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• Blog / Academics & Research

  2.007: Where even your smallest part matters The 2.007 competition has come to close!

  

  Wow, most exciting/eventful two days ever. I'm very sad to say that 2.007 has come to a close. If you're saying, "2.007, huh?" click here and read ... car on the table by itself and seeing how many points you can score. My

  • by Melis A. '08
  • May 18, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  To the 2024s: Wishing You the Most don't be scared of growth

  

  . Mistakes are an opportunity to reflect on and redefine your values. In this ... Hello 2024s. I'm about to go on another blogging hiatus, but I wanted ... anything like this. I encourage you to keep sharing your feelings and

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • September 1, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Making Your Dorm Room a Piece of Art! [by Elise '14]...and how MIT'll help you!

  

  if you aren’t artistically inclined, you can get your hands on ... . Most dorms allow you to paint your walls. Simmons allows it as long as it gets painted back to white eventually and the curved walls some of the

  • by ARTalk
  • November 24, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  The Interview: 10/20 Approaches Some thoughts on the interview, as the EA deadline nears.

  

  deadline to contact your alumni interviewer (Educational Counselor, or EC) is Friday (October 20). So, if you haven't yet, go on to MyMIT, get your EC ... 's interview advice and Stu's Advice On How To Approach Your Interview.

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 17, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  QuestBridge 2015 FAQ All the questions!

  

  your testing by October, do not worry; you do not have to remove MIT from your rank list because if you do not match with any school on December 1st, we will simply email you instructions with how to roll over into

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • October 21, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Flashback A useless guide to MIT undergraduate housing.

  

  to MIT. So I thought, why not share my thoughts on some of the less ... is the most fun topic. I was so, so excited to get the i3 video. i3 ... good fun. If you're dying to see these videos, some residences will host

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 8, 2005
• Blog / People & Identities

  BLÅHAJ: the Internet meme, the trans icon, the world’s favorite plush media analysis on the Swedish shark’s rise to prominence

  

  [/caption] But how did this shark plush get so popular? Blahaj’s rise to ... brings Randomites and their Blahajs together to feast on cheese, crackers ... Internet Meme  According to Know Your Meme, the first widely circulated

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • July 19, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  sk8 jebby on a skateboard

  

  . I ran through several options and settled on learning how to ... griptape. Actually getting myself to step on the board was a physical and ... whenever I wanted to give my board a push. I knew how to balance on a

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • June 29, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Many Ways To Define “The Best” A long response to a CC thread in which I offer my opinions on AP…

  

  classes get rejected. Why? Because often these kids knew how to grind, but ... College Confidential thread about the pressure to load up on AP classes ... 's and 5's on all tests. I'll pause here to add that I frequently saw

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 5, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  [ hard mode ] i'm on hard mode and i'm just a noob

  

  actually work on a blog post now, so I've decided to recap my past three ... was nice! I got to see the John Singer Sargent mural on the third floor ... consideration, I went to MIT Medical, and the doctor said that the thing on my

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • November 25, 2021
• Blog / About Decisions

  Admitted Students Update Lots of good and important stuff for both EA and RA admits.

  

  your future classmates, and to get emails and screennames to be in touch ... your future classmates and get questions answered by current students ... ! It will be in the mail on Wednesday, and in your mailboxes soon after

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 16, 2009
• Blog / Athletics

  A Series of Embarrassing Events, Part 2 Neither zumba, nor yoga.

  

  before the hour. On Wednesday, I had every intention of going to zumba ... . I clicked my way to the PE site, saw that yoga was offered in the T ... be worth showing up early to get the form signed. The first thing I

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 16, 2013
• Blog / Events

  Western Union A celebration of marriage, nanotechnology, and acrophobia in Seattle, WA.

  

  not touristy enough, we headed on over to the Space Needle to continue ... 's collective thunder. The priest also described how the groom proposed to the ... . What, you can't see it? The reception site was on the edge of Lake

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • July 20, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Haiti: Day 1 This week, I'm in Haiti.

  

  train their workers on site. So today, we're in Haiti. I don't know what ... seems like an impenetrable problem. How to rebuild after all this, how to deal with so many displaced people, how to implement infrastructure in

  • by Jess K. '10
  • April 25, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  West Coast Trip Report some work, some play, lots of nerd stuff

  

  well, I'll get back in Boston on Saturday morning, just in time to catch ... only did I get to do this, but I got to see Danny and Sabrina S. '16 ... breakfast while rfong presents how to eat it; also, an Anastassia selfie of

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 30, 2017
• Blog / Challenges

  I am lethally bored in the airport boooooo

  

  while waiting Get mad you're not that good at Tetris Check to see if ... for summer jobs Listen to Charli XCX Act like you're gonna work on ... the terminal with your 1000 lb bags to get water Check to see if any

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • May 22, 2025
• Blog / Athletics

  How I got recruited to play D3 soccer at MIT the college sports recruiting process

  

  play soccer) to get recruited, so I definitely have advice for other ... , and how I eventually committed to MIT. I’m not entirely sure how other ... , and I was lucky enough to get in!! I officially committed the spring

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • February 16, 2025
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  what i’m doing this fall leadership tingz

  

  , depending on how busy things get. At this point, I have no idea, but my ... summer to prepare! Coming in, I had absolutely no idea how weird managing ... semester was a bit rough on our team since we didn't get the revenue we

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • September 2, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  End-of-Summer Camping Temporary escape from my “cruel, insufficiently damp world"

  

  already boarded. I rolled up to the driver. “Can I get on this bus?” He ... tent. “I was going to call the ranger. You left it on an empty site.” He ... reservation was still open in Firefox. “Alright! Get on.” Seven hours, four

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • September 28, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  Wait List Confirmation Form If you're on the wait list, we sent you an email last week.

  

  Form. Whether you wish to remain on MIT's wait list or not, please ... instructions, check to make sure it's not in your spam folder. Otherwise, send an email to admissions [at] mit [dot] edu with your name and Application ID

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • April 7, 2014