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• FAQ / Life and culture

  What are the housing/dining options?

  Housing is a huge part of undergraduate life at MIT. You choose where ... undergraduate experience, and all first-year students live in on-campus residence halls. You can read more about housing on our page Housing at MIT. Just
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Another take on pass/no-record and some other stuff. Hey look, I haven't pontificated about anything in a while.

  

  running around out of control, so I figured I'd put it in an entry by itself ... that advice. I do it myself sometimes, usually when I'm in a terrible ... the "college experience". In order to be fun at parties. I always hated

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • October 10, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Week in the Life Hello, Google Calendar.

  

  run across the street to turn in homework, but I do appreciate how new ... , so I can't say too much about the course, but so far I've enjoyed the ... . Unfortunately, over IAP, I lost any progress I made in December, so I currently

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • February 10, 2016
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Meeting Michel Gondry Six MIT students and one Academy-award winning director have dinner in New York, and none…

  

  - 45 minutes each in Workshops 1 and 2, where we would plan it out, and 1 ... film in was something I'll never forget. And I'll definitely never ... script is still in its early stages; even so, I'm so excited for its

  • by Jess K. '10
  • March 30, 2008
• Blog / Athletics

  World Cup Finals

  

  A story from a few years ago: During the 1994 World Cup, I lived in ... , Roberto Baggio. (It was in no small part due to his braids, I'll admit.) My ... , I bought posters of him in Little Italy, NY, and even went to an

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • July 10, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  disinterprerto! a centennial, a harry potter dream, a made-up spell, a corny metaphor

  

  I will admit: I've been in a bit of a rut. Don't get me wrong. Life ... aerospace education. There was a moment which stuck in my mind. I was ... trapped in an elevator. I cleaned my room, wiped down the floors, laid down

  • by Allan K. '17
  • October 28, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  The Adventures of Flat Tim And his admissions officer friend!

  

  "]highway.[/annotation] I grew up in Nashville, TN, a driving city, but I somehow avoided driving on the highway while I was in high school. Living in the Boston area ... Transportation Authority (MBTA) can take me, so 9 months into the job, I had to

  • by Jessica Ch'ng
  • June 6, 2019
• Blog / How to MIT

  You oughta know Answers to many, many questions.

  

  can take in one semester without breaking your brain. You're welcome, of ... lab class in the same term if you can help it (they're often all offered ... year -- maybe one of the UA-connected bloggers could chime in? I guess

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • April 22, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  The Public’s Biggest Fear ...is no longer one of mine.

  

  medicine was supposed to do, but I remember that I put it in one of those ... that I got up and didn't say anything at all. Elsewhere in the spacetime ... . I was startled to see one of the graduate students in my group there

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 10, 2012
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  places at mit (favorite) places (to work/study)

  

  has been sitting largely in its tote bag on my shelf because I wanted to ... usually travel on a daily basis, I want to cover as much as I can. I want to ... pretty quirky, MIT can be beautiful. :) Two... I told someone the other

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • July 27, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Parliamo Italiano! And some other languages too.

  

  ....it's MIT, and languages don't involve math and all. First of all, I can ... was held entirely in Spanish, so it was pretty advanced, but I enjoyed ... the word "and" in Italian is "e" (pronounced like a long A). You can

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 19, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Atomic Friends a comic

  

  moving in this big cloud.   CAPTION: Usually we can guess where they ... expressionless.   CAPTION: In the 9th grade… CAPTION: I learned about Bohr ... Bohr atomic model sits in the middle of the panel. The background can be

  • by Cami M. '23
  • September 17, 2022
• Blog / Athletics

  Nationals! In which MIT XC goes to Iowa

  

  of our nation, inescapable no matter where we travel to. In any case, I ... Waverly, just in time to check out the course before the sun set. (I'm going ... : The ladies at the course on Friday. In case you can't tell, it was

  • by Alina G. '11
  • November 27, 2010
• Blog / Uncategorized

  dress your wounds and stay in bed self care!

  

    I learned some valuable life skills in Denmark, from how to turn ... ’s December, and I’m writing this at a healthy 11pm in my favorite late-night coffee shop. I’ve clearly learned these skills in a lasting and deep

  • by Amber V. '24
  • January 18, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  March Questions Omnibus 4

  

  wrote, "I can't come to CPW cause of an orch competition so I was just wondering what actually goes on during it? In other words, what am I missing ... might want to live in, etc. You can see the schedule of CPW events in your

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 25, 2005
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  The Coolest Thing I Bet You Didn’t Know Was Math (guest post by YQ L. ‘16) Clickbait title by me, not by YQ, because I really, really, really want you to…

  

  pictures can you fit in a blog post?” The answer, it turns out, is a lot! I ... origami pleated designs I folded in my freshman year. These pieces only ... “crumpling” techniques taught by Vincent Floderer in his workshop. I feel

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 7, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Finally Finished (for now) Saying goodbye and good riddance to a few things

  

  ’m excited to be living in Boston this summer where I will have the freedom to ... your secrets? I can pay you in almonds (my parents sent me a bag of ... came to a close, I packed up all of my belongings in under 3 hrs, and

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • June 2, 2015
• Blog / Personal Projects

  Poemtober! the only thing harder than writing is not writing

  

  when I look back over the stuff I wrote in Oct., I really like a lot of ... year round, but I will try to write a bit more in the future, I think ... tranquility I have ever felt is here, in the eye of the hurricane.   10

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • November 17, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  International Admissions Conference My review of the annual OACAC conference.

  

  conference I've attended where the participants are housed in dormitories. I ... we do in admissions, and what we can do to improve our process. One ... -provoking conference. Thursday through Sunday, I was in St. Louis for the annual

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 12, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Show your creativity: the Year of the Pig While we continue reading applications full time, another mini-contest.

  

  'll celebrate it with my favorite pig in the world! [I promise you, the below ... where she currently enjoys walks in the backyard and eating acorns. Ian ... , February 18. Have fun! (And, in case you're curious, I have no idea what we

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 13, 2007