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• Blog / Admissions

  Rocky Mountain Round-Up The latest from my travels in Utah, Colorado, and New Mexico.

  

  get excited about. Currently, I'm in a cafe in "Old Town" Las Vegas, New ... Currently, I'm in the middle of a week-long Admissions trip to Utah ... in Salt Lake City. I decided I'd take in the sights before my meetings

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 29, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Series of Embarrassing Events, Part 1 Zumba and putting pants on in lecture

  

  . When I walked in, there were 20 +/- 2 girls sitting on the floor, wearing ... , which meant that I couldn't see myself in the mirror - a blessing, as I ... direction. I stumbled left. Ashley stopped, and tapped her feet in front of

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 15, 2013
• FAQ / Academics and research

  Where can I find info on the School of Engineering?

  on in every department, lab, and classroom. There's way too much to write about in one paragraph, so check out their site and explore what our
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  It All Started with a Sound Board… [By Harrison Bralower '11] I was pleased to find that MIT had a very strong…

  

  . It was then that I decided I wanted to do theater in high school. So ... to learn more, there's always a place where you can jump in and help a ... department faculty. I also met a lot of new people from all over the area

  • by ARTalk
  • January 31, 2008
• Blog / Athletics

  walking mechanics how to walk faster using Facts and Science

  

  in ways that impair walking, i’m sorry and i have no idea what it ... considerate - you can in principle walk through busy hallways like the infinite very quickly by bulldozing through everyone in your way. i do not

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • October 15, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  (An Incomplete Guide to) Summer Opportunities for MIT Students Pantsuits, stress, hyperlinks.

  

  , résumés: I was having none of it--my focus was on adjusting to the new ... that recruiting season is so early in the semester, but at this point I ... I was interested in. I did some background research, prepared

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • September 27, 2015
• Blog / Residential Life

  All the 2019 i3 videos megapost your annual Interactive Introduction to the Institute

  

  (I3) videos, which are produced by students to show off their life and culture of their residence halls. In the '90s and early '00s, these were ... Tube/Vimeo/etc they are now posted online, so I thought I would embed them below for

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 30, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  my first spring break!!! 13 MIT students take San Diego

  

  , as some may say). in my freshman year, i was kicked off campus a few ... March 27th, i got to experience spreak in all its glory! it was absolutely ... with the new members of their communities who will be moving in with me

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • April 10, 2022
• Blog / Athletics

  [Guest Post] Those Kids in Uniform Everything you didn't ask to know about ROTC

  

  (Course 6-3) and I’m a sophomore cadet in Air Force ROTC.  ROTC is an ... what ROTC is unless you’re in it or you’re familiar with the military. I ... that this varies greatly between the branches, so I can only speak for

  • by Rona W. '23
  • November 7, 2019
• Blog / Life after MIT

  A New MIT “Alum” Many fictional characters are MIT alumni; the newest is Jessica Alba's Sue Storm in "Fantastic…

  

  On Friday morning, I was reading the New York Times review of the ... Storm, an M.I.T.-trained scientist who specializes in genetic research... Of course, it's nothing new for a film or other work of fiction to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 10, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  No Ceilings next steps

  

  :  (metaphorical) There are no ceilings. When I was in high school, I knew (in some ... for me, regardless of where I ended up. In hindsight this was true, and ... classes I was interested in/ones that fulfilled requirements, I signed up

  • by Paige B. '24
  • March 12, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Summer Classes (or, Gettin’ Classy) I made a series of Biology videos about blood and learned about digital education!

  

  This summer, I was enrolled in one of the five summer@future classes ... and energized for 3 hours. (I honestly don't know how people at ... in front of the camera instead of behind it that limits how

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • July 31, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Choose My Senior Spring Classes for Me pre-registration is open and i will let you decide

  

  've compiled that I have some interest in taking and you, dear reader, are going ... considerations to keep in mind as you choose. 5.12 Organic Chemistry I (MWF 12-1PM ... chemistry in high school and I thought it was really cool (albeit really hard

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 1, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Maseeh Hall: Pros and Cons this is a pros and cons list re: maseeh hall

  

  – and the walls in Simmons can be undulating and curvy. The person I ... every few weeks. In my opinion as a humble cookie-eater, I can confidently ... recruiting visit, I loved how clean, new, and quiet it was. I thought each

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • April 15, 2017
• Blog / IAP

  Rebecca Black, the Old Spice Guy, and How to Sell Staplers the makings of a great IAP

  

  off my day in a breaded chicken induced coma after I crawl under my ... Magazine as one of the 10 Best Entrepreneurship Classes in America.) I'd say ... build a viral events framework in a technology ecosystem), I've found that

  • by Connie H. '15
  • January 21, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  my semesterly planner mentally preparing for the trials ahead

  

  In less than a week I'll be hopping on my flight back to Boston, and I'm so excited that I'm just about ready to kiss the Logan Airport ... ritual to prepare for the start of each new semester. I think some bullet

  • by Veronica P. '27
  • August 18, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  Open Thread: Deferred Early

  

  somewhere new Can't go back Keep moving through https ... application anew and without prejudice in Regular Action. Understandably, you ... MIT students were initially deferred; you can read some of their

  • by Decisions
  • December 16, 2025
• Blog / Summer

  the first day of work lessons i'm learning

  

  . how do you know when to pause working? with problem sets, i'd stop in ... one. it's nice to have slack in your schedule. and by slack, i don ... .033, we finished 6.036 grading in four hours, and i fit everything in my

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 25, 2022
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  A Pythagorean Triple of Awesome Otherwise known as the weekend of the 4th of July. Just another long weekend in…

  

  I should probably start out with this: oh hey, guys, I’m living in ... , I’m UROPing in the Doyle lab in the basement of building 66 (which is ... Boston. Freshman year, I could literally lie in bed and know whether or not

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • July 18, 2010
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  A Characterization This might or might not enrage you.

  

  libraries in New England. Needless to say, this makes me really happy. ^_^ I ... There've been several times when I felt like I didn't really fit in ... and can still multiply and divide just fine in her almost-senile 90 year

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • August 28, 2009