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• Blog / Challenges

  residential exploration, but without a residence on burton conner culture continuing to thrive

  

  around campus who i hadn't seen in months. with a strong community to ... if you've read any of my blogs, you know that i'm a former resident ... until Fall 2022. i am currently living in East Campus, but i spent the

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • September 8, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  here’s your reminder to follow @tinycarebot automated reminders to care for yourself

  

  timeline if I ever find myself sunk too deeply in a social media morass. I ... . That's ~22.5k new cases, with an average response, from a human, in ... after the Regular Action deadline) is what applicants should do now that

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • January 4, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  9 / Headache 68 days to go

  

  figure out what classes I wanted to take. I was registered in 10 different ... lighten my load. The evening before Add Date, I dropped a class and ... Georgetown Law, and I'm in a group with 2 law and 1 other MIT student. We

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • March 31, 2019
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  My Brass Rat The Brass Rat is not a subtle thing.

  

  what I mean?) Bezel The 2006 beaver is supposed to look a little more ... Brief note: I am currently in Ohio, shopping for wedding dresses. And ... beaver is sitting on eight ivy leaves. I'll let you fill in the blanks on

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 20, 2006
• FAQ / International applicants

  What if I don’t have a school counselor?

  Many international applicants don't have a school counselor. The school counselor letter is not a required part of the MIT application; it's only for those who have a school counselor. A principal, headmaster, or
• Blog / Athletics

  Feedback Works Warning: analogy ahead

  

  't matter, they're just yelling for me to GO!-flashes by in a second. What ... So, as I mentioned in my previous entry, my GEL classes don't have p ... track one's progress in a leadership program, when you can't really assign

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • November 14, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  My favorite room on MIT’s campus a personal room of requirement

  

  . ____________________________ This post is the first in what I hope is a series of live one-hour slices ... , which I like better in a lot of ways, except it's missing a desk, which ... My favorite room is a well-kept secret. I won't reveal the location

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • September 24, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  The Waiting Game hit submit time to quit

  

  edits in October, the moment had finally come. I was done. But now was a ... A year ago today, I was anxiously crouched over my laptop on the ... before that glorious 12AM EST deadline. I remember the frantic click

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 1, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  lin-manuel miranda scares me my final paper for an MIT class about musicals!

  

  this in a very rigid/prescribed structure that i strongly dislike but i ... analyzing “Take a Break” in the full context of the show, I finally realized ... / I'm a polymath, a pain in the ass, a massive pain / Madison is Banquo

  • by Allison E. '27
  • May 24, 2026
• Blog / Admissions

  CP* restored my faith in the universe i read...My Immortal...with prefrosh

  

  've always been "the young one" in most environments I've been; I took a lot of ... 'm not quite sure what happened, but I vaguely remember someone strapping a ... the most fun I've had in literal weeks. I'm so grateful that I've had

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • April 18, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT (Turbo)Votes making voting easier by/for MIT students

  

  initiative. Because I was involved a bit at the beginning, and because I think a lot of our prospective students will be as excited as I am that this is a thing, I asked Christina to write up a brief history of how this

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 15, 2017
• Blog / Athletics

  Marathon Monday on learning to balance growth and recovery

  

  , marathon in the world. The race begins at 10AM in Hopkinton, a suburb of ... Public Library, and in the company of all those who ran before and with ... , and what each taught me about the other. One hard lesson I've learned

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 17, 2017
• Blog / Life after MIT

  ZigZag Episode 8 A new video podcast episode.

  

  Episode 8 of MIT's video podcast ZigZag is out now; I serve as host ... jackets," MIT's 50 year reunion class: the Class of 1956. Check it out: Have a great weekend!

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 7, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Bad Ideas Weekend From Craigslist searching to meat-MIT building, this certainly is an experience

  

  of meat?  Toss a watermelon back and forth in some sort of deranged ... effects of the madness all over the courtyard and even in the basement. I ... Craigslist in the Boston-Cambridge area.  We found a toilet and a ceiling fan

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • January 27, 2013
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Not Farewell After All Hello again!

  

  of medical school and absolutely loved it. In the past, I’ve had a lot ... . MIT forced me to figure out, early in my undergrad career, how I should ... In my last entry, way back in June 2013, I painstakingly bid good

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • August 11, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Writing Science Fiction [by Susan Shepherd '11] Writing takes time, but fortunately MIT gives you good excuses to…

  

  short stories; I tend to story-build in such a way that I gravitate toward ... write. That is, there are many people who are interested in writing. A lot ... Professor who is also a professional writer: Joe Haldeman. I signed myself up

  • by ARTalk
  • March 24, 2009
• Blog / Events

  MIT International Or how a local Model UN conference broke molds and expectations by going abroad

  

  seemingly only a science in a purely semantical sense, is a hidden gem here at the Institute. More importantly, in ways, it's a bit of an art, too. That's what I learned this past weekend, when MIT's Association of

  • by Emad T. '14
  • February 11, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Look as good you will not Some summer reading for the nerds out there. Which means all of you.

  

  a comics shop in Boston. In my daily perusal of Wikipedia I came ... , hopefully it's not just some well-known internet hoax that I've been taken in ... characters in Star Wars, so I'm assuming that they're genuine. And since, hey

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 1, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Behind The Drones the making of the pi day drone delivery video

  

  /14/15 at 9:26AM: So now, a few weeks and a lot of press coverage later, I ... students their decision letters in tubes, a practice that dates back to when ... ago, Matt and I spent a solid summer afternoon trying to figure out if

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 1, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fig. 4: Study with me! A semi-productive Sunday afternoon vlog (feat. an hour trying to find a printer)

  

  quick look at what a day in my life looks like here in Switzerland, I ... -of-Semester exam I'm taking the day before I fly home, and 2 session exams in mid ... Grüezi mitenand! Thought I'd give you all a quick update on how life

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • May 30, 2018