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• Blog / MIT Life

  what’s on my desk: messy person edition not sponsored

  

  ~[/caption] here’s what’s on my desk, from left-to-right, top-to-bottom: my friend ... containing a draft of [annotation note = "I meant to revise this throughout the ... seldom has enough free space for me to actually get work done.  [caption

  • by Rona W. '23
  • November 19, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Regular Action Deadline With the deadline approaching and the Office of Admissions closed for the holidays, I'll try…

  

  the holidays, I'll try to field some questions here. Please remember ... the final "submit" button of your online application on or before January 1. If you are applying on paper, have the Post Office postmark and

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 29, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Choose My Senior Spring Classes for Me pre-registration is open and i will let you decide

  

  CMS class requirement, but aside from that, I have the freedom to pick ... principles to understand the structure and reactivity of organic molecules. Emphasis on substitution and elimination reactions and chemistry of the

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 1, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  The Parent’s Guide to CPW ...it's not just for Prefrosh!!

  

  and at home on our campus and the best way for you to be comfortable ... the campus itself and the best way to do that is on foot. Even just a ... Counselor on-hand in the Student Center or schedule a 20-minute appointment to

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • April 6, 2010
• Blog / Challenges

  I moved to Maine just a wisconsin girl in an east coast world

  

  ’d invited me to live with them somewhere on the east coast. I knew that not ... the sadness of it all, me and my roommate decided to paint a mural on ... :00 PM my housemates and I were on the road to Maine. The next few days

  • by Powers '23
  • March 29, 2020
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  That time MIT was almost rebuilt on an artificial island in the middle of the Charles River we were THIS CLOSE to being a pirate fortress university

  

  ," which allowed it to move to Cambridge and build the core of the ... of the Institute wanted to make a new interconnected technology complex but there wasn’t any room to do that in the Back Bay. In search of a new

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 22, 2016
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Ode to the Institute Better late than never.

  

  In the spirit of Valentine’s Day, I decided to write MIT a poem. It ... , bone-colored scrawlings on the classrooms’ many walls. Still you see us ... , The realization that if we act now, we can contribute to the world. You

  • by Ana V. '15
  • February 16, 2012
• FAQ / Life and culture

  What’s the campus life and culture like?

  It would be impossible to tell you about campus life and culture at MIT in just a few words, so we're going to have to send you to another page on our site—hopefully, you'll get a feel for the vibrancy of our
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  assassins – a liveblog day 7: five remain

  

  two bandanas, one on each side of their body. the bandanas have to be ... 've decided to keep a live journal of the game on the blogs that i'll update ... willing jeremy to go on a mass zombie murdering spree, clearing the path to

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • October 16, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Tragedy for MIT and Boston Devastating news for our community.

  

  Campus Police on our behalf. Thank you to all members and friends of the ... It has been a tragic week here. On Monday, the Boston Marathon was ... on campus, apparently by one of the Marathon bombers. As of the time I

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 19, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  To ASE Or Not To ASE preparing academically for freshman year

  

  .01 is pretty similar to AP Calc BC. Depending on the test you want to take ... concerned about. Tragically, I see my peers falling into the same trap. On ... , because you simply won't need to meet the same standards freshman fall that

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • June 26, 2025
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  moving on, as shown through free t-shirts some spring cleaning

  

  to the same fate, I have decided on minor downsizing. The issue is I ... on the board, so I was mandated to wear this shirt twice a month in ... to buy the shirt because it had corn on it for Iowa and I didn't want

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • March 10, 2025
• Blog / Personal Travel

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

  

  to name the feeling of cool tenderness on my tongue, my entire mouth ... "Welcome to New York" as the musical version of a peppermint latte. It was ... vacation. "Welcome to New York" wasn't my favorite song on 1989, but maybe

  • by Rona W. '23
  • July 12, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  I wake to sleep An application to a telescope asked me why I learn and where I'm going. It…

  

  that made all the difference in the world to me, or none at all, depending on how you look at it. I was 8 and lived on the outskirts of one of ... building to connect the major cities of Sichuan, but I couldn't have been

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • January 27, 2009
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  A New England Spring and what that means for incoming prefrosh (from outside of NE)

  

  live in Cambridge, MA, how do I come to terms with the fact that I will ... suppose. First way to enjoy a spring in Cambridge: Find the appropriate attire. Now, when I arrived to the Cambridge area from Colorado, I

  • by Beatriz Valdez
  • March 28, 2012
• Blog / Advice

  Welcome to CPW! 'twas the night before cpw...

  

  :) Explore the different dorms!  I knew I wanted to live in Burton-Conner as ... the opportunity to ask any questions about the club or MIT life in ... "]stickers,[/annotation]tote bags, and snacks. This year, I'm on the other side of Midway and helping

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • April 10, 2024
• Blog / Uncategorized

  things i have been consuming this summer random bits of media i have eaten

  

  QaqRuBY[/embed] Marcelle Toing, owner of the best restaurant in Rio de Janeiro, must go on ... to distract me, so I've been left to aimlessly wander the house, laying ... ]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Jn1OeDlNpM[/embed] I really don't want to spoil anything about the

  • by Cami M. '23
  • August 19, 2020
• FAQ / Transfer

  Does MIT offer housing for transfer students?

  Yes—transfer students are guaranteed on-campus housing for their entire undergraduate education! Learn more on the MIT Housing & Residential Services site.
• Blog / Admissions

  Selection = Finished Wow.

  

  people. This seems to be the case every year. You'd think I'd get used to ... definitely be available online on the 18th, and if all goes well we'll mail on ... mailing I want to be 100% certain before I say "in the mail!"). I promise to

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 11, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  From Markets to Math Class

  

  why I warn my freshman advisees against getting on "the treadmill." "The ... on the Wall Street trading floor after completing several demanding ... algebra class to confirm that I’d made the right decision in leaving Wall

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 12, 2012