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• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Waitlisted

  

  on the waitlist. If you would like to be considered for the waitlist ... what to call; that's okay too. For right now, we just ask that you give ... A lot of students applied to MIT this year, and unfortunately, we

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2022
• Blog / Events

  TBT: The Science of Chocolate The school down the street does cool things

  

  , anyone can get in on the action by going to these public lectures that are ... awesome- they had balloons with the equations for surface tension on them ... I learned a couple months ago is quite poor, so all I have to show for

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • April 9, 2015
• Blog / Events

  MITHenge Blinded by the light.

  

  Every June 21st, thousands of people flock to Stonehenge to watch a very special sunrise. On this day, the summer solstice, the sun is perfectly positioned to shine through the narrow opening between the heel

  • by Melis A. '08
  • January 31, 2007
• FAQ / Life and culture

  How hard are courses at MIT?

  uncommon for exams at MIT to be open book; we don't want to test rote ... how to use them. Professors aren’t as concerned about if an experiment ... to collaboration: problem sets (psets) are typically completed in
• Blog / MIT Life

  sk8 jebby on a skateboard

  

  getting on a skateboard again for the next six years. It wasn’t until a ... . I ran through several options and settled on learning how to ... Discord server for recommendations, I headed over to Orchard Skateshop. I

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • June 29, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Feeling Energized Watching the sun rise signals that it's time for bed.

  

  design project for one of my classes, 2.005, where we had to design a ... is known for is hands-on experience. I think this project is a great ... As the semester begins to wind down, it comes time to turn in

  • by Bryan
  • December 7, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Hi, Applicant to the Class of 2021! here, i try to convince you that it's ok to be dazed and confused right…

  

  now, on display at the front of the Harvard COOP. Gross! I urge you to ... either at my school or the local library that I could get to on foot in 10 ... -long Kurt Vonnegut binge that was unrelated to college but did inspire me for

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • September 22, 2016
• Blog / Mailings & Comms

  Be a Blogger 2023!

  

  ’t write about what it’s like to live on Conner 2, or plan REX, or UROP, or ... disciplined exuberance to post at least twice a month on average. We may ask you ... do, then head on over to Slideroom and fill out the blogger application

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 1, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  I saw a turkey the other day… hello, world!

  

  ...which may not be a big deal to most of you, but since I was on a ... and I had just woken up to go for a run, so at the time I pegged it as a ... actually to ramble about animals; I started writing it but got stuck on the

  • by Alina G. '11
  • July 14, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  ..and Here We Go Again! [by Ken Haggerty '11] ARTalk is back!

  

  -related that goes on at MIT, from building large-format cameras to LARPing (for ... for snacks. Art gives us MIT students a reason NOT to do schoolwork, and ... , Peaceful Purgatory, on the radio. I'm excited to share my interesting artsy

  • by ARTalk
  • February 5, 2010
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  MIT Meets The OC Be sure to watch the April 6 episode!

  

  ) instantly brought you to mind... Your friends at The OC contacted me for assistance with wardrobe for an upcoming episode. Apparently extras on the set will soon be masquerading as MIT admits. Be on the watch for MIT

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 2, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  been walking a lot recently furthermore, i like taking pictures

  

  I'm not living on campus for the summer, but I have a lot of things to do on campus (tours, glassblowing, UROP meetings, seeing friends), so I've been walking to and from campus nearly every day. I

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • June 17, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  at/around mit i've been --

  

  away from mit. i've been going to lincoln laboratory in lexington once or twice a week (running experiments for my aeroastro capstone). i've been going to wellesley a lot (for toons rehearsals and for the open fields and

  • by Allan K. '17
  • March 23, 2017
• Blog / Events

  Normalville

  

  Normalville kept the team up-to-date on our progress.   You might be ... Congratulations to the Random Hall dormitory team ("Physical Plant") for winning this year's Mystery Hunt! I really enjoyed the hunt, and our

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 18, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  Parting Remarks Part II: The Blogger Bio That Was I just graduated!

  

  we have to lose by striving for it? And we have everything to gain ... "]virtue-signalling-white-girl think pieces[/annotation] on this topic; there are plenty of those to go ... of hours this evening searching "Birmingham" on Twitter to see if there

  • by Abby H. '20
  • May 30, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  people appreciation post <3

  

  been cooking for me. I have also had enough time to adjust that I do not ... incredible levels of kindness and care. (I am too awkward to ask for names so ... , email. there are resources and people for your help and you just need to

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • November 2, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  Work, friends, sleep – pick three In which I manage time effectively.

  

  hours on a MONDAY. And I got to sleep by 1AM, and then I woke up in time ... sometimes I get on my computer to check my mail and somehow spend five hours ... . I refuse to get another 47 on another organic chemistry exam, so I

  • by Keri G. '10
  • October 23, 2007
• FAQ / First-year application

  How does MIT use my test scores?

  factor among many for evaluating your preparedness for MIT. Test scores are ... us better evaluate academic preparation. If you are planning on applying to MIT and would like to see our testing requirements, please visit
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  ‘Twas the night before Christmas Happy holidays to everyone!

  

  The Christmas holiday is a pretty big deal in my family. On Christmas ... attendance. Last night, my parents, my brother and I gathered for our ... famous Big Duck, which always gets all gussied up for the holidays. It

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 25, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  diversions from what is otherwise a never ending trello of things to do

  

  catch up on other stuff, like [annotation note="i promised to make a blog ... to be spending all my time doing"]working on my UROP[/annotation]. i ... surprisingly fun. you can check out our Github for it here. it was super fun to

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • November 1, 2019