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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Grades in Context Sometimes, B stands for "baller"

  

  If you go to MIT, the odds are good that you'll get a B at some point. Is that one of this year's end-of-the-world scenarios? Not exactly ... B+, you might feel robbed. But enough of the preemptive

  • by Emad T. '14
  • January 15, 2012
• Blog / Challenges

  How Are You? because it's not just a simple question

  

  Life is busy at MIT. Most of the time, our schedules and motivation ... the past few months, I feel like we’ve really gotten to know each other ... finished. I want to hear about how the semester’s been tough. Heck yes I want

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • November 19, 2017
• Blog / Events

  Mist in the streets of Boston monday wanderings

  

  think is super cool -- and got my fourth and final burger of the long CPW ... My friends and I met at noon on the Harvard Bridge, shoulders hunched against the cold. Two of the group had work or meetings so it was just three

  • by Amber V. '24
  • April 20, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  One Student’s Crusade to Stop Genocide I confess to regarding the phrase “never again” with cynicism. It offers a rhetorical smokescreen…

  

  Sudan].” This action is without precedent in the Institute’s ... the 1960s. In 1968, a coalition that included 48 MIT faculty members protested “the militarization of university research,” and in

  • by The Humanitarian Blog
  • November 26, 2007
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  c/o 2017

  

  influenced these people i admire so deeply. maybe pride is not quite the right ... -of-knowing. but this class of people is, i suppose, special in that we entered mit at roughly the same time and grew in some sense of togetherness, and

  • by Allan K. '17
  • June 12, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  living having the time of my life

  

  had always been the bane of my existence, and not being able to ... when there’s free food or decide that feeding myself is worth the time ... I’ve learned many things after coming to MIT. But among the

  • by Anika H. '26
  • May 10, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  Strike! Strike! Strike! I. H. T. F. P.

  

  because I don't really count the liveblog yesterday as an entry so much as a fun activity. CPW is right around the corner guys, excited? I am ... classes are being toned down so that we can enjoy CPW. This is all very good

  • by Snively '11
  • March 29, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Missing Documents Due Monday important information to make your application complete

  

  mail since the New Year. However, as of tonight, we have finished ... prospective member of the Class of 2016, this would be a mighty good time to log into MyMIT and confirm your application tracking is complete. Mc

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • January 26, 2012
• Blog / Personal Projects

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

  

   Gary Wang’s newly-created Wikipedia page. Gary Wang, for the uninitiated, is ... -profile individual’s Wikipedia page is one of the easiest, high-impact avenues of ... of kinship: yes, Wang is the most common surname in the world, but it

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

  mit bingo! as done by the bloggers

  

  , which made some of the not water-proof supplies fall out of the box. At ... email”. The one caveat is that often, the food on the list was of ... everyone is doing okay, or at least, doing as best as you can under the

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • April 7, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  No Ceilings next steps

  

  such along our ceilings than actual ceiling tiles and what not ... high school, it didn't really feel all that different; there is a goal in ... that goal. You just, take the next step. And sure, you might have

  • by Paige B. '24
  • March 12, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  As The Saying About Assumptions Goes… Assume = Ass + U + Me.

  

  : they have no business in the admissions process - in either direction ... said primary source, I can tell you that no, MIT doesn't have the highest suicide rate. No, MIT students don't work all the time. No, MIT doesn

  • by Ben Jones
  • July 12, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Thanksgiving and a Small Hack Quick updates from tropical Boston

  

  We’re approaching the end of the semester with remarkable velocity ... classes have already assigned the final pset of the year. Post-Thanksgiving is effectively Christmas, so everybody cue an abrupt switch of music

  • by Joel G. '18
  • November 27, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  (An Incomplete Guide to) Summer Opportunities for MIT Students Pantsuits, stress, hyperlinks.

  

  that recruiting season is so early in the semester, but at this point I ... 're trying to narrow down potential options. 4) Career fair This is the ... right now? Completely understandable--it is, after all, reaching the point

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • September 27, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  making meaning exit right in 0.1 miles

  

  , not sure tho :( It's not an issue with the size of my tree -- I've only ... sequences I've put in are way too similar, and essentially, the tree search is ... right now. Below is a little sample of fiber arts pieces I've made in the

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • August 30, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Series of Embarrassing Events, Part 1 Zumba and putting pants on in lecture

  

  's Part 1, unmodified. The last sentence is particularly cute and naive ... last spring. Not that it mattered. Introduction over, the warm-up music ... I wrote the post below on Tuesday. Because of weird formatting issues

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 15, 2013
• Blog / Summer

  SSP aka summer science program aka summer sleep program aka silly science people aka summer solstice…

  

  The Summer Science Program (SSP), which is co-sponsored by MIT, is a ... collaborate to complete a meaningful scientific research project, learning the ... meet people outside of the bubble I was in.  Any fears I might have had

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • February 10, 2025
• FAQ / First-year application

  Can I request that my scores not be considered after submitting my application?

  Scores cannot be redacted from applications after they have been submitted. We encourage you to look at this blog post to better understand the rationale and details of our testing requirement.
• Blog / About Decisions

  One for sorrow, two for joy Never surrender your dreams.

  

  being. And the road has not always been smooth; I've been faced with ... 's the way life is. The real world is so much bigger than what you know now ... This past week has been a mixed bag on many levels. On the one hand

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 14, 2008
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Repilot A 10th vlogiversary for the 20th blogiversary

  

  thought I would largely contribute in a behind-the-scenes way, as I do with ... never-ending busy season of reading applications! So it's not like I don ... the itch to write. And when Celena C '12 said that she was going to vlog

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • January 24, 2025