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• Blog / Admissions

  Visiting MIT & Boston colleges Some tips for checking out MIT and Boston this summer.

  

  Summer is a great time to visit colleges in Boston. There are more ... are on subway lines, so renting a car (and trying to navigate Boston ... your camera ready), libraries, and, during the summer only, a student

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 11, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  fictional coping mechanisms learning to love unapologetically

  

  like something to someone I'm not familiar with feels like forcing a ... used to love in a self-deprecating way, like, "Oh man, my Undertale phase ... is a testament to that. I want to love things unapologetically. I want

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • February 11, 2021
• Blog / Events

  LSC – It Doesn’t Suck! Reject digital, return to 35 mm analogue

  

  – now we’re ready to do a test screening to ensure there are no egregious ... Have you ever wanted to be a performer but can’t sing or dance? Why ... the LSC intro before Jojo Rabbit gave me the urge to become a

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • October 7, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  #tbt: MIT Cribs Digging up some old freshman-year blog posts

  

  In a recent concentrated effort to create a 'professional Tumblr' for ... a snazzy little #tbt series. It's always strange to look back upon ... to start fresh in a new dorm room, decked out with a couple personal

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • March 5, 2015
• Blog / Announcements

  MIT announces new College of Computing coordinating the teaching, research, and ethics of AI across all programs of study

  

  Yesterday, President Reif sent a letter to all members of the MIT ... . He wrote: This new College is our strategic response to a global ... position the Institute for decades to come as a world hub of education

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 16, 2018
• Blog / How to Food

  food consumed this week, mostly free or: how to get away with rarely cooking

  

  Campus, what do you eat?” My answers have varied, from “Free food!” to “A ... idea what.” At one point I turned to a friend and said, bro, what did I ... the week.   A few tips: always be prepared to consume free

  • by Amber V. '24
  • September 24, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW 2008: So I think I’ll go to Boston (Guest Entry) More pictures than your body has room for!

  

  to take a physics league test before zooming off to Metropark station to catch my 10 AM train. A couple days before, I had arranged to travel ... had to navigate to MIT student center. Here we are buying tickets for

  • by Snively '11
  • April 20, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Off six months of things being just a little weird

  

  the mechanical routine of a [annotation note="closer to a 9:45ish-to-5 ... -a-glitch-in-the-simulation-but-unnerving-enough-that-I-had-to-take-a ... tried several times to get a better picture of this, but I couldn't get

  • by Abby H. '20
  • June 23, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  if only I cad more time… Diving into software, ft. a bad pun

  

  , I also have a tendency to “check out one episode” at 1am. These late ... clubs, extracurriculars, and other opportunities to get involved as a ‘24, I wanted to pursue them all. It was so hard to pick just a few

  • by Waly N. '24
  • October 30, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  IAP? No.. YOU’RE AP Possibly the worst title EVER. (Also, answers to your questions, but under the worst title…

  

  grocery store to buy enough food for 8 people for one week. A lot of people ... prodding, as long as he gets to bite back. Aside from class, there's a huge ... the chick flick A Lot Like Love. We then proceeded to attempt to watch

  • by Jess K. '10
  • January 17, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  Deferred Students Update Some Q&A for deferred students.

  

  , you'll be getting ready to take a holiday break from some really amazing ... already strong enough to make you a contender in the Regular Action round ... welcome to give our office a call if our decision isn't consistent with

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 18, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  More For Deferred Students FAQ and advice.

  

  strong enough to make you a contender in the Regular Action round. Let your ... your particular situation. They're more than welcome to give our office a ... applications, and knowing that one year from now, you'll be getting ready to take

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 11, 2006
• Blog / Events

  So You Want to Make a BrassRat? A very very very long year in review.

  

  designing and delivering a custom Class Ring to every class since 1930. (I ... changed to include a number of events related to the Brass Rat, such as a ... for years to come, and can be a great conversation starter when talking

  • by Richard O. '28
  • May 31, 2026
• Blog / Admissions

  The Class of 2018 Graduates from MIT

  

  when I first returned to admissions from graduate school. It was a ... . The etymology of the word 'endure' traces to a 1382 English translation ... . one reason is so that, when i get up every morning, and get ready to go

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 8, 2018
• Blog / How to Human

  the senior mindset gnothi seauton

  

  'm cataloguing them all for a blog post, but it's not ready yet; I want to collect ... ="Sort of. I'm probably sticking around a little longer to get a master ... this post a lot trying to break it down. In the end, I decided it came

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • November 20, 2021
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Thoughts from Science Bowl 🥣 a story about now-nostalgic times

  

  your thumb above the buzzer, so you’re always ready to buzz in.” “Okay ... looked to bring a piece of this competition home with us, no matter how ... gathered in a biology teacher’s classroom, attempting to excel in something

  • by Fiona L. '27
  • March 30, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Last Five Days aka How I Spent My Summer

  

  many as a romcom character gets to decide her life. Five days. This ... not to inundate this post with a couple thousand extra words. I could ... movies make it so easy to fold up a life and sew up a problem? Quickly and

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • September 11, 2015
• Blog / Challenges

  3 Simple Steps for Making New Friends Guide to Meeting People

  

  ’s approach to navigating the city as: “Take a left where you ordinarily would take a right, open the gate to the block garden you’ve never visited, view the passerby as a person who is waiting for you to speak to him.” I

  • by Victor D. '27
  • September 17, 2025
• Blog / About Decisions

  For Deferred Students Some advice and answers.

  

  send in a whole new version of my application? No. You do not need to ... enough to make you a contender in the Regular Action round. Let your ... your particular situation. They're more than welcome to give our office a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 17, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  “Take care of yourself.” "Can you post something positive please?" - my mom

  

  stable, obviously voiced a little hesitation. It took me a while to ... to do a post on my skincare routine, but unsure if there's interest. Hm ... useless repetition. Senior year, I focused on making a change to put less

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 19, 2019