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• Blog / Academics & Research

  To ASE Or Not To ASE preparing academically for freshman year

  

  fun about walking out of my dorm at 7:00 PM to go to a physics exam and ... is rare to meet someone who knows all the material of the classes ... It's June! Which means of course you're not interested in the

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • June 26, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  choosing where to go for my younger brother

  

  a woman gets to experience many of the other universes that might ... consideration: that I wanted to move through the rest of my life with that social ... where to choose, and he knows himself best; he’s fully capable of

  • by Rona W. '23
  • May 1, 2022
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Talk to Strangers you might want to keep what they have to say forever

  

  great to actually be able to just stop someone in the middle of the ... pieces of sound. I actually had no previous experience with listening to ... while blindfolded. But learning how to listen to a piece was only half of

  • by Ana V. '15
  • July 22, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  It happens to Helen Life is just a series of awkward moments sometimes.

  

  went on during IAP." noun -- the location of one's UROP "I'm on my way to ... DID YOU KNOW? Homemade mayonnaise is actually acidic enough to kill ... leave it out at room temperature without fear of food poisioning. This new

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 16, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Poetics of Place Snippets from my "Critical Writing for Designers" course at school down the street

  

  School of the Museum of Fine Arts) appealed to me when I applied here, and ... layering of your favorite passages. It doesn't have to make total sense and ... : these are also words to describe the body of a woman (very different from

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • February 29, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Month of Novembeard a cultural exchange

  

  to share a bit of my own culture with you. It is, in fact, my home ... , personally, and to the leadership I have shown in the realm of proper beards ... physically ill after I asked him to take a closer look. Like the end of Raiders

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 20, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  I Tried to Ford the River Are you even old enough to remember this?

  

  So I just got this email: Don Rawitsch, one of the original inventors of the Oregon Trail computer game is coming to MIT and giving a talk about the game: When: 5:30 pm this Friday (4/21) Where: Dining room of

  • by Bryan
  • April 19, 2006
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Waitlisted

  

  to be waitlisted. Some of you may feel sad. Some of you may have ... Many students applied to MIT this year, and unfortunately, we couldn't accept all of them. We have placed a small number of students on the

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2021
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Waitlisted

  

  to be waitlisted. Some of you may feel sad. Some of you may have ... Many people applied to MIT this year, and unfortunately we could not accept all of them. We have placed a small number of students on the

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2020
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Waitlisted

  

  to be waitlisted. Some of you may feel sad. Some of you may have ... Many people applied to MIT this year, and unfortunately we could not accept all of them. We have placed a small number of students on the

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2019
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Waitlisted

  

  to be waitlisted. Some of you may feel sad. Some of you may have ... Many people applied to MIT this year, and unfortunately we could not accept all of them. We have placed a small number of students on the

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2018
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Waitlisted

  

  to be waitlisted. Some of you may feel sad. Some of you may have ... Many people applied to MIT this year, and unfortunately we could not accept all of them. We have placed a small number of students on the

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How did MIT’s GIRs come to be? the Tech has some answers. Plus, the SATs from 1918, and a mascot on a…

  

  to get back to reading, and hope you all have a great last month of ... First, just to allay the inevitable questions in the comments: we ... to post something I've had in the backlog for awhile.  Last year, I

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 1, 2018
• Blog / Classes

  First Midterm of The Semester Here I go...

  

  I have about 30 minutes before the first midterm of the semester. I ... always had eggs before a big exam. It's become one of my pre-exam routines ... point my brain doesn't want to do any more work. I've checked to make sure

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • March 1, 2019
• Blog / Athletics

  Story of a Lifestyle I'm going to kick you - No, for real

  

  delivers an outcome – there’s a sense of finality. But if there’s anything to ... half of the grand plan is moving fast on track. Two weeks ago, the MIT ... '10 & Mary Hong '10 hold up the fruit of the club's months of hard

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • March 30, 2010
• Blog / How to Human

  Lyrics to my MIT experience i definitely never, ever wrote songfics when i was in middle school

  

  when I first heard That sweet sound of humility? It came to my ears in the goddamn loveliest melody How grateful I was then to be part of the ... always been there to support me. My friends, my family, and members of all

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • August 15, 2020
• Blog / Study Abroad

  From One Cambridge To The Other A year away from the Institute

  

  always there to clear up our many, many, misconceptions of all things ... long to post this blog. After weeks of excruciating waiting we finally got a list of what colleges we'll be living in and I'm going to be

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • August 12, 2013
• Blog / Uncategorized

  to now and forever

  

  closest thing I had to an older brother. As I exited the elevator of my ... prepare for a different kind of reunion. I used to mention Aiden a lot in ... his mouth to which I said "it's okay, it's okay" because it was okay. Of

  • by Cami M. '23
  • July 15, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Getting Back to Normal ...with some help from Macklemore

  

  It has been a rough couple of weeks in Boston and at MIT.  Wednesday's memorial service for Officer Collier has helped us to heal.  And tonight, we'll take another step in getting back to normal. Tonight is the annual MIT

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 26, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  Class of 2009 note #2

  

  were the "fathers/mothers" of the project. I'm happy to see it continue ... important to you in a living environment? Where are you thinking of living ... Many of you have already received it, but for those of you anxiously

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 8, 2005