  MIT: The Sunsical The sunshine of May 12th

  

    a musical by Erick '17 sung to the tune of "Summertime" by ... was making plans To take our PSets, just us two and go do them on our ... Spotify's on and you're by my side Feels something like summertime

  • by Erick P. '17
  • May 12, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  The mail, and more

  

  Truffle-Making, and am currently missing the OrigaMIT Paper Folding) I ... processing that mail as quickly and efficiently as they can, but be patient ... MIT Tracking System, though this could take upwards of a week. We make no

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 4, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Hello, Ma Sheng Li Gong A journey of four years begins with a single blog.

  

  this goes to say that 1) I'm unfortunately addicted to that website (but ... . We were en route to Mathcamp 2004 (which was held in Colby College, ME), and we decided to stay in Boston for a couple of nights before heading

  • by Chris S. '11
  • October 2, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Maker Faire 2011 cool people who make cool things

  

  . Maker Faire is run by Make Magazine, and it's basically an enormous fair ... make sure to go watch his. Maker Faire was freakin' awesome. I'm deeply ... Greg is going to come join me for the east coast version. Making things

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 23, 2011
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Fall Hits MIT In other words: Kate dumps all the pictures she's been meaning to post.

  

  events spanning the last week of which I took pictures. To whet your appetite: It was my turn to cook for the Tetazoo Food Coop, and my partner Sarah, '12 decided that, in addition to our delicious rice and chicken

  • by Kate R. '14
  • October 27, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How did MIT’s GIRs come to be? the Tech has some answers. Plus, the SATs from 1918, and a mascot on a…

  

  First, just to allay the inevitable questions in the comments: we ... once we know it; we'll likely make that announcement on the blogs late ... to post something I've had in the backlog for awhile.  Last year, I

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 1, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Updates And Shannon’s Formula Random mid-week fun, and a few small updates for admitted and waitlisted students.

  

  later... Shannon: While I had to assume 100% happiness when not making ... should arrive very soon! In the meantime, please don't forget to register for Campus Preview Weekend via your MyMIT account by March 31st. If

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 26, 2008
• Blog / Classes

  GELcamp project management… in the woods?

  

  coordinate the GEL1s. Check out their website to learn more! Our journey to GELcamp started with a two-hour bus-ride from campus to New Hampshire, where ... much, so I was surprised to be greeted by a cozy summer camp with dozens

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • February 6, 2025
• Blog / Uncategorized

  field notes on all the fruit tending to plants, self, others

  

  At some point in the pandemic I began to collect tropical fruiting ... , to become a resident tutor at Harvard, I missed the lemon, so I got ... unusual vining plants that I began to train around the ceiling of my bedroom

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 18, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  Please Vote for My Idea for the Obama Administration! Change.org is sponsoring a competition whereby anyone can post an idea for making America better.…

  

  -hand corner. My idea needs 100 votes to make it to the second round, and the ... anyone can post an idea for making America better. The ten ideas that receive the most votes will be presented to Barack Obama on Inauguration Day

  • by The Humanitarian Blog
  • December 19, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Introducing the New 2017 Bloggers Let's get ready to ruuummmmble!

  

  shop in Seattle), and I gathered to select the bloggers who will join our ... and permutations of our cohort, duking it out (I mean, as close to ... on MIT faculty pages. Nisha D. hails from Petey’s neck of the woods

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • September 7, 2017
• Blog / Events

  Admissions Decisions and Mystery Hunt A few thoughts and a lot of puzzles.

  

  decisions page: We know that applying to college is stressful, and that the ... energy into doing it for me. If you by any chance like to solve puzzles ... were released. On the drive home I considered calling someone to check my

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • March 12, 2013
• Blog / Events

  Stuff that happened on Pi Day (besides decisions) pastries and pie-ings from around the institute

  

  . Pie Kits from Clover To celebrate all the hard work done by the whole ... kit from Clover Food Lab to make cranberry pies. [carousel image1 ... busy people still make the time to have unabashedly geeky fun together.

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 16, 2022
• Blog / Classes

  Apply to WISE! It would be WISE of you to do so

  

  , on to the next.” She had a great time building and making things, and ... purely by chance. The students she talked to at other fly-ins would talk ... a chance to make a positive impact on a high schooler’s life in

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • June 13, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Snapshot of a Week Food, radio, James Bond, and soccer in an unusually eventful week.

  

  the huge group of people by the theatre in order to hail one, but we ... perfect time to catch up on schoolwork and then get ahead in classes, if you ... . However, our awesome Next House wing reps Gabe '11 and Sam '09 forced me to

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • November 17, 2008