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• Blog / IAP

  In The City That Never Sleeps NEEEEEEEEW YORK CIIIIIIIIITY

  

  , I applied to two different UROPs for this IAP and spring: A Marvel ... second time!!) I hope I can try more food places and maybe take a look at ... , but Raymond and I have ranked it as a solid #2 for our choice of city

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 17, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  leaving yet another senior writing about their last semester

  

  ’re a college student, for a brief time you can basically do whatever you ... ’ve experienced. that’s not a view i resonate with anymore, but for a while it was ... can no longer be a part of “When people ask me why I live in

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • February 20, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Odd Jobs How non-seniors can occupy their time before and during graduation

  

  for a little while), as I tend to shy away from it as an extracurricular ... souvenir corner, where I was stationed. Over the course of a single day, I ... double-checking of schedules, I signed on as a stage manager for this

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • June 8, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Ben’s Fifth Semi-Annual Q&A Answers to blog comments from the last month.

  

  verbal. I am a student from India. Are my scores too bad for MIT? I secured ... . ------------------------------------- Merudh wrote: "I was wondering if the fact that we never came for a visit ... . :-) ------------------------------------- Olga wrote: "Do you need to send a mid-year grade report for EA? I

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 19, 2005
• Blog / Athletics

  MIT is a jock school the secret is out

  

  history of being a feared team in the NEWMAC. I’m sure the friends and ... afraid of MIT? Those nerds? There’s no way they can play sports!” And I bet ... can bite.  Competitive at a National Level And while the NEWMAC

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • May 11, 2025
• Blog / Challenges

  Days in lives that aren’t mine in a parallel universe

  

  notebook, and she greets me good morning too. I work on a problem set for the ... wasn't from MIT before coming here. I grab a bowl of rice and adobo, head ... asks if I'm free to play some Among Us, and we play for a few hours

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 22, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Faculty Luncheon for Local* Admitted Students *local: from New England or New York, or anyone who just happens to be in…

  -key, informal event, where you can sit down for a delicious lunch and chat with ... me (maybe that's a good thing?), but I come to you today with important ... us in addition to the many activities they're planning for Campus

  • by mitblogs
  • January 21, 2008
• Blog / Residential Life

  The River Freezes Over and other nifty things about being on campus

  

  , melting just a patch of ice. I could see the water rush and tumble from my dorm. Good thing, that, because we can't leave the dorms, save for one ... I set my alarm for seven am yesterday and stumbled up to snooze it

  • by Amber V. '24
  • February 19, 2021
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  No one: Absolutely no one:

  

  from the corners they’ve been sitting in for years. “Okay let’s donate ... character, and then post it on a fan page. But no, we wrote this essay for no ... completely flipped our view of reading and writing. In preparation for a

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • September 22, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Choose My Senior Spring Classes for Me pre-registration is open and i will let you decide

  

  is my favorite time of the year! I love registering for classes because ... . I am three (3) classes away from graduating. I need to take one Course ... ."]REST[/annotation]. I know for sure I am taking [annotation note="Oral Communication"]6

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 1, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  [Guest Post] Good Morning or Good Night? seven am adventures where people say good morning and good night

  

  its brief appearance for the day. Or I can talk to you about Good ... night for a couple of weeks before I have a day like last Wednesday.  I ... , but that’s a different story, a different time). The most I can do is

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 6, 2019
• Blog / Personal Projects

  [Guest Post] How to Write a Chess Variant Website in Six Months protochess.com: the chess website that lets you make custom pieces and boards

  

  This is a blogpost from my friend that is a boy, Raymond Tran '23. I ... just a standard chess game. I will include a few sentences on where ... , antidiagonal) to and from the relevant 8 bits. We can use the first rank as a

  • by Cami M. '23
  • July 3, 2020
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Update from Kentucky

  

  blog, because it was at the point where I was getting 30+ spam comments a ... This entry doesn't have much content, it's just a placeholder while I come up with real things to write. In the past week and a half I've gone

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • May 30, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  uncertainly i am writing a blog post about another song

  

  giveaway that the undergrad association did, where we wrote a blurb for one ... i lived on floorpi for a year and a half. it feels like it’s been one ... it’s been a while since i talked about my life. the east campus

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 17, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  What are French House residents doing this summer? Round 2 Microsoft, brains, British accents, hiking in the Alps, weightlifting, HIMYM

  

  Microsoft, working on Surface keyboard (that's all I can say, the rest is ... ; knit a scarf I wish I knew how to knit. Anything else you want to say or ... 'm gonna do after graduation, where I want to be, etc. >.< You

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 30, 2014
• FAQ / First-year application

  Can I defer my enrollment?

  , you will be asked to submit a formal request for deferment to the Dean ... If you're admitted to MIT, you may defer enrollment for one or two ... encouraged!). Common reasons for deferment include employment, travel, and
• Blog / IAP

  Quick update from SB Where it is not below zero.

  

  In Santa Barbara right now, where I'm soaking up the sun and just getting some R&R before the new semester. This IAP I have just been up ... let you guys know I'm not dead, Haha. Will have a more in depth check in

  • by Celena C. '12
  • January 8, 2010
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  What makes me an MIT student? Some thoughts about blogging and a special question for returning readers.

  

  my place. For the first time ever, I told myself, I'd have a true peer ... for me, I'll have to sew together the pieces of a student's life and my ... can't change who I am? I decided to keep things unconventional, with a

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • July 12, 2006
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Sacred Space and why it matters to unplug once in awhile

  

  from CPW in the Rainbow Lounge the morning before, where I relaxed in a ... teens hadn”t seen me for four days in a row and I knew that they would ... After a busy CPW weekend, I was driving home on the Mass Pike basking

  • by Kris Guay
  • April 11, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  News bites from the Institvte A taste of what's happening around campus.

  

  After a ridiculously awesome weekend in New York, I’m home for Spring Break. Clearly, three days away from the Institvte is too much for me, and I’m finding myself searching for MIT news. The articles that I found

  • by Melis A. '08
  • March 26, 2007