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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Me again (but with flamethrowers this time) yup, it's a shameless ploy to catch your interest. But it's working, right?

  

  snow:no snow ratio is. I bid someone to go forth and Google! And then get ... wrote to the president of MIT at the time, and asked for his opinion first ... , and some are just plain hilarious. If I try to list examples this blog

  • by Alina G. '11
  • February 1, 2011
• Blog / IAP

  Kiss the Frog Charm School and Nerdy Pick Up Lines. What can I say?

  

  Time Machine and jump back 9 years to when I was in 6th grade, every weekend, I ... better etiquette. There's a lot to learn, and there are a number of tricks ... , do you want a fail proof way to know which bread and drink are yours

  • by Bryan
  • February 3, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  First day of classes What some MIT freshman schedules look like.

  

  come in to MIT "undeclared," and use the entire freshman year to explore ... examples, I went to the Facebook and looked at the class schedules of some of ... excitement and anticipation I had on my first day back in 1996; I wish I could

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 8, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Our FAPnomenol Start of Sophomore Year! where we recount the tale of our first week back on campus

  

  like to call it) for all of high school, and we’ve been twins, well, our entire lives. Lots of people find it hard to tell us apart (and that ... , Allan, and get to know us :). *segway alert* We recently had many of these

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • September 7, 2017
• FAQ / QuestBridge

  Do I have to submit a math/science recommendation with my QB application?

  QuestBridge Supplement, and they will receive directions on how to submit ... /science teacher and a humanities/social science/language teacher. We accept Quest ... science teachers to write one for you. If you are selected as a Quest
• Blog / Admissions

  I read the news today Oh boy! I hope that you're as excited as I am.

  

  , I don't know if I should even bother applying to MIT, it's so hard and ... the article, hey, don't worry, you could still come to MIT and major in ... DID YOU KNOW? The Riemann Zeta Hypothesis was voted to be the most

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 23, 2006
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Seattle: Land of the Strange, Skies of the Free where pirates roam the streets and dogs play the bucket-drums

  

  seems to be some sort of parade or festival every other week. And they ... Naval aerial stunt team that comes to Seattle every year and tears the ... . I've been to three or four parades now. I've taken a nap in a park and

  • by Allan K. '17
  • August 14, 2014
• Blog / Residential Life

  All the 2024 i3 videos megapost

  

  were recorded to VHS tapes, and later DVDs, and mailed to adMITs, but ... , and see more videos, at the MIT Guide to Residences. https ... first years typically consult MIT guide to residences while choosing where

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 12, 2024
• Blog / Residential Life

  All the 2022 i3 videos megapost

  

  were recorded to VHS tapes, and later DVDs, and mailed to adMITs, but ... , and see more videos, at the MIT Guide to Residences. https ... first years typically consult MIT guide to residences while choosing where

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 1, 2022
• Blog / Residential Life

  All the 2021 i3 videos megapost your annual Interactive Introduction to the Institute

  

  were recorded to VHS tapes, and later DVDs, and mailed to adMITs, but ... residence hall, and see more videos, at the MIT Guide to Residences. https ... first years typically consult MIT guide to residences while choosing where

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 30, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  Deadline Day Happy November 1, Early Action applicants.

  

  'd like it to. We're reading for content, and we're used to seeing the ... app (or take it to the post office for postmarking). I am pleased to see ... submitted both their Part 1 and their Part 2. Thank you for not

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 1, 2007
• Blog / Events

  My Kind Of Party Consider this your first frat party.

  

  , and karaoke as the night goes on. Most people dress to impress although ... think wild and crazy kids in togas. If by togas you mean suits and ties ... have been my choice in shirt and tie combination. Basically, each

  • by Bryan
  • September 27, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Better than a Ryan Cabrera poster Want a Warhol in your dorm room?

  

  . The Student Loan Art Program allows MIT students (and only MIT students) to borrow for the entire academic year one of nearly 350 noted pieces ... Andy Warhol Each piece in the collection is framed and signed by a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 18, 2005
• Blog / How to MIT

  Wandering through the Infinite 3.5ish years of wandering MIT, squeezed into like one month

  

  walls of the Infinite that I hadn't actually bothered to stop and read. In ... needed to be, and all of the words written on the walls of the Infinite ... time to wander the halls of MIT and think about better times. So, I set

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • December 22, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  One wonderful day I might just make it, after all.

  

  with three people. I volunteered to organize and compile it by 3 PM today ... I REALLY NEED HER PART BECAUSE I HAVE TO HAVE IT ALL ORGANIZED AND ... forwarded to us is in German. And, uh, I guess I don't really understand

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 21, 2005
• Blog / IAP

  IAP: A Quick Roundup Snively and his homepage dominance must be stopped!

  

  and do things you don't have time to do during the normal semester. What ... up a Bose Home Theater System in my room. And still more to come ... /snowboarding/sledding/snowmobiling/falling down in the snow and then to Montreal for La Fete des Neiges de Montreal

  • by Chris M. '12
  • January 27, 2009
• Blog / Athletics

  Gimme a “C”! What a bunch of the cheerleaders are up to this summer. Hint: It's not sitting…

  

  can't wait to watch trashy VH1 countdowns and hear English all around me ... . note: Yes, he is a boy. And he is a boy who gets to hang out with ... home after finals, and before coming back, my friends and I drove down to

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • June 27, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Good Morning, Sportsracers! *erases introductory post draft for the umpteenth time in the vain hope that he'll stick…

  

  to taste, and I live in East Campus.") but I feel a weird level of ... . Nevermind the why and wherefore: let's roll back the clock to April 2011, when ... people right away, but my complete inability to remember names and faces

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • September 14, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  ISEF Wrap-up

  

  students/projects I wanted to visit during public hours, and I sadly made it ... each stood up and said why they chose to come to MIT. It made me quite ... not, I hope you'll drop me a line here on the blog to say hi. And if you

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 17, 2005
• FAQ / First-year application

  Do letters of recommendation have to be submitted in the MIT application portal?

  Our preference is for recommenders to use our application portal to submit documents. However, they do have the option to submit their ... . Applicants should enter their recommender and counselor (or equivalent