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• Blog / How to Human

  bursting the MIT Bubble when 🅱️ig 🅱️ome Energy gets too real

  

  Netflix for eight hours and it's completely acceptable because, hey, at ... to present to my peers, the rationale for this being the intensity of ... ?? feels like i’ve been here for an eternity"]two-ish months

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • October 17, 2019
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Colin Webb’s Commencement Speech "We learned, as graduating MIT engineers, that our job is to build bridges."

  

  figurative (and for many literal) feet, not only for the quality of the speaking, but the substance of which he spoke. For many people, Colin really ... with you all. Here's a video of the speech, and below is the text. For

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 17, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  Expedition New England Travel That is Good for the Soul.

  

  As one of my “Treat. Yo. Self.” presents for my birthday, I got 3 ... simply enjoy life. For those who don’t l know, I come from a town in ... Amtrak Train ticket, and some extra room for a souvenir shirt for myself

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • October 26, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  Life etc “fine,” “nice,” “good," "quiet"

  

  someone on Quora who claimed that 3 p.m. to 11 p.m. worked pretty well for ... schedules are problematic for your mental health.. While I don’t think I feel ... actually 9:47, but I stayed in bed for a bit longer so that it was about ten

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • December 2, 2015
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Touring an IS&T Datacenter, and How My Dad Crashed the Internet I promise they're related.

  

  , so I'll save it for later :D First, let's talk about computing. MIT ... processing power, for our tour inside. Mind you, on the outside W91 has an ... for the Institvte, which explains its high ceilings and open spaces

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • November 2, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The 12 Step Plan don't pack too much, you probably wont use half of it anyway.

  

  don't hurt either. Send postcards to people. They make for cool ... For a lot of you (maybe not all), interning over the summer will be ... you get to pretend to be an adult for a couple months before returning

  • by Cydnie T. '12
  • July 25, 2011
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  The Dark Side of the Moon Mi vida. Nada m√°s.

  

  Splashes for so long and being the founder of Splash!, MIT ESP sends a couple ... blogged for AN ENTIRE MONTH. tsk tsk. THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE. Truth is, I ... memorization randomly in between) Me : MIT :: Linguini : cookingFor all you

  • by Chris S. '11
  • October 24, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  Making Tracks

  

  spectrum of introductory classes as you established a track for elective ... , academic or not, and you leave for college in the fall, on a plane, train ... housemasters invite you to their apartments for tea. The fresh faces and

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • April 30, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  halfway there musings about currently being an MIT student

  

  ...viscerally uncomfortable. Is time real?? I've already lived at my current house for longer ... beyond anything that could happen in current times; we were dancing for ... real college student. A friend recently asked me for book

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • November 14, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  The Curiosity Instinct Every MIT applicant should ask a question - but not necessarily just "How can I…

  

  you to seek out the answers for yourself, sending you off on a journey ... you have to pay for. When I told her that, she mulled it over and then ... like Wikipedia, even for all of its supposed flaws - it's a launching

  • by Emad T. '14
  • November 24, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Rambax MIT On Rambax, MIT's one and only Senegalese drumming ensemble. Also known as MIT's best Senegalese…

  

  on a drum) for an extended period of time every week. That's about half ... , where all my media stops: I was playing for the rest of the night and, as ... us to announce that we'd been asked to play for NPR's Marketplace Money

  • by Jess K. '10
  • January 6, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  The Interview…Part 1 ECs are some of my favorite people in the world and you'll like them too.

  

  Please note that, as of August 2018, our process for assigning ... posted here.  For me, Educational Counselors or ECs are a special group of ... questions you have about why MIT could be a good choice for you. They are

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • September 18, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Ice cream and an onion Chun Li, pirates, magnetic poetry, and an RLC circuit.

  

  , really cheap (like $2.50) Halloween-themed cruise for older undergraduates ... e-mail to send out to the floor: From: Sam Maurer To: Conner 2 Date: 10/28/2006 12:06 PM Hey floor, I need a tight black t-shirt for a

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 29, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Dean Marilee Jones in the news Articles in the press about MIT's Dean of Admissions.

  

  something for everyone that they failed to convey what made their institution ... admissions. “It helped me get real about what we’re actually looking for,” she ... put on things, trying to be something for everyone.” In USA Today

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 12, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  You Are LUSCIOUS I lusciously answer some of your questions

  

  lucky enough to receive. You didn't mean for me to parade by myself, did ... quite sure why I commented. MIT keeps sending me junkmail so I looked at ... of the mail/website, you can get an idea for the "vibe" of each college

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • August 13, 2006
• Blog / Events

  The sun comes up, then goes away Graduation day with pictures!

  

  weird, and I'm not sure if I'm going to believe it for a while. Thanks so ... mustache, because he thought it would be funny for the official graduation ... fail. Really. New opportunities will always arise for those who seek them

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • June 9, 2006
• Blog / Announcements

  MIT’s COVID-19 precautions and their impact on admissions relevant news and next steps (updated 4/14); new blog posts below 👇🏼

  

  answer is no, you are not required to take AP exams for classes in which you are enrolled. You may find it useful to do so for your own learning ... you are checking your email (including your spam folder) for regular

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 6, 2020
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Gap Year, Week 1 my plans for a year away from MIT during COVID-19

  

  I've officially been on my gap year for a week! To begin my gap year ... take a gap year, how the first week went, and what my plans are for the ... quickly be expelled. I was also frustrated that the announcement to send us

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 31, 2020
• Blog / Life after MIT

  MIT Memory Quilt insert many sobbing emojis here

  

  trepidation for the sheer amount of my wardrobe I was sending off into USPS ... my entire wardrobe for the past few years has been solely comprised of ... middle categories into shirts that I would actually send off to be made

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • January 27, 2021
• Blog / How to MIT

  The Cost of Living at MIT alternatively, how to spend money at MIT

  

  . For most students, college will be their first experience largely ... adjusting to prices and scrounging for the best deals, I've found a way to ... list/system to send stuff to everyone at MIT

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • April 14, 2025