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• Blog / Admissions

  Back From Vacation Tales of swing sets and answers to the various questions in my inbox.

  

  form by May 1 (postmark date) if you intend to enroll at MIT. How much ... -9 was CPW, followed by my first real vacation in over a year. A whole week ... .mit.edu/orientation. You'll find various dates and ARC contact information there. What is

  • by Ben Jones
  • April 18, 2006
• Blog / How to Food

  Guest Post: Where to Buy Food: MIT Groceries Guide Because eating textbooks gets expensive.

  

  , you will get a sense of how much things cost. If you’re new to buying groceries, here is a reference for food prices. In general, to see how expensive an unfamiliar grocery store is, check how much they charge for a few

  • by Erick P. '17
  • September 3, 2015
• 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. '26
  • November 16, 2024
• 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 / 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 / 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
• 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 / Uncategorized

  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
• 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 / 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
• 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

  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
• Blog / How to Food

  I LOVE TATTE💖💖💖 back in boston baby

  

  [/annotation] between psets for a much needed comfort meal. Here's to a new year! xoxo ... A Love Letter to Tatte August 30th, 2025 Dearest Tatte, It has been ... pastry selection and chic decorations. It is easy to feel lost in the sea

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • August 30, 2025
• 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 / 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 / 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