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  PSA: there’s a new mit.edu!

  

  This is just a quick blog post to tell y'all that there is a new ... :  The homepage we replace has given good service to the Institute. Since ... aesthetic: a single “Spotlight” image surrounded by links to sites

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 25, 2018
• Blog / Events

  some food around boston plus a random ski pic!

  

  It is my long-term quest to visit as many ramen shops around Boston ... be doing better: close to MIT, there's Sapporo Ramen in the H-Mart at ... so I hear: I've yet to go) but it's good in a pinch and when you

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • March 1, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  For applicants affected by natural disasters

  

  If you’re wanting to apply Early Action (EA) to MIT this year but ... disasters, know that our hearts go out to you from MIT Admissions. It ... want is for college applications to add to that stress. We know that some

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • September 25, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Our 2017-18 Application Essay Questions

  

  forthcoming cycle. There's no reason to start on them now, but some people like to begin thinking and planning ahead of time, which I respect and value ... , but this year, we've kept them the same as last year, to wit: We know

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 31, 2017
• Blog / Events

  #NoBanNoWall

  

  received this email from mit administration sometime yesterday: To ... affected. We are working closely with them to offer every support we can. We ... best options to help and respond. If you have specific questions, please

  • by Allan K. '17
  • January 29, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  A Little INSPIRation Guest Post by Vaishnavi Rao '17

  

  In the midst of a whirlwind-like semester I promise to eventually blog about, I had the chance to connect to Vaishnavi at one of the Burchard Scholars dinners and we got to talking about INSPIRE, a cool project that

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • December 1, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Walk down CourseRoad Lane A boulevard of broken dreams and dropped classes

  

  One of Danny B.D’s many contributions to the MIT community, along ... classes to plan what you want to take each semester. Pictures make more ... . Wondering if you have space to squeeze in an astronomy elective? Add it to a

  • by Joel G. '18
  • November 24, 2015
• Blog / How to Human

  Don’t Screw Up Your Username It's time to put down your AOL screen name.

  

  have decided to join the incoming class have a very crucial choice to ... this decision is: your MIT username (also referred to as your Athena or your Kerberos) will be your login to the computing systems here, it'll be

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • April 30, 2015
• Blog / IAP

  My IAP Mugs, polymers, cats, and pineapples.

  

  Ahh my IAP is going to be so cool!!! There are quite a few things ... students have the whole month of January to do anything they want - from working at an awesome company to making teapots to throwing things off of

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • January 3, 2015
• Blog / Events

  Admitted Student Gathering Thank you MIT Club of Northern NJ for throwing a great one!

  

  to Admitted Student Gatherings, social events for mingling with other prefrosh, current MIT students, and MIT Alumni. The one closest to me was ... student in the immediate area, I was pretty excited to meet other 2017's in

  • by Erick P. '17
  • April 9, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT Early Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  *Update as of 2015: Early action is available to both domestic and ... password that you use to log in to your MyMIT account. There are no interim screens, so you should be sure you are ready to receive your decision online

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 14, 2013
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Why Apply? Putting your hat in the ring if you're not so sure

  

  Hi blogosphere! I've wracked my brain wondering how to introduce myself to you. The ghosts of Uncle Labs and Beatriz have haunted me all weekend. I cannot hope to match their wit and experiences, but I am SO

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • September 9, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Yes,The New App…It’s Really Here Or Why This Year's App is "Cooler" Than Last Year's.

  

  me to do the session there since I ate quite a few meals in that same ... closed. But I digress...last Friday morning I was assigned to do the session. Now, I knew that the application was due to be go live this week

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • August 19, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Where You’re Going, Where I’ve Been CPW! YEEAAAH!

  

  ! Hopefully you'll be able to join us for Campus Preview Weekend. When I was a prefrosh, I couldn't make it to CPW, but I visited on my own about a month later. Either way, I urge everyone, admitted or otherwise, to try to visit

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • April 14, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Summer restaurant recommendations Some of my favorite restaurants.

  

  MIT iGEM team, was on his way to eat with some friends at a new (for him) restaurant. Summer is a time where students find even more time to explore ... visitors!) to try. They're many of my favorite places! Cafe Baraka: A

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 15, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Next steps Relax, guys. I'm still going to be around.

  

  to celebrate his birthday and my graduation. Adam still has a year to go until he graduates, and then he hopes to stay at MIT to get his ... ). All of our stuff is carefully packed and ready to move, and I am super

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • May 26, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  EA Telethon! Yay for the class of 2010!

  

  the Early Admits to the class of '10 as I possibly could. And it was seriously a lot of fun. First of all, I finally got to meet Alia and Mike, who are super awesome. They were really a lot of fun to hang out with

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 27, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Search Continues On the internship search and deciding what I want to do with my life.

  

  'll describe to you my morning. I woke up this morning at 8.50 AM to a phone call from Procter and Gamble alerting me to the fact that I had an interview at 3.45 PM. Now do keep in mind that I went to sleep at about 4 am

  • by Bryan
  • November 15, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Bertie Bott’s Every Flavor Beans + Peanuts + Crackerjacks i practically pulled another all-nighter, and again, for a non-academic reason.

  

  getting ready for casual Friday at work where I get to wear flip-flops and a ... : "Today is the last day the world will only have 5 Harry Potter books to ... around the office hoping to waste as much time as possible. I count making

  • by Bryan
  • July 17, 2005
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Lost in other people’s stories My brand of escapism

  

  I listen to a lot of audiobooks. In 2023, I listened to 28.6 days ... school, but I never really started thinking about the habit until coming to MIT. Why do I listen to so many audiobooks? I think part of the reason

  • by Allison E. '27
  • October 28, 2025