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• Blog / MIT Life

  The Answer is Yes Tips for navigating your first month here with a Greek life emphasis

  

  on, pass/no record grading, acclimating to city life and being in one ... decide which dorm to live in for the year) is fake too! McGregor, to my ... freshmen guys because I'm going to talk about my rush). You've probably

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • August 16, 2011
• Blog / Athletics

  Quarrying Around Ice skating in an underground tunnel

  

  extremely interesting, and I really want to go on more trips with them in the ... In my last post, I mentioned that I had gone on my first caving adventure with the MIT Caving Club. I really enjoyed it, and I wanted to

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • February 21, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  St. George’s Day England's National Day

  

  of us in the comments below. Anyway, I was pretty curious to see what ... When I came back to England from Easter vacation, I was greeted by ... entry on 23rd April but I'm in the middle of exams. Very stressful. More

  • by Cambridge
  • April 26, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  happiness springs, songs, sheep

  

  changes us in complicated and difficult-to-explain ways. During CPW, many ... contemplated going back to sleep and worked on my urop instead. then i took a shower, got an early lunch, and took the 11am bus to wellesley. i caught up

  • by Allan K. '17
  • April 24, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  One Week MIT: It's so dangerous, you'll have to sign a waiver.

  

  you have to do in a week, and you sort of want to die inside. :) For ... , it's actually really hard to answer, for two reasons. First, MIT is ... interests, it's really hard to classify anything as "typical." Academically, I

  • by Paul B. '11
  • October 20, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Lewis Music Library Tra la la

  

  film Meet the Parents, geniuses choose the color green. In addition to ... the Pulitzer Prize for Music in 1987, and just happens to be an ... keeps the most recent copies of each out for browsing. In addition to

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 15, 2004
• Blog / Events

  Thanksgiving on First East – Team Bemis makes hand turkeys!! (For justice and the greater common good.)

  

  invited to our party. And even dessert! All in all, it was a happy day ... Jonathan) Then we all locked ourselves in our rooms indefinitely to study ... couple of weeks ago putting their creative minds to use designing and

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • November 24, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Blogger Application 2014!

  

  It's summer in Cambridge, which means three things:  1) I ... instructions 2) I've setup a WeMo Switch connected to IFTTT so I can turn on my air conditioner with a text message from ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 21, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Your Freshman App Questions We're happy to help.

  

  read more about our application and admissions process in the Freshman Application section of the site. I am happy to answer your questions (that ... Application (as well as the QuestBridge application) in the comments below. What

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 19, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Great Gatsby In all its pixelated glory

  

  , you should go out to the library and get a copy now! It's a great read ... . If you're a little sad that you can't actually be on campus to enjoy the video games, have no fear! They're hosted online for people to play

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • September 17, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  One last bit of advice Before all hell breaks loose

  

  promise that attacking people is not going to help. Funnel your energy into ... 's time to say it again. While admissions will have you believe that ... -13 minutes prior to that, so be on the lookout. Good luck, pre-congrats to

  • by Snively '11
  • March 14, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  On the Flip Side I'm a host instead of a prefrosh this year - but CPW has still been…

  

  excitement for being here, at MIT, with some of the most incredible people in world ‚ô• I haven't quite made it to all the CPW events that have taken place so far, which is okay because I'm a host and not obligated to be

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • April 10, 2010
• Blog / Challenges

  whiteout conditions forget your mission, just get out alive

  

  the passage" and "got so hooked on a feeling, i started dealing / in a ... bad hand". the chorus has been stuck in my head for the last few days ... vague desire to go to classes and do work. but i don't actually want to. i

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 26, 2021
• Blog / About Decisions

  Fall 2019 Transfer Decisions Are Now Live

  

  application. You will log in using the same email and password used to create your application account, and you can log in now to check your decision ... applied to transfer, and we have admitted 20. And as usual, we are very

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 3, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Physics professors have a charming sense of humour Excerpts from relativity problem sets

  

  I'M DONE WITH FALL CLASSES! and am now back home in London, doing ... .033, Relativity. Relativity is a great class to teach, if you enjoy designing ... amusing excerpts with you. Enjoy! (The point of the problem was to show

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 23, 2013
• Blog / Challenges

  MIT honors Officer Sean Collier (photoblog) photos from today's memorial service

  

  memorial service found other ways to pay their respects: Rest in peace ... turned out by the thousands today for a memorial service to honor fallen ... Memorial Fund, which will support a Collier Medal to be awarded to people who

  • by Michael C. '16
  • April 24, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  New stuff on MyMIT, and more

  

  I'm back in Boston now after two trips to Washington, DC in the past ... physics, so I got to hear him speak 3x/week). Admitted students, log into ... that financial aid letters will be mailed today to those students who

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 18, 2005
• Blog / Events

  “It’s just so effortless!” Apples and ziti and pies, oh my!

  

  dishes in various ovens around the floor. Adelaide took the veggies to her ... Sam already told you about AppleBake, but I figured I could throw in ... for me while we sampled some AppleBake treats: I'm ashamed to say that

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 28, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A Series of Embarrassing Events, Part 3 A Valentine's Day surprise

  

  . Last year, the Logs burst into my Quantum Lecture, and sang to a boy in the ... Astley 4. If I Ever Fall In Love by Shai 5. Somebody to Love by Justin ... opportunity to mortify their loved ones. Three student performance groups - the

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 18, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  First Day of School Fall term classes began today at MIT.

  

  , for some reason, chose to enroll in MIT's hardest physics class, dubbed ... vaguely remember my first day of classes at MIT back in the Fall of 1996. I ... have any old professor teach freshmen -- in fact, many of MIT's best

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 5, 2007