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• Blog / MIT Life

  In Memory of a Greatly Beloved Establishment rip the stud subway

  

  My fellow readers of the MIT Admissions blogs, a great tragedy has ... has been closed down. Yes, that's right: the Subway in the Student Center is no more. This past weekend, Subway closed abruptly due to issues

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • April 3, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  the sun sets on another summer only one left yikes

  

  actually getting any exercise this summer. i don't think i'd want to live in ... flight to boston. this summer went by weirdly fast but in a way that i can ... code to work. i won't miss my long morning commute and getting around LA

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • August 17, 2019
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  You Guys Are Used To Getting No Sleep, But I Am Old To those of you who have siblings: what's the one piece of sibling-related parenting advice…

  

  when I can find time. Hope you guys are having a great start to your ... -related parenting advice you'd give to your own parents if you could go back in time? [Edit: in other words, I want my kids to be as close as possible as they

  • by Ben Jones
  • June 1, 2005
• Blog / Athletics

  How I got recruited to play D3 soccer at MIT the college sports recruiting process

  

  , and I was lucky enough to get in!! I officially committed the spring ... play soccer) to get recruited, so I definitely have advice for other ... , and how I eventually committed to MIT. I’m not entirely sure how other

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • February 16, 2025
• Blog / Events

  I went outside! *inhales, belts 'for the first time in forever' at the top of lungs*

  

  . It's a great way to escape the MIT bubble and get some (literal) fresh ... to realize that its students need to get out more, so we actually have ... records for the world's shortest camping trip, but we did get to go on a

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • April 9, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW is for Parents too…really!! ...a helpful guide for parents (I hope

  

  Class of 2015. We're getting ready to welcome lots of their parents too ... tough decisions and the best way to do that, we think, is to take part in ... logical choice to talk about what the weekend has in store for you if you

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • April 1, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  The Role You Play in the Admissions Process by Jenny Rifken, Director of Recruitment and Associate Director of Admissions @ MIT.

  't know if I would get in or not) and I applied to some places where I was ... to apply (I'll explain this in a minute) and honest with yourself in ... important to me? What did a school need to have in order for me to be happy

  • by mitblogs
  • October 26, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Advanced Standing Exams: know your stuff, get out of a semester-long class! You should really consider taking them.

  

  class. If you take the ASE, the grade you get on the test stands in for a ... willy-nilly, because it is important to have a firm background in the core subjects to succeed in later classes. That’s true, but I wanted to give the

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • May 24, 2016
• Blog / How to Human

  had i known how to save a life on self-care

  

  has been trying to get back up on my feet. i like to think i’ve been ... alone. i couldn’t find the motivation to get out of bed that morning ... , which i planned to go to, because i was too tired. i spent the time in bed

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 17, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  July 4th in Boston MIT has the best seat for Boston's July 4th celebrations.

  

  Delta. The houses in the Back Bay have incredible views and great parties ... only, you can't get much closer to the fireworks barge. The nice folks at ... Boston has arguably the best 4th of July festivities in the country

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 5, 2005
• Blog / Residential Life

  back in east campus, the sequel jiggity jig (again)

  

  . thinking about this room makes me kinda sad. east campus is scheduled to get renovated next summer, and if that happens as planned, i won't get to spend my ... the years and years of stories attached to each piece, may not get

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • August 18, 2021
• Blog / How to Food

  Food? What? I may weigh approximately two pounds, but I eat as much as everyone else. All…

  

  Before I get to an actual point in my next post, let me say this: I ... lack the ability to cook food in small amounts and nearly all of my ... 't cook to save my life. I was dead set on living in a dorm with a dining

  • by Keri G. '10
  • November 13, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Class of 2020 Wait List Decisions We're sending out wait list decisions today.

  

  effort you have put in to letting us know how much you love MIT. As someone ... admitted students choosing to enroll at MIT (also known in admissions ... 't end up getting in), I'm actually glad that I ended up where I

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • May 11, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The ‘How to College’ Masterpost A comprehensive guide for frosh, from all corners of the interwebz.

  

  , etc. I feel that it’s important to have knowledge on how to be safe in ... ; Academics   How to Study (well, how I study...) Putting the Organs in ... students, but it’s still great, would highly recommend) How to do Laundry

  • by Selam G. '18
  • August 13, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Guest Entry: A Yankee in Cambridge Math, exchange programs, and why we love MIT.

  

  's a step in a proof I have trouble motivating, and thinking about how to ... aspects of) the world. What's not to love? As for how I got interested in ... this year in the Cambridge-MIT Exchange program. Possibly due to his

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • May 1, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Our 2016-17 Application Essay Questions For those of you rarin' to go.

  

  officers, our primary goal in reading these essays is to get to know you, the ... As the summer rolls on, we're starting to get a lot of questions from ... weeks, I know many of you are eager to start thinking about how you

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • July 26, 2016
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Alcohol in College: Scotland and the US An MIT student from Scotland compares alcohol culture in the US and the UK in…

  

  , took a trip to Cape Cod, ate our weight in free food and got to raid one ... protesting about “demonisation” in response to proposals to stop us binge-drinking. Under the plans, alcohol will no longer be sold to under-21s in off

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 22, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Hail to the king, baby. The coolest thing that never happened to me... plus, the journey back Boston way.

  

  potatoes. What did my mom have to endure to get to her favorite pizza in the ... in "Spider-Man" for about 3 minutes, too. Surely, you had to see ... starring in "The Man With The Screaming Brain," he also found time to write

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 22, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  21 Reasons to Join ESG A Look at MIT's Freshman Learning Communities

  

  Learning Communities were created to allow you to branch out in these classes ... to your professors. I found myself in ESG (Experimental Study Group ... multidisciplinary solutions." Terrascope is also different in that they allow you to

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • January 4, 2012
• Blog / How to Human

  i saw twenty one pilots at td garden in boston live music is very much alive and here to stay

  

  overwhelmed by work and school and the thought of having to get good grades for ... release. I had the great privilege of getting pit tickets for twenty one ... that I cried to during some of my shittiest moments in high school, and

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 28, 2021