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• Blog / Announcements

  We are reinstating our SAT/ACT requirement for future admissions cycles in order to help us continue to build a diverse and talented MIT

  

  -income students, and students who will be the first generation in their family to go ... not, nor is it clear if or when it will be. However, the [annotation ... to find and admit students who will succeed at MIT and serve the world

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • March 28, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Sentimental Objects (part one) random trinkets from freshman year

  

  order to start the cycle again for sophomore year, we decided to transfer ... Mushroom. So, this being the first of a hopefully four part series, here are ... We are very sentimental people. Not like the keeps

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • September 29, 2017
• Blog / Challenges

  the pnr mindset vs. the grindset mindset pnr shall be missed

  

  of “PNR shall be missed.” And with the first week of [annotation note ... confronted with the reality that, come February, I won’t be able to just ... deprived brains into looking forward to the next time a pset would be

  • by Teresa J. '26
  • January 15, 2023
• Blog / How to Food

  The Starving Student’s Guide to Cooking For Yourself it's easy to ditch that meal plan and save loads of money.

  

  your dorm has communal cookware, your costs will be lower (I prefer ... ; requires just a little preparation the night before) For when you want to be ... 'll be difficult to avoid overcooking it. 1. The night before, season your

  • by Michael C. '16
  • January 28, 2013
• Blog / How to MIT

  Making money: my campus job "Hello, MIT Computing Help Desk, this is Laura, how may I help you?"

  

  it's like to be the person on the other end of the line when you place ... answer the phone, but one look at their facial expression can be a dead ... absolutely loved being a lifeguard mostly because of all of the nutty people I

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 18, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Self Help I

  

  Children Will Listen, How to Listen So Children Will Speak and The Blessing ... would be ruined if you knew the whole story. The impact on me was profound ... doctorates can be hacks, and even people with the best intentions can spew

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • October 6, 2015
• Blog / Classes

  Sophomore Fall Goals So you can bully me when I write a post saying they didn't work out

  

  , I'll share them here. I would like my sophomore year to be less rough. Logistically, I think it will be. I have friends now that I adore, and I simply ... My first year was a little rough. I could've written more about the

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • August 11, 2022
• Blog / Classes

  GELcamp project management… in the woods?

  

  management course (each being 1.5 hours long), and the first two were called: 1 ... transitioned to our group project that we will be working on these next four days ... this ski trip will probably be one of my favorite moments of GELcamp. I

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • February 6, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Making the hard decision a couple of brutally honest stories from friends here that had originally wanted to study…

  

  , because for the rest of your life, YOU will be in control of where your life ... public view. And there will be many times when you’ll be too busy or tired ... . MIT is likely not the best place to be if you know that writing is your

  • by Ben O. '19
  • May 17, 2017
• Blog / Challenges

  by the time you notice it’s too late anime, bloons, and piano

  

  ! locate his allies!” as he knows the other antagonists must be nearby ... address the problem. this is because the problem’s effects might be a very ... without looking at the keyboard. this is a wonderful state to be in because

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • June 4, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  I’m going to be a blogger! The words my family had to hear 635,382 times

  

  , here in my Notes app on the side of the highway. Well, so be it; I will ... , wiped blank by the ten-hour road trip, who will be born for real in the ... ones I will notice. I found out yesterday that I'll get to be a blogger

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • September 15, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2.007 Competition Tomorrow Better than Battlebots! 2.007 competition tomorrow!

  

  have been waiting for. In the Johnson Athletic Center at 6:30 pm, we will be having the first round of the 2.007 competition. Wednesday at 7:00 pm will be the finals! If you're around, I'd highly recommend coming

  • by Melis A. '08
  • May 15, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  [Joint Post] Interviewing Two MIT Physics Heroes An Interview with Two MIT Physics Professors that are Departing from MIT.

  

  would be leaving the institute at the end of the year. Professor Peter ... not be the same without.   Note: "[...]" represents cut out pieces ... . Mohamed has been teaching at MIT since 2019 and his last day will be July 1

  • by Richard O. '28
  • May 30, 2025
• Blog / Athletics

  Go, ninja, go. A four hour tour of Boston, with Gilligan, and the Skipper too.

  

  you on, and I promise that it will all be a lot more fun than wandering ... there are really going to be people lined up the ENITRE ROUTE cheering you ... asking why I was failing classes . Now I just ran the most famous marathon

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 24, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  After Graduating From beyond the veil :O

  

  be the least experienced person on the team (everyone else had at least ... suffocated by the name “MIT”--shouldn’t I be doing something more, being more ... family of sorts. It was an honor to be there. (also, Yo-yo Ma was the

  • by Selam G. '18
  • December 10, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  On Being the “Dumb” Friend and the freedom from comparison

  

  extracurriculars, or always seemed to have some interesting trivia on hand. Being the ... 'm referring to. Being the “dumb” friend also does NOT mean I am dumb. On the ... being the “dumb” friend. In fact, I kind of love it, because there’s a

  • by Allison E. '27
  • October 2, 2025
• Blog / Challenges

  there is no time left musings on death and the future

  

  sometimes peoples’ lives might actually be structured such that the pleasure ... choices in the event that you fail, since you’ll know that it was necessary ... 2040?” i thought they really meant “why do _ if the world will end before

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • March 22, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Boing! Boing! Maybe not the best writing ever, but the pictures are awesome!

  

  . Sure, people will go visit other floors, but the floors are all very ... about a Moonbounce, eating food before the bouncing can be a very ... invent some games to play, the first being the Rolling Game. Rules: Roll

  • by Snively '11
  • November 24, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Dear prefrosh, a letter to you

  

  Over these past couple of weeks, I've had the absolute privilege of ... on Campus Preview Weekend. Who knew that the years I spent wasting away ... with 2024s and it's been an absolute joy. I somehow convinced the

  • by Cami M. '23
  • April 25, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  zero bandwidth it’s not burnout if you have to keep going

  

  couldn't save the world, even if you tried. You can't be the sink node for ... caring, of saving and being saved. But, it is also true that the blogs have ... be certain whether the emotions you are trying to convey are felt on

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • February 17, 2022