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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  [Guest Post] A Day in the Life of a Clown College Student by Joy X. Clown College ‘29

  

  while blasting Entry of the Gladiators.  https ... the exact opportunity I was looking for. In my senior year of high ... physicist or mathematician like society was telling me, but to drop out of

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • April 1, 2026
• Blog / Personal Projects

  1 Fish, 2 Fish, a Lot of Fish, and a Snail Putting a Big Box of Water on my Dresser

  

  a 20 gallon fish tank inside of your dorm room"] and more than what MIT policies would allow[/annotation] ). So of course, I realized I ... researching and actually putting together an aquarium so here's an outline of

  • by Richard O. '28
  • September 30, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  It’s the middle of November. Do YOU know where your Early Action application components are? How to tell if they are missing, and what to do about it

  

  (relatively small but still nonzero number of) Early Action applicants for whom we are still missing a component of their application. Typically we have pretty reliable email delivery, but just in case some of you didn

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 12, 2015
• Blog / IAP

  Montreal a.k.a my awesome birthday blog a.k.a the end of IAP Photo's! Adventure! It's like a comic book, but real!

  

  institute of technology went back to class for reals on February 3rd. Before all this, (or at the same time if you're Dr. Manhattan) the graph of ... spectacular finale not seen since the likes of 4th of July. Days left vs

  • by Chris M. '12
  • February 27, 2009
• Blog / Announcements

  The First-Year Application for the MIT Class of 2025 is now live

  

  -year undergraduate admission to MIT for the aspiring Class of 2025 is now live. You can ... . However, we have also added a set of optional questions across [annotation ... know that many of you have experienced such disruptions due to the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 13, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  PSA: CrowdMath, by Art of Problem Solving and MIT PRIMES, is a thing now a brief note in between committee breaks

  

   founder of Art of Problem Solving (AoPS), an online school and community for ... -tier research mentors and an exceptional peer group. MIT PRIMES and Art of Problem ... both Richard and AoPS, along with lots of other great programs and people

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 11, 2016
• Blog / Announcements

  The First-Year Application for the MIT Class of 2026 is now live

  

  -year undergraduate admission to MIT for the aspiring Class of 2026 is now live. You can ... remember that, as I wrote last year, we do not give any kind of preferential ... /ACT requirement for the 2021–2022 application cycle as well.   I asked members of

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 31, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Day in the Life of a MIT Mechanical Engineering UROP Student I built an underwater robot :p

  

  One of the coolest things at MIT is how easily undergrads can join ... [annotation note="One of the most eventful days of the UROP, haha"]random day ... one sleeps in them. Instead, everyone sleeps on the third floor of the

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • July 14, 2025
• Blog / Events

  MIT ‘10s: Prom, Graduation, And Other End-Of-Year Photos Here are some photos sent to me by various MIT '10s. Feel free to email…

  

  graduation in Hawaii :P" Send your MIT '10 end-of-year photos to benjones at m

  • by Ben Jones
  • May 23, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  kindness friday and affording myself a little bit of grace

  

  , okay?"]Mid-October[/annotation] at MIT is the time of Midterms Week 1, the first of three weeks of exams (not including Finals) that you will encounter over the course of one semester at MIT. And lucky me; that week I

  • by Caleb M. '27
  • March 26, 2026
• Blog / Class Projects

  in which i blog again four-ish blogs in one

  

  longer lists of the books I want to read and the places I want to go, and ... personal though sometimes hints of my life find their way in. And if the past year has shown me anything, it is that I have changed. The idea of

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • July 29, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  a lonely but exciting road and choosing to traverse it

  

  Pattinson that became the subject of much hate, negativity, and racism by ... . Why was I listening to such a sad song? Because, of course, it’s great ... —I think part of it is because of how much acoustic and folk music I listen

  • by Caleb M. '27
  • April 14, 2026
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What I Learned This Week notes and lessons from new classes

  

  are going through content at a completely unheard-of pace. All of my ... and analyze a bunch of different assays to prove different biological phenomena, instead of just regurgitating facts that have already been proven

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • February 15, 2026
• Blog / Majors & Minors

  What is engineering, anyways? i promise it's more than just math

  

  to MIT certain of one thing: I would never be an engineer. In eighth ... the frustration of attempting engineering drawings. We would draw boxes ... paper covered in layers of faded pencil marks as I erased and redrew

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • March 10, 2025
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  moving on, as shown through free t-shirts some spring cleaning

  

  I have never read any of Marie Kondo's books, nor have I claimed to ... . Although it's definitely some form of undiagnosed anxiety or minor mental ... freshman year of high school, I didn't put up any decorations on my walls

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • March 10, 2025
• Blog / Athletics

  the Big Rocks are calling and I must go MITOC winter school!!

  

  . So I try to turn to the thing that usually does a good job of making me ... covered by soft ice. But if I can get myself out of the house and into the ... the promise of skies with no end, soft ice touched only by the wind, and

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • January 31, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  In which I “get a life” again reclaiming my childhood hobbies

  

  Over this past summer, I spent a lot of time filling out all of those ... question, as if I’d never snapped out of the trance of college apps, and one of the most common ones I noticed was “what are your hobbies?” But

  • by Allison E. '27
  • January 12, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  Fall Adventures a day in rhode island, maine, and boston

  

  baking cozy desserts, love comfy sweaters, and generally love all of the ... during late September, I made it a goal to make the most of autumn ... exploring Boston more than I did the first few weeks of school

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • November 6, 2023
• Blog / Athletics

  Happier Than Ever on quitting and long-ish distance biking

  

  ’s final projects hell month, my stack of moving boxes are begging me to fill them, I am running on the delightful concoction of sleeplessness, instant coffee, and anxiety. Suddenly, the faint siren song of summer beckons me

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • August 10, 2023
• Blog / Uncategorized

  168 Hours and how to spend them

  

  dread about the passing of time and a lurking fear that I am wasting my life. So, there. I’m a big fan of Saturdays. I often have a PSET due ... lot of time eating brunch in Next dining, and proceed to mess around in

  • by Shorna A. '25
  • March 21, 2023