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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Nobel Prizes in your pocket Computers are so cool omg this is why I’m a course 6

  

  Do you ever stop to think about how incredible computers are? I don ... brain of your computer, each engineered and manufactured to near ... sand that we taught to add numbers (much, much better than humans can do

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • October 9, 2023
• Blog / Personal Travel

  A Heartbreaking Lunch of Staggering Genius I'll write about campus dining some other day.

  

  waited for the bus from NYC to Boston in a cramped doorway whose grimy ... squid flesh.” Twixt bus stop to the East and hot dog stand to the West ... to black polished submarines, I suffered a J.D. Salinger moment. A sigh

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • July 30, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  My Desk and the Things That Live There The things and fish on and around my desk and the stories behind them.

  

  , Technology and Memoir). The main takeaway, which I am going to play with here ... objects attached to them. Here are the things on and around my desk and also ... dating. My to-do list for today, in between my laptop and my tea, written

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 25, 2014
• Blog / Personal Projects

  [liveblog] presenting at the Open Sauce maker expo! built a funky microscope with my friends

  

  Mateo, we’re at booth I22. If you’re around, feel free to stop by! It ... recovered in a year) More on this later, maybe. If you want to sign my cast

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • July 20, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  been walking a lot recently furthermore, i like taking pictures

  

  I'm not living on campus for the summer, but I have a lot of things to do on campus (tours, glassblowing, UROP meetings, seeing friends), so I've been walking to and from campus nearly every day. I

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • June 17, 2025
• Blog / Athletics

  Scootah Hockey a sport of tradition, friendship, and raw athleticism

  

  game to play. Each team has three to four players on at a time, each of whom rides on a noble steed--those scooters that you used to sit your ... guarded by a vigilant goalie with the power to apprehend nearby pucks and

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • May 13, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  Tour de Frat house tours of pbe, dke, and sig chi!

  

  Welcome back to another tour – and I hope you're excited, because ... thought it would be fun to show what Greek life is like for them. (You can ... Phi Beta Epsilon! Right next to the tennis courts and other athletic

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • February 28, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  Open Thread: Deferred Early

  

  , here, here, here, and most recently here. Some of you may feel happy to ... feelings that you don't know how to name; that's okay, too. For now, just

  • by Decisions
  • December 16, 2023
• Blog / Advice

  Music for Pre-decisions De-stressing manifesting calm and cozy vibes to get you through it

  

  into something stressful. Many of these were songs I listened to while I ... calm you down/you think should be added to the playlist? Let me know in

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • December 8, 2023
• Blog / Events

  happy year of the rabbit featuring the wilg bunnies

  

  Happy Lunar New Year!! My living group, WILG, has pet bunnies, and conveniently, it is the year of the rabbit, so of course we had to incorporate ... ="437"] all the decorations we made, hanging on the wall. thank you to

  • by Rona W. '23
  • January 23, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  tetacats the furry fish of tetazoo

  

  able to meow or [annotation note="pet snakes

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • February 25, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Open Thread: Deferred Early

  

  deferred, you are one of the applicants who are going to be reconsidered ... that you don't know what to call; all of those feelings are perfectly

  • by Decisions
  • December 18, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  There’s a Story in Which My Eyes Shut Am I changed enough?

  

  enough to require shade, so I moved from tree to tree as the clouds shifted ... . How could it seem so real to them? I closed my eyes again. Don't you ... . I could've still been in high school. I remember talking to a friend

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • October 25, 2021
• FAQ / First-year application

  How does MIT use my name and preferred name?

  would like us to call you—preferred first name. Preferred first name is ... first name. If you have any concerns or questions, please reach out to us
• Blog / Admissions

  Open Thread: Deferred Early

  

  may feel happy to be deferred. Some of you may feel sad. Some of you may have complicated feelings that you don't know what to call; that's okay

  • by Decisions
  • December 19, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Open Thread: Deferred Early

  

  feel happy to be deferred. Some of you may feel sad. Some of you may have complicated feelings that you don't know what to call; that's okay too. We have posted

  • by Decisions
  • December 14, 2019
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  career fair haikus this post contains your Daily Value of sodium

  

  , we're going shopping." *Drives to career fair*👕   Push through ... 😤   I approached the stand  $old my self, car, home, and soul To

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • August 28, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Open Thread: Deferred Early

  

  feel happy to be deferred. Some of you may feel sad. Some of you may have complicated feelings that you don't know what to call; that's okay too.    

  • by Decisions
  • December 15, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Admissions Videos Over the Years The 90s were, uh, different

  

  silent film that was almost an hour long! An HOUR! What was it even like to ... fun to see their evolution in one montage of clips:   What video

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • September 14, 2017
• Blog / Hacks

  Hackapult Sieges The Dome

  

  river to — past the giant catapult.    Yes, there was a hack - a hackapult, to be more precise. According to the IHTFP Hack Gallery: In an attempt to answer the age-old question of how hackers manage to access the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 15, 2015