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• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Hint of fall A Sunday adventure

  

  Mass Turnpike, with the skyline of downtown fading into the horizon ... city trees and river trees, so I turned off into the heart of Cambridge ... calendar was a solid block of commitments from ~8-8, and the remaining hours

  • by Taylor V. '19
  • October 21, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  First day of school The first day of school

  

  ? (perhaps some of you are well into your first weeks of school) (cartoon from ... Remember what the first day of school was like in elementary school ... classes (Course 2) and filling in the rest of my schedule with classes in my

  • by Melis A. '08
  • September 6, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Fear of Flying Shake the haters off.

  

  three years ago, think happy thoughts. YOU GOT INTO MIT! For those of ... who you are at MIT. ------- When I found out I got into MIT, I was probably one of the happiest people on the face of the earth. Unfortunately

  • by Bryan
  • May 28, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Art of Waiting how to burn some time

  

  , snowy day: Doesn’t it make you want to just crawl into bed, a cup of ... elusive skill of patience – waiting for the bus, waiting on a friend at a ... feared the finality of it, all at the same time. I find the act of

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • March 13, 2019
• Blog / Blog Projects

  another day of spring when canvas went down and i fell prey to overcommitment (again)

  

  immediately had to get ready for a meeting) and was running on 5 hours of sleep ... surprising twist of fate, when I opened Canvas absentmindedly to procrastinate ... when it actually happened"]prospects of deadline extensions. [/annotation

  • by Janet G. '27
  • May 14, 2026
• Blog / People & Identities

  A Part of Me or apart of me?

  

  ’s one of my favorite platformers. But there are spoilers. So. If that ... , imposter syndrome just sort of, exists. It’s a voice in the back of my head ... just cover it up with the confidence of facts. Fact: I am on track to

  • by Paige B. '24
  • September 22, 2022
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Not Admitted

  

  unfortunately means that we had to turn down some great students. For those of you who fall into this category, this is an open forum for you to talk ... converse civilly and with the best of intentions, as that is the spirit of

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2021
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Not Admitted

  

  unfortunately means that we had to turn down some great students. For those of you who fall into this category, this is an open forum for you to talk ... converse civilly and with the best of intentions, as that is the spirit of

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2020
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Not Admitted

  

  unfortunately means that we had to turn down some great students. For those of you who fall into this category, this is an open forum for you to talk ... converse civilly and with the best of intentions, as that is the spirit of

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Q&A Vol. III Everyone gather 'round the laptop 'cause it's movie time!

  

  So while Rachel has been Facebooking, Jenny has been getting into ... 've been going on to Facebook, enjoying plenty of potty humor and having impromptu dance parties of my own... ...I'M HOME AND IT'S AWESOME. More

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • July 2, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Stu Saves The Pact God bless Stu's hairy face.

  

  Just when I thought I couldn't make it through another minute of the agony of yesterday's events, I walked into our weekly staff meeting to ... Officer and Director of the Educational Council, has become my new bearded

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 1, 2005
• FAQ / First-year application

  Do I need a high school diploma to apply?

  your odds of getting into MIT and will help you make the most of the ... MIT doesn't have any age requirements and doesn't require high school completion to apply. Each year we receive a small number of applications from
• Blog / Challenges

  confronting the self i am the captain of my soul

  

  away from home? cj: well, the exact details of why aren't important. the ... content warning: extended discussion of anxiety, depression, suicide ... 's part of the job description. if he doesn't do it, then he's not doing his

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 30, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  When The Omnipotent Hand Of Google Fails You How some classes at the Institvte are justifiably hard.

  

  forgotten about 6 required classes, which I would have to pack into senior year. I'm not making any of this up. It probably stems from a talk I had ... Freudian terror. Flash back to the real world, where school is still kind of

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • February 23, 2011
• Blog / Challenges

  uncertainty becoming a boring adult

  

  interestingness is overvalued and a lot of important work is quite dull. a lot of ... recently i looked through a list of all my friends who graduated from college recently, and i realized that all of them seem less interesting to

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • December 31, 2022
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  [guest post] time passes from spirit island a board game that i picked up 3 years ago is now my life

  

  to starlight. i would then import my minecraft username into real life ... closely. of course, that was back when i was a prefrosh and didn't know him ... really got to know [annotation note="cj: the amount of times i am mentioned

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 31, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  Home Away From Home Complete with Batman mask, kettle corn, and ticket stubs

  

  's zoom into some of the more interesting parts! On top we have a couple of props from my favorite movies/comics. The first shelf holds the crux of my media collection. It starts off with some classic newspaper

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • November 4, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Computer Timesharing in the 1960’s an extremely influential solution to computer bottlenecks

  

  , having been totally unaware of such important disoveries just a little over ... my 15.565 Digital Evolution: Managing Web 3.0 class, we learned of the ... is stored, accessed, and shared across a network of servers on the

  • by Erick P. '17
  • October 6, 2015
• Blog / Events

  Camp Kesem! It's magical.

  

  Exactly three weeks from today, I'll be done with my freshman year of ... , finals...), and several doses of caffeine lie between me and that fateful ... ' :) This might sound familiar to those of you who have been reading the blogs

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • April 28, 2010
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  All these days I spend away What does "home" mean to you?

  

  BREAKING NEWS: Stu Schmill '86 Named New Dean of Admissions - go wish ... students reprieve and respite from the constant deluge of problem sets, essays, and tests so commonly found throughout the dread halls of the

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 25, 2008