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• Blog / Admissions

  February updates Midyear grades and more.

  

  is an aberration in the midyears. At this time, due to the continued ... Hello! I wanted to take this opportunity to provide an update on the admissions process. We have received approximately 15,600 applications for

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 24, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The MIT What?!? The Long and Illustrious History of the MITMB, as far as Kim knows.

  

  they went all out on an arrangement of The Imperial March for $300. They ... /www/oldmb/history.html">here</a> and rearranging the words in an attempt to avoid blatant plagiarism. I ... ;/impressively></p> <p>AND Now, Ladies And Gentlemen, For Your Viewing Pleasure

  • by Kim D. '09
  • November 10, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  East Campus, Part Two Interior photos of vacant East Campus dormitory rooms. (Photos of occupied/"lived-in" rooms are to come.)

  

  for feedback in the last entry. :-) I will be creating some in-depth entries about projects as I decide what exactly to write about! In this ... move in, and the way things could look a month or a year later. I was

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • July 18, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  Fifty Shades of Break or things to do other than pressing F5

  

  next semester and hopefully into the summer. Find an area in the ... for someone you haven't hung out with in a long time. Emad (who ... do that and there's lots of colored lights in Boston, it looks magical

  • by Connie H. '15
  • December 12, 2012
• Blog / Athletics

  the fear and delight of fire spinning do not this at home! I am a trained (semi?)professional.

  

  of calm and focus I usually don’t get in the hectic day-to-day of an ... day comes to close, a fire in my hands, a warmth in my soul ... was the boldest decision I made in my life, but also one of the best. I

  • by Anika H. '26, MEng '27
  • June 21, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Brahms & Tomorrowland (2015)

  

  but also worth trying for. These lines especially stick out to me: In ... Recently, I've been spending a lot of time in the Lewis Music Library ... that blogger Mitra L. '07 made in 2004. More than twenty years later, and

  • by Sara N. '28
  • April 30, 2026
• Blog / About Decisions

  hello deferred applicants, i, again, don’t know what to say, but i can try

  

  and pay application fees, for many schools and not just one, in but just ... nature of writing in the admissions blogs. it's been two years, so the ... was to get deferred. i was expecting to get deferred, really. i knew, in

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 20, 2020
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Coffee Talk Random things I love about MIT #1

  

  waiting in line for some iced tea this morning the two architecture students ... called transparent concrete. It's really only semi-transparent (for now) but it still reminded me about how much innovation there is in an

  • by Dave McOwen
  • September 13, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Things That Are 20 DID YOU KNOW? 1988 was a leap year.

  

  Weigel's two silver medals in the summer Olympics for speed walking ... given him an advantage) * The initial plans for mapping the human genome ... in California. * The first mass demonstration against the communist

  • by Jess K. '10
  • July 7, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Photos of Freshman Spring 📸 My attempt to take a photo a day for an entire semester.

  

  be an exercise in visual art and composition. But for me, it would also ... be entered in a lottery for a $1000 dollar scholarship. For kids up to ... Period, I stumbled upon an idea for a Cool Project™. Blue Period is a manga

  • by Fiona L. '27
  • October 31, 2024
• Blog / Community Projects

  [Guest Post] Because Racecar, Friendships, and Family By Monica C. '25: "What I’ve learned about being an engineer, friend, and teammate by…

  

  ://fsae.mit.edu/. Background and Introduction I’m Monica C., an M.Eng in Electrical Engineering ... , and even as I started as an undergraduate, I really looked up to the ... their head debugging instead of going home. Problems often look better in

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • July 31, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  So I said to Einstein… ...think of a name for my new theory while I go talk to my relatives.

  

  their moments, but it's all in order to prepare you for your ultimate pass ... statistics from the Tech today, let me paraphrase it in one Marilee Jones quote ... for the highest work of advancing civilization. You have to find a way

  • by Sam M. '07
  • January 19, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Dating Research A news story today looks at Media Lab research on dating.

  

  There's a story on the AP wire today (look for it in your local paper ... are developing software for cell phones that would analyze speech ... -- on how engaged they are in a conversation. The article also touches on

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 11, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  College students do eat real food! ...sometimes. I now present: the culinary adventures of Laura and April.

  

  putting some Chef Boyardee in a pot for lunch. That's not to say that I mind. Today, for example, April's domestic abilities benefited me ... she got back, she showed off the things she bought. "Look, I finally

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 8, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Supporting our DACA Students MIT’s commitment to the safety and well-being of all students has not changed and will…

  

  citizen. I have the particular patriotism of an immigrant, rooted in deep ... assure you that MIT is stepping up for our DACA students." In it, she ... support for undocumented students, and, in this uncertain time, I wanted to

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 1, 2017
• Blog / IAP

  eighty hours (pt. 4) notes from the last day

  

  familiar face in an unfamiliar place on a long journey; we chatted for a ... the scenery, such that you will be looking at trees for quite some time ... fear that something won’t happen without me—I put in for orchestra

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • January 14, 2023
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Nerd Love Beauty and the Science!

  

  , mirrors break when I look in them, but that is because I am so handsome that ... a bit part playing an MIT professor in the 2008 movie "21," about the ... that everyone is an incredibly awkward ugly nerd with acne and backne and

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 25, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Talks Energy at the White House "It is is our institutional responsibility to address the challenges of energy and the environment."…

  

  Hockfield joined U.S. President Barack Obama in calling for a "truly historic ... opportunities for students interested in making a difference - so if you're at all ... for developing countries. ...and more! In the lab: Center for

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 26, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Additional Questions & Answers Regarding Music At MIT If you've pursued music in high school and wish to continue doing so in college,…

  participating in an ensemble for credit. If one is participating in MITSO, Wind ... as scholarship opportunities to take private lessons in voice or an ... majors. There are no pre-requisites for membership in our ensembles, other

  • by mitblogs
  • April 24, 2006
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Bloggers invade LA What should Sam and I do in Los Angeles? Suggestions welcome

  

  and I are flying out to Los Angeles today for a one-week stay in the ... fun running up and down hills and looking for grammatical mistakes on ... 's House of Chicken & Waffles (thanks, Bryan!) 2. Biking in Santa Monica

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • March 23, 2007