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• Blog / Residential Life

  how to grow a vibrant kresge just add sod

  

  [/annotation] even with recurring episodes of tent.     This is a guide to re-sodding a Kresge of your very own.   Step 1: Get rid of all ... sky over the lawn. The saturated blue sky puts a lot of pressure on the

  • by Abby H. '20
  • April 18, 2019
• Blog / Residential Life

  A man’s reach should exceed his grasp My roommate and I built a lofty heaven!

  

  being intimidated: as a child, hearing stories of what MIT undergrads got ... ; and as a prefrosh, getting a glimpse of the amazing things my future ... may seem like a skill that is impossible to acquire in fact came from

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • September 23, 2018
• Blog / Life after MIT

  A New MIT “Alum” Many fictional characters are MIT alumni; the newest is Jessica Alba's Sue Storm in "Fantastic…

  

  film "Fantastic Four" (it got a "thumbs down"), and one plot point caught ... ... Of course, it's nothing new for a film or other work of fiction to establish credibility for a character by giving them an MIT degree. Here are

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 10, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Ben’s Third Semi-Annual Q&A More answers to your questions.

  

  something entirely different from what they write here. It simply adds a bit ... ?" Nope, and nope. If you've designated MIT as a recipient, there is no need ... go for MIT interview?" Eric responded that it would be a good idea to

  • by Ben Jones
  • November 2, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Pictures From a Year of Classes The End of a Saga

  

  So, about a month ago, I submitted my last exam for the year in Johnson Athletic Center which marked the end of a very, very, very long ... finish off the year by giving you all a full run down of everything that

  • by Richard O. '28
  • June 20, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  a few things from civic media race in sports, human experimentation, and hidden figures

  

  (IAP) at MIT -- between the fall and spring semesters, students get a ... ideas), and hang out with friends. so there's a lot going on, but campus still feels a lot more relaxed than it does during the school year. most

  • by Allan K. '17
  • January 13, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  Knife fight with a biker gang Best blog entry EVER. If you think I'm kidding, let me just say: Gory photos…

  

  that is going to have to take a back seat in order for me to document to ... to a bloody pulp with my awesome newfound kickboxing skills. I'd almost finished them off when the second to last one snuck up behind me and pulled a

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 18, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A week in my new world A little bit of everything

  

  are only going to let one thing out at a time." I think the most efficient way to solve this problem would be to simply create a device that ... will probably do a few later posts about the details of things like

  • by Ben O. '19
  • September 18, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Endless rain into a paper cup ...also, restless wind inside a letterbox.

  

  like a little wind and rain is going to stop them from running it tomorrow. Look, guys, I know I'm doing a biofuels UROP and everything, and I ... 've been much more of lame-o about running outside since I got a MacBook and

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 16, 2007
• 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 / Announcements

  A special announcement about SAT Subject Tests MIT has made the decision to no longer consider the SAT Subject Tests

  

  research has shown these tests, in combination with a student’s high school ... informative and consistent measure of a student’s academic potential in a world ... simply not a part of our process anymore.   How does this apply to

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • March 20, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Regular Action Deadline Q & A Have a question about your MIT application? Read on...

  

  application, here are a few tips, notes, and words of wisdom: Submit ... of documents right now, so there's a good chance we have received ... validation errors with their essays, taking more than a couple of minutes to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 22, 2011
• Blog / Residential Life

  [guest post] from the vault: hall exchange notes notes from a hall exchange in 2017

  

  in late february of 2017 me and jessica t. '20 did a hall exchange. a ... would to a joint blog post and write about our experiences, but never got ... logs. reading them over, they're such a throwback and deserve to be on

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • March 20, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Applying Regular Action – Q&A

  

  't cool. Things happen. For example, you might get a validation error ... interview is not a required part of the application (and students whose ... ) who needs one. Using a fee waiver will not negatively impact your

  • by Chris LaBounty
  • December 20, 2012
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  a super timely post about spotify wrapped bloggers wrapped 2018

  

  Spotify Wrapped day and the festivities surrounding it happened a ... represents them. A common complaint this year (and last year) was that the so-called personalized stats were just wrong or only partially correct. I for one was a

  • by Abby H. '20
  • February 4, 2019
• Blog / How to Food

  IAP Cooking a journey of uncooked pasta and cold pho

  

  I live in Burton-Conner, which is a cook-for-yourself dorms, but I purchased a meal plan last semester for convenience. I didn't cook often and ... lunch and dinner. I got slightly sick of dining hall food after a while

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • March 10, 2024
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Kids These Days Don’t Know How Good They’ve Got It and they need to get off my lawn

  

  Once upon a time, when you wanted to know something, you had to find out about it by going to a place, probably not the place you currently were, called a "library." Just imagine. You had to actually

  • by Qiaochu Y. '12
  • October 26, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  I Never Thought I Would Join a Sorority ...but here I am?

  

  many questions about making friends in college that I even wrote a blog ... by joining a student community, most notably greek life, the entire ... anything remotely close to "greek life", or in my case, a sorority, in

  • by Selam G. '18
  • May 6, 2017
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Outside of a dog, a book is man’s best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read.

  

  During first semester I published a nice little entry about my ... ? Let's go on a tour! High School Yearbook For those nostalgic moments ... knowledge. Seriously, SUCH a good book. Physics E&M Book Horribly

  • by Snively '11
  • March 14, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Laptop Stickers of MIT and their stories~

  

  , arrangement, aesthetic, and content of stickers. It's true, you can tell a lot about a person from their biography. Now here's what we can learn about ... Cubs if you are unfamiliar. The red/green Beast sticker is a symbol for

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • March 2, 2019