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• Blog / Community Projects

  Happy 21st Birthday to the Random Hall Milk the Milk is now old enough to drink, but *please*, don't drink the Milk

  

  to live, and is currently one of the oldest and proudest residents of ... admission to MIT in the Class of 2019, despite its impressive achievements ... from the supermarket to a dormitory at MIT. It has lived there ever since

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 20, 2015
• Blog / Events

  Scary Tails and College Essays Three bad puns, two bloggers, one post.

  

  responded with much glee, mostly because I wanted to use a cheesy pun (double ... which list, then: focus your application on the things that matter most to ... , pumpkin drop (pumpkins falling from the tallest building in Cambridge

  • by Cam T. '13
  • October 31, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  To Those with Dreams Deferred in which Selam of Pi Day Past rants about how things are arbitrary

  

  Aquarius or Year of the Horse is Not Important and you don't need to base ... factors, but most importantly, don't let yourself get in the way of your own ... discovered yet. After all, mathematics is not inherently tied to the workings

  • by Selam G. '18
  • December 17, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Back From Vacation Tales of swing sets and answers to the various questions in my inbox.

  

  is the deposit to secure my place in the class of 2010? Where do I send the deposit? No deposit is required. Just be sure to send in the form ... gravel delivered to the spot, which was dumped in a big pile. It took all

  • by Ben Jones
  • April 18, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  trying to find poetry under calculus mit museum and constrained writing

  

  visit to MIT. I visited MIT the first time in October 2024 and loved it, which is part of the reason I chose to be here today. And one of my ... that stood out to me the most was a keyboard algorithm that tracked

  • by Joy X. '29
  • October 2, 2026
• Blog / MIT Life

  East Campus Pros and Cons, as Told by Residents "because EC is home 400ever"

  

  opinions and a willingness to talk about them. -- I also think it is the most ... ’s perhaps my favorite aspect of the Institute—the chance to grow in a tight ... grouped together). Anonymous '17: Pros: -- Is the coolest place to live

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 20, 2017
• Blog / Classes

  yo-yos, comics, and other adventures my junior spring schedule!

  

  about the research process in MechE. I'm planning to design an experiment ... II This class is a 6-unit follow-up to 2.678, a core class in MechE. I ... comics is foreign to me, so I knew the best way to make myself begin was to

  • by Amber V. '24
  • February 24, 2023
• Blog / Athletics

  So you want to be a student-athlete? Finding the balance

  

  competing in my sports. I want to share my perspective on the pros and cons of ... interscholastically forces me to stay healthy. Another benefit to competing is the sense ... member of a team in college is of real importance to me. Is it to you?

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • August 29, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Living la vida lab rat So the moral of the story is that freedom is relative in science. And that…

  

  , professors, and grad students?" The easiest question there to answer is how I ... all the different lab protocols, and since I didn't know how to do most ... -- and when Albert's not in the lab, I get to take over his desk! The

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • March 25, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Admissions Updates Online & postal decisions, matching Pell Grants, and reading continues.

  

  much to add beyond what you've already read elsewhere, but I do want to strongly encourage you to use the verification functionality at decisions ... password, because if you don't know it when you go to check on the 18th

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 7, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  When I used to run A reflection on sitting still for a semester

  

  how much I fucked up in the first half of the semester, and one month of ... touched by the world and everything in it. It's absolutely shocking to be ... startups in order to be a course 6. I like my soul for maybe the first time

  • by Powers '23
  • December 16, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  [Guest Post] Why did I come to MIT? by River A. ‘26

  

  learn how to face them. And you have to have fun in life. The fun is what ... ≧◡≦ , my name is River. Just like most people, I had dreamed of coming to ... ….why did I come here? 1. tO eXplOrE It is often said that “college is the

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • February 2, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  1st Year at MIT Everything there is to know about my first year here

  

  ). So just in case you don't want to watch the entire video here are a few ... talk about them in class. As with most CI-H classes, we were required to ... because of the fact that I had so much room to really write about anything

  • by Ben O. '19
  • May 28, 2016
• Blog / Rural and Small-Town

  high schools, highway miles, and an MIT story waiting in rural ohio ft. Max B. '24

  

  intro out of the way: my name is Max Burns, and I majored in course 2A ... . For most of my life the prospect of going to a “fancy” out ... who are passionate and make the most of what they have access to. MIT

  • by Nicole Cooper
  • April 30, 2026
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  World Cup Final in Boston An MIT- and Boston-centric look at the Italian victory.

  

  have to look forward to is a down market. According to this article, the ... 're professional investors, and you might think their day job is to watch the ... Congratulations to Italy on their World Cup victory. The celebration

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 10, 2006
• Blog / MISTI

  MIT EECS students travel the world

  

  : Bangalore is the best city to work in India –cool weather, awesome ... fields among our students, however, is Computer Science. In the summer of ... projector based AR systems. The city: I often went in to Osaka, the

  • by MISTI Program
  • October 27, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Music Scene by a non-musician

  

  that music is one of the most relaxing things, ever. Whether you ... jamming out loudly in our Haus courtyard, it’s the easiest (and usually most ... to this, however, is quite simple: put in some headphones and blast

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • December 23, 2015
• Blog / Challenges

  Seattle The siren call of real adult life

  

  This is, for the most part, a post about Seattle. I've been a ... walkability of a city is, in fact, important to me. And although I do like ... experience the wonder of exploring them. I don't want to be stuck in Boston

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • July 3, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

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

  

  with me everywhere—in the car on grocery trips, to friends’ houses, and ... —it’s discouraging sometimes to see how much the people around me are getting done, how ... yarn monster. It is growing. It is consuming the space in my drawers and

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

  More on deferrals

  

  this year. The only thing we ask that you send in is a midyear grade ... the answer is that you certainly may. You should check in with your ... in, we will not be able to tell you "the reason" why you were deferred

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 15, 2004