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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  [Guest Post] 202.9 (slightly cursed) Tims from the Class of ‘29 by Joy X. '29

  

  DEEPENED. (I got access to a sticker machine >:))Tim Count: 199[/caption ... Discord Server! I was originally going to draw 2029 Tims for the class of ... ="attachment_120874" align="aligncenter" width="776"] We have a Wide Tim, so why not a

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • December 11, 2025
• Blog / IAP

  WE BUILT AN IGLOO! ❄️☃️ a long-lost McCormick Tradition

  

  , my thoughts drifted to a dinner conversation from months earlier with ... ’s effects, leaving faucets dripping to prevent pipe bursts and stocking up on eggs and milk from Trader Joe’s to last them weeks. MIT officially

  • by Hala K. '29
  • January 30, 2026
• Blog / Challenges

  You’re Not Alone Even if you think you are.

  

  My Mondays are horrible. I'm thinking about bringing a camera with me next Monday so you all can see what they're like, but until then here's a ... : Integrated Chemical Engineering 12:00 - 1:00 PM: Lunch/Time to breathe 1:00 - 2

  • by Derrick B. '08
  • October 17, 2007
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Congratulations! You have been named… Time Magazine's Person of the Year!

  

  who felt disenfranchised by their government were able to turn on a ... , and commenters are an even bigger part than others. Here's a brief ... Tube and MySpace and Facebook and even Wikipedia. And straying a little

  • by Laura N. '09
  • December 18, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Just Because It’s 2/29 I apologize that this blog has nothing to do with MIT.

  

  -9-9-9." Went to sleep at 9:30 every night because staying up past 10:00 was a ... .01 (economics) pset. (ever want to know what a study room looks like at four in ... . Anyhow, I just wanted to point out and celebrate the 5th Leap Day in my

  • by Chris S. '11
  • February 29, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  blogger wrapped 2021 taking on the legacy

  

  surprised i was first because i listen to a lot of Discover Weekly...   ... the grip Spotify Wrapped has on society is truly astounding. time to contribute to the buzz with another year of blogger wrapped! minutes spent

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • December 9, 2021
• Blog / About Decisions

  Class of 2017 By The Numbers with apologies to iron maiden

  

  Here at MITAdmissions we try to be transparent as possible about our ... contributed by MIT Institutional Research to the Common Data Set (i.e. what ... data as being predictive or revealing: What's happening here is a

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 3, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  Portraits of a Campus on Lockdown

  

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • September 14, 2020
• Blog / Blog Projects

  Minesweeper Monday: Episode 3 the wait is OVER

  

  , January 7, 2025, our eyeballs and ear holes were treated to the long ... refreshed the page over and over again, anticipating Episode 3 to drop. "Hm ... meeting, we asked Kayode about his plans to continue the series or at least

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • April 1, 2026
• Blog / Admissions

  morning room sounds get your headphones

  

  favors no particular "point of view." We are enveloped by sound. It forms a ... , "Music shall fill a particular segment of the air." We hear sounds from everywhere, without ever having to focus. Marshall McLuhan * * * * * for more

  • by Allan K. '17
  • April 14, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  Videos and photos and more Lots of cool coverage of MIT stuff from sites, blogs, and vlogs across the web.

  

  Lots of fun stuff to check out! Peter Houk, director of the MIT ... (though the subsequent traffic seems to have taken down Dheera's site ... At the Media Lab, there's a project called Topobo that's interesting

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 8, 2006
• Blog / Events

  I saw fireworks from the freeway… Happy 4th!

  

  you guys. This year, I have a difficult decision to make, do I watch the fireworks show from: A. Killian Court B. Harvard Bridge Also ... really sounds like an oxymoron to me, but hey, don't knock it til you try

  • by Bryan
  • July 4, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Upcoming non-MIT deadlines Other forthcoming deadlines.

  

  's deadlines are almost certainly different. So many deadlines! It's easy to ... students) out there aware of the deadlines for a subset of recommended summer programs (a much more complete entry on summer programs is forthcoming

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 28, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Class of 2012 Night at the Movies '21,' the MIT Blackjack Team movie, opens this weekend... who's in?

  

  take a picture of you (and any MIT '12s with you) and send it in to me ... here: To celebrate the movie release, I am declaring this weekend to be ... people pictured (I'll only publish first names), and any reactions to the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 26, 2008
• Blog / IAP

  IAΠ wherein another blogger deposits her January photos (but this time it's in late February)

  

  For a good portion of my first ever IAP, I explored ancient sites in Greece with 19 other MIT students and a trio of professors from the MIT ... ampitheater but close       a grand ol' flag    

  • by Abby H. '20
  • February 22, 2017
• Blog / Events

  MIT IreneCam tracking the storm - here and on the web.

  

  I've decamped from the Boston area northwards to New Hampshire for the weekend. My house in the suburbs of Cambridge, while high enough to avoid flooding in nonapocalyptic scenarios, is almost certain to lose

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 28, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Sidebar: Visiting MIT this summer

  

  listed are for the information session, to be followed by a tour, unless otherwise noted. Generally plan that a session/tour combo will last 2 to 2 ... & August additional tours offered prior to Info Session at 9am and 1

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 21, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Adventures in Time Travel (in the Library)

  

  Cory and I paused for about an hour and a half while looking for ... ’s observations on climbing plants and the similarity of their strategies to those ... on the brightness of burning magnesium, a call for more systematic

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • July 1, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  World Cup Challenge Results The answers and winners of the World CUp Challenge of MIT international admissions.

  

  The World Cup Challenge was a lot of fun! No one got a perfect score ... freshman applications this past year in bold. Group A: Costa Rica, Ecuador ... , Ukraine Congratulations to Star, errhode, S&Mer, Jared, and Jules, who

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 16, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Scenes From Admissions Round One What's going on in this picture?!?

  

  Occasionally I'll show you a picture and give you some clues to see ... . :-) So here goes the first session of this little game... a picture from ... picture) Objects: 9) Coffee 10) Laptop 11) A book on maps 12) Notes (some

  • by Ben Jones
  • July 19, 2005