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• Blog / Events

  In pursuit of freedom MIT might not be free, but plenty of things are.

  

  tickets to a performance of Carl Maria von Weber's opera Der Freisch ... class burst into flames of the warring variety, and I was treated to a ... -needed arguments were raised in the early stages of the battle, not to mention a few

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • October 21, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Week 1 Autumn tastes like warm apple pie covered in bacon.

  

  engaging. Bonus: class participation involves a daytrip to New York City ... into this class on a masochistic whim and loved it. Whether I add it to ... interpreted as a challenge for student groups to 1-up each other in distributing

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • September 13, 2009
• Blog / How to Human

  Navigating MIT is like flying a spacecraft* the most important things I've learned here so far

  

  've had to learn at MIT is: hitting a wall is okay!  Actually, it's great ... , find themselves in a place they never expected to be: the back of the ... , something that matters to them. They remind me of a dog chasing a tennis ball

  • by Michael C. '16
  • November 16, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MARC 2025 (not a live blog) Featuring Andi '25!

  

  slowing him down a whole lot. Skate skis are a lot easier to learn since ... happening afterwards, I went back to my room to take a fat nap, having only ... resonance for an hour straight took a lot out of me, but I was free to look at

  • by Anika H. '26, MEng '27
  • January 16, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  A Protocol for MIT Admissions Essays Chemical SOP: Pen, paper: irritant if digested; Brains: gateway to thinking

  

  's mission to make the world a better place Collaborative and cooperative ... . I find it helpful to take a shower. I also like to read something short by a writer I admire to warm up my voice. If you can’t think of

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • September 26, 2012
• Blog / How to Food

  Dining, Dig-Ins and Dives Lady Afeefah travels across campus in search of the best eateries

  

  Disclaimer: This post was supposed to be written a whole 6 months ago ... completely forgot to snap a picture. But just imagine a beautiful, incredibly ... . Partially, because it's the closest to me, but mainly because it ALWAYS has a

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • June 7, 2019
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  life lessons from my internship career choices moving forward

  

  position where they can't care about compensation. And to be honest, a large ... mean is, if I weigh compensation as a heavy factor in choosing what to do ... experience at a company that claimed to use AI for drug discovery, but seemed

  • by Rona W. '23
  • September 1, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Blogger Application 2011! how to be a blogger

  

  right now. Not only did my bike handles melt a bit when I got on to ride ... demonstrate your (in)ability to do this. We would prefer it to be a blog ... accustomed to keeping a blog make the transition to blogging for MITAdmissions

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 22, 2011
• Blog / How to Human

  things that went well reflections on my first semester

  

  outside world, so I’d like to take a moment and reconnect myself with what ... list-based posts this fall as I would have liked, I present to you a list ... order is overrated. I went to St Petersburg This is definitely a big

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • December 25, 2020
• Blog / Events

  On Latin American Things Hablas español? Do you want to?

  

  , because I'm leaving for Mexico in a few hours and I have yet to pack and ... raffle to get a free 32GB ipod touch. Yeah. I know. Wow. If that's not an ... 'm trying not to get my hopes up. But dang. So anyway, a list of some of the

  • by Karen F. '11
  • March 21, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  David Berry: A “Fearless” Innovator with a Passion for MIT Dr. David Berry, who received his S.B. and Ph.D. from MIT, received the honor of…

  

  a fearless innovator with “new and insightful ways to tackle ... has tinkered with bacteria to make them produce a petroleum-like fuel ... and management, David originally wanted to become a neuro or orthopedic

  • by Melis A. '08
  • October 4, 2007
• Blog / IAP

  Keep Holy the Month of IAP For It Is a Time of Rest

  

  keep a list in my head of what topics I want to blog about. But I think of it as a stack, as opposed to a queue - so I cover things that ... . Additionally, they run a series of IAP classes, covering everything from how to

  • by Evan B. '10
  • February 15, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The middle of the semester I'm kinda over this workload

  

  vacation and professors were trying to get to a stopping point before ... where we had to lay out a detailed game plan for our final project. I had ... miss out on once-in-a-lifetime opportunities in order to do more work. So

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • March 28, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  See her picture(s) in a thousand places In which I understand what Bruce Campbell feels like

  

  . Guy: 'cause you're on Mitra's Blog. Sam: Heh. You know I have a blog now, too? Guy: Really? Sam: Yeah, you just have to go back to the admissions ... that this entire enterprise is nothing more than a spinoff of the

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 3, 2005
• FAQ / International applicants

  What if my country has a different academic calendar?

  hemisphere. Students from these countries may apply to MIT before completing high school or wait until they graduate. We suggest students apply to university in their home country and begin studies while they wait to learn their
• Blog / Personal Projects

  How to Build an LED Acrylic Sign Your Complete Beginners Guide

  

  reference, the previous sign was a printed banner which to me felt pretty old ... sheets.   Afterwards, it was time to turn the letters into a format ... to my friend Ty who is a senior in the house that was more experienced

  • by Richard O. '28
  • November 30, 2024
• Blog / About Decisions

  It’s May 2nd. Have you replied to your colleges yet? The music has stopped -- the last dance is over.

  

  The college admissions process is often compared to dating. It's a ... 've admitted a class of students, we begin to court them once more. Shiny tubes ... have said yes; welcome to the family! Some have said no; we'll eat a

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • May 2, 2014
• Blog / How to Human

  had i known how to save a life on self-care

  

  ,[/annotation] which went fine; i did a little better than i expected to do. saturday ... . sunday night, i had enough energy to go to a holiday party our floor had ... the hallway leading to the mental health and counseling wing. there is a

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 17, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Parental Advice Sometimes you just need to get out of the way

  

  to grandma, and a certain jolly old elf that lives at the North Pole ... help us to determine if a student is a good match for MIT like creativity ... that the most important thing for a fourth grader to do, is to be a

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • September 11, 2011
• Blog / How to Human

  Lazy Day Today is one of them

  

  early. I turn a little bit in my bed before...contemplating going back to ... !I had many, many, many lazy days as a rising freshman about to enter ... .   Head to the beach.   Get tan! (Or get a

  • by Emad T. '14
  • June 12, 2011