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• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  In Transit: Summer Edition A guide to objects that you could theoretically use to get from point A to…

  

  into the wilderness on your own, but after a few rides, you start to get ... to complete on transportation in Boston. Here are two methods that I ... – – “Most likely to cause you to stub your toe on an unevenly paved sidewalk

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • August 5, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  past, present, future reflections and plans

  

  MIT students have a lot on their plate, and are very willing to give you ... around the concepts, and I struggled to come out of the class with an A. On ... messing around with a cool edX course on computer graphics and hope to learn

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • June 11, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What I’ve Been Up To No, not back around finals week - still not thinking about it... DURING IAP! When…

  

  ... A petrified log! Because I'm too lazy to explain what it is. On ... giving you a large, apologetic explanation which would do nothing to redeem ... break. But - I ended up passing all of my classes, went on an IAP trip to

  • by Marcela R. '13
  • February 9, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Transfer Decisions to be Released Today

  

  , we had to decline admission to a great many outstanding students. We ... applicants will be emailed their decisions at 5 pm. Eastern Time to the email address specified on the application. This year (as all years) the process

  • by Chris LaBounty
  • May 7, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  What Essay Questions Should We Ask?

  

  dress up like a Viking and light things on fire") but also how they ... on. You can think of essay questions as instruments which elicit a response which we then evaluate, akin to the soft rubber hammer which a

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 27, 2014
• Blog / Personal Travel

  jetsetting i saw a flying pig.

  

  first ever flight cancellation. Basically, I was waiting to make a ... phone came back to life, I had a message from the friend who was going to ... hope. The next morning I managed to get a flight out, and I was off to

  • by Bryan
  • August 9, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  California, Here I Come… I begin my Fall Travel by heading to the West Coast

  

  (Written while on a Boeing 737 somewhere between Seattle, WA and Sacramento, CA) I left Boston on Wednesday last week to head for the West ... until I figure out to upload them to the blog :-( On Saturday (yesterday

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • September 28, 2008
• Blog / Athletics

  I like to break a mental sweat, too. Missed it by that much.

  

  inspiring that I got the inclination to write a whole entry on them. So, if ... had to comment on Schrock, even though I was already scooped in ... might have been a little imposing to have Schrock as a professor, since

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 5, 2005
• FAQ / QuestBridge

  How do I apply to MIT through QuestBridge?

  additional MIT QuestBridge Supplement. You do not need to fill out a first ... to be reflected on your Applicant Status page (located in the MIT ... science teachers to write one for you. If you are selected as a Quest
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Thanks, man I'm feeling human again.

  

  the mountains with their shadows. I'm sitting on the porch of a ... bottle. I was working on a longer blog post, a winding, comprehensive ... best to get a noncompliant five-year-old ready for school. Not easy, even

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • August 27, 2013
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  More Notes A quick update.

  

  holidays. Over the last few days, we've been trying to catch up on all the ... email and phone calls. On Monday, I finally returned a call I had been ... ! Rats, foiled again! I also hope to catch up on blog questions as soon as

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 21, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  What is Simmons Hall Like? part of my freshman year experience

  

  visit my friend on the same floor, I had to go down a level, walk to the ... On my 18th birthday and going away party, we had a huge cake with an MIT Logo on it. Next to my birthday cake were two robotic arms (the ones

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 16, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  I Moved Off Campus A story told by cat gifs

  

  .  What changed? Me. I changed. Who was once a headstrong, ready-to-take-on ... Last year, I made a HUGE decision. I decided to move off of MIT ... during IAP due to work, but I'm back, and we are going to have a great

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

  [Guest Post] An Overthinker’s Guide to Finishing Your Transfer Application by Warren K. ’27

  

  . There is already a bunch of great advice on this blog, but with the ... procrastinate until the last minute. Doing this gives your brain a chance to ... the drawing board. Even if a story or experience is compelling on its

  • by Jeremy W.
  • March 4, 2025
• Blog / Events

  This…Is…BLODGEBALL! Everything and anything you ever wanted to know about us.

  

  -of-the-year blogger get-together be held at SkyZone (i.e. playing dodgeball on a court ... like a 4-year-old. I realize that I could write a whole entry on how our ... pool groups, I had my FlipCam a-rollin' to document that sometimes it

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • September 9, 2011
• Blog / MISTI

  Wouldn’t it be Nice? ...actually, I'm kind of glad that I'm not older.

  

  comprehension came while we were on the beach, and a man came up to us and warned ... nobody came into work on Friday, because there's WORLD CUP SOCCER to be ... supervisor actually just said to me, "We have a small problem this afternoon

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 19, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Recap: SHASS Lightning Talks @ CPW some projects in the social sciences and humanities at MIT

  

  new admits at a reception to discuss classes and undergraduate research ... excited (maybe a bit too excited) to talk about the Institute's considerable ... from DUSP, which conducts its own talks once or twice a year to let

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 28, 2016
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Toons and Tasty Burgers adventures in chalk and tasty-burger-tasting

  

  ...later! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11/10/2013: The burgers were fairly tasty. On a scale of 1 to 5, where ... . This marks the end of a very good start to what will be a very good ... , which I haven't been able to do for a while. If there's one thing I

  • by Allan K. '17
  • November 11, 2013
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  The Spirit of Competition [by MIDN Brendan McCord, '08] Every year, the Army, Navy, and Air Force duke it…

  

  coordinated a flanking attack of the enemy. They fought valiantly to repel our ... of being in the Navy, when push comes to shove I knew that the guys on the other side of the court were definitely on our team. We are a group

  • by ROTC
  • October 31, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Questionable Views Questions and views, and questions about views. The views are not necessarily questionable, although you…

  

  allowed to live in a single room?" There are actually two people in the ... sitting on the bed is Ace, April's friend who came to watch us do all of the ... means people are forced to "crowd" a room by turning a double into a

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 18, 2005