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• Blog / Admissions

  Being Home and Answering Questions some changes, some constants, and the end of pass/no record

  

  . Get in your college applications, and now what? Well...now's the time to ... transcripts, and most people had little to worry about no matter how unprepared ... friends from high school to catch up over a solid In-N-Out burger, because

  • by Allan K. '17
  • December 21, 2013
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  I’m Kind of a Big Deal Leaves and famous people alike think so.

  

  I'm beginning to think the foliage is out to get me. I was hit by ... history and English courses I could get my hands on in high school, in ... T (subway) or a taxi to get out there. I got back late because of Med

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 22, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  quiz: what halloween candy are you? based on your college applicant personality

  

  need to get in? Because I only got a 1590.” How do you plan on ... just for fun! What colleges are you applying to? I have like forty on my list, including this one obscure school in Antarctica but it

  • by Rona W. '23
  • October 22, 2019
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  LSC: A Brief Summary [by Ashley Nash '11] Who wouldn’t want to join?

  

  presenters to the MIT community in the large lecture hall 26-100. We show ... get to see them for free. I only have to work one evening each month, and did I say I get to see movies for free? Who wouldn’t want to

  • by ARTalk
  • May 2, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Freshman Advisors Can Be Awesome A night on the town with Daniel Barkowitz and his freshman advisees.

  

  year, and in exchange, I get to tag along on group outings. On Friday, ten of us went for dinner, dessert, and an off-Broadway show in downtown Boston. P.F. Chang's was packed, but we zipped to the front of the line

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • November 5, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper ‘84, Astronaut The 24th MIT graduate to go into space.

  

  early '80s, they were doing a big push to get a lot more girls to go into ... professional background in the Navy. And then from there, I applied to the ... in space when STS-115 launches. More than one-third of the nation

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 16, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  Quizbowl adventuring knowledge is (*) power !

  

  team can answer and the other team gets to hear the rest of the question ... buzz in early but then get the answer wrong. The best (aka worst) ones ... had to figure out how to drive the car (harder than you'd think

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • October 29, 2018
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  When You Yourself Are Far Away Donuts, used books, and some wonderful/terrible recipes you need not try.

  

  Career Fair is a magical time: in addition to the opportunity and the stuff, the jobful and the seeking return to MIT and I get to see some of ... they run out of donuts. That day we got to get a lot of donuts to share

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • November 16, 2015
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  The Dark Side of the Moon Mi vida. Nada m√°s.

  

  school in terms of cross-admits with MIT. If you apply to both and get ... 've been MEANING to, but I just simply never got around to it! Actually, in ... plug for current students - if you want to be involved in iHouse, you can

  • by Chris S. '11
  • October 24, 2008
• Blog / Uncategorized

  a blog from the universe aka me + my tarot cards + finals season procrastination

  

  ’s my general understanding of how to approach tarot. I’m going to model ... tarot deck is how the artwork really tells the story, which I’ll try to ... searching, it’s time to change course, to take the necessary steps to get you

  • by Veronica P. '27
  • December 14, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Browser Wars Hee. The title makes me think of Super Mario Bros. Oh how I miss my…

  

  . But more on those when we get closer to reg day. In other news, I ... you get used to how awesome Firefox is, you can never go back to IE ... student-run ambulance is back in service now, so I expect that to take up

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 27, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  [Guest Post] Halfway Through MIT Where I’ve been, and where I’m going

  

  in the nature reserve and walked around a bit before the ride back to ... it. I haven’t been to Alewife in a while now, because I’ve been too ... lot about how to make the next half of MIT feel better, and concluded

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • September 25, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  It’s not all happy I know, shocker!

  

  in the easiest physics class offered). Getting sick, dragging myself to ... about is the part where I will sit in a library for 8 hours trying to do a ... two PSETs due on Wednesday) or about how long days can be (9 AM to 10 PM

  • by Snively '11
  • February 26, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  what’s the point? on impact, art, external validation, and remembering to be kind

  

  's admirable, in a way, to declare this the meaning of life. The world faces many ... meaning—but we must all have our own meanings to keep going. And, in truth ... ultimately true. If the instinct to war and to act in our self-interest at any

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • April 21, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  Tetazoo is not a Hivemind Haha... just kidding... unless?

  

  ’m inclined to participate in a three-hour challenge that the upperclassmen set ... where I’m from, all I’m allowed to say is “I used to live in Simmons ... and writing in the middle of it all, that I realize how much I love

  • by Powers '23
  • November 24, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Pursuing multiple fields

  

  's a question) if you could tell me how easy it is to double major in two ... literature but I'm concerned that it will be too tough to try to get degrees in ... matter what your major is, you have to get credit for 8.01 (Physics 1), 8

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • August 13, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Happy May! Everything I owed you...

  

  How NOT to be a MIT Student (aka. my daily dose of stupidity) *sets ... doesn't seem that far away from yesterday. Now, I just want to fill in ... ramen noodle structure"), "Card Throwing," "How to Grow Hair

  • by Chris S. '11
  • May 1, 2008
• Blog / Uncategorized

  SHE CAMPUS ON MY PREVIEW TIL I WEEKEND!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! my freshman cpw post turned east campus love letter

  

  getting caught up in something else, so I’m glad I got to see what it was ... ’t participate in it, but it’ll always be there if you want your social life to be ... ’d asked to help us get the event started had had different ideas. We ended

  • by Angie F. '28
  • May 6, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  Next House Showers Bring No Flowers They're just really, REALLY bad showers. Like really, REALLY bad.

  

  . This is a bad attitude to have in all regards, because while it's great ... complain about how her hall's TV only plays in Spanish. I myself found MIT ... with ten or so others the minute they get wet, and think it's okay to

  • by Jess K. '10
  • February 3, 2007
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Apple Juice Liberation! Something very important happened to me when I came to MIT a few weeks ago.…

  

  . In fact, people here are free to do almost anything they think is a ... a while, but within an hour of walking on campus I was learning how to ... up to any class you’re interested in on the first day with an add

  • by Kate R. '14
  • September 17, 2010