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• 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 / 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 / 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
• Blog / MIT Life

  Over here things are different. Life is about the same.

  

  place at the end of finals week. Last night there was a dance party ... that might pave way for the rest of my life. I got my first shot at ... remembered I hadn't eaten all day. You know that sense of entitlement that we

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • December 19, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Mystery Hunt 2008 Begins! The annual campus-wide puzzle solving competition will be going on all weekend.

  

  One of IAP's most exciting activities is the annual Mystery Hunt. In short, Mystery Hunt is a weekend long competition at MIT where students and others team up to solve lots of puzzles, with the ultimate goal of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 18, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Message From Ben And Matt ...regarding the recent news of Marilee's resignation.

  

  're really in a state of shock at the loss of our leader. To make a long story short, Marilee Jones, our Dean of Admissions, misrepresented her ... job at MIT. What started as a mistake in her youth was compounded over

  • by Ben Jones
  • April 26, 2007
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Follow Your Intuition It will lead you in the direction of Central Square

  

  at South Station on Friday night South Station is a transportation hub ... concert. There was some tie-in with Verizon's release of a newer, condensed version of the Yellow Pages, but I didn't really follow. Jewel did

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • February 11, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  By the numbers Who needs words to talk?

  

  indicative of true MIT students. They’re the things that aren’t necessarily true of all MIT students, but are certainly not true of people anywhere else that I know of. They’re the kind of thing that serve as a dead

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 7, 2007
• Blog / Events

  IAP & Mystery Hunt preview Four Mystery Hunt puzzles for you to try.

  

  competition at MIT where people team up to solve lots of puzzles (which lead to ... Today is the beginning of IAP! IAP, or the Independent Activities Period, is a special four-week mini-term full of interesting, fun and

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 8, 2007
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Exploring the newest innovations in dessert technology A trip filled with enough desserts to satisfy anyone's sweet tooth!

  

  consumption of an immeasurable amount of calories. (OK, Dad, I know you hate when I fixate on food, but it’s all in the name of science.) We began at ... . Next stop, Beard Papa's at Faneuil Hall, home of the “world’s best cream

  • by Melis A. '08
  • November 12, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Professorial Help Thanks to the faculty.

  

  at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, works to make metal ... While we continue working 7 days a week toward selecting the Class of ... Sadoway. Speaking of Professor Sadoway, there was a nice article about him

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 26, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Checking in with EA Applicants because I just saw Chris' post, and you probably did, too

  

  posts are kind of tear-jerkers (they were for me at least), but they will ... you to the committee; if your dream of being at MIT didn't become my ... touched the hearts and souls of more than one admissions officer here at MIT

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • December 8, 2016
• Blog / About Decisions

  Decisions, Decisions….. Don't Panic!

  

  I love being at the most (a good thing since I spend most of my waking ... 's perhaps most important for some future nerds here at MIT (not to be confused with nerds from the future here at MIT). As I'm sure you already know

  • by Chris M. '12
  • March 13, 2010