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• Blog / Challenges

  When I used to run A reflection on sitting still for a semester

  

  motivated by the purest distillation of every other reason combined: I ran to ... touched by the world and everything in it. It's absolutely shocking to be ... now. The only promise I’m making is to play LOTS of Breath of the Wild

  • by Powers '23
  • December 16, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  Admitted Students Update Some news & notes for the Class of 2011.

  

  'll also try to make some more phone calls next Tuesday) Also, admitted ... make their hotel reservations by Friday (yes, this Friday), when our ... ! And, don't worry, if for whatever reason you don't get to talk to an MIT

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 20, 2007
• Blog / Uncategorized

  eat food to live cook food because why not!?

  

  , as fun as it is to just sit around with friends and make stupid jokes ... still on campus, however, we do have two things to help us cope—✨the power ... college students + staying up way too late = everything from cookies to

  • by Allison E. '27
  • November 24, 2023
• 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 / 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

  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 / 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
• FAQ / Transfer

  Does MIT require standardized tests for transfer applicants?

  We require the SAT or the ACT from first year and transfer applicants. Please visit our Tests & scores page for more complete details.
• FAQ / Afford

  How do I contact Student Financial Services?

  Contact information for Student Financial Services (including phone, fax, email, and mail) can be found on the SFS contact page.
• 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 / 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 / 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 / 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 / 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 / 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 / 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 / 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 / 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 / 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 / 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