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• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Teaching at MIT we live and we learn and we teach

  

  As my second semester at the Institute draws to a close, I've been ... Leadership Training Institute (a semester-long weekend program aiming to teach ... with it and used it to make a lot of silly games and procedurally

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • May 16, 2019
• FAQ / Life and culture

  Is there really a swim test?

  requirement can be met by completing a beginner swim course or electing to test ... Yup, there's a swim test! There's an awesome variety of physical education courses for undergraduate students to complete the swim requirement
• Blog / Classes

  busy semesters and how to manage them it's organizational structures all the way down

  

  there to be a method to the madness: maybe [annotation note ... sense, I do have a task-management strategy, but to me it feels more like ... ," and "one hell of a class to go through." Some bloggers, however, seem to

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • March 10, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  Pi Day = Mail Day? Too Early To Know No official mail date yet.

  

  Hi everyone, There have been a lot of comments in the blogs that we're going to mail on Pi Day this year. This was indeed the case last year, but we don't yet have a mail date set for this year. Just wanted to clarify

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 21, 2006
• FAQ / QuestBridge

  How do I submit a creative/maker portfolio as a QuestBridge applicant?

  required. To learn more about the different kinds of portfolios you can submit, as well as how to submit, please visit our Creative Portfolios page ... are available for any applicant not able to cover the submission fee.
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A flash of brilliance and answers to some questions

  

  one and stuck it in the pan, then rotated the first one to a second face ... to medical school" Definitely! A lot of people at MIT (about 10%, I've heard!) consider themselves to be on a premedical track. Many of them are

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 13, 2005
• Blog / Announcements

  MIT Early Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  character, and a strong match with MIT’s mission to use science, technology, and the useful arts to make the world a better place. We can’t wait to ... can be a difficult decision to receive, but trust me: it works out okay

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 17, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Feeling Energized Watching the sun rise signals that it's time for bed.

  

  design project for one of my classes, 2.005, where we had to design a floating buoy-like structure to support a 700,000 kilo tower and rotor combo ... revive my 733t programming skills to minimize a cost function of five

  • by Bryan
  • December 7, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  a penny for your thoughts? and what it is, and could be, worth

  

  sodainly say to them ‘a penny for your thought.’" Sir More was an English ... shillings constituted a pound. In 1971 this was changed to a decimal system ... your own up to someone else, was a meaningful (if cheap) activity. This

  • by Caleb M. '27
  • February 20, 2026
• Blog / Athletics

  A Series of Embarrassing Events, Part 2 Neither zumba, nor yoga.

  

  , acknowledging that I wouldn't be able to attend that morning; Ashley has a rule ... session of a class that you have taken previously; I decided to attend yoga ... deliberated over which to select, a girl (who turned out to be a graduate

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 16, 2013
• Blog / How to Human

  Things I Know to Be True Introductions and peanut butter Oreos

  

  butter to any meal qualifies it as a meal of substance. Sure, it might not ... a lot. My truths are bound to change. But in the end, understanding ... MIT: People Are Good. To some degree, this idea has been reduced to a

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • September 29, 2021
• Blog / Events

  AND THERE WAS A PILLOW FIGHT!!! Didja catch the reference?

  

  Snively! So, you want a fun activity to blog about (since we all know a good ... was likely to empty out during Spring Break so a pillow fight could help ... Snively?" So much for pretending to be a prefrosh. It turns out that the

  • by Snively '11
  • March 24, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Halloween Preparations First my birthday, then halloween!

  

  exposed brick walls.) Ok, now I have to have a halloween costume by ... Yes, it's been a while since my last entry...much has happened. I am now the ripe age of 20 years old, after a weekend of birthday

  • by Melis A. '08
  • October 26, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Transfer Decisions to be Released Today

  

  accepting around 20 students. Obviously with a selection process that rigorous, we had to decline admission to a great many outstanding students. We ... applicants will be emailed their decisions at 5 pm. Eastern Time to the email

  • by Chris LaBounty
  • May 7, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I just need to write my thesis oh nooo ouhghguhh uuuuUUUGGHHGh

  

  What it looks like right now:

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • April 27, 2026
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I never want to finish my P.E. requirement MIT PE might be the best thing that's happened in my whole (short) athletic history

  

  pretty psyched to see just how cool the PE offerings at MIT are! A small excerpt from the PE course listing for last quarter. Here's a link to the ... don’t need a graduation requirement to convince me to take that! First

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • November 16, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I’m Shipping Up to Boston and I lost my leg! Whoah oh oh..

  

  all the feeling there decided to concurrently take a few hours off to ... also cannot feel.) This year, as opposed to last year when I was a ... of the movies at midnight, or been to a book party, or even dressed up

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 31, 2007
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  5 days to May 2

  

  a decision? If so, what are your remaining questions? What factors are ... you on the wait list, we won't know if we'll be going to the waitlist ... to know anything until the following week. In the meantime, May 1/2 is

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 27, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Photojournalism and answers to some questions

  

  carrying an umbrella in a snowstorm doesn't make immediate intuitive sense to ... asked me to take pictures the next time it snowed (snew would be a better ... 's a lion on his head. I also wanted to share the "Picower manifesto

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • December 9, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  MIT.01: Intro to the Institute, part 1 And maybe a problem set

  

  and took a gap year. The story of how I decided to take a gap year is ... find a few ways to pass time. I wrote. I wrote a lot. I taught ... during Christmas. We got to stay near a beach, and watched the waves pound

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • September 8, 2013