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• Blog / Life after MIT

  Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper ‘84, Astronaut The 24th MIT graduate to go into space.

  

  early '80s, they were doing a big push to get a lot more girls to go into ... a Navy scholarship to help pay for college. From there, I got a degree ... about space exploration: "To me exploring space is just a natural

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 16, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  Setbacks head hurty

  

  Jebby's so productive"[/caption] Anyway, I'm not going to do a full tour ... supposed to be Ultra Productive Study Session Day. Every two weeks, I make a ... and the unfortunate effects it can produce. I'm going to make a

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • October 1, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Movies Emeritus out with the old, in with the older

  

  without a certain comforting character for those of us old enough to ... Avenue marketing firm, and was taken "on the road" for the better part of a ... visitors to MIT, “The Social Beaver” focuses on the community living and

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 29, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  An Experiment in Independence all by myself for IAP

  

  Caltech"). We landed in Baltimore close to 7 AM Saturday morning, after a ... . After orienting ourselves and collecting my luggage, we hopped on a shuttle to a Zipcar station where we were greeted by the Volkswagen Golf my

  • by Allan K. '17
  • January 5, 2014
• Blog / People & Identities

  the pieces scattered behind you

  

  pliers to Boston. In my room, there’s a shelf of books taller than a man ... ones I once aspired to read. Not far away, there’s a path by the river ... the ways we plan to do more. We aren’t aligned on every particular but

  • by Amber V. '24
  • December 28, 2023
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Flat Ryan’s Adventures at MIT! There are more exclamation points in this entry than there are days of classes left…

  

  : Last year, my brother's second-grade class had a unit on Flat Stanley (if ... who get flattened and gets travel to a bunch of different places via ... Having a brother who's eleven years younger than you has its perks

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • December 5, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  EA Deadline November 1 is the Early Action deadline.

  

  , it can take a week or more to complete all of these steps. The mail is ... application piece is mailed to the time that it appears on your tracking system ... everyone doing? Not too stressed out, I hope? While you're working on

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 1, 2006
• Blog / Athletics

  My highest achievement at MIT.

  

    [caption id="attachment_104348" align="aligncenter" width="650"] Third to last day of the archery class I took for my final PE ... 's the closest I'll ever get to it.

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • October 25, 2024
• FAQ / First-year application

  How does MIT use my test scores?

  MIT uses a holistic admissions process, so test scores are just one ... us better evaluate academic preparation. If you are planning on applying to MIT and would like to see our testing requirements, please visit
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Deferred Early

  

  As you know, we had a very competitive applicant pool in Early Action ... . Some of you may feel happy to be deferred. Some of you may feel sad. Some of you may have complicated feelings that you don't know what to call

  • by Decisions
  • December 14, 2017
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Deferred Early

  

  As you know, we had a very competitive applicant pool in Early Action ... . Some of you may feel happy to be deferred. Some of you may feel sad. Some of you may have complicated feelings that you don't know what to call

  • by Decisions
  • December 15, 2016
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Deferred Early

  

  As you know, we had a very competitive applicant pool in Early Action ... . Some of you may feel happy to be deferred. Some of you may feel sad. Some ... what to call; that's okay too.    We'll

  • by Decisions
  • December 16, 2015
• FAQ / Interview

  What is the interview deadline?

  email address you provided on your application to contact you, so please monitor your inbox and respond promptly. If we are unable to offer you an ... There isn't a specific deadline for the interview. Students submit
• FAQ / Academics and research

  What is the Abdul Latif Jameel World Water and Food Security Lab?

  created to coordinate and promote water and food research at MIT. MIT’s efforts are aimed at a future in which the world’s water and food needs are ... environmentally sustainable way. Check out their site to learn about all of the
• Blog / How to Food

  I came, I saw, I stirfried Foray into non-ramen cooking

  

  working on your studio project; that was not an environment conducive to ... that I have some experience with stirfrying a few things, I'm excited to ... School has already started, but I have one last part of summer to

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • September 7, 2012
• Blog / Announcements

  We are suspending our SAT/ACT requirement for the 2021–2022 application cycle as well

  

  /ACT, or who can find a forthcoming opportunity to do so safely are ... already taken the SAT/ACT, and cannot find a forthcoming opportunity to do ... agnostic as to whether a student who has taken the exams should submit their

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • April 6, 2021
• Blog / Residential Life

  back in east campus, the sequel jiggity jig (again)

  

  table, some of the posters. it's also right next to the lounge, which is a ... begin to materialize, and it is exciting to be a part of it again. i really liked construction when i was a prefrosh, and now i'm on the other

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • August 18, 2021
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  In Defense of Peer Pressure or, why my hair is now purple

  

  taught “Don't give in to peer pressure!”--an oversimplification of a ... these activities, inviting us to climb at MIT's bouldering wall or go on trips to caves on the weekends. As another example, there are loads of

  • by Kate R. '14
  • March 17, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  What has carcinogenic chemicals, alum bloggers, and ~art~? embracing my inner hipster

  

  in a very mural-happy dorm, I can't paint to save my life. But I do like to photograph a lot, and in fact I've done quite a lot of it in the ... shooting: But of course, being a hipster in denial, if there's two ways to

  • by Michael C. '16
  • September 29, 2012
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Get The Scoop The dish on ice cream around MIT.

  

  . This is the Boston term for a milkshake, from the French "frapper" ("to ... ], ice cream, and a tall glass to make a float. "Suds and a sidecar" is the ... , which are similar to floats, contain seltzer, milk, syrup, and a scoop

  • by Bryan
  • January 27, 2006