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• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Happy 375, Boston! Turning 375 years old is no easy task.

  

  how many years older than me?) And of course, who has a 375th ... giving away free Vitamin Water (I've recently become a big fan of Vitamin ... . Boston has a lot of other exciting events in store to celebrate it's 375th

  • by Bryan
  • July 1, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  There is no solving for x thoughts on moving to and away from Maine

  

  Context: I wrote a post in March called "I Moved to Maine" . You can ... in with my parents. About a month ago I decided to go back home for the summer, which was a large deviation from my initial plans. This post is my

  • by Powers '23
  • June 29, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  EA Telethon EA Students, This One's For You!

  

  is just too much of a deterrent, it's so nice and warm inside that I ... for the evening, because MIT is calling YOU! That's right, tonight is ... calling new students and chatting with them about MIT. I've participated in

  • by Snively '11
  • January 15, 2009
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  My Disappointment Is Immeasurable And My Day Is Ruined A story about cream soda

  

  to how prevalent creme soda is as a flavour in South Africa. I grew up ... factory in the Himalayas. Sabu proceeds to burst into a song about how he ... Ferb is a work of fiction[/caption] Notice anything wrong in this frame

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • September 15, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  FAQ: Waitlist answers to your questions

  

  also keep a waitlist of students. Is the waitlist ranked? No. How ... here. How does the waitlist work? We are aiming for a class of about ... students again in May, when we know how many students remain on the waitlist

  • by Kris Guay
  • March 15, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  MIT: REGRESSIONS a documentary on MIT, and why it's so important

  

  portrays MIT in a way that is familiar to students past and present, and yet ... generated a lot of buzz around campus. In early April, a thousand "WHO IS MIT ... . Regressions covers a vast range of themes, but the content in the final cut is

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • October 12, 2022
• Blog / Summer

  Diving In transforming myself into a cs bro

  

  and how to use it. Along with installing i3, I also installed vim in ... for a week, I can confidently say it feels SO much better than what I ... new things that I just didn't know about into a MarkDown file in order

  • by Cami M. '23
  • June 23, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT writing faculty comment on GPT and other AI assisted writing in education

  

  language text in response to prompts.  There has been a tremendous amount of ... Concerning the Increase in AI-Assisted Writing There has been a noticeable ... of ideas about how to continue from which students may choose. In some

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • January 24, 2023
• Blog / Community Projects

  A Picture is Worth a Thousand Balloons Literally. One thousand. Like, a one with 3 zeros. One times ten to the third.…

  

  So about a month ago, back when I actually wrote blog entries and stuff, Ruth ‘07 spent a week in New Orleans, so we, her floormates ... in her room and didn't even realize that... a few...had leaked out

  • by Laura N. '09
  • December 2, 2006
• Blog / IAP

  Bad Ideas Month word of the day is oops!!

  

  Ideas IAP started off just how I imagined. In the first week, I practiced ... touched 18.03.   In a desperate moment of clarity, I sat down to ... decided, in a last-minute change of plans, to make our event now centered

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • March 3, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  my application essays try not to cringe

  

  what Portland is like, or how it has shaped me. In retrospect, the ... important thing is to be true to yourself. We know you lead a busy life ... ’s biggest challenges to being a good friend. Describe one way in which you

  • by Rona W. '23
  • October 27, 2019
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  [Joint Post] Chatting with Hank Green, the MIT Commencement Speaker interviewing Hank + sharing student stories!

  

  a huge fan of things. Like, I tend to consume content in a way that is ... ="aligncenter" width="300"] !!![/caption] Hank is a man of many passions: science ... SciShow taught me about how powerful education is and how it can be used

  • by Kanokwan T. '25
  • May 24, 2025
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  an absolutely non-comprehensive guide to email sign-offs or, how to inject some fun into an otherwise boring routine

  

  House, the dormitory where I live. The role of dorm president is often a ... year. But, regardless of how vague the role is, or how any person chooses ... someone for, "thanks" is a good option. Otherwise, "best" is pretty good and

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • March 9, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Summertime When the Thrills are Cheap and the living is easy.

  

  'd like to major in a life science. Biology is boring in my humblest of ... . The aim here is to see if there is a difference in the children ... was a fair benchmark for which course to declare, so Brain and Cog it is

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • July 28, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Craziest of Weeks I had one.

  

  ) senior capstone class, which is essentially a course on "How To Make Stuff ... a friend from high school who is studying abroad in London this ... audience and he said, "MIT is a place where strange people who don't fit in

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • March 21, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  Unfold I met my blog muse while doing the laundry, and then came this entry.

  

  've acquired a number of t-shirts in some shape related to MIT. I then realized ... in 3 flat to find something to wear for school. Exhibit A: This ... to an ASA activities midway and has scored a free shirt from WMBR

  • by Bryan
  • November 10, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  New York City in which i go to work on some days and eat lots of cheap food…

  

  apartment in Hell's Kitchen a mile from Times Square. I can't say how much ... how much time I've spent finding new places in the city. Everything is ... outside on a bench in the evening. Y Cafe is a cheap and delicious

  • by Connie H. '15
  • June 15, 2013
• Blog / Personal Travel

  retreating and proceeding favorite thing about mit's campus? leaving it

  

  can assure you that it is much greater than the sum of the complementary ... exploration is a fine substitution. It's just like non-carcinogenic sugar ... facilitators. This is a great opportunity for first-year students to get away

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • April 13, 2013
• Blog / Personal Projects

  10 things I learned in 10 projects a run-down of my making misadventures sophomore year

  

  needed to finish it; in this case, a [annotation note="they seemed much ... , ever, but I am actually majoring in mechanical engineering. I went on a ... building project is like a sidequest: fully unnecessary and a lot of work

  • by Amber V. '24
  • September 30, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  October ‘06 Questions Omnibus Some advice from MIT interviewers, and answers to your questions.

  

  response in a few days, that does not necessarily mean the EC is ignoring you ... anything, or to dress in a particular way. My bet is the answer is "no" on ... 've interviewed students who've submitted diddly. The interview is NOT a step in a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 23, 2006