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• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  church gardens some paintings!

  

  . Dunstan in the East Church Garden).  I think there is a quiet resilience to ... is “plant” (pronounced like “plang-nt”). I’m not a linguist, but I bet ... I spent my IAP in northern Wales through Global Teaching Labs, a

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • February 3, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  What’s Making Me Happy This Week: Week 1 Spider-Man, Nina Yuen, and More!

  

  Garfield has Spider-Man on lock. How to Win Friends and Influence People A ... in how a few greats, such as Lincoln, Roosevelt and Andrew Carnegie, ran the country and their businesses. This is a must read for anyone who

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • May 2, 2014
• Blog / Challenges

  Deciding to Live on Campus a 4 month long emotional rollercoaster

  

  the most stressful ones of my life, and is a saga that unfolded over ... . Walking through campus itself is an experience that I appreciated a lot when ... cancelled and also cooking is cancelled, that opens up a solid 3 hours of my

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • August 26, 2020
• Blog / Athletics

  Adventures on the Charles Aka we go outdoors sometimes

  

  spy a Lydia in the background! Basically, the moral of this story is to ... opportunities around Boston and MIT campus. A lot of these adventures start ... land learning how dragon boat paddle techniques differ from canoeing or

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • June 15, 2014
• Blog / MISTI

  alone in cologne homesickness, better late than never

  

  pivoted towards my dad, “How can you not be upset? Are you not going to miss ... college. After qualifying for a scholarship program, he traveled from Venezuela to Germany without knowing a single German sentence. As a student

  • by Veronica P. '27
  • June 26, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  it really is beginning and so it begins

  

  That kind of means summer is ending. Jessie wrote in her blog how everyone is getting ramped up for probably one of the most exciting times of the year, Orientation. In about 10 minutes, we start our pre

  • by Bryan
  • August 24, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  A slightly snarkier guide to visitors How to not be the kind of MIT visitor who drives me up the wall.

  

  like a tourist" guide is not to stand around like a moo cow in front of ... considered the Infinite, but is still a long straight line of interconnected ... 's campus. MIT is kind of a miniature city -- there are about 4000 undergrads

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 12, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  The Lessons I’ve Learned and it only took three full semesters and a summer

  

  how to ride a bike, so I had to imagine Maxwell's equations as bikes and ... It's been a rough and challenging December and semester overall, both physically and mentally. I learned a lot of lessons that have forever changed

  • by Erick P. '17
  • December 31, 2014
• Blog / People & Identities

  Fortin’ with Mimi Let’s. Talk. About. Queer stuff.

  

  : Here is a picture of my cat: His name is Oreo and I miss him so much ... So, in Massachusetts, there is a law called “An Act Relative to ... frequently used examples of this is restrooms. A transgender woman can’t be

  • by Mimi S. '22
  • September 18, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Getting Through a Difficult Month Study, Study, Study

  

  material. It is, in the big picture to me, a tradeoff. In comparison to last ... campus which attests to the fact that there is literally so much that can be done in terms of this city, and got to have a much-needed week off

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • April 1, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Let the games begin! Last minute advice for your CPW.

  

  particular order, Don't spend too much time with your host! CPW is not "meet ... ". Although your host is probably a fairly awesome person, they'll be around for ... ). CPW is a chance for you to meet people in your grade and go to once-in-a

  • by Cam T. '13
  • April 7, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  International Selection Day 1

  

  . Tomorrow is a new day, and a new tie. I'm very much looking forward to ... ) Executive Committee. ISA is a terrific support network for our international ... *Update as of 2015: Early action is available to both domestic and

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 6, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT EA Decisions To Be Posted Thursday, 12/14/17, at 6:28PM ET

  

  . There is a similar link for forgotten usernames. If you're having trouble ... a decision on the 14th, you should visit decisions.mit.edu and log in ... to evil Kermit. It doesn't matter how many times you click that refresh

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 7, 2017
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  My design won an MIT merch contest I don't know why

  

  !" but I decided that was too much. I still wanted to mention it though ... grad student from each university. Each of the winners is going to win ... wrote some bullshit about how I wanted to capture the complexities of the

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • July 23, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  Waitlist post Answers to waitlist FAQs.

  

  uncertainties, we also keep a waitlist of students. How many people are on the ... year? It is impossible to know. We will have no idea how many people we ... three years. It is hard to know beforehand exactly how many students will

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 27, 2006
• FAQ / Academics and research

  What kind of things can I do during IAP?

  If you think MIT is all work and no play, let us take you for a spin ... spring and fall semesters, the Independent Activities Period is a special ... years, IAP has given MIT students, faculty, and staff a unique opportunity
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Fireside Chat with John Maeda Thoughts from former MIT graduate and professor and RISD President

  

  declared Course 6-3 on Friday! And there's also a new Minor in Design that is ... share his experiences and thoughts on a variety of topics. He had a great ... notes I sketched out during the talk.   I'm very much

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • April 25, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Early Action Season Some advice for the EA deadline. (Relax. Be patient. Don't stress. Don't procrastinate!)

  

  individual circumstances. November 1 is a postmark/submit-button deadline. We ... *Update as of 2015: Early action is available to both domestic and international students.   Tonight is Thursday, October 30th. That means

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 30, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Numbers Sigh.

  

  corresponded to a B. Which just goes to show you that much of what you know ... numbers, that there is more to anyone than a bad test grade. Anyway - I ... , and left me in a somewhat disheveled state. There's homework, lab

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • October 5, 2011
• Blog / Challenges

  i’d like to write a happy post a sestina

  

  's just a place. Not all adventures are good. No place is a paradise. The ... I've been gone from the blogs for a little while, since this semester has been quite a difficult one and I haven't really had the headspace to

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • April 6, 2022