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• Blog / Admissions

  Tragedy for MIT and Boston Devastating news for our community.

  

  It has been a tragic week here. On Monday, the Boston Marathon was ... , MIT has cancelled classes today, and is urging employees to stay home ... sessions and campus tours are cancelled. You can read more on the MIT

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 19, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Week in the Life: Optimism Edition In which I have a particularly tough, enriching week.

  

  break for a week to clear our heads. It was a really smart idea, so I ... . It was amazing. At night I went to a showing for 21F.063. We watched ... working in studio for five hours and I hate my life but it was awesome,'" he

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • September 18, 2008
• Blog / Personal Travel

  welcome to new york went to nyc & all i got was this blog post

  

  "Welcome to New York" as the musical version of a peppermint latte. It was ... it was the one I could relate to the most. In ninth grade, my dream ... important aspects to an educational institute than which city it happened to

  • by Rona W. '23
  • July 12, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Neil Gaiman! The uncensored version =P

  

  ...er...girl): It's always dangerous, non-productive or you get lied to when you ask a ... point out how all of it is the same. Finally (I'm really not going to go ... pretty progressive stuff and I like progressiveness so it was good to hear

  • by Karen F. '11
  • May 24, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  2 More MIT Students Become Rhodes Scholars ...but no bloggers this year.

  

  Distinguished Fellowships said, "It seems to us an unexpected but inspired choice ... its key concept: empowerment. She plans to continue her education in ... among its winners political figures like Bill Clinton, George

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 24, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  Some reflections Post decisions, a few thoughts.

  

  need today, and the determination to take full advantage of it. Through ... , you don’t have to wait to graduate. As an undergraduate student, you can ... education, there remains the anxiety over how to pay for it. I know that for

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • March 29, 2009
• Blog / Athletics

  Football home opener College football is as American as apple pie.

  

  ) rendition of "Row Row Row Your Boat" when the fans began singing it to taunt ... marching band practice so they can make up dances to the songs the band plays. OMG, it's going to be just like high school, only harder! The fans were

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 18, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  September Equinox Appreciation A Cambridge Autumn

  

  me and I’m looking forward to experience it all over again! This post ... had just moved to Cambridge not even 3 months before, and was adjusting to a place radically different from home. In these first few months, I

  • by Victor D. '27
  • September 22, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  i love this f*cking place "say this to my face when you're a junior." ~an upperclassman

  

  okay, it’s a bit early to proclaim my love for this place, especially ... Friends™! and wow it was a lot to handle. and for someone like me, who was ... experience here that it seems unreal. and i can’t wait for the regularity of my

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • September 8, 2019
• FAQ / Prepare for MIT

  What is Splash?

  during Splash, you can get your feet wet with a short introduction to any ... flood MIT’s campus to take classes, taught by MIT students, on anything and everything. From music theory to Hungarian history to aircraft
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  We are artists & writers extracting creative talent around campus

  

  It's important to recognize that while MIT is known for top-notch engineering and science programs, this school actually has the resources to ... the mellowness - that way, it's easier to avoid bureaucracy, value each

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • November 12, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  On schools & context

  

  , it is not our goal to admit the "best" students (whatever that means ... private school students. It is to say that, at least from my perspective, it ... , rural and urban areas. It is our job as admissions officers to sift

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 23, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Maine, Episode III: Ain’t No Mountain The one with more pictures than text.

  

  hiked from here all the way to the second peak you can see in the back ... the low 80's, so I got to hike the Baldface Circle Trail in New ... the senior thesis Mike Short '05 had to write to get his BS in Course 22

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 13, 2005
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Party of One A fun day trip idea when you're getting tired of homework.

  

  closest subway stop to East Campus (and indeed, most of MIT); you can also ... to all sorts of cool places to visit. And one of the great things about going to MIT is that you have a long weekend nearly every month. Last

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • September 25, 2005
• Blog / Athletics

  Sneak Preview

  

  awesomeness Interseting story: My mom was seated on the plane next to a couple ... their reasons for visiting Boston, and it turns out the wife is running ... , where she plans on taking a short break so she can nurse her daughter

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • April 15, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Adventures in Italy, Part 2 Tales from Rome, Take Two

  

  '08, who ran up to us and surprised us. I can sometimes be a paranoid ... first voyage of sorts was to find food which is probably one of the hallmarks of our entire trip. Walking around the city trying to find a

  • by Bryan
  • April 13, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  No scissors allowed: OrigaMIT You never know what cool stuff is going on around the Institute.

  

  . For instance, two weeks ago, I opened the door to room 3-343 expecting to attend 5.13 (Organic Chemistry II) office hours, but instead I found ... week and is open to people of all levels. Jason Ku, the president of the

  • by Melis A. '08
  • October 12, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Tech Nomads Four MIT students are spending the summer racing 8000 miles across Europe. Find out why.

  

  (Checkpoint Chinghis) Tsagaannuur to Ulaan Baatar Now for what can only be ... , fast cars, or even good cars. It's just you, your pants-mobile and ... extreme car challenge, you get to save the world at the same time. The

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • April 23, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  Unity

  

  were fine doing it, you didn't need to stand up if you felt that it would ... later converted to Christianity. I can testify that Muslims are not bad or ... so down that I found it hard to even reach my friends. But they noticed

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • January 30, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  Looked outside my window, and what did I see I probably shouldn't be surprised, but I am.

  

  impossible to try and capture it all in a blog. Never fear though, I'll figure ... This is probably one of the last things I was expecting to see when I went to my window to investigate the staggeringly loud noise I heard

  • by Chris M. '12
  • May 3, 2010