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• Blog / Rural and Small-Town

  rural winter, city winter haven't shoveled snow here once

  

  to the cozy warmth and twinkling lights of Boston's snow-covered brick ... inside the house to keep them alive. The swish of our overalls as we moved ... their usual morning calls to stay warm. These months seemed to drag on

  • by Nicole Cooper
  • February 26, 2024
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Uncanny Valley im gonna make you shit your pants

  

  feel a little creepy. On a graph of human likeness to attraction/repulsion, uncanny valley refers to the sharp dip. There are several theories about why ... that mimicked humans to get closer to us. Whatever the case, this topic

  • by Anika H. '26
  • January 14, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  Simmons Cat cat cat cat cat cat cat cat cat

  

  I love being back in Simmons after a long break. I get to hang out ... House’s dog) roaming the hallways. But we have plenty of cool stuff to ... , silly me – I forgot to introduce myself! Hey there, little guy. I’m Andi

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • September 4, 2023
• FAQ / First-year application

  Can a family member contact MIT Admissions on my behalf, or ask questions about the content or status of my application?

  No, it is MIT policy to communicate directly with applicants about their applications, rather than with their family members. If you have a question, please email us from the email address that you used to register
• Blog / Personal Projects

  writing gary wang’s wikipedia page why did I fill out the wikipedia page for the ftx cto?

  

  as the prime minister. I sent the link to my friends, like, haha check ... entirely sure what compelled me to make a Wikipedia account and add more to ... . Yes, I feel some connection to this entire FTX catastrophe as SBF and

  • by Rona W. '23
  • January 11, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  Open Thread: Deferred Early

  

  here. Some of you may feel happy to be deferred. Some of you may feel ... to name; that's okay, too. We have posted more information on next

  • by Decisions
  • December 17, 2022
• Blog / Classes

  the hardest you’ve ever worked the firehose strikes again

  

  addict myself to new sources of caffeine).  When we stress-test welds in ... . “Objectively you have a limit,” I thought to myself. "Somewhere north of four classes and south of sixteen. You don’t need to find it. You don’t have to

  • by Amber V. '24
  • December 14, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  5 Halloween Costume Ideas for MIT Students but they're pretty bad

  

  you inspired for a spoOOoky time at MIT! #1 – Pretend you go to a ... costume for you! Pro: It's an easy costume to pull off when you promised ... , but you procrastinated on what you'd wear to the last minute. Con

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • October 15, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Everything Everywhere All At Once a free early screening from lsc and a q&a with the directors

  

  screenings of movies and projects them in 26-100. I've gone to a couple of screenings and events in the past in an effort to see more movies (I watched ... also went to the Bo Burnham-Jonny Sun event I blogged about my freshman

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 29, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  actual conversations i definitely had last night happy new year i guess

  

  work A: yeah and i bet they're saying to themselves A: look at these ... A: well i wanted to say, oh shoot, it's another person, act normal B ... all trying to act normal all the time B: well B: don't say that, that

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • January 1, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Open Thread: Admitted Early

  

  note="and couple of ways to get to know other 2026s"]what’s next

  • by Decisions
  • December 18, 2021
• FAQ / First-year application

  How does MIT use my test scores?

  applying to MIT and would like to see our testing requirements, please visit
• Blog / Residential Life

  back in east campus, the sequel jiggity jig (again)

  

  have been passed down from owner to owner, like the couches, the round table, some of the posters. it's also right next to the lounge, which is a ... . thinking about this room makes me kinda sad. east campus is scheduled to get

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • August 18, 2021
• Blog / CPW

  Who’s psyched? I’m psyched! It's gonna be stitchin'!

  

  't actually build it, we paid a company lots of money to build it, but it ... 's all sorts of other stuff, but that's not what I'm here to write about. I'm here to write about ....... CROSS STITCHING! That's right, ladies and

  • by Snively '11
  • April 6, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  taylor swift songs as applicants emergency evermore post

  

  lost their minds. If you haven't listened to it yet, please go do that ... But there was one prize I'd cheat to win The uptight honors student who’s applying to the entire U.S. News & World Report Top 20 universities

  • by Rona W. '23
  • December 11, 2020
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Things in My MIT Household that just make sense

  

  that my friends and I are in a sitcom. We refer to every school term as ... summer season 3."]Season 3[/annotation] house in Virginia to the Season 4 ... trying to make it through the hell that is an online semester. So far, I

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 10, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  everything is cool tl;dr I want to study too many things

  

  weeks ago) is sitting at her computer, trying to choose classes, looking ... -ten... like a list..."]top-ten[/annotation] personality traits; so, to best convey my point, I present to you the not-at-all-exhaustive and not

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • September 11, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  hello applicants, i don’t know what to say but i can try

  

  to classes for a while. maybe some of you are far away from any ... through the air, i’d stand by my window all day and whisper comfort to ... sad to think that, if i added all the stress i feel right now to the

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • March 13, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  a perfect long weekend in other words: i did no work and now am kind of a mess

  

  day went to setting up decorations, doing some last-minute rehearsal ... and set-up had all led up to a two-hour performance, and i really didn’t want to fuck it up. also, my parents were coming from New Hampshire to

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • February 18, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  last minute application panic for the procrastinators

  

  date; it can be helpful to add them to a calendar app or spreadsheet. Don’t wait until the last minute to submit. Life loves going wrong when ... ’t going to reject you for forgetting an apostrophe, but why give yourself

  • by Rona W. '23
  • December 22, 2019