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• Blog / Announcements

  New year, new bloggers! introducing the new bloggers for fall 2019

  

  bloggers to you! On July 1, we posted the blogger application; by the end of ... penguin Kidist A. ’22 of Georgia (the state), who likes to cite tweets by ... . In the meantime, I want to thank everyone who applied to be a blogger

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 4, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How to miss deadlines at MIT Policies for late assignments, and ways to keep your grades afloat when life inevitably happens

  

  how I was going to be able to finish my pset that day with my sleep ... choose between being nice to my brain and body and doing well on the ... importance of not having to make this trade-off, and they try to be flexible

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • October 12, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  USA Wins 2nd in International Math Olympiad Three MIT '09s won Gold Medals.

  

  Mildorf (Gold Medal), and Eric Price (Gold Medal). Way to go, Hyun Soo ... world send teams of 4-6 high school students to represent their nation in ... competing countries participated. Contestants attempt to solve 6 math problems

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 18, 2005
• Blog / Denied by MIT, Now [X]

  Denied by MIT, now a PhD student at the Media Lab

  

  It's never easy to turn people down from MIT. But sometimes, around decision day, I unexpectedly hear from students to whom we did not offer undergraduate admission in the past, who went on to pursue their ambitions

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 24, 2020
• Blog / Blog Projects

  For the next two weeks we will all use fewer words here

  

  different way and we hope you like to read them. ... students who went to this school in the past and used to write for us, could ... different. From 1/15 to 1/31, the people who write here may write only using

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • January 15, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  YoYoPhones The iPod has nothing on this.

  

  were set on our way to make some yo-yos. We could have made a simple yo ... , flexibility, and rate. But as you well know by now, at MIT, nothing is ever ... Chun To: Us Subject: Your Mission v2.008 Your mission should you choose

  • by Bryan
  • May 21, 2007
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Trashion 2014 are YOU trashionable?

  

  , though, it can be a harder question to answer. Our profession requires no ... professional Mean Girl, and I have come to be at peace with that. I have been ... continue to exploit our environment. Modeled by Kara P. '16.   

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 8, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Melancholia [by Faye '11] A beautiful movie about the end of the world.

  

  [by Faye '11] Photo Credit: cmagz.com tldr; version: pretty to look at and nice to listen to (the tagline says it all), 5 out of 5 stars! The whole shebang: I had originally intended to write this

  • by ARTalk
  • November 7, 2011
• Blog / Events

  The Great Snowball Fight of 2013 fame. glory. snow. killian court.

  

  of the movie was a little joke by Pixar. And I refuse to bow to the ... of snow on MIT: What better way to celebrate than with a giant ... 's that time of year that meteorologists call winter, characterized by snow

  • by Michael C. '16
  • February 9, 2013
• Blog / Personal Travel

  If I Try Really Hard, I Can Resemble Ernest Borgnine First stop on the tour: London.

  

  city of London put it up for sale to make way for a new bridge. Oil and ... ,460,000, and the London Bridge was dismantled block by block and moved to remote ... -biggest tourist attraction after the Grand Canyon. Designed by Disneyland planner C

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • July 12, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  Useful items to bring for dorm room

  

  not everything needs to be sent from home. Some folks think they need to ... for your usage, they seem to be easily procured if you know where to ... outlets in each room, but they don't always tend to be in the most

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • July 1, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT Admissions Decisions Now Available Online News about the 2011 Regular Action cycle.

  

  use to log into your MyMIT account. There are no interim screens, so you should be sure you are ready to receive your decision online before logging ... plan to send out any admissions decisions by mail, though admitted

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2011
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Winter Storm Warning Brr, it's cold out there. And snowing.

  

  . THUNDER MAY ALSO BE HEARD. SNOW WILL TAPER TO LIGHT ADDITIONAL ... BE QUITE SLOW AND HAZARDOUS DUE TO A COMBINATION OF STILL HEAVY SNOW ... WILL BE IN THE TEENS TO LOWER 20S WITH GUSTY NORTHERLY WINDS CAUSING

  • by Laura N. '09
  • March 1, 2009
• FAQ / International applicants

  Do application materials have to be in English?

  All application materials must be in English. You may have a professional service or a teacher in your school complete the translation, but ... any documents, please ask him/her to sign and date the translation
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Two short stories My last three weeks in a nutshell.

  

  was convinced that joining a sorority was not the way to go. Anyway, my ... 'm of the opinion that the way to dispel stereotypes about MIT ... stereotypes were for the most part nowhere to be found. And when I received a

  • by Keri G. '10
  • September 24, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  There Are No Uninteresting Things I'm taking classes. If you ask nicely, I might tell you about them.

  

  : The general purpose fundamentals of electronics class. This used to be required of all Course VIers, but it's going to be phased out in the next few ... going to be challenging for me, because we're already dealing with things

  • by Evan B. '10
  • September 17, 2007
• Blog / How to Human

  23andme happy new year

  

  -deprecating way to put it, but I do think it's difficult to pare down all the ways I ... culture on here, and to be clear, skinniness != health, but the number on ... want. I'd like to be exercising consistently. In 2022, I finally

  • by Rona W. '23
  • January 1, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How to train your sticking-together rock I am so happy that "computer" is not a no-no word today

  

  taking rocks and training them to add and remember numbers. Wow! Rocks usually do not (and should not) know how to add or remember numbers, but we ... 's even cooler than that? Training rocks… that STICK TOGETHER… to do those

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • January 17, 2024
• Blog / Events

  Stud/Fac Dinners Genius idea to get free dinner with MIT geniuses

  

  advice on topics like How to Set Up a Friend as a Favor How to Set Up Two of Your Friends How to Avoid Being Set Up How to Pin a Boutonniere ... , paid for by the '07 class council! :-) Take this amazing opportunity to

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 17, 2006
• Blog / Uncategorized

  snip snip liberating the shoulder one free t-shirt at a time

  

  my way since then has been subjected to this treatment. I tell myself that not every t shirt needs to be altered. I tell myself that it's time ... idea can't even remotely be attributed to me. If anything, it's just a

  • by Veronica P. '27
  • September 28, 2025