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• Blog / Admissions

  PSA: the app is live for freshman

  

  your business, but try not to worry too much. Remember the difference ... 'll go is not who you'll be. Most of all, try to enjoy your senior year; it ... The MIT freshman application for the prospective Class of 2022 is now

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 10, 2017
• Blog / Challenges

  classes are hard but i’m sure you knew that already an academic case of murphy's law

  

  else, I want to make it clear that in my opinion, the class itself was a ... deserved to fail: it hurt so much to know that in terms of what will show up ... vulnerable to the anguish of failing a test, like I was back in freshman year

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • July 29, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  Most of You Will Be Deferred Option three

  

  In the near future, MIT Admissions will release the EA decisions. To kickoff the season, I thought I'd share a little bit about my acceptance to ... classmates. The transition to college is hard. There's no need to rush it. I

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • December 6, 2021
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Tying up some loose ends On getting old and doing things I hadn't yet done in Boston. Also, hot dogs.

  

  in the face with an arrow. (That's not really relevant to the fact that ... stuck in your head for days on end, returned to conducted the BSO (he was the principal conductor from 1980 to 1993) in a special event called

  • by Jess K. '10
  • May 20, 2010
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Dance at MIT!!! [Collab with Ben O. ’19] hip-hop? contemp? bhangra? lion dance? MIT's got it all

  

  sneak peek to their piece and anyone who is hoping to be in the show at ... like to be in. The next day there is an audition in which the ... members of my team. One of the most important things to me about Sakata is

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • January 30, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  On keeping on keeping on It's pretty much the only option.

  

  house to buy in my new town, go on a big adventurous trip to Asia, and ... me and adapted to it. Liking said reality is not required. In grad ... the company is going to go bankrupt next week, why are you projecting

  • by Laura N. '09
  • June 30, 2020
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Summer School's out for it

  

  't used to be very social, I lived in the middle of nowhere and was very ... ' in the floor lounge, going to see Wicked, snowball fights with Conner 4, whatever it is, it probably involves most of the floor's help. It was neat

  • by Snively '11
  • June 27, 2008
• Blog / Events

  An Evening With Pizza, Constipation and Hell-Sucked Villains Written in the style of TWoP’s recappers, to mourn the website’s closing. Weird things may…

  

  eating to the previous evening mostly sleeping, and had pretty much eaten ... waves ever so nicely at me. You rock, Ava. Saif’s wife is in the front seat beside him. Next comes the question of where to eat. My brain is

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • April 24, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  it is the escape living a second life as an art student

  

  —but to me, art is still the escape. Of course, writing in particular is a ... wandered around the area just to sort of take in the ambience. Our group ... , I emerge renewed, ready to face the day ahead of me. There is

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • September 26, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Paul’s Top Ten Common-Sense College Application Tips Patent pending.

  

  , fervor, a fire in the belly, whatever you want to call it - is still really ... 't have to rub it in.) The bottom line is, don't be afraid to reveal what ... , and open as possible. That's why I tend to believe that most of the so

  • by Paul B. '11
  • November 19, 2007
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Legacy of a Media Storyteller [by Leila Kinney, Comparative Media Studies] Recently, Leila Kinney attended a Symposium at the Media…

  

  remarks, not in the sense of consuming media "out there" but in her reliance ... particularly wanted to work with the technology they had developed ... —as a much cheaper alternative to 16mm. Soon thereafter she collaborated

  • by ARTalk
  • June 30, 2008
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Vertigo My brain hurts.

  

  , which had a population of 544 in the 2010 census. This is about the size ... battle to fight both in advocating for the importance of undergraduate ... decided to have some fun with it: she got together a bunch of the residents

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 28, 2013
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  what happened yesterday? "what's the name of the mushroom shop?"

  

  City to stay for the summer about a week prior. Most of my stuff was ... room. I don’t remember the last time I’ve let myself sleep in to my heart ... , it felt great to just take all the time in the world to get out of bed

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • June 20, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Sounds of Summer What've you been listening to lately?

  

  along to alone in the car at 7 in the morning and other drivers stare at ... is also the kind of song that makes you want to go back to the 90's. Also, it is mandatory to shout out "RESPECT IS JUST THE MINIMUM" along

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • August 30, 2012
• FAQ / Academics and research

  Do most students complete a UROP?

  The opportunity to get involved in research as an undergrad is one of the most exciting things about being a student at MIT. The flagship MIT ... MIT students participate in the UROP program at MIT. Many of them will
• Blog / Events

  Classy celebration, 5E-style

  

  East, on the wall next to her: And here she is again, getting fed an ... discuss our respective plans for the Institvte. So I went to the Garment District (where I buy hair dye when I put green streaks in my hair every so

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 26, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fredventure, Part 1 MITWE (+ FJE and VJE) go to Brazil

  

  works for several years. In fact, the trip to Brazil would likely have ... tour guides! Next, we went to a market in the middle of the city. Some ... a few snippets from our more classical repertoire, much to the

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • April 18, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  how can i keep from singing? a midpoint check-in

  

  in a choir. The Boston Conservatory is running a program for high ... members in the area to fill in for vocal parts that are underrepresented ... that I’ve been able to sing with a large ensemble in person, and it is

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • July 22, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  Since U Been Gone While I was out, the world changed. (UPDATED)

  

  sighting in the Susquehanna River and people in Harrisburg went down to check ... Saturday, when I was leaving on the T at 5:30 AM, I made sure to buy two $1 ... wanting to face the usual crowd coming off the train in South Station, I

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 1, 2006
• Blog / How to Food

  42 Recipes for Surviving Freshman Year (Part 2)

  

  point, add everything in the pan—carrots, greens, whatever water is left—to ... This is the more hardcore half or so of the 42 recipes. Most of these I don’t get to make much during the semester, except on slow weeks or

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • December 3, 2013