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• Blog / Admissions

  Answers To Your Questions Dec 2006 This is a big one!

  

  decisions about department and program are NOT made on the application, but ... profile will not. There are multiple places on the application where you can ... Finally seeing the light at the end of the EA tunnel! Here are the

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 20, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Take Off Gate '21 Calling for Departure

  

  the plethora of information that has made its way into the gentle folds ... has properly been stowed under your bed and tables are cleared for ... ). There are several exits on this aircraft. In order to make this trip more

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • September 6, 2017
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Song Remains The Same But sometimes my blog entry is a little different.

  

  class ensembles are pretty good, with MITSO probably the best. Here's two ... plus one," singing in made up languages, intoning the distance formula ... since writing that post. MTG puts on some shows that are not too shabby

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 30, 2006
• Blog / Hacks

  Giving Laura an assist

  

  comments, so I thought I'd help her out. Dionysian said: "Why are you guys ... ! Decades before computer hackers were. For that matter, where do you think ... , common phrases that are more specific to these non-computer hackers are

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • December 24, 2005
• Blog / IAP

  How I Spent IAP bonus content: one sentence statements about books and movies

  

  . No longer are we bound by the 36 credit minimum or other constraints and boundaries set for us as students. Instead, we are given autonomy to ... relaxing at home. There really are no bounds to what you decide to do

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • January 29, 2016
• Blog / How to Food

  I’m a food blogger now enjoy reading through 700 words of personal digression to get to the recipes

  

  frantically refreshing the myhousing.mit.edu page to find out where we had been ... /that/ spice, and I have no clue where to find the cans of whatever, all ... skill and ease. Here are some delicious things my parents and I have

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • July 26, 2019
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  No time for your stupid question. A posthumous entry about the Ig Nobel awards.

  

  or in syrup? 2. What internal pressures are observed upon penguin defecation? 3. Are neutered pets somehow less happy than regular pets? 4. What ... totally free courtesy of my dorm's IFAF allotment. The culture of the dorm

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 15, 2005
• Blog / Uncategorized

  dress your wounds and stay in bed self care!

  

  summer, a slow period in countries where people get sizable vacations and ... ? Yeah, let’s go. Go clubbing with co-workers in shifty bars where old men hand me free drinks? Of [annotation note="one of the interns seemed

  • by Amber V. '24
  • January 18, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  past, present, future reflections and plans

  

  .009 (Fundamentals of Programming), and 18.701 (Algebra I), but the free variables are ... absolutely no free time whatsoever. I vaguely learned how to manage my time so ... extension from S^3 when you’re literally too hosed to function. There are

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • June 11, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Short, Sweet, and to the Point: MIT in five senses or less (Guest Entry) Hear, See, Touch, Smell, and Taste MIT

  

  By Robert Kapaku ‘12 We are, we are, we are, we are, we are the ... check-in until Sunday check-out, I was free. FREE. For a kid with strict ... kind of place where I want to be: a place where you take your talents and

  • by Bryan
  • April 21, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  goodbye after so long and with so much love

  

  a place -- and there are many such places -- where this can happen to ... the same. MIT has been a place where I felt more like I belonged than I ever did before. MIT has been a place where I cried because I felt so

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • June 1, 2023
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Waitlisted

  

  pull you down just like a sinking shipFloating is getting harderBut tread

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2025
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Brass Rat 2016 tunnels, arc reactors, and skycranes

  

  in all of us. It’s the event where the Brass Rat for each class is ... favoritism leveled at the Ring Committee - of the 11 members, 10 are affiliated to a fraternity or sorority, and only 2 are from the east side of

  • by Michael C. '16
  • February 8, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Hey look, I’m famous…or something

  

  anyone else ever run into the situation where people know who you are but ... where I find it sort of exciting to be in the Tech, assuming that I'm not ... was (I think) one of the 5th East freshmen who made fools out of

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • October 18, 2005
• Blog / Personal Travel

  If I Try Really Hard, I Can Resemble Ernest Borgnine First stop on the tour: London.

  

  Lake Havasu City, Arizona, where it was reconstructed atop a man-made ... things have happened! (photo from Wikipedia) Anyway, here are some ... really are red. London taxis pass the front entrance to Buckingham Palace

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • July 12, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Tour of an MIT student’s notebook my brain is a mess so my pages have everything

  

  where to start, feel free to use this as inspiration. [caption id ... the highlights. The brown colored pages are from the completed notebook, and the white dotted pages are from the current one I’m using right now

  • by Anika H. '26
  • July 8, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Sorting of the Frosh (MacGregor Style) We don't have a Sorting Hat, but this is how MacGregor does In-House Rush

  

  Because freshmen are beginning to trickle onto campus and moving into ... there are tens of other resources out there for the general process ... being admitted to MIT, students are invited to CPW and get to explore all

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • August 24, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Advanced Standing Exams: know your stuff, get out of a semester-long class! You should really consider taking them.

  

  , physics, and calculus (these classes are known as the General Institute ... the APs mentioned above are the only ones that let you out of GIRs, and ... of exams to help you pass out of GIRs whose material you are already

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • May 24, 2016
• Blog / Uncategorized

  A Week in the Life of a Second Semester MIT Student first week impressions

  

  , especially taking 5 classes, where 2 are pretty demanding and time-consuming (6 ... , and get checked off. Once the packet is complete, we are free to leave ... herself ever coding. But here we are, taking three Course 6 classes (6

  • by Cami M. '23
  • February 7, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  We Treat You Nicely VOTE VOTE VOTE!

  

  're considering MIT then you should come visit. I realize that depending on where ... , but there are very few ways to actually understand what MIT is like. One ... . This is where you'll go first if you come for an overnight visit. When

  • by Snively '11
  • November 13, 2008