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• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Lot Can Happen in 365 Days 8,760 hours of work, sleep, and play

  

  person we're going to be for the next stage of our lives. I felt like I ... looked like. For 2016, I wanted to really push for change. I decided I ... plane for a Phi Kappa Sigma conference and spent a week getting to know my

  • by Erick P. '17
  • December 31, 2016
• Blog / Athletics

  A Run through Boston Having an adventure was easy. Carrying the camera around was the hard part.

  

  the graders and probably (hopefully) ended up getting LOL points for my ... eternity of restless, test-less days. I woke up at 7 AM. A marvelous savoring ... MIT Brain and Cognitive Sciences Department. They gave me this bag for

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • March 4, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Application advice Read this. Now. It's important. Promise.

  

  out the first one for some Q&A.] Last Thursday night, Ruth emailed the floor, asking for people to celebrate her last night as a humanities ... . As Zach, Ruth, Matt and I were waiting for the T, Ruth told everyone

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 30, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  talk to people! from the person least qualified to give this advice

  

  post.   Can I interest you in some background information for the ... from the airport to the stud to pick up my orientation packet. I roll my ... whole our entrances are facing backwards thing yet. (Tip for visitors: if

  • by Abby H. '20
  • October 11, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I never want to finish my P.E. requirement MIT PE might be the best thing that's happened in my whole (short) athletic history

  

  excerpt from the PE course listing for last quarter. Here's a link to the full course listings for this semester!   I mean, tango? Fencing? I ... reps, and space for us to track our progress. Each class we would run

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • November 16, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  FAQ Wait list answers to your questions

  

  here. How does the wait list work? We are aiming for a class of about ... not be admitted. But remember, any statistic against you (or for you) is ... from the wait list? For example, if someone from state X or major Y

  • by Kris Guay
  • March 16, 2015
• Blog / Athletics

  There’s No “I” in Team There's also no "Tennis" or "Senior Day", but that won't stop me from writing about…

  

  world for the three months we call summer break. I’ve had the opportunity ... one, people will leave for internships, MISTI, vacations, or whatever ... for posterity: Ingredients: 1 tray of brownie-cookie-dough-Oreo hybrid

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • May 1, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  FAQ: Waitlist answers to your questions

  

  here. How does the waitlist work? We are aiming for a class of about ... admitted. But remember, any statistic against you (or for you) is associative ... from the waitlist? For example, if someone from state X or major Y

  • by Kris Guay
  • March 15, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  FAQ: Waitlist If you have questions about being on the waitlist, read this first.

  

  aiming for a class of about 1130 students this year. Based on our estimates ... not be admitted. But remember, any statistic against you (or for you) is ... from the waitlist? For example, if someone from state X or major Y

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 15, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Guest Blog: Music and Mayhem by Jess ‘12 Minus the mayhem. Also features running commentary by Yan. p.s.: Jess, your italics didn't show…

  

  , Jess. For kicks, I asked to borrow five minutes of her fame, and she gave ... , though. For one, I have a UROP (a research job) that’s in a field totally ... ahead of you, Jess. I’m working as an editorial assistant for Angles (http

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • January 1, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Why I do what I do A few reasons I'm still on this planet.

  

  performing arts. I auditioned for (and made) two of MIT's excellent a capella groups, and I picked up information about several theatre groups at the ... I might try and pick up singing again in graduate school, because now

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • February 24, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  decisions, decisions why are there so many of them

  

  order a bed from Amazon, IKEA, or Wayfair; I ended up deciding to get an ... that I brought from home until it came. However, Southwest ended up ... ?) meant that I ended up sleeping on as many blankets as I could find. This

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • September 9, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  August, Airplanes, and why not throw in Spring Break, too? My traveling styles. And, I don't even know, maybe a catch-up thing?

  

  station pondering about them, I went up to the counter and asked for "ANY ... about it some more once I hear the jet engines whirlin'. :) But for now ... bubble. How and when did I 'grow up' ? I once saw a toddler at an airport

  • by Ana V. '15
  • March 31, 2013
• Blog / People & Identities

  BLÅHAJ: the Internet meme, the trans icon, the world’s favorite plush media analysis on the Swedish shark’s rise to prominence

  

  of the content and a deeper appreciation for the creators. But even if ... form of media studies content. Unfortunately I hate video editing, so for now enjoy this Blahaj blog :).  Blahaj, Swedish for “blue shark,” is

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • July 19, 2023
• Blog / Research & Work Abroad

  Culture Clash Spain doesn't do sarcasm, and my soul is slowly dying. But then I took some…

  

  friends have taught me may not exactly be appropriate for posting here ... horse or something? Well it turns out that the Spanish expression for this ... , but you do it anyway, for that great moment when you say, "aha! That was

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 9, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  OMG OMG OMG! TODAY'S THE DAY DAY DAY!

  

  In case you forget when decisions come out: For Some: For Others: And Then Some:

  • by Snively '11
  • March 14, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  August Questions Omnibus 2 Many more of your questions and my answers.

  

  II make up for that?" First, know that you don't have to do "extremely ... ? What kind of extra cource work we have to do considering for admission ... , activities, and essays section of the application, I needed more room for a few

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 29, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Life Tokens the currency of joy

  

  importantly, though, when you land on these squares, you also get to pick up a ... WRONG NAME for the last YEAR. apparently it’s actually called a life TILE ... cash out at the end of the game in exchange for money–$10,000, $20

  • by Allison E. '27
  • July 6, 2025
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Repainting the Smoots A Wacky MIT Tradition

  

  inside joke turned into a source of pride for not only the fraternity and MIT, but for all of Boston, and it was soon commemorated as a public ... , fast forward all the way from 1958 to 2023. How did I end up here on this

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • October 27, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Every song I’ve referenced in my admissions blog posts

  

  motivation for that post was so I could up my count of "songs I've mentioned in ... as I wrote a blog post named fun., with 6 distinct songs. The runners-up ... Lansangan songs, but it's suitable for a lot of holiday season happenings. 4

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 15, 2023