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• Blog / MIT Life

  I’m a pedestrian! I’m a motorist! Pedestrian! Motorist! Read on, my children, and you shall see of our midnight ride to IHOP.

  

  To begin: "If it weren't for my horse, I never would have spent that year in college." --New England proverb A prize goes to the first person ... International House of Pancakes kind of sucks, in theory... it's relatively far

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 14, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Welcome Susan Hockfield A recap of Susan Hockfield's inauguration.

  

  I've failed you in the photo department. But I'll try to describe the event for you as best I can. The ceremony took place in Killian Court. It ... Police, who brought in a bunch of flags (USA, Massachusetts, MIT) and

  • by Ben Jones
  • May 6, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Your college application motivational soundtrack for January patience, young grasshoppers

  

  slightly more tolerable, we made another playlist for y'all! Enjoy :) https

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • January 10, 2020
• FAQ / First-year application

  How does MIT select students for admission?

  The selection process at MIT is holistic and student centered: each application is evaluated within its unique context. No school, state, or regional quotas are applied; neither is preference given…
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Jigsaw Puzzle of Opinions Ramblings Of A Spring Semester Senior

  

  A year back I developed a deep interest in understanding what made me who I am. This all started when moving to Cambridge for a year caused a ... understanding of how my Ethiopian and American roots played a part. For example, I

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • March 25, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  MITiplication This entry contains one multiplication problem.

  

  It was sometime during Act III of finals study week, in the pressure ... -over study guides, that I asked aloud, “What is 7 times 47?” In the space of ... , procrastinatory research project that I adopted in the dwindling time before my

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • June 20, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Another week? It's all in the name of pass/no record.

  

  all weekend and wake up late in the day, then stay up late Sunday night ... , I'll have a diploma in hand and some extra lines on my resume, and it'll be out with the old routine and in with another. Already, some of us

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • November 7, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  how to adult spoiler alert: no one knows

  

  phases of my life. a while back, i was waiting in atlas to get my ID card ... accumulating in me as the days go on. but they’re more like rings inside a tree ... do things. take this post, for example. i’ve been sitting on this post

  • by Melissa Cao '20
  • November 3, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  New Decade, New Me? some reflections, some resolutions, some hopes,

  

  was ten, and I was in fifth grade, and now I am twenty, and I am in ... . In many ways, I am now, since coming to MIT, more like my fifth grade ... did it. My grades aren't in yet, but I think I did it. At the start of

  • by Alex M. '21
  • January 1, 2020
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Running away with the field Junot Diaz is sort of a big deal.

  

  and have a great first semester, Class of 2011!) As I wrote in a ... . Good call, guys. We students in the class knew he wrote a well-known book in 1996, but he never really discussed it and that was that. Fast

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 10, 2007
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  welding 1000 digits of pi nom nom buzz buzz

  

  mentoring for them for most of my time at mit and have really loved it ... . This project has been in progress since 2019. Over 140 students

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • March 23, 2024
• Blog / Classes

  Watch this year’s 2.s009 final presentations designing kindness during a time of covid

  

  is tonight! Every year we blog about 2.009, a capstone course in ... . You can also see this image gallery for some behind-the-scenes photos as you're waiting for the show to start. I'm too busy reading applications

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 7, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  Pixar Pi

  

  Waiting for decisions sometimes made us feel like kids, scared of the monsters in our closet ready to jump out at us. If you’re feeling like ... . You are very brave for doing so!   But if you get sad, let yourself

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • March 12, 2019
• Blog / Events

  Walkin’ Enjoy my expository, mediocre investigative photojournalism!

  

  since I had run out of milk. Still yet, the ink in my pens was decomposing ... up buying at the store. Ice cream is a catalyst for productivity ... of these masterpieces of convincing propaganda. I, for one, know that

  • by Jackie M. '20
  • September 16, 2017
• Blog / How to MIT

  how (not?) to concentrate a quick guide

  

  food; order more Wait for more food to come; browse memes They forgot the breadsticks; call back Eat food Wait for breadsticks; try to ... most knowledgeable in the art of concentration Write blog post on how

  • by Fiona M. '20
  • May 9, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Finding Inspiration encouraging motivational inspiration

  

  happy for a reason, you're in trouble, because that reason can be taken ... filled with too many midterms for me and too many college applications for ... monologues that you can tell yourself the next time every bone and neuron in

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • November 7, 2016
• Blog / Blog Projects

  Why I’m Leaving the MIT Admissions Blogs it's been a good run.

  

  , after working on a serious blog post for a few hours, I realized what day ... post I could come up with. Credit where credit's due, the idea for this ... was the best April Fool's Day prank you've pulled? Love to hear in the

  • by Erick P. '17
  • April 1, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  What’s Making Me Happy: Week 3 Independent Video Games, X-Men, and Interstellar

  

  Indie Games celebrates the games you quite often find in the Humble Bundle ... trailer for Christopher Nolan's Interstellar came out a few days ago and it looks like it'll be a first day watch for me. And with that I'll finish

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • May 18, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Happy Holidays And some final thoughts before the new year

  

  it’s time for relaxing fun. With the family and friends back home. I ... overwhelming, but give it all you got. Everyone’s afraid of failing. In each of ... was crazy. Time for holiday cheer. But no time to get lazy. 2nd

  • by Erick P. '17
  • December 30, 2013
• Blog / IAP

  H^3: Home, Hummus, and HBV The end of my first semester (and Pass/No Record D:) and the beginning of a…

  

  Chinese dinners with my relatives for a week was great! Still, nothing ... this deathly level in Little Big Planet! I visited my high school AS AN ... college. At the same time, take some time to thank your family for the

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • January 15, 2012