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• Blog / How to Human

  Out Sick aka, a subject line for too many emails

  

  Vaporub type of sick? Not once in the past ~seven years. Then a few weeks ... regardless of how I avoided the plague for so long, the fact of the matter is ... onto the next attack: cancelling plans. This part of being sick sucks, in

  • by Paige B. '24
  • November 10, 2022
• Blog / Announcements

  MIT Regular Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  MIT Regular Action admissions decisions for the Class of 2025 are now ... Regular Action, 33,240 students applied to join the MIT Class of 2025. This ... needed to get the job done right.   It was an incredible amount of work

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 14, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  happy palindrome week! conventions, patterns, palindromes

  

  , including how we write our dates. The [annotation note="and, of course, dropping the leading 0, so it's currently 9/ and not 09/"]convention of MM ... and who works in/around the field of interactive fiction. I think it

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 10, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  5th of November, Remembered Bonfire Night celebrations in Cambridge.

  

  lot of trouble getting through. It really looked like the whole town ... ... Explosions, yay! And the bonfire, of course. Tea, coffee, and chips ... Just finished reading Paul's entry about the Guy Fawkes hacks at MIT

  • by Cambridge
  • November 5, 2007
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Photos of Freshman Spring 📸 My attempt to take a photo a day for an entire semester.

  

  The summer before college was my last summer of being 18, and thus my ... . They had little booklets at the front of the library for children to log ... comics. Spoiler alert: I didn’t win. Probably why the title of this blog is

  • by Fiona L. '27
  • October 31, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Science is apparently not for the easily-frustrated Stories of woe from the lab

  

  Although most of the time I coast through my days in lab in a whirlwind of science glee, I have to admit that every once in a while, the lab ... -- and yesterday, the complexity apparently got the best of me. When I

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • January 31, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Emergency Morale Booster Night! One of my favorite e-mails of all time

  

  of Those Times of the semester) the French House social chair, Emma '14 ... resident Queen of Party, I've been getting the feeling that some of my party ... SYCAMORE GROWWWWW????" Q of P - I was the first one there, as anyone who

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 26, 2012
• Blog / Athletics

  Red Sox *wwooooossshhhh!*

  

  has to be a game, because I just heard the last little bit of the ... Hey, did a Red Sox game just start? The dorm just shook and it sounded like a bunch of fighter jets just flew by, another benefit MIT has

  • by Snively '11
  • April 7, 2009
• Blog / IAP

  Canceled? HOW COULD THEY!?!?!?!

  

  MIT gives students the month of January off, it's something they call the "Independent Activities Period," or IAP. Turns out, due to budget ... !!!] [Also know that this is the product of a winter break quasi-flame war. See

  • by Snively '11
  • December 31, 2008
• Blog / How to MIT

  Buying books You shouldn't have to spend all your money on textbooks!

  

  the book that you need, then you can get it off of Amazon.com. Worst ... of classes have "Course Notes," which are sold at the Copy Tech. They ... , are sure of your classes, and hear which books the professor wants you

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 14, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Whirlwind Weekend highlights of the weekend (UPDATED!)

  

  ourselves as we walked up the catwalk in front of our potential dates. "Bryan ... . Mitra enjoys the economic thrill of auctions. Our emcee for the night ... Formal This year it was at the State Room which is on the 33rd floor of an

  • by Bryan
  • April 23, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Odds & Evens & Ends Notes on CPW, Veronica Mars, and more.

  

  , we are in the process of matching you to an MIT student host. If you ... " (Stanford South?) preview weekend on the most recent episode of Veronica Mars. For one thing, the weekend is not planned out for you, it's more of a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 31, 2006
• FAQ / Life and culture

  What student disabilities services are available?

  MIT is committed to the principle of equal opportunity for students ... with disabilities receive equal access to all of the Institute's programs ... visit the DAS contact page for more information.
• FAQ / Prepare for MIT

  What summer programs are available?

  the dorms. There are a number of small, specialized summer programs on campus, but they're not run by the Office of Undergraduate Admissions. Most programs have their own website with the application process clearly outlined
• FAQ / International applicants

  Can I apply if I am undocumented?

  information, check out the section of our website for undocumented applicants. ... Yes! Undocumented and DACA applicants submit the same application components and go through the same selection process as all other students. For
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fredventure, Part 2 Hearing Amazônia

  

  If you missed part 1 of the Fredventure, be sure to check that out in ... ="alignright" width="225"] A top-down shot of the rainforest. I'd never held onto my ... hike around in the thickets of the rainforest. At MUSA, we were split

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • May 1, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  I’m leavin’ on a jet plane… and another plane...and another plane...

  

  rent a car from the local Budget office. Unfortunately, the only type of ... relatively smoothly. A few of the ECs come onstage at the end to introduce themselves and help answer some of the questions during our Q&A session. 4

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • September 22, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Parks and Relocation a finale and a premiere

  

  dear friend on a Christmas tree farm. The other half of my possessions ... back in March. The drive west gave me a lot of nostalgia. In junior high ... spent there shaped a lot of my perspectives – the independence of living

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 21, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Odds and ends and Canada A study break, plus some other highlights of the week

  

  entry that would exceed the length of The Old Man and the Sea, and so I ... desk, I spied a whiteboard in the hallway with a suspicious bag of candy taped to the side. Thanks to the educational value of countless Halloweens

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • November 12, 2008
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Withdrawal Symptoms I miss camp :(

  

  the overwhelming satisfaction of playing Capture the Flag, dancing with seven-year-olds to the addicting melodies of Lady Gaga, and initiating a ... , staring at a drawing one of my campers gave me, and craving only the company

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • September 1, 2010