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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  She came in through the bathroom window. The greatest construction project in the history of MIT--yes, even greater than Simmons Hall.

  

  busiest hallway on campus? No, really, just think about it for a sec. "Uh ... ...but she won't have to do that anymore, now she can just go in the Infinite like the rest of campus. It's a historic summer at MIT, for

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 2, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Once upon a time Who I was in high school.

  

  everyone always come to you for help, expect the best from you, etc ... mercilessly for the rest of third grade. This tends to instill in people either ... for the show I had to wear stilettos and a backless slinky gown and sing

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 19, 2006
• Blog / How to Food

  Adventures with Miracle Fruit The lemons had a meaty flavor that should not have been there.

  

  ) bush has been popular in the United States since the 70s for its temporary effect on taste. The berry’s miraculin glycoprotein (3.42 kilodaltons of carbohydrate, 21.2 kilodaltons of protein) binds to the sweetness

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • December 12, 2011
• FAQ / Afford

  Does MIT provide any academic or athletic scholarships?

  MIT provides financial aid on the basis of financial need only. We don't offer money based on any measure of merit—academic, athletic, artistic, or anything else. However, we refer to the money given directly by
• FAQ / QuestBridge

  Can I submit the MIT application with my QuestBridge application?

  enough information for us to evaluate students for admission. However, you ... that did not rank MIT, but you would like to apply for our Regular Action ... If you are named a QuestBridge Finalist, you do not need to submit an
• Blog / Athletics

  Go White Sox! I'm absolutely giddy that the White Sox are in the World Series and I had…

  chance to go to games one and two in Chicago this past weekend with my ... and haven't won a World Series since 1917 so I figured I had to take ... have been going to White Sox games since I was four years old and have a

  • by mitblogs
  • October 26, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  Not admitted

  

  open post for you to talk. And, if you haven't already, check out Ben ... This year was the most competitive ever for MIT admissions. Admitting fewer than 13% of applicants means we had to turn away many, many

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 18, 2006
• Blog / Events

  What if You Didn’t Like CPW? is MIT still the place for you?

  

  kiddie kid stuff for little kids. He went to the informative events, but ... to know people from so many backgrounds, all with different ideas for ... of fun meeting a you future froshies in person. Today I wanted to

  • by Erick P. '17
  • April 21, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  my room an evolution

  

  . Was this followed to a T? [annotation note= " thank you covid"]No,[/annotation] but I present to you the brief evolution of my dorm room.    Freshman ... carpet to match with my roommate, which in hindsight was not the best

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • February 8, 2022
• Blog / About Decisions

  Having Survived Rejection (guest post) About receiving a rejection letter from the 'Tvte.

  

  LED Matrix on my dorm door, how I’d bring my cooking to my friends. It ... desire started to fade. It didn’t matter that not a single person on my ... , but then he was not admitted to the class of 2019. Here's his story

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • March 15, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  Outside The Bubble Life? Oh yeah, I forgot I had one...

  

  ) family got to make the trip up from Missouri to see me for Family Weekend ... thing that I got to go on a retreat to Kennebunk, Maine last weekend! And ... year, but i am going to guilt you anyway because that is what i am here

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • October 28, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  A waffle house is not a waffle home This is actually an entry about modern Chinese cinema.

  

  could never miss an opportunity to allude to Clay Aiken on my blog. Hero ... and she won't admit unrepentant thieves to MIT. So, anyway, we wanted to watch a movie from Mike's massive DVD collection, but there were six

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 16, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  I’m still here (and MIT’s still hard) The little comment that wasn't. (This isn't edited. It sounds awkward at times. Deal.)

  

  I started writing a brief response to some of the comments on Chris' post, but then it stopped being brief, so I decided to post it here ... , whatever. Anyway, I want to know - how hard is MIT? Because I keep hearing it

  • by Keri G. '10
  • January 12, 2009
• Blog / Blog Projects

  For the next two weeks we will all use fewer words here

  

  It is a New Year now and I hope it is good for you. Ten years ago this time we had a thing where the students who write for us, and also students who went to this school in the past and used to write for us, could

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • January 15, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  I Tried to Ford the River Are you even old enough to remember this?

  

  of the Oregon Trail computer game is coming to MIT and giving a talk ... playing this game in elementary school on those good ol' 3.5" floppy disks, but I did =) Unfortunately, I won't be able to make it to the event, BUT

  • by Bryan
  • April 19, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Dorm Rush and Hall Rush

  

  ...hello to David '09, Greg '09, Alex '09, Rachel '09, Libby '09, Jackie '09 ... Early Warning", which I think is a great name for a party. At the East ... it was an official event and we weren't allowed to use the moat around

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • September 2, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Open Thread: Not Admitted Early

  

  There were many wonderful applicants to MIT this year, which unfortunately means that we had to turn down some great students. For those of you who fall into this category, this is an open forum for you to talk

  • by Decisions
  • December 15, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

  In Praise Of Holistic Admissions not an admissions machine

  

  - broadly defined - for college to matter.   I hope that this quote is ... didn't mean that it's a place to idly chat with people (although it is ... socialization. And so we have to take a great deal of care in constituting the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 20, 2011
• Blog / How to Human

  cooling off it snowed? snew?

  

  toast, or powdery snow on a sunny day. When everything sucks, try to ... Sometimes it's easy to get frustrated with the world. There's too much happening to keep up with everything, and it seems like nothing ever

  • by Abby H. '20
  • March 1, 2019
• Blog / IAP

  IAP, and trivia answers IAP begins tomorrow.

  

  'll travel 13.7 billion years back to explore the Big Bang itself and how state ... opportunity to ask them! HIV/AIDS in Africa: An Open Dialog About the Needs in Developing African Nations and the Role of MIT Students The resources needed to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 8, 2006