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• FAQ / Life and culture

  Can I join a fraternity/sorority?

  -of-class experience for the students at MIT and be a proponent of the shared values that ... MIT's Fraternity, Sorority, and Independent Living Groups (FSILGs) include 26 fraternities, 10 sororities, and five living groups. With core
• Blog / MIT Life

  Comments-ment Webcast A few comments on the past week.

  

  for dessert after you've poured it into a mold and refrigerated it for 4 ... frozen in awe, frozen in time, and near-frozen in temperature for a lovely ... is usually incoherent, a bowl of liquid gelatin wriggling with light

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • June 5, 2009
• Blog / How to Human

  I Get To Blog Today! Is this meta enough?

  

  question a lot over the last few weeks. And rightfully so, it's really been a ... with something sweet. And if you don't, still celebrate with something sweet because you've learned a lot. And that's a win in the Afeefah book

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • November 3, 2019
• Blog / About Decisions

  Holding out for a piece of Pi because there wasn't enough to go around the first time

  

  , and for the most part is what happens. Some, however, really want a piece of MIT pi, and opt for the path less travelled. Some simply elect ... Over a week has passed since Pi day, and the reality of the MIT

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • March 26, 2012
• Blog / Uncategorized

  eat food to live cook food because why not!?

  

  leftover turkey, mashed potatoes, and cranberry sauce.  Sadly, like a lot of ... importantly I won’t be hanging out with my family in person :(( For those of us ... of friendship✨ and ✨the power of cook-for-yourself dorms✨! In fact

  • by Allison E. '27
  • November 24, 2023
• Blog / Denied by MIT, Now [X]

  Denied by MIT, now a PhD student at CSAIL

  

  MIT. I reconnected with her and eventually decided to pay her a visit at ... for the first two and a half years of undergrad. Then a series of random ... taken a circuitous path to MIT, I thought I might reach out and share my

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 16, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Dreams How MIT has helped me keep a life long promise

  

  I got onto MIT campus, I began looking for a UROP. I was advised to ... continuing my search for a UROP and finding one that I could do over the summer ... would just look like a weird liquid, and in all honesty it doesn’t really

  • by Ben O. '19
  • August 22, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Final projects from the fall three coding projects and an alien in disguise

  

  combining two images together in a way that looks seamless and natural as ... work on a simulated robotic arm that can detect and stack cups into a ... coded this with the Python version of Drake, which can be used for

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • January 16, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  Building, building, building, building This one goes out to the one I've left behind.

  

  ?" Yes, MIT is infamous for accumulating a collection of unusual and (dare ... 'm not sure who came up with the idea of a windowless brick cylinder for a ... -discussed Stata Center at MIT, also designed by Frank O. Gehry and completed just a

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 28, 2006
• Blog / Residential Life

  Life on Campus? remastered 2021

  

  the 2nd floor and then again to the mezzanine. I sat for hours with my ... hours or a checkoff for 6.0001 or 6.009 or 6.004. I was hungry and desperate and cranky and I hated waiting ninety minutes for a checkoff, but

  • by Alex M. '21
  • February 8, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The rest of my life is a black hole. But not the fascinating kind that's the topic of extensive astrophysical…

  

  . June 6th is that edge of the flat, flat world. Or if you're looking for a ... to take a few classes, write a million blog entries for you guys about ... there. But mostly I'll be taking classes. Thesis Do a lot of work and

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 24, 2009
• Blog / Athletics

  Over Spring Break A flattering video of MIT Women's Tennis derping around California

  

  with a nice swimming pool, and even though we had to inflate a couple of ... California for 7 days, playing 4 matches and spending the rest of the time basking in the sunlight and stuffing our faces with food and snacks. Elysa

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • April 11, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  They Call Me Yankee The stars at night are big and bright - deep in the heart of Texas!

  

  times I feel a lot of pressure.  But for the most part, when people find ... poker?" and "did MIT students really create a working hoverboard?" Other ... interns and I have been spending a lot of time together. There are five

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • July 6, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The sun is out but why is it so cold outside?

  

  of my toothpaste and finally confronted the task of getting a new tube ... class. Rhetoric is not a HASS I recommend for the particularly faint of ... went to rehearsal for the final project in dance, played in a badminton

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • November 20, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Tech Nomads Four MIT students are spending the summer racing 8000 miles across Europe. Find out why.

  

  for a subtle blend of vodka, cabbage and Soviet style. B: Secondly the ... Mountains of Kyrgyzstan and into Kazakhstan for a dash north to the Russian ... Mongol rally is a charity event raising money for some fantastic

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • April 23, 2006
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  The Coolest Thing I Bet You Didn’t Know Was Math (guest post by YQ L. ‘16) Clickbait title by me, not by YQ, because I really, really, really want you to…

  

  , whether that’s making 3D surfaces (Planetarium and Torus), playing with ... also co-authored a paper on this system with my advisor, and travelled to ... is a masterpiece. If you have the Internet for it, I strongly encourage

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 7, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  In which I am no longer new here ...well, it's true.

  

  college with a definitive plan for their lives at an age where they ... , and manage to look awesome every day when they show up (on time!) for ... , and theater. I'm still not quite sure why I go to a school for science

  • by Keri G. '10
  • August 11, 2009
• Blog / Announcements

  The First-Year Application for the MIT Class of 2026 is now live

  

  access it here. You can review the dates and deadlines for this year ... are still dealing with delays and disruptions from the ongoing pandemic ... our customer service and application support teams for practical advice

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 31, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  No Good Deed Goes Unpunished ...in which I introduce myself and set the tone for this "theater of the absurd."

  

  populations. I've come to see the Internet (and now blogs) with a strong ... is room for one more raspy and slightly nasal New York voice. Can we ... RACIAL AGRESSION. IF THAT IS THE FIGHT YOU ARE LOOKING FOR, MAY I SUGGEST

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • August 11, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Thoughts On The MIT Interview ...from the perspective of an MIT interviewer.

  

  and interesting people who want to go to MIT. For me, it's a fun and ... available, you realize we are seeking gifted students with both breadth and ... opportunity for a more personal admissions process, that, after all, shouldn

  • by John DeTore '80
  • October 19, 2006