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• Blog / Community Projects

  Mystery Hunt mile markers portrait of the blogger as a young puzzler

  

  facing up: For those of you who haven't been to campus before, that ... MIT Mystery Hunt was, and what it was like. Since the youth yearn for ... up current undergrads, recent alumni, various friends nearby and across

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • January 24, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  In the Music Cubes, no one can hear you scream…

  

  the Edward and Joyce Linde Music Building) are finally open! For those ... for music students who played one too many wrong notes during a ... massive room that takes up the entire building. That room currently serves

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • September 25, 2024
• Blog / People & Identities

  love people. cook them. tasty food. meet pecker!

  

  flavor of nerdiness.  If you choose to climb up all three and a half ... ="It's kind of scary how quickly your belongings multiply after living here for ... plant, a pepper plant, and an english ivy for company a Cricut, sans mat

  • by Alice L. '24
  • November 27, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  Working With WashLava Time management in low places

  

  It's Sunday. I've had a particularly draining week. For the sake of ... for it, so it is going to take me more time than most. Hmm. Do I have ... weekdays. This Sunday, I'm scrambling to catch up. I spent yesterday working

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • November 7, 2021
• Blog / About Decisions

  it’s only a matter of time a post for the deferred

  

  This post has been rattling around my brain for a few weeks now, like ... empty."]a rock inside an empty tin can.[/annotation] For the accepted, I offer my congratulations, and a warm welcome to the MIT community. For the

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • December 20, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  A Mentor to Remember – Patrick Winston (1943-2019) Celebrating Professor Winston

  

  early this morning”.   It’s really difficult for me to process that ... had picked up from the author of the paper we read.   He was an ... year MIT solicits nominations for Institute awards, one of which is the

  • by Caroline M. '18
  • July 24, 2019
• Blog / Summer

  The Summer Before College (what not to do)

  

  in the serenity of the people you've grown up with, the people you ... around. Yay for knee dislocations! To give you a little context, I ... shared stories of broken toes and bicycle catastrophes, I thanked God for

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • July 12, 2019
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Leadership @ MIT (from a froshy perspective)

  

  try and fail: to tackle hard psets, to sign up for difficult classes, to ... given an outlet for my energy and creativity that my classes didn't always ... the younger student, and it was sometimes really difficult -- for

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • May 3, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Forbes and MIT there's graphs in this one

  

  2017. For six years now, Forbes has put out lists of the top 30 innovators under the age of 30 for each of 15-20 industry categories. The Tech ... 's 7.9% acceptance rate! Speaking of MIT, how many MIT alums end up on

  • by Erick P. '17
  • January 19, 2017
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Boston Book Festival #3 of 3 Boston Adventures

  

  really should have dressed up for the occasion, should've brought more ... Antiquarian Book Fair, and flyers for future Boston adventures. Then we headed to the Church of the Covenant for a Fiction Keynote. One of my favorite

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • May 14, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  Summer Syllabus in Retrospect goals, guidelines, reading list

  

  made a "syllabus" for my summer. I gave myself goals and intentions ... development as a human being Mornings wake up before nine climb firepole tea ... Every Day lift or run practice handstands write something not for yourself

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • October 1, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Complementary Post Canvas, balance, lanterns.

  

  Clif bars today. Oops. 5) I got up at 9 today to buy groceries for a ... , and sat by the Charles River with a group of forty-odd students for a ... student--that's what the memorial was for. Caroline assembled lanterns to

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • September 27, 2015
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Lounges: An Interactive Experience It's almost like you were here!

  

  The 3D Lounge Experience For this part, I ask you to settle in a ... really in front of you. Munch on some (free) lukewarm fried plantains. For ... dusty piano for an impromptu concert. On special occasions, the projector

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • September 22, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What’s Making Me Happy: Week 4 Finishing Exams and The Future!

  

  Interstellar Hello everyone, sorry for the three week delay on the latest list ... , space flight, modular apartments and more! (Hover over titles for actual ... Growing up there wasn't a kid at school who didn't dream of robotic suits

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • June 12, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  To the Class of 2016 General life advice

  

  different things on campus. But having been here for a year, you realize that ... thought you'd like are actually quite likeable. For that reason, keep an ... yourself either! By this I mean, make time for yourself. Whether it's an hour

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • September 12, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Filled With Cute Babies The story of my IAP in India.

  

  at MIT, but they must be seized. For those students who take initiative ... that I would be going to India over IAP, working with AIM for Seva (a non ... for those who cannot afford education or healthcare) and Embrace

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • February 9, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  More Information on the Waitlist Some answers for those offered a place on MIT's waitlist.

  

  for a class of about 1,075 students this year. Based on our estimates of ... %. What are the realities here? I know that while we plan for the worst ... MIT waitlist, everything will still turn out well for you in the end

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 18, 2010
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Just My Luck The somewhat eventful story of my first EMT shift ever.

  

  tale, I'd like to take full responsibility for Sunday's events. I did ... me up in the MIT ambulance. We proceeded to the ambulance bay, where I ... called in for a little help. Enter the DAO (Director of Ambulance

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • January 12, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  More Information on the Waitlist Further details for waitlisted applicants.

  

  aiming for a class of about 1,075 students this year. Based on our ... know that while we plan for the worst, usually things don't go quite so ... still turn out well for you in the end. Who do you admit from the waitlist

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 17, 2009
• Blog / Events

  Steer Roast 2008 We Sport Death like it's never been done before

  

  dogs, we roast over 300 pounds of meat over a giant spit for 17 hours ... courtyard, but alums - who return en masse for Roast every year - state ... the courtyard and crowded on balconies for the pit lighting: A

  • by Keri G. '10
  • May 5, 2008