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• Blog / Extracurriculars

  22 Hiatus Adventures stories from my time away and my first semester back!

  

  get first! It was a dream come true to compete in a sport I’d been ... growth. Blogging was hard — it was challenging to figure out how to start ... her family to lean on during a pretty difficult time in the pandemic

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • February 2, 2022
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Sleep is for the Strong getting through finals week

  

  you should try not to get too trapped in the bubble, so that you can ... anyone that does that). I can't really tell you how to best learn ... how few hours they slept or how many hours they studied. I want to see

  • by Erick P. '17
  • December 13, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Decide my major! Because putting your future up for a democratic vote is clearly the way to go.

  

  Alright, you and I both have some big decisions to make in the next ... the rest of your life. No pressure or anything. I will weigh in with how ... on how awesome MIT is. But that’s old news to me, because it seriously

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • April 2, 2009
• Blog / Events

  emergency blog post because Lilly Chin ‘17 just won Jeopardy and is also the greatest of all time "who is the spiciest memelord?" it's you

  

  good questions like "how did you get so fresh?" and "what is knowledge ... answer:       I have been privileged to know and befriend some of the best and brightest minds in America and around the world

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 24, 2017
• Blog / About Decisions

  Next Steps For the Deferred what to do next

  

  denied in EA. Deferred students, however, will have to wait a little longer ... of deferred students write in with questions so I wanted to post a ... send? The only "new" thing you need to send in is the February Updates

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 31, 2014
• Blog / Events

  Oh the Places You’ll Go! Did you know Dr. Seuss was a SigEp?

  

  gaps in the blinds. I rolled over, and realized - to my delight - that I was back in my "own" bed. I half expected my sister to open the door ... managed to get one percent higher than what I needed to get an A for the

  • by Chris S. '11
  • May 27, 2008
• Blog / Athletics

  ‘Til the Net Breaks Championship Szn

  

  : where we show up two weeks before school starts in order to start training ... championship game. In the championship, we play the only NEWMAC team we lost to ... ,” which refers to how relentless we are to goal, and how the only way we

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • December 3, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  MIT Medical: A Freshman’s Story Worth sharing.Worth reading.

  

  appointment with a doctor (which we had to pay for separately) in order to get ... – and in the sheer time it can take to get medical care, time that should ... flexible, with open access, meaning we can go to any participating in

  • by Paul B. '11
  • August 14, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Out of the lab and into the internet Confession: I actually listen to music from the movie Ice Princess. I'm not even kidding.

  

  should get used to that.) And a question via email: Yasemin asked (via ... 't considered for graduate work at MIT, is this true?" In lieu of responding to ... might change... hell, you just might want to be able to live in a new

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • January 27, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  I asked people at MIT what they were doing for Pi Day 2025 something is rising... 3/14/25 at 6:28 PM ET

  

  't know about. So, I went around campus to get the scoop on how students and ... blood in the sky. From the Man in the Moon, to the embittered savant ... don’t get oxygen until the troposphere… hmm. How light can I get the

  • by Jebby B. '25
  • March 7, 2025
• FAQ / Life and culture

  What’s the campus life and culture like?

  It would be impossible to tell you about campus life and culture at MIT in just a few words, so we're going to have to send you to another page on our site—hopefully, you'll get a feel for the vibrancy of our
• Blog / Academics & Research

  goodbye, thoughts; welcome, semester tfw classes are my saving grace

  

  get used to this new paradigm. IAP was as fun as it was tumultuous. I ... in the midst of a lot of relationship-related conflict to be reminded ... 'm excited to see how different my academic life will feel now that I'm out of

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • February 19, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Once upon a time Who I was in high school.

  

  pressure to get A's in high school, although that doesn't mean I actually ... course 2, but how easy is it to take classes in neuroscience outside of one ... that I always get carded when I buy beer. I went to the Massachusetts RMV

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 19, 2006
• FAQ / First-year application

  How do I track the progress of my application?

  MIT, and we'll check to see if it's been included in your application. ... You may track the progress of your application in the application ... days to be processed. Materials are not automatically loaded into a
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  One Month of Baby Steps my feet hurt

  

  FPOPs). In my FPOP, I got to see the wonders of MIT’s mechanical ... own room. I also get access to a kitchen, which I share with my suite ... awesome to get to know the MacG upperclassmen – and Boston – a bit better

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • September 26, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  *witty title here* (Guest Entry) You want awesome? I'll show you awesome!

  

  By Chris Mills '12 It's 3:30 a.m. I have to leave to get to the ... , I glance at the clock and wonder how I managed to waste so much time ... entrance to Bush Intercontinental, my mom and I settle down in the terminal

  • by Snively '11
  • April 21, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ask Me Anything! Responses life and admissions

  

  in the comments we didn't get to answer (watch the webcast for the ones ... 't promise to get to them soon, but I'll try my best. For reference, I've done ... pretty common. I've been trying to encourage the freshmen to get 7+ hours

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • October 26, 2017
• Blog / Community Projects

  CPW: ASA Midway, B1 B1athalon, and Cutting Crafts with Contour not to mention meet the bloggers

  

  CPW was so much fun! I meant to get this blog up and running ... with! Here's how they went. Contour My team and I held several events to ... out how much of our name to capitalize. We’re digging into market

  • by Amber V. '24
  • April 25, 2024
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  updating my blogger bio because its no longer accurate

  

  realize it’s pretty difficult to sum up a personality in these brief ... because I didn't want to choose between the two of them because how could I ... gritty I: am a blunt and hard to get along with individual get hangry

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 24, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  March Questions Omnibus 4

  

  of you who went to an admitted student party in your hometown, how was ... MIT are paying for flights for students to get to Boston (CPW). Is that ... at least a few days in advance, if at all possible) than to not

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 25, 2005