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• Blog / Admissions

  The Next Generation Of College Campus Tours? My interview with Michael Epstein '04, covering his MIT experience and the genesis of his…

  

  school for a Masters in Comparative Media Studies. Basically, there is no ... bit about Untravel Media - what it is, how it began, etc. I had to write ... it (not like a science thesis, this is 100-200 pages of individual

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 31, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Night Vision Funny how "photo"graphy throws you into the dark

  

  time-machine (film? what’s that?)....and a time-warp. The darkroom is ... , shaking, and sifting, not thinking much at all except keeping track of how ... are some of my works from the semester so far; the first is a rayogram

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • May 8, 2013
• Blog / Advice

  tick tick tick and the euphoria of it stopping

  

  offering me so much opportunity. How dare I feel like this is all too much? I ... institute is always churning.  tick There's a constant sound in the back of my ... , I get nothing.  tick Everyone here is brilliant. How the fuck did I

  • by Kanokwan T. '25
  • November 16, 2024
• Blog / Events

  This… is… Jeopardy! [UPDATE] Jean '09 knocks off a 6-time champion; watch her defend her winning streak tonight on…

  

  : About me: I am a senior who is majoring in 21E: Humanities and Engineering ... a 21-Humanities field (History also requires a thesis, which for me is ... (to this day!). So, to (hopefully) make it up to Anjali, here's a much

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 1, 2009
• Blog / How to Human

  Out Sick aka, a subject line for too many emails

  

  regardless of how I avoided the plague for so long, the fact of the matter is ... understanding, which is a fact I attribute to the MIT's culture. On the one hand ... students know how frustrating it is to be sick or hosed or generally

  • by Paige B. '24
  • November 10, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  Centimeters to Inches A Guest Post by the talented Antonella Masini '21

  

  .   Distance is much more than being far away, It is to know how a ... eternal summer you left.   Distance is to learn how to live on your ... with tears in her eyes she’ll say: I’m home.   MIT is a truly

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • May 4, 2019
• Blog / Words of Encouragement

  some small distractions to help with many weighty things

  

  there is a LOT going on in the world right now -- perhaps most ... ;3 baby seal: much like this baby seal, i am a potato whose corporeal form is simply a shapeless jelly. perhaps this describes you as well

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • December 18, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  ‘Twas a good semester ‘twas :’( the end of Pass/No Record

  

  is that I can feel how much I’ve grown since then. You wouldn’t believe ... ’s coming. In its own way, MIT is a conundrum. You can’t always tell how ... awesome Nigerian food—how I missed that!—and looking forward to a wedding

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • December 29, 2013
• FAQ / Life and culture

  How does one attain a Pirate License?

  fencing are granted pirate status with a tangible certificate. Blogger Abby H. '20 is one of the students who has earned official MIT Pirate ... they’re a challenge to complete.’’ So you best be careful whilst
• Blog / Admissions

  Math Women Rock k + 8 = awesome

  

  girls are awesome and MPG is awesome and we like to have as much awesome ... Happy International Women's Day! I've talked before about how MIT Women Rock, but let's broaden the pool of rockstars a bit. The Math Prize

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 8, 2011
• FAQ / First-year application

  How can I explain my special circumstances?

  application is read in a holistic manner, within its proper context. ... We understand that everyone has a unique story and that we can’t possibly cover every “what if” in an FAQ section. The MIT application allows
• Blog / Admissions

  International Men & Women of Mystery

  

  definition. For purposes of MIT Admissions, an international student is a ... . Need blind means that we do not consider how much financial aid we would need to give a student during the admissions process. What we do is

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 8, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  We are the people in your neighborhood… On MIT's diversity

  

  various dimensions of MIT's diversity. MIT is a melting pot of ideas, people ... vignettes of this to communicate how diverse this campus truly is. I'll spare you the details of how challenging it was to produce a documentary on a

  • by Bryan
  • September 16, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  If you give a girl an assignment… ...she's going to ask if she can blog about it.

  

  . What you’re looking at is a screenshot from Baz Luhrmann’s Romeo & ... it is that time of year where the obligatory paper has come a ... Australia) and is a modern-day translation of the Shakespearean classic

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • March 2, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  The root of all evil Money, money, money, money... money!

  

  the exam is almost certainly graded on a curve, so if you have as much ... take notes on a laptop or by hand in class? and how much homework on ... on less than $20 a week. That is a true story. When I got back to

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • April 29, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Being an Intern (And being an adult)

  

  . There is one employee who also only graduated about a year ago. Not only ... personal lives. It’s hard to express in words, but there is also a certain ... information, simply because he wished to fully answer a question I had. This is

  • by Selam G. '18
  • June 22, 2015
• Blog / How to Human

  “Take care of yourself.” "Can you post something positive please?" - my mom

  

  , or I just want to sit in all day and cry because of how much there is ... , they also knew just how stressful the MIT culture is. It's not that the ... " align="aligncenter" width="300"] this tweet is truly a blessing

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 19, 2019
• Blog / Classes

  Second Semester Schedule + Thoughts A mind-dump of excellent quality

  

  time though, it’s kind of crazy how a student who was pretty much at the ... Oooooooohhhh boy. A new semester has begun! I know this post is kinda ... with wires and Arduino for a few hours, which I think is super fun and

  • by Powers '23
  • February 19, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  fake it ’til you make it what is a healthy way to be happy?

  

  actually happy is so much greater, because I’m happy for a reason. Because my ... . Because reading is great but I haven’t been writing, not as much as I’d like ... week we’ll be happy, and then we can write a blog about how scheduled and

  • by Amber V. '24
  • November 7, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  bursting the MIT Bubble when 🅱️ig 🅱️ome Energy gets too real

  

  college is supposed to be a stepping-stone to adulthood, where ... lol"]all that much.[/annotation] Boston is right there, but i barely leave my floor?? (okay, my floor is amazing but i, a girl from a city 45

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • October 17, 2019