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• Blog / IAP

  firsts of first year 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1…

  

  year at MIT. I think fondly of that year, despite all the difficulties that came with it. That first year had a particularly high yield of ... As we’re approaching the first of 2024, I’ve been thinking about

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • December 31, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  a state of moving ny --> ma, macg adventures

  

  . Instead of having an actual intro, I'll cut to the exciting stuff. So, here ... day. Let's look back at February 13th and move on from there. Moving to MIT, I took a train, which was a rather nice mode of transportation

  • by Waly N. '24
  • April 5, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  Fifty Shades of Break or things to do other than pressing F5

  

  likes our Facebook profile pictures were getting. At the end of it all, we ... some of my closest friends around town at odd hours, it was hard for ... state of humanity at http://theworstthingsforsale.com/ 2) Embrace your

  • by Connie H. '15
  • December 12, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Class of 2009 Numbers

  

  had expected. More news on the yield and makeup of the class soon ... Class of 2009 14% admit rate. We received 10,443 applications and admitted 1495 of those students, making this the most selective year ever in

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 31, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Process of Psetting And the technicals of technicals

  

  common unit of homework assigned here at MIT. Excellent, in-depth high ... “[redacted] PSET”. Q: How will you capitalize the word at the beginning of ... The imperative of an Admissions Blogger is to write about life and

  • by Joel G. '18
  • February 23, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  First Day of Classes! Today, the MIT Class of 2014 begins.

  

  Today is the first day of the Fall Semester at MIT, and thus is the first day of classes ever for the MIT Class of 2014. The past couple of weeks at MIT have been Orientation for the incoming students -- they have

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 8, 2010
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  A Half-Century of Hacking MIT's original hackers are still alive and well, right on campus and just a short…

  

  think of nefarious nerds tapping away at Internet terminals, fueled by ... that hacking indeed originated at MIT, where computing and cleverness go ... steps of the Student Center. The Tech Model Railroad Club has been

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • August 16, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  Hospital State of Mind The things I hate about being stuck here

  

  being in a hospital while also managing being a student at MIT:   1 ... color pictures of dolphins.   6. Miscommunications between doctors ... again, or at least for a very very very long time. Also, now I'm terrified

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • December 6, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Cacophony of Coats Also, my courseload for this term!

  

  While waiting at a bus stop the other day, I witnessed one of the ... one against the concrete, like my heart at the mention of coats. I ... at the bus stop were demonstrating this tactic, and had chosen the

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • February 10, 2011
• Blog / How to MIT

  The Romance of Learning rainy days, language tests, and a book called Babel

  

  swimming in the back of my mind as I scootered across the bridge to my test ... . Puddles of water sprayed up onto my backpack, and I wondered if I would be ... moved onto the written portion of the test, where I assigned

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • October 23, 2024
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Ponderings of a lifeguard Why are white water rapids white?

  

  So the other day at work, I was sitting at the bottom of one of the water slides. And I was bored out of my mind. There were about 3 people in ... week. Whenever I'm at a spot with any kind of cascading water (which is

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 7, 2006
• Blog / Blog Projects

  another day of spring when canvas went down and i fell prey to overcommitment (again)

  

  ended up sitting at one of my favourite spots on campus and listened to ... in February, all the way at the start of the Spring semester, I claimed ... deceptively beautiful Boston Spring. Even though I woke up at 1pm (and

  • by Janet G. '27
  • May 14, 2026
• Blog / Events

  4th of July Celebrations Boston, and the MIT campus, are great places to celebrate the 4th of July.

  

  arguably the best 4th of July festivities in the country, and MIT has a front ... concert occurs at Boston's Hatch Shell, a concert venue on the Esplanade, a ... and MIT. The fireworks barge is moored in the middle of the Charles

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 2, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Making of Embrace the backstory to a gender-bending concept dance video, written by Ayomide F. '18

  

  really beautiful. Anyway, I met CK at the very beginning of my freshman ... out at the time and we loved the way it colorfully explored the topic of ... with the world isn’t always something we’re capable of. At the end of the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 11, 2018
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A bevy of beautiful Brass Rat bezels More on the evolution of the MIT class ring.

  

  To go along with Chris' entry about excitement for the unveiling of the ring, here's a bit of history and background. Each class year at MIT officially gathers three times -- once, at the beginning, for the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 9, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Three Tales of Junior Year Accidental Harvard Class, UROPs, Experimenting in College

  

  (that’s 46.5% of the total class load!). The ones at MIT were: 17 ... , on the history of early international students at MIT, with a professor ... class time at the end of the semester to just chat about her field. I can

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • July 10, 2017
• Blog / How to Human

  a week of summer ft. cafes, lab, and assorted thoughts

  

  plays, there’s always at least one free table, and most of the clientele ... unlimited breadsticks. We as a household had near-unlimited stores of cake at ... flower pressed between pages. Here’s a snapshot of a week: https

  • by Amber V. '24
  • August 8, 2021
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Laptop Stickers of MIT and their stories~

  

  Camp Kesem at MIT. "Part of Your World" is the best Disney song, hands ... the worst of TFP, and advocate for better services at MIT Medical. 2020 ... are NASA faded stickers I got at career fair a couple of years ago. And

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • March 2, 2019
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The Years of the Rat More about MIT's famous class ring: the "Brass Rat."

  

  Following up on JKim's entry about excitement for the unveiling of the ring, here's a bit of history and background. Each class year at MIT ... two years at MIT, and drawing upon suggestions and ideas of the entire

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 21, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Juniors: MIT and other summer programs Juniors may want to start thinking about summer programs including MITES, RSI, and WTP.

  

  juniors. MITES and RSI are free; WTP is subsidized and offers financial aid ... to one of these programs, don't procrastinate! The MIT programs are just three of many terrific math & science summer programs that high

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 16, 2008