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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Home Sweet College Surviving first semester.

  

  version of it all. I think the theme of my first semester at MIT was ... especially at this time of life, it would be harder to be intellectually ... world” than I have ever been before, and it solidifies the idea of moving

  • by Selam G. '18
  • January 29, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Early Action Updates 2013 things that are happening

  

  process tens of thousands of documents! You should allow at least two weeks ... *Correction as of 2015: Early action is available to both domestic ... , and several thousand people are in the process of applying to MIT. The

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 17, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Q&A catchup I answer questions, now that I'm no longer drugged...

  

  'm happy to report that I feel much better now. I was seriously out of it ... of right now, the corners of my lips are raw, and I still look like a ... get a copy of the detailed syllabus for the GIRs so I can start

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 6, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Small talk How about that weather?

  

  memeber of the build time (staying at school until 10 PM on the days leading ... Well my friends, yesterday I took a little bit of a nap on the bus on ... is. I've seen plenty of it before. I've seen it piled 3 feet high

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 30, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  sitting down no more sprinting

  

  ; part of it stemmed from trying to find the communities at MIT that I fit ... varying levels of social stamina, but at least for me, I need those bits of ... constant feeling that I was treading frantic water, at risk of slipping under

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • October 12, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  keeping interest a list of things i think are cool

  

  with my life and my time. I'm currently on a track at MIT to pursue EECS ... in my junior year of high school, hated it, and swore I'd never return ... 've talked about this in past blogposts, but I'm definitely growing out of this

  • by Cami M. '23
  • April 4, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  MIT Dorms: MacGregor House Because really, sometimes you just need your own space.

  

  happy to introduce you to MacGregor, MIT's only dorm composed of all ... out of pasta. Or Mountain Dew. MacGregor is divided into nine "entries"; an entry forms the basic social unit of the dorm. The entries are named

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • April 20, 2006
• Blog / Blog Projects

  what i ate in a week* living the influencer life (clickbait included)

  

  at the start of the semester and has not stopped kicking my ass ever ... distinct groups of friends at baker dining and none of us ever go there so i ... representative of the rest of my blogs =D  not to be cliche, but there is truly no

  • by Janet G. '27
  • November 9, 2024
• Blog / Uncategorized

  just do it don’t say you’re gonna do it!

  

  molds for the plastic pieces of our yo-yo. I’ll make a blog on the yo ... this stands for because I don’t remember and it’s kind of silly. It’s a ... of my favorite lecturers in MechE, but on that day, I could barely stay

  • by Amber V. '24
  • March 23, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  REXit FOMO....or JOMO???

  

  first time! While most of my friends have been back in Boston for at least ... groups, I have been in Seattle, at home, while the rest of my family has ... [/annotation] different flavors of macaron at [annotation note="the best one was POG

  • by Alex M. '21
  • September 4, 2019
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Escaping MIT Maybe if I just get far enough away, my finals will cease to exist!

  

  day I ventured out to Oak Grove at the end of the Orange Line to go ... of the outcome. Pass/No Record was a wonderful thing, but like them all, it came to an abrupt end, and I’ve been left staring dejected at my

  • by Joel G. '18
  • May 16, 2015
• Blog / Events

  Family Weekend 2014 family weekend 2014, day 1 and how I had fun

  

  about the hackathons that happened all the way back at the beginning of October. I spent this past week trying to get all of my work done before ... Monday morning but instead I'm catching on all of my blog post writing

  • by Erick P. '17
  • October 25, 2014
• Blog / Athletics

  Life Lessons From Pistol Class But they don't buy pajamas / For pistol packin' mamas!

  

  skipped band. Terrified at the prospect of my school calling my parents to ... period and couldn't bear the thought of going to class. So, unable to face ... . The essence of her response was: it's fine, do what you need to do, but

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 7, 2013
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  AFROTC = stress, and why that’s okay Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps: "what do you do every week?"

  

  was a simulated base attack, and some of the cadets were "injured" at ... pretty stressful at times, and at the end of the day I was exhausted, I can ... C/4C Claire Nieman '13 On Sunday, 25 October, the cadets of MIT's Air

  • by ROTC
  • November 4, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  DONE (sorta) If I'm done, why am I still stressed?

  

  . This morning I woke up at 5:30 and went skating for a couple of hours. I ... This entry is going to be a completely random collection of things because right now I'm a little too tired to do a coherent entry. The end of

  • by Snively '11
  • May 9, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  Deferred Students Update Some Q&A for deferred students.

  

  it all over for me? At MIT, a deferral isn't just a "polite rejection ... regular action. You are at no advantage or disadvantage versus the regular ... regular action, regardless of when the application was submitted. (A little

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 18, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Scratches On My Mind A brief introduction, so you'll know why I see MIT the way I do.

  

  graduate. It's a pretty sweet deal, with the exception of getting up at 6 AM ... 't remember any of it. My earliest memory is from 1987. I'm 10 months old, looking at the display on the microwave, while my mother holds me and gives

  • by Derrick B. '08
  • September 20, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  More For Deferred Students FAQ and advice.

  

  over for me? At MIT, a deferral isn't just a "polite rejection." Your ... . You are at no advantage or disadvantage versus the regular action ... , regardless of when the application was submitted. (A little historical data

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 11, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT ‘10: Daniel Guillen Our football coach gets a surprise in Daniel Guillen '10.

  

  Guillen taking advantage of chance to attend MIT, play football By ... lies ahead for St. Joseph Academy senior Daniel Guillen is one of the ... to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), which is located in

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 29, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  What’s the big deal about 40^2?

  

  application, I just glance at the test scores to get a sense of them before ... . People at MIT don't compare GPAs (I didn't know any of my friends' GPAs ... Okay, so I'm in the middle (towards the end) of a long day of reading

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 20, 2004