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• Blog / Admissions

  Overnight Program Come play with us!

  

  which I cheered and Sam trumpeted -- and, due to a malicious ball of ... it's physically impossible for anyone but me to get a sunburn. And yet ... . And we, the MIT students, get to show off our lives to a willing

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 24, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Poetry and Physics You don’t have to get theoretical physics to get Frank Wilczek.

  

  can do anything" or the world is open to you, and then be told that there are dues to be paid, you must accumulate a certain number and type ... to get Frank Wilczek, as he is also a writer, poet and is known to tell

  • by Laurie Everett
  • January 24, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT ‘10: Another Fab Four Sarah Dupuis '10, Zachary Bjornson-Hooper '10 Emily Houston '10, and Renaldo Webb '10.

  

  's Minority Introduction to Engineering and Science (MITES) program, his work on ... . It is a remarkable group who will bring a vibrant energy to this campus ... Class of 2010 Excels: from Rifle Champion to Water Quality Researcher

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 28, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  Why So Serious? On Keeping Life in Perspective

  

  . If you're wondering what it's like to go to MIT, it's pretty much like ... treadmill. The treadmill just keeps going and going. You're trying to reach ... worth it. I take it all in and try to just do it. Sometimes I fail

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • March 25, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Home is where the heart (of Texas) is Going away to school isn't such a bad thing.

  

  years old, and not only do I have to call my mom every day, I pretty much ... time awesome to think that I'm actually growing up and doing my own ... had to work, I walked to and from school most days. I kind of cry a tear

  • by Bryan
  • December 30, 2006
• Blog / Classes

  Hydranting My Spring Semester 5 stages of courseroad grief

  

  to my classes and clubs I want to put a lot of energy into Ring ... planned to double in Course 20 and[annotation note="Science, Technology, and ... difficult to schedule[annotation note="lots of classes have pre-reqs and some

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • March 5, 2025
• Blog / Challenges

  Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes Time may change me, but I can't trace time..

  

  , which is even later than MIT - Friday, 2:30 PM to 5:30 PM - and so while ... to take a step back and look at my choices and think, "well planned ... 've been itching to write about over the past two years, and have never

  • by Jess K. '10
  • May 28, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Ben’s Second Semi-Annual Q&A More answers to your questions.

  

  indeed fun, you just need to show why - and be convincing. Does that make ... the Summer Science Program, 2005, USA. And was the only student ever to ... basis and I do it because it is an absolute blast. Without going too much

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 28, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Building, building, building, building This one goes out to the one I've left behind.

  

  there. But I don't have to live there. And even if I would have drawn it ... housing once I had discovered that the interior gives me THE SHIVERS. And ... DID YOU KNOW? According to Wikipedia, "An article from The Onion

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 28, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Dorm Companion #1: Art MIT loans out 400 pieces of famous art each year from its collections to its…

  

  Loan Art Program allows MIT students (and only MIT students) to borrow ... to the campus gallery to view art, and waking up and living with it ... tank. It got infested with fruit flies, and we had to get it fumigated

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 9, 2008
• FAQ / First-year application

  How does my school submit recommendation letters and transcripts?

  competitive applicants will provide one from a math/science teacher, and one ... profile, and a letter of recommendation). MIT's recommendations process is ... section of your application. We will also accept letters and materials
• Blog / Personal Projects

  reflecting on 2020 goals and planning for 2021

  

  much time and that made me even less motivated. I’ve learned now to just ... would sacrifice my time now to get into a good college and then pursue my ... the time I hit 30 and picked a few to work on during 2020. What follows

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • March 30, 2021
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Pardon my French! Join me as I cross the English Channel and dodge oncoming traffic on the Champs-Elysees.

  

  this picture. To add insult to injury, once I finally found shelter just ... So you've heard of Socrates and Archimedes. But did you hear about ... was a long trip.) I'd been to Paris before, but I wanted to ride the

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • July 19, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A Day in the Life: Weekend Edition 80% more fun and 800% more apples in one serving!

  

  enthusiastically welcome newcomers of all backgrounds and expend a lot of energy to ... countless airline stewardesses, and went back to sleep. In my dreams, I congratulated myself on my good fortune and promised to blog about this. [A bit

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • September 16, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Fangirl Moment kinda silly, kinda wholesome

  

  too tired to cook and just went anyway. The allure of free food is ... pizza and Indian food, we raved about how much [annotation note ... mentors[/annotation] and how much we loved the free food. This pizza wasn

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • October 19, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Day in the Life of a MIT Mechanical Engineering UROP Student I built an underwater robot :p

  

  and create at Pappalardo. This is thanks to the three horsemen of my ... dark and quiet 24/7 to not disturb anyone's sleeping, and we use vibrating alarm clocks to wake up. I unfortunately set mine incorrectly and

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • July 14, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  Open Thread: Not Admitted Early

  

  be able to offer them admission to the Class of 2028. This is an open forum for you to talk, shake it off, and remember that you will survive ... : stove-cook your oatmeal and never look back. If you want to talk to us in

  • by Decisions
  • December 16, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  Spreading yourself too thin At MIT, the saying goes that you can work, sleep, or play, but you have…

  

  many people (and I, too, was once guilty of this crime) who went to one or two meetings of a club and declared themselves to be members. Guess ... , and passion. So, choose your activities wisely and try to maintain some

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 10, 2007
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Here Comes the Sun @ MIT A Photographic Journey

  

  On sunny days, I like to wander through MIT's gorgeous campus. Below ... and the Infinite Corridor: MIT's Main Entrance: Lobby 7 aka 77 ... : My newest source of vitality and inspiration Seen from the MIT Sailing

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • September 27, 2014
• Blog / How to Human

  oh, the places you’ll go

  

  would somehow tie back to this quote, as we learned more and more about ... ) and how things we considered to be brief or tiny, such as paragraphs in ... monumentous and grand and large. All it took for us to understand that was a

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 9, 2020