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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fantastic Course Numbers and Where to Find Them A List of Ways MIT is like Hogwarts

  

  for good, MIT is a quintessential expression of America at its best ... Hello friends, it is near the end of term (*cries*) and so today, I was feeling a more light-hearted, nonsensical post to take my mind of

  • by Selam G. '18
  • November 30, 2016
• Blog / How to Human

  Don’t Forget These I forgot to bring them when I first came to MIT.

  

  new room at my fraternity giving you a list of things you need to make ... carefully select survey on a stratified sampling of the population of MIT ... that reminds you of home. Your dorm is your new home for the next eight

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 19, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The First Ending it's the last day of classes and I am having some feelings.

  

  just walked out of my last freshman year class and that a full quarter of ... supposed to be one of those posts where I talk about how much I've grown over ... myself as a prefrosh, wishing all you younger-uns best of luck for what

  • by Allan K. '17
  • May 15, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  I have SMASHING news!

  

  rummaging about in the archives of the Bodleian I had found an old map of labyrinthine catacombs along the banks of the Charles River. So we pipped across the pond to explore the secrets of the old colonies and whatnot. I must

  • by Sir Nigel Blogberry
  • March 7, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Do You Like “Like”? What to do about social sharing.

  

  . If you look at the bottom of the page, where you once saw this: you ... like this: at the bottom of every page? One thing we would do is not ... then, So starting today, you'll see a "Share on Facebook" link at the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 9, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Answering some questions The entry on commencement was just getting unwieldly.

  

  of the protocols so many times that I don't have to look at my notebook ... a scientist after reading A Brief History of Time in sixth grade. At ... 'm not sure how high the ceilings are, but I guess they must be at least

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • June 9, 2006
• Blog / Athletics

  Save a tree… ...eat a Beaver. MIT makes me fill out lots of paperwork. Get it? Beaver? Oh…

  

  't take CI-designation into account at all. Then I realized that some of my ... ...eat a Beaver. Speaking of beavers killing trees...let's talk about how many pages of paperwork the MIT Athletics Department (DAPER) is

  • by Laura N. '09
  • August 2, 2005
• Blog / People & Identities

  [guest blog] 1,694 Miles Away by Favianna C. '26

  

  Growing up, I loved to mock tourists. Precisely, of those who would take about a hundred pictures of the most random things you can imagine ... the Charles River and stop in the middle of the road to take a picture

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • March 1, 2023
• Blog / Athletics

  self-destruction my entirely self-inflicted problems

  

  the bathroom at the beginning of january i flew to sf for a job ... to mine at least, you tense up your abdomen and end up with a lot of ... warning: mentions of anxiety, panic attacks, heart attacks. please

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • February 27, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  First term freshman year A horror story, I guess... but one with a happy ending

  

  because some of the new categories don't have enough stuff in them". Today, we have the privilege of dissecting the first term of my freshman year ... pass/no record already. Basically, first term freshman year at MIT, you

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 12, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Every song I’ve referenced in my admissions blog posts

  

  music video was released at the same time I had the beginning of my career ... least i'm not as sad as i used to be. This is the second mention of At ... at all, but it was definitely the song I was thinking of while I was

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 15, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Honse. Nnnyeeeeeeiiiiiigghhhghhhghhhhhh!!!!! 🐎

  

  anything, but I am incredibly skilled at making glass ponies. [caption id="attachment_113647" align="aligncenter" width="768"] The master at work.[/caption] For those of you who don't know, this is what a pony looks like: [caption id

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • March 26, 2025
• FAQ / First-year application

  What if I’m having a hard time completing the recommendation requirement?

  knowledgeable letter on your behalf. A few sentences at the top of a letter ... We require letters of recommendation for our application. We strongly ... of recommendation from different academic areas of study, we understand
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  things that are golden, part 2 a zine carved out of pink erasers

  

  would make me feel bad if I messed up. At my level of block cutting ... ="aligncenter" width="507"] specifically from the tree in front of Walker Memorial ... ![/caption] text for accessibility: yellow aspen leaves the liminality of public

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • July 20, 2023
• Blog / Advice

  Parental advice, revisited… a self-referential throwback, that is somehow, still relevant

  

  makes sense, given my role.  Many of those requests, understandably, come ... from the college process.  While the specifics of each situation varies, the underlying question is almost always some variation of “How do I

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • May 12, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  Tetazoo is not a Hivemind Haha... just kidding... unless?

  

  Campus that I spend a lot of time on. As a honorary frosh there, I ... ), but also personalized lists for each participant. Some of my items include: writing haikus paying respects at the location where I

  • by Powers '23
  • November 24, 2019
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Solar Eclipses and Bloggers bloggers around the country all watching the eclipse

  

  out the sun over a path that included the states of Oregon, Idaho, Wyoming, Nebraska, Kentucky, Tennessee, and South Carolina. For the rest of ... Kresge Oval on MIT campus. The MIT Department of Earth, Atmospheric and

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 22, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Admitted Students Welcome Events Your first MIT experience is closer than you think

  

  the class of 2019. If there’s an event in your area, you should ... taste of a few of the events this coming week. Check out your MyMIT portal for a comprehensive list of all events being hosted this week as well as

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • March 17, 2015
• Blog / Events

  MacGyvering Bacon-tine’s Day decathlon brought to you by a paperback, a sledgehammer, and a scooter

  

  tendency to sit fascinated for hours by the refraction of light through pens with hexagonal cross-sections at various angles, the physical properties granted by the structure of a shoestring's weave, internal discussions on

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • February 15, 2012
• Blog / Athletics

  Sailing! !!!!!!!

  

  squealing* Yeahhh, MIT! Our boat went kind of slow at first, but after a ... alive in ten minutes? Mathura: probs not, hes in the line of happiness ... the first one of the fall semester. The five of us headed out to the

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • September 26, 2010