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• Blog / Challenges

  I failed the Swim Test! And now you can too!!

  

  , literally on day two, I had to report to the pool for the swim test. At least ... ="However, honorary Pirating Certificates have been given, like to Matt Damon for his ... test, which requires you to tread water for FIVE MINUTES. I can’t even

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • October 26, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  Open Thread: Admitted Early

  

  won't be long now until we get to meet you in the Class of 2030 Discord or at CPW, and we’ll have some additional, cylindrical information for you soon. I know somewhere in the future there's adventure waits for me

  • by Decisions
  • December 16, 2025
• Blog / Events

  A Castle, a Jack, and a Beanstalk hacking culture @ MIT

  

  , which is both challenging for the perpetrators and amusing to the MIT ... extended a beanstalk. On it, hung Jack, all packed and ready for adventure ... MIT hacking culture. (If the term sounds unfamiliar, make sure to check

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • December 18, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Hello, Seattle i am a mountaineer...

  

  , from buildings under construction to a Ferris wheel on the pier. This ... tuned for more news--this is going to be an exciting summer :) Seattle ... 's like San Francisco, but not as cold--not to mention more hipster and

  • by Allan K. '17
  • June 14, 2014
• Blog / Events

  1 Month, 0 Classes IAP tomorrow and an opportunity to mystery hunt!

  

  France, some stay at home ... and some go to lab. After a brief search on ... opera. This course is geared for both beginners and those wishing to ... ...well only if I choose to. Tomorrow marks the beginning of IAP

  • by Bryan
  • January 7, 2007
• Blog / Blog Projects

  Sneezes a deep and in-depth analysis of an everyday occurrence

  

  I would like to start off by thanking you all for deciding to read ... if you are driving. I have been late to school on approximately 1 ... is around the time of winter break. I chose to spend my break at home

  • by Fiona M. '20
  • January 15, 2017
• Blog / Class Projects

  Product Design Lab Wakka wakka wakka

  

  make. After waffling for a while I decided on a video game classic. I ... inaccuracies, the ghost doesn't have to be blue in order for the PacMan to chase ... sorts of goings-on beforehand on the 3rd floor of building 35. What's on

  • by Snively '11
  • March 11, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  Denied by MIT, Now A Goldwater Scholar finding her way four years later

  

  , surreal moment for me, and that quote was the first thing to pop into my ... to believe you; thank you for that. I'm so happy, and proud, and ... for some reason is still reading this -- I would love to hear from you

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 18, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  Welcome to Maseeh! A look into MIT's newest dorm

  

  castle, Maseeh). Since it's the newest dorm on campus, I don't really think the world knows much about Maseeh, so I'm going to give an e ... 's extremely convenient that I literally just have to cross the street to get to

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • October 30, 2011
• Blog / Blog Projects

  [Live Writing] MARC 2024 A big meeting about small things

  

  Interesting Things) talking about all the cool ideas they have worked on for the ... 's not just all work and no play, so for the past six hours, we got to ride ... great place for them to find new people to work for them.) The real fun

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • January 23, 2024
• Blog / Challenges

  at least i’m not as sad as i used to be i don’t keep friends, i keep acquainted

  

  , come on) So this is it? I sold my soul for this? Washed my hands of that for this? I miss my mom and dad for this? i like to imagine nate is ... ’m graduating in two weeks. i’m visiting my parents’ place to ask for permission

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 14, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  uncertainty becoming a boring adult

  

  ’m working on a half-finished project i tend to assume a positive outcome for ... college recently, and i realized that all of them seem less interesting to ... where i’m attracted to uncertainty. blog ideas and unfinished drafts

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • December 31, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Making Things Fly for a living.

  

  we head for Briggs Field where everything was coming to a head. On our ... /astro major, you also get to do this: It has lightning bolts on the side and ... The only course that comes remotely close to being as badass as aero

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • October 27, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  did you miss the EA deadline? why i applied and admissions anxiety

  

  have yet to cross-enroll :( but stay tuned for next semester (hopefully i ... For all of you that missed the Early Action deadline (November 1st ... . I decided to take more time with my MIT application and ended up

  • by Victor D. '27
  • November 5, 2025
• Blog / How to Human

  Making friends

  

  remember, in my last post I asked for people to provide me with MIT-related topics to write about. Today's entry was requested by Anonymous (come on ... forget what) that got us both called to the front for "punishment" at the

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 11, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Breakfast with a Genius Okay, so I stole the genius joke from Bryan. But it's still true.

  

  Guild. I was in fact planning on going to both, though, because I ... When I grow up, I want to be Suzan-Lori Parks. Only, you know, not ... /Underdog won the 2002 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, making her the first black woman

  • by Keri G. '10
  • October 28, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Monkey Dance

  

  Society on your activity list, you may want to seriously consider asking ... work at 6:50pm tonight and was in the mood to do something interesting ... 32 (aka the Stata Center) and taking questions, so I ran on over. The

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 12, 2005
• Blog / Events

  An Evening With Pizza, Constipation and Hell-Sucked Villains Written in the style of TWoP’s recappers, to mourn the website’s closing. Weird things may…

  

  lose a life for each such word. I’m supposed to meet up with my advisor ... things where MIT tries to compensate for beating the crap out of everyone ... for us. But to get to Woody’s, we have to go through All That Is Wrong

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • April 24, 2014
• Blog / MISTI

  Labs throughout the world open their doors to MIT Biology students

  

  MISTI 2.0 to make more progress on my project. I also discovered that I ... to shop and eat! What next? I definitely plan on continuing the ... globe to explore new labs, new methods and new research projects. Here is

  • by MISTI Program
  • November 16, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  No more physics It was Day 2 of classes when I got kicked out of one! (Only it…

  

  happened while I was on my way to my advisor's office to get his signature on ... , here's a shout out to the Lego Lab for being cool enough to work with ... grandparents forwarded the link to my Aunt Marion, who commented on my blog with

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 13, 2005