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• FAQ / Academics and research

  What is Interphase Edge?

  Interphase Edge is a two-year scholar enrichment program that ... academic year to help ease the transition to MIT and to build community among new students. Any enrolling first-year student may apply for the program.
• Blog / How to Food

  More on food

  

  I think I'm going to be fixating on food for a while, at least until ... because I was in lab until 7 tonight -- yes, on a Friday night -- and that ... commonly) are free to put as much or as little money as desired on the card

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 5, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Your college application motivation soundtrack for September imagine a movie montage, but for politely asking teachers to say nice things about you

  

  wanted to just sample a new song or album before you paid anything for it ... a high schooler to have on hand in the September period of the ... ; back to 2014 for my post on how I read applications; Nisha's post in 2018

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 1, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  then and now a reflection on the very bad

  

  listen to me ramble on every day at lunch. I'd had Dr. V as a teacher for ... finnicky to decide on something and your interests change far too quickly ... . In a car ride to my dad's place, he asked me "Why would you say shit

  • by Cami M. '23
  • May 5, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW: Tips and Tricks Hitchhikers Guide to Campus Preview Weekend

  

  's cover, and take a chance to try something new. Rule #6: Pack for the ... Here are a few tips to making the best of your CPW experience. Rule ... people that I would be going to school with for four years. I also had a

  • by Bryan
  • April 10, 2007
• Blog / Uncategorized

  here’s everything i thought about in 25 minutes an uncurated and somewhat meta discussion on anything and everything

  

  whole entire school year), so i’m going to set a timer for 25 minutes ... any tricks on doing mental math (my friends and i had a brief zetamac ... things are “trivially true” or casually dropping “o(n) time” into a

  • by Teresa J. '26
  • July 16, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  The interview life Recruiting for MIT on the west coast, plus answering questions.

  

  tips can you give me on preparing a resume/CV for sending to professors ... when I'm not sitting in a hotel lobby (freezing to death) on the free ... rejections don't seem to fit a pattern -- one person was accepted at School A

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • March 3, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Boston becomes Pottersville The MIT area is full of celebrations for the release of "Harry Potter and the…

  

  Newtonville Books' party so awesome? For one, there's going to be a musical ... either -- two references to 10 Things I Hate About You in less than a year ... on by the Charles Hotel here in Cambridge. Their plan is to turn

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 15, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Brain Dump News and updates for admitted students from the last few weeks, in no particular order...

  

  ? Make sure to show up to our annual party at CPW on Friday The 13th ... applicants who apply to MIT each year, we try to build a class that represents ... our applicant pool, and thus appear to enjoy a higher admit rate than

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 28, 2007
• Blog / Residential Life

  I Miss You, Random Hall my love letter to the dorm i got kicked out of too soon

  

  -shaped, unsuspecting brick building on the side of Mass Ave next to a shady gas station. I miss coming back to an actual home. I miss plopping down on the ... It's no secret that I am a) living in New Vassar and b) despise it. I

  • by Cami M. '23
  • April 9, 2021
• Blog / Athletics

  MIT Outing Club: Ice Climbing tl;dr Ice climbing is nuts

  

  interested in adding a few new winter sports to the mix, and the one I've had ... your feet into that same ice sheet to stand on. Climbing is a motion ... A critical factor in getting outdoors is having something to do, and

  • by Chris M. '12
  • January 23, 2012
• Blog / Challenges

  Seattle The siren call of real adult life

  

  of getting to them without a car was too high. I've found that the walkability of a city is, in fact, important to me. And although I do like ... well"]seems[/annotation] so small. I want to see new places and

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • July 3, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  All The World’s A Stage On theatre and artsy stuff

  

  , or a desire to keep actors somewhat on track, maybe reply to one of ... I learned about student rush. It operates a bit differently based on ... the witches of Oz) before it closed. On a whim of impulsiveness and a

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • September 22, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  first snow it snowed on campus

  

  hometown of Portland, OR. To be honest, my first year at MIT, the heavy New ... 'll be leaving in a few weeks, along with most of the other students on campus, I'm glad I got a chance to enjoy the snow this season.

  • by Rona W. '23
  • November 1, 2020
• Blog / Events

  Mustaches in the airport, Daleks in the library, and Food in many stomachs French House winter traditions

  

  like 7 or 8 alums. In the weeks leading up to Dîner de Noël, we have a ... love and hugging. I was Secret Santa to Caitlin '15. We share a love of ... music. I managed to keep my identity a secret :) I LOVE YOU CAITLIN

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 27, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Emergency Application Extension for students affected by the storm

  

  area vulnerable to the storm. Heavy snow, catching on leafy trees ... .   A tree sags over torn power lines in south-central New Hampshire ... , because they haven't been able to work on them with the power out. While I

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 31, 2011
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Julia’s Day Out Almost 10 things I've learned since living in Boston

  

  city is so congested, living close to a train station will be one of the ... when I say that I’ve been to a place where so many people bike. I have ... move again, I look forward to seeing what this new area holds. I feel

  • by Julia Potts
  • April 11, 2022
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Victoria’s Secret Update UPDATE!

  

  Ok, quick update to my post immediately below this one. Read that one before this one, otherwise this one won't be nearly as exciting. Ok, so, now when you go to vote for MIT you get this lovely screen: YAY!

  • by Snively '11
  • November 2, 2008
• Blog / IAP

  what I’m doing this IAP mostly physics and musical theater

  

  the month of January: some people treat it as a four-week extension on ... ="The MIT Outing Club runs a winter school every IAP where people go on lots ... twenty hours a week on [annotation note="Solar Electric Vehicle Team

  • by Kai V. '25
  • January 16, 2025
• Blog / About Decisions

  For the Admitted Students Welcome, Class of 2013!

  

  peeled on the myMIT portal. Sign the guestbook to introduce yourself to ... Registration, meetings with local MIT alums to congratulate you on your ... be coming soon to a postbox near you. :) 5,897. Let any of us know if

  • by Chris S. '11
  • March 16, 2009