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• Blog / How to MIT

  nothing really matters or does everything? a tale of epiphanies and a crisis

  

  portion of their time on Earth? Then, at the pit of my despair, I had ... they were saying. That was the moment I stopped thinking of myself as ... everything I do. It’s kind of connected to the question that everyone seems to

  • by kellen manning
  • May 6, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Happy Holidays from MIT! Images of the Season

  

  memories below. From the Department of Chemical Engineering: (drawn on the windows of building 66 during the 2014-15 holiday seasons)            From ... Happy holidays!!! Right now, some of you may be frantically

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • December 15, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Good Morning, Sportsracers! *erases introductory post draft for the umpteenth time in the vain hope that he'll stick…

  

  had been fairly quiet through the first half of high school, and it had ... made this process during the whirlwind of CPW seem particularly daunting ... 're gonna fit in here just fine." I wore my beanie through the entirety of CPW

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • September 14, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Ethnicity Information (Optional) No easy way in.

  

  mark it and move on to the next part of the application. For some though ... -other-category-you choose students. The difficulty with school wasn’t due largely to rigor of ... through?” For some of us, the issues got too big to handle. One particularly

  • by Beatriz Valdez
  • September 2, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  Complementary in Kinetic Typography Posted with permission from the author. Meet Rishi '14!

  

  it a few days ago! (Sorry Rishi!) Anyhow, this is certainly one of the ... about the competition I was facing and the level of excellence that would ... <3' was one of the first things I came up with. Afterwards, whenever

  • by Chris S. '11
  • July 23, 2010
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Welcome 2014s!! :) See you in the fall!

  

  finally made the decision on matriculation! For all of those that replied in the affirmative, congratulations! You're in for one heck of a ride. ^______^V but don't worry, you'll be in with some of the best company you will

  • by Chris S. '11
  • May 4, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  College Fair! v2.0

  

  manning the booths and answering questions that prefrosh have. Think of it as a live version of the MIT blogs. I'm working the MIT booth tonight ... Hello everybody! I'm still alive, I promise, just not at the computer

  • by Snively '11
  • March 25, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Blogging Scholarship Go out and Vote!

  

  bumped me out of the running. This year, however, I applied and after about a week of waiting the finalists were announced. With five times as ... one of the top twenty finalists! Before I make my pitch I'd like to

  • by Snively '11
  • November 7, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Mystery Hunt begins tomorrow A fun puzzle to solve.

  

  The annual Mystery Hunt (history here) begins tomorrow at 12:17pm in MIT's Lobby 7. To give you a flavor of the Hunt, I decided I'd post here one of last year's most clever puzzles (this was just one of 114

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 12, 2006
• Blog / Events

  TBP Dinner Sex@MIT is the most-watched video on CNN.com! (but it's not pornography!)

  

  experience" of his life. BREAKING NEWS: A video about MIT's "Sex and the ... Campus Preview Weekend (CPW) 2005 with Laura Stuart (head of the class and ... Stay tuned for an entry on the phenomenal Handel scholar Professor

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • December 10, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  MIT Professor Creates DEATH RAY! I'm not making this up.

  

  .C., the Greek mathematician Archimedes supposedly defended the city of ... Each Wednesday, The Weekly Dig (my favorite rag) hits the newsstands. It's generally a mixture of pop culture and local political coverage

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 19, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Hi from Cambridge

  

  I will continue with the series of photo entries -- they take some ... I'm spending some time at MIT seeing friends. I've been on the east coast for about a week seeing family and will be gone for the next week as

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • July 29, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  The Early Action deadline is almost here The only thing scarier than October 31st is Nov 1st (just kidding, no need to…

  

  follow the progress of your application and please allow five days for ... - please try over the weekend or next week. Late receipt of financial aid ... ’t be answering the phone over the weekend, but a few of us will check

  • by Kris Guay
  • October 31, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  The Day Before Selection Begins "Tell us about something you do for the pleasure of it."

  

  freshman here at MIT now, although I have no way of proving that. The irony ... down a notch - otherwise the lives of high school students are destined ... MIT, and even moreso, its dean of admissions and the office she has

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 15, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Learning about the ABCs Apple Bake Competition, At Burton Conner

  

  note="one of the dorms at MIT, also where i live ... functional and eating edible food"]GRAs [/annotation]in the Fall of each year ... celebrate the bountiful fall harvest of apples and give us all a reason to use

  • by Janet G. '27
  • October 29, 2024
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Tunnel Adventures We didn't get lost, in case you were wondering.

  

  to an elaborate system of tunnels that wind under and in between the various buildings that make up the campus. There's been a long history of ... the tunnels to either test my sense of direction or shy away from the

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • November 15, 2009
• Blog / Hacks

  MIT hacks Caltech

  

  website. :) In honor of the cannon's transport, it was given a class of 2006 Brass Rat: Another view of the Brass Rat: I heard someone ask ... Some of you may remember last year, when Caltech students came to

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • April 6, 2006
• FAQ / Academics and research

  Do most students complete a UROP?

  The opportunity to get involved in research as an undergrad is one of ... MIT students participate in the UROP program at MIT. Many of them will ... reactor (the only one of its kind located on the campus of a major research
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Day in the Life of a MIT Mechanical Engineering UROP Student I built an underwater robot :p

  

  One of the coolest things at MIT is how easily undergrads can join ... [annotation note="One of the most eventful days of the UROP, haha"]random day ... one sleeps in them. Instead, everyone sleeps on the third floor of the

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • July 14, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  My First Semester at MIT a thicc recap and a look into our conversation

  

  As the final hours of my first semester at MIT come to a close, I ... meant to me. I have truly met some of the greatest and most incredible ... the majority of my days with them. It's an incredible feeling knowing

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 18, 2019