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• Blog / Athletics

  Beat the heat in the Z Center Pictures of the MIT gym

  

  a big area called the Rockwell Cage: This list is by no means ... This morning I went for a miserably hot run along a busy road by my ... Center. A few of you were curious about the facilities, so I thought I

  • by Melis A. '08
  • June 11, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Your Questions What questions can I help answer about the application process?

  

  is now much easier with the advent of threaded comments ... a long, philosophcal answer are not ideal for this format.  Otherwise, ask away! Let me give you a brief update from campus...  The

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 28, 2013
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The home of cool toys the best way to spend a Monday

  

  ... fortuitous signage come back soon! One of my colleagues had a much ... Chris M. scooped me, but I just couldn't let a visit from the MV-22 ... is by far the coolest toy in the inventory. So when I heard we were

  • by Dave McOwen
  • May 4, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  MITwitter That's possible the worst portmanteau I've ever made.

  

  title, this has something to do with twitter. It is in fact a historic day for me, much like the day I bought my Mac, after being vehemently ... that aren't worthy of a full blog post (like, for instance, announcing

  • by Chris M. '12
  • June 19, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A Weekend in New York [by Davie Rolnick '11, Guest Blogger] Art Scholars go to see Wagner at the Met!

  

  Cycle. It is the tiddler of the bunch, lasting but a single act and being only two and a half hours long. But the opera is self-standing and ... it on loop while writing long math papers... It is effectively a

  • by ARTalk
  • April 22, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Linkdump: Smart Leaves, Burritos, and Shaq cool things on the Internet

  

  " - sophomore Gabriel Blanchet is taking a semester off to hike 2,179 miles. USA ... childhood was a festival of notes. I'd wake up to a note on my bedside reminding me to brush my teeth; on the bathroom mirror a note would remind me

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 10, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Summertime Things to do with your 100 days in the Summertime

  

  or 40 years. It is more likely that you will have a bunch of different ... ! - Summertime is a great time to visit colleges. You can go to information ... then venture further out. Visiting colleges over the summer is a smart

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • July 22, 2010
• Blog / Classes

  semester 4, take 2 positivity edition!

  

  ! There is a lot going on, obviously. I could write a lot of posts. I could ... think to a certain extent my outlook is forever different, now, because I ... this fall, not because of administration (who is actually doing a pretty

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • May 23, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Avoid spelling errors! The most commonly misspelled words I see on MIT applications.

  

  look at it yourself. Here is a non-scientific list of the most commonly ... thought I'd give some tips on how to avoid simple spelling errors. Most ... if you do have a spelling error? It's certainly not fatal, but it

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 25, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Time To Have A Sit-Down With Your GC. Can we tawk?

  

  college process for most high school students. How important is your GC ... be seen as flaky. How do you avoid being seen as a flake? Again - do ... application, less is not always more. Create a working, professional

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • September 24, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Building, building, building, building This one goes out to the one I've left behind.

  

  ?" Yes, MIT is infamous for accumulating a collection of unusual and (dare ... most excited about was seeing a building designed by Frank O. Gehry. Ling: "Why are you taking a picture of this sign?" Sam: "So I don

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 28, 2006
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  food diaries pt. 3 amazing restaurants around MIT

  

   these the best noodles in the greater Boston area? This place is located in a ... down, they've been doing takeout!! Which is unprecedented and a true ... . It's open 24 hours a day, which is awfully convenient for students who

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • August 8, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Where are you going, where have you been? (Part I) Academics.

  

  Part I: Academics   "You do know that MIT is unlike almost any other college in the country, right?".   A few months ago I was ... UCSC. He had gone to see a friend from high school who was either a

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • May 27, 2009
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Jebby Awards 2024: See All the Winners Here having fun with hyperlinks

  

  Guy Joined a Band in College, and That Small Animal is Riding a Huge ... , and the Lady with Not So Much Money It's a really good movie. I had no ... [Part of the Up-Goer Blogs] Every year, a group of so

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • February 1, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  In many ways on average-posting

  

  In many ways, the work of a critic is easy.  In the summer of 2022, I ... celebrate mediocrity. My own. But, deep down, there is always a clash between ... ; But there are times when a critic truly risks something, and that is in

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • October 7, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  Who’s that new kid? ANOTHER one?? Are you KIDDING me?! She doesn't even fit on the page!

  

  x 22 is, I'll tell you it's the dimensions of a half-sheet cake; I ... Is this thing on? Um, okay. Some of you are probably like me and come from one of those families where you are the only one who knows how

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 10, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  a house tour of mit sororities! meet aphi, axo, and theta

  

  , sorority life is a thriving community here at MIT, with about ⅓ of ... recruitment and experience is like, which you can read here. Because a lot of ... personal home for the past three years. Our tour guide, Maddie L. ‘26, is a

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • February 21, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Parliamo Italiano! And some other languages too.

  

  so close to each other that I often forget which is which. A perfect example: the word "and" in Spanish is "y" (pronounced like a long E), while the word "and" in Italian is "e" (pronounced like a long A). You can

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 19, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  Consider a Gap Year Deferring enrollment is an option you may want to consider.

  

  deferring entry to MIT, also known as taking a gap year. My hope is that you ... to do intensive music study. What you do is up to you. A couple months ... ... well, whatever the reason, college is a way to leave home that’s

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 1, 2007
• Blog / Life after MIT

  What Do You DO All Day? A guest-author entry by Joan Horvath '81.

  students how to do experiments. Maybe a parent who is uncertain whether a ... is nervousness about how thorough and multi-syllabic the response is ... coats in a nod to the visual shorthand of what a scientist is, but are

  • by mitblogs
  • March 19, 2008