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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  [Joint Post] Chatting with Hank Green, the MIT Commencement Speaker interviewing Hank + sharing student stories!

  

  profits to charity, posting thoughtful weekly vlogs — the list goes on. I ... optimism each week in a mediascape that often thrives on negative news ... critically and broadened my perspective on the world. I look forward to

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • May 24, 2025
• Blog / Announcements

  We are suspending our SAT/ACT requirement for the 2020–2021 application cycle

  

  .[/annotation]  This was not a decision we made lightly. Our reliance on these tests is ... expect this to be a one-year suspension of our usual requirements, but will ... under such strain that they cannot perform to a degree commensurate with

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • July 13, 2020
• Blog / Events

  Ice cream and an onion Chun Li, pirates, magnetic poetry, and an RLC circuit.

  

  being on the boat, so there's not really any reason not to go. Anyway ... 't know when Simon ever carries Paula around like a new bride, but I can ... turned out even better! To make sure she wasn't confused for a gypsy or

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 29, 2006
• Blog / Athletics

  Gobble Gobble Geeks with guns

  

  ammunition, and more guns than you can (or would want to) shake a stick at. A ... never blog about varsity sports, why?" or "You try to hire bloggers from a ... concentration on one beautifully hand made piece of artwork, an opportunity to

  • by Snively '11
  • November 27, 2008
• Blog / Classes

  [Guest Post] This is Junior Lab, not Junior Theory By Jorian B. '25

  

  go much smoother. Then, you choose two "full” experiments to work on ... didn’t think I was a “real” physics major because I liked hands-on work ... ’t have the “right personality” to be a physicist.  Enter JLab. For the

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • September 1, 2025
• Blog / About Decisions

  To Those with Dreams Deferred in which Selam of Pi Day Past rants about how things are arbitrary

  

  participant at a hospital, which, to make a long story short, was like being on ... rank. We like to decide on a cold, hard, set of ambitions that don ... made happy and excited on EA day, and a lot of people were significantly

  • by Selam G. '18
  • December 17, 2016
• Blog / Challenges

  Happy Valley and the Sandusky Scandal Penn State, Joe Paterno, State College: the stories you've heard and the town—my hometown—behind them.

  

  , Paterno donated money to him anonymously, through his church, on a monthly ... destined to do great things," a quote from Joe Paterno, sewn in white into a ... , signed, framed, and displayed outside the store. A post-it note on one of

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • August 5, 2012
• Blog / How to Human

  talk to people! from the person least qualified to give this advice

  

  could go on trips with, from Newbury Street to Italy. I know for a fact ... -wracking. You don't really get a chance to redo college, but that doesn't stop you ... (@dasharez0ne this is a credit not a plug) that made me decide to write this

  • by Abby H. '20
  • October 11, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  The Final Countdown

  

  I've just finished in New York City, where I did my last two days of outreach to students for the season. After this, I'll head back to the office where, with all of the admissions officers finally together after a long

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 20, 2004
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Keep it simple, stupid I try to choose classes for the fall. Things get messy.

  

  . On the plus side, this led to a really funny conversation where I tried ... it down to a select few. My ideal schedule looked something like this ... 's not too big of a deal if I don't take it now. I'd love to take 8

  • by Laura N. '09
  • August 9, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Financial Aid Tracking + Evie Pix Some quick updates.

  

  : A new enhanced portlet will be launching in the next week to 10 days ... Hi folks, First I just wanted to give mad props to the kind folks who ... during a particularly stressful spoke of the admissions cycle. You guys

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 1, 2006
• FAQ / First-year application

  Do students apply to a specific major?

  Here's one less thing to worry about when applying to MIT: Students apply to MIT for general admission and select a major at the end of the ... doesn't have any impact on admission decisions. In fact, a large
• Blog / Classes

  Little Pieces of Living january & february & march & now, april

  

  In January, I came back to campus for IAP and got to do a healthcare ... encouraged me to work on projects that interested me, even if they were ... roommates was also on campus for IAP, so we cooked a bit together. We made

  • by Sara N. '28
  • April 2, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Deadline where I attempt to reason through an approaching all-nighter

  

  new snack option to supplement a healthy lunch. I also completed one ... don't mind a lack of sleep too much. In the morning, I get to watch the ... . Here’s to a long and lovely night!

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • September 17, 2014
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Getting Stronger the never ending cycle of trying and failing and trying again

  

  ’d[annotation note="a near impossible task to ask of two 19 year old college students ... down to the great exercise that is [annotation note="which involves a lot ... you’re some kind of pro, but it was a pretty big deal to me, at the time

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • November 13, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Summer reading: “The Language of God” Consider adding "The Language of God" to your summer reading list!

  

  the end, the Human Genome Project finished first, mostly thanks to a new ... gained a lot of attention. I haven't gotten the chance to read it yet, but my lab is coordinating a book group to get together and discuss it

  • by Melis A. '08
  • July 22, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  My “Normal” High School What it was like going to an ordinary high school

  

  situations. If I was working on trying to come up with some new cancer idea, my ... Now, I can be pretty sure that most everyone applying to MIT has a ... like I could have found a cure to cancer, ignorance, AIDS, made an

  • by Ben O. '19
  • January 16, 2016
• Blog / Classes

  Pirates and Pi and Rats and Pie and Rats (except there are no rats) 3.1415926535897932384626433832795… idk the rest.

  

  .  How the class works is we read a book by some salty New-England sea dog ... changed to be shanty by pop culture. When I say CHantey, I mean a historical ... " was a work song sung to coordinate a heaving task (like spinning the

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • March 23, 2024
• Blog / Residential Life

  Siblings, Scrabble, and Boredom we're bored in the house, and we're in the house bored

  

  , some kitchen equipment, and a new pack of paper towel rolls from Costco ... quite a bit. I had a whole Penske truck to fill. I'm not sure why I left ... everything in a box. No need to partition items into "do I need this at home

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • July 20, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Some a capella A concert by the MIT Chorallaries (7 pictures)

  

  have joined me to see MIT's oldest co-ed a capella group (with a nerdy ... It's Saturday night at MIT, and I'm taking a break from reading in my ... ago] A few of the numbers they've done tonight: White Flag (Dido

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 19, 2005