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• Blog / IAP

  eighty hours (pt. 4) notes from the last day

  

  to see my friends tonight! It’s been a wild eighty hours, but I’m glad ... , ultimately, it doesn’t mean much. It allowed me to get a break, see some new ... adventure for the record books; I don’t think I’ve been on a journey quite

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • January 14, 2023
• FAQ / First-year application

  Can I get a copy of MIT Facts?

  MIT Facts is a pocket-sized compendium of essential facts about the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Unfortunately, we don't mail the booklets, but you can find it online!
• Blog / MIT Life

  Business As Usual

  

  obscure organs on offer didn't prove too popular, unfortunately. A revolting ... of classes, work, and free time. We got a four-day weekend for Columbus ... Cambridge, which means snow isn't too far ahead. Since there isn't anything

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • October 18, 2006
• Blog / People & Identities

  Amicus briefs and the ABCs of a diverse MIT A SCOTUS filing with Stanford et al, and a strategic action plan for an inclusive…

  

  A few weeks ago, MIT —  in conjunction with Stanford, IBM, and Aeris ... to the lawsuit in question, but that have a stake or insight into the ... [/annotation] said in a statement: [This brief asks] the Court to uphold over 40 years

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 27, 2022
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  318 memorial drive a historical rabbit hole

  

  called it a day. Flashforward to a few days ago. I'm copyediting CJ's post ... , CJ and I promised that we would write a post full of wonderful facts and obscure lore about the history of the T. This is not that post

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • January 22, 2021
• Blog / MISTI

  Another Journey Planned How to go abroad 101

  

  looking for a program that didn’t promise that and rather had a different ... . A pretty common question for people to ask me is where I’m going next ... study abroad in college. The International Honors Program is a unique

  • by Becca H. '12
  • February 21, 2011
• Blog / How to Food

  Yet Another Blog Entry My expenses for the semester in pie form, topped with a scoop of IAP.

  

  time, it's as clear and succinct and beautiful as a haiku that you won't ... a practical art, colloquially known as an Alternative Free Period ... of my personal spending into a spreadsheet, which I later rolled out

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • January 13, 2009
• Blog / Life after MIT

  What MIT Grads Do With Their Free Time Want to see the fireworks up close? Simply turn an old car into a boat…

  

  My friend Amrys (MIT '02) and a bunch of her fellow MIT-grad friends spent the last month converting a 1967 Chevy Bel Air into a boat - the ... don't find this kind of thing at other schools. In fact, I couldn't make

  • by Ben Jones
  • July 6, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  Life of a Black Person A followup to the amazing Black Lives Matter Post

  

  ?" "Isn't Black Lives Matter just a hate group? Shouldn't we be working to ... ability in every subject and hasn’t missed a single day of school.” My mom ... up? We wouldn’t want him to be overwhelmed by a new environment.” She

  • by Ben O. '19
  • July 11, 2016
• Blog / Events

  A Sweet Deal An offer I will not refuse.

  

  I just got this email, and I'm excited. Any recommendations on who ... recommends: Professor Jeffrey Harris Professor Harris is a health economist and holds an MD as well as a PhD. He studies the economics behind

  • by Bryan
  • February 28, 2006
• Blog / How to Food

  concord market is finally here!!!!! feasting at MIT's on-campus grocery store

  

  bustling grocery store with a huge CONCORD MARKET sign. I almost couldn't ... into a boarded up, blank wall of plaster. It was sad, but the heartbreak was eased because we were promised a new store: Concord Market. Since

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • March 21, 2025
• Blog / Athletics

  Adventures on the Charles Aka we go outdoors sometimes

  

  year, but now that I’m more aware all these things exist (and on a ... opportunities around Boston and MIT campus. A lot of these adventures start ... “trained” for half an hour to compete in a mock-race. Everyone was super

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • June 15, 2014
• Blog / Events

  Integration Bee If this were televised, nobody would watch the Superbowl.

  

  a poetic is). Like chocolate, winter break melts under the hot pressing tongue of February into a sticky-sweet memory, bequeathing cavities ... towards sleep at -9.81 m/s^2. In 12 hours, I will be in class. For now, I

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • February 2, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Spreading the word Yesterday, new father Ben and I did a presentation on blogging for the annual conference…

  

  Yesterday, new father Ben and I did a presentation on blogging for ... conference, Ben, Marilee & I attended a talk entitled "Lowering the Flame ... and college admissions. Parker did a nice rundown of developments over

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 2, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Missing Documents Deadline check your MyMIT account now

  

  Hi all- I’m taking a break from reading applications to give our Regular Action applicants a quick update. As of today, we have ... more components so you may have received a direct message from us. If you

  • by Kris Guay
  • January 18, 2014
• Blog / MISTI

  Salut! A look at Grenoble

  

  éel at CNRS Salut! I'm spending my summer in Grenoble, France, at the Institut Néel, a world-famous magnetism research center situated in ... what I did there? The French don't quite understand my puns, so you

  • by MISTI Program
  • July 26, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Rain is evil There's only one kind of good snow, and rain isn't it.

  

  . Except that it's a little bit warmer. And a lot more humid. Not nearly as ... . And then the guys whose job it is to shovel snow don't really have snow ... may be hard to tell from the picture, but that's a minimum of two inches

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 14, 2007
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Whoa…You’re Old Bryan returns from the crypt of grad school

  

  classes in 2003 (3.091, 21A.109, 18.01A, 8.01 and a seminar). I don't know ... So I realized that despite not having left MIT, I haven't written on this thing in a really long time. Part of it came from my own thinking

  • by Bryan
  • September 8, 2009
• FAQ / First-year application

  Will there be a wait list this year?

  with the uncertainties, we also keep a wait list of students. We won't ... Each year we aim for a class of approximately 1,100 students. Based ... (known as the "yield"), we admit about 1,400 students. However, it isn't
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  My first music festival It was muddy.

  

  Have you ever had your car pulled out of a parking lot muddy field by a tractor? (For reference, this is what I mean by muddy: ) It's kind of fun to sit in your car while it wags around, a tractor's tail

  • by Anna H. '14
  • August 5, 2013