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• Blog / Announcements

  FYI: Undergraduates with family income below $200,000 can expect to attend MIT tuition-free starting in 2025 what it says on the tin

  

  : sorry for not blogging much lately. With my new-ish role —  Director of ... — '] playing Elden Ring on a dex/faith build: small, fast melee weapons with the ... income threshold. And for the 50 percent of American families with income

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 20, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  academic struggles zig-zagging in a world of straight lines

  

  Even as a kid, school never fit right for me. I recall my third ... , “Rona, you can do that, but it might make things harder for you later ... online for several reasons: 1) I go to MIT and presumably had a good enough

  • by Rona W. '23
  • January 20, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  lessons on burnout 2020 made me realize things

  

  Looking back, 2020 was a very chill year for me. Ridiculously so, if I’m being honest. To understand what I mean, you need context. For the ... nearly enough sleep. I could go into the reasons for this – wanting to do

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • January 12, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  what’s happening on campus tl;dr packing up & freaking out

  

  I think I speak for every undergraduate when I say: holy fuck.  The ... will see again. There's barely any time for real goodbyes, for send-off parties, for thank-you cards, for savouring the moment... Even at the best

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • March 11, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Art of Waiting how to burn some time

  

  elusive skill of patience – waiting for the bus, waiting on a friend at a ... December. It was torturous, and the clock seemed to tick too fast and too ... because I left them on read for too long last week, or perhaps something

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • March 13, 2019
• Blog / About Decisions

  Decisions, Decisions….. Don't Panic!

  

  Ahh Pi day. It's an important day for nerds worldwide, but it's perhaps most important for some future nerds here at MIT (not to be confused ... , decisions day (D-Day from here on out) is upon us and for the prospective

  • by Chris M. '12
  • March 13, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Wall A Lack of Color

  

  for IAP, which you'll hear more about as it occurs. Now January is fast ... for seniors) right now. My walls are an uninteresting shade of white. I ... for the holidays. I had other plans for break, but they fell through, so

  • by Karen F. '11
  • January 2, 2008
• Blog / How to Food

  More on food

  

  I think I'm going to be fixating on food for a while, at least until ... for dinner; Pritchett Dining is open for dinner on east campus. I ... even going to a fast food restaurant. The food in the residential halls

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 5, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Numbers are names too What, you don't speak entirely in numbers at your school?

  

  this is great for MITers, but it seems rather arcane to the outside world ... words too fast and people can't understand me and I have to repeat myself ... sciences" five times fast.) So I'm going to teach you the numbering system

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • February 17, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Somebody Else Seven undergrad blogs not enough for you? Now some of them have multiple authors.

  

  And now for something completely different. Sam is allowing me (Ruth '07) to write a guest blog entry. It might not make for the best guest ... song for the entry title. As the most Humanities-oriented student at MIT

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 22, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Course 18 thoughts on being a (pure) math major

  

  has been firmly on the pure math track for a few years and who hasn ... wrestling with many new abstract concepts in my head for long periods of time ... school, and for the most part that turned out to be true, though they

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • March 11, 2017
• Blog / How to MIT

  Laptops! It goes on the top of your lap.

  

  I've had dial-up internet for as long as I can remember. One of the ... started! There are two computer options for MIT: Desktops and laptops. Both ... Perhaps as a consequence of this website, and also the fact that MIT gives

  • by Snively '11
  • March 22, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  winning embracing positive-sum

  

  for most of my life i was very prone to envy. part of that was ... , and so on - but it also extended to non-academic endeavors as well. for ... can be a good way for you to meet new people, having acquaintances with

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • April 2, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Trashion 2014 are YOU trashionable?

  

  biological tests or throw a ball really fast. I just make decisions about stuff ... sometimes say that I judge people for a living. While I had no formal background or training in judging people, I have been judging people for some

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 8, 2014
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Day 2: Hiking up a volcano at 15,000 ft (~4.5 km) Altitude sickness and Embarrassing Spanish Attempt #3

  

  loud, very grand church bells, then couldn't find anything for breakfast ... do any restaurants. We broke our fast with potato chips and a chocolate ... just over 15,700 ft (~4.8 km). Feyi joined us for the cable car ride

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 4, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Way We Live Saunas make me think

  

  while on the toilet. Blame it on all those apps for everything you can ... summer on jimjilbangs, and for visual reference, here's a photo from that story. (Photo credit: Woohae Cho for the International Herald Tribune

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • February 7, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Study Break To sleep or not to sleep?

  

  cruel exception. Most classes at MIT operate at a very fast pace and leave ... . Many different acronyms have been invented for the word "finals," most of ... library (for the quiet more than for the books), completely unaware of the

  • by Snively '11
  • May 21, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Hit in the Face: A Snively GuestBlog Snively's point of view. Only this time it's actually his point of view, and not…

  

  pretty much the perfect metaphor for what MIT has been like for me thus far. It starts out really exciting! You get accepted, everybody cheers for ... for what’s to come. Then, before you know it, blasted in the face by the

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 14, 2007
• Blog / MISTI

  MIT-Italy: Working With Ferrari The MISTI experience of Patrik Kunzler.

  

  two months working for one of the most exciting companies on the planet ... of the best architecture for office and technical buildings. Together ... readiness to dream, this made for a working environment one could only dream

  • by MISTI Program
  • March 27, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  optical illusions don't try this at home kids. use the crosswalk whenever possible.

  

  to get into the Museum Of Science for free. A few weeks back, Diana ... : This exhibit is not for the weak-hearted. The constant crashes and ... , so multiple visits are encouraged. I know I'll be back in the fall for

  • by Bryan
  • August 4, 2005