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• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Toga, Toga, Toga On being in a fraternity (info for parents too)

  

  House, and I was on my way to Baker. (pause for information) Just a few ... , crazy stories travel from the college towns to suburbia where I'm from ... out from the beginning. Personally, I've gotten a lot out of my

  • by Bryan
  • June 14, 2006
• Blog / Personal Projects

  I painted my door! and it only took 2.5 years

  

  deliberation over the like seven kinds of acrylic paint you can buy at Blick's. I ... the geometric style I was going for, I made stencils. I made two, a big ... current resident or someone from years ago. But when I moved into my room

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • May 19, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Boing! Boing! Maybe not the best writing ever, but the pictures are awesome!

  

  something called an IFAF. IFAF stands for Inter-Floor Activity Fund. It's a ... fun activities. We got an e-mail from Burton 4 proposing a Moonbounce ... , and on Saturday evening I went out with James '11 and Sara '12 to buy

  • by Snively '11
  • November 24, 2008
• Blog / Personal Travel

  a most beautiful camping trip it's always good to get back to nature <3

  

  for a long, long, time. Thankfully, the real weekend (the one where I ... ones, where my iPhone really can't quite hack it. The nature up in the ... up there, so I wanted to share some pictures from my trip. I assure you

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • October 17, 2019
• Blog / Classes

  Prof. Catherine D’Ignazio on Urban Science for Public Good

  

  about how we can use data and technology for social good for some time. I ... 't I a Woman?". These start to point out some of the places where we are ... /labmates from when I was in my master's program have gone on to build careers in

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 1, 2020
• Blog / Athletics

  How to jump out of an airplane and live We have football, pistol, fencing, and TKD. . . but did you know we also…

  

  of a lack of vehicle I should probably hold off on skydiving for a ... registered for the 6 hour ground training.  A week later I found myself sitting ... checked our spot by looking out the door. I can see my house from here

  • by Snively '11
  • July 31, 2012
• Blog / Summer

  tiny living when life gives you lemons...

  

  place where I do my skincare routine and whatnot. There's also a microwave ... kitchen space than, well, buying a $200 pressure cooker and air fryer in one, but I think it wouldn't have been as fun. (And to sound less like a

  • by Cami M. '23
  • August 1, 2021
• Blog / Athletics

  Less Than Perfect Bottle Rockets, Crossword Puzzles, and Half-Marathons

  

  . THAT DEFINITELY DOESN'T SOUND LIKE A RECIPE FOR DISASTER. I’M TOTALLY DOING THAT. So ... a bit numb from two plus hours of running. Then somehow, there I was ... and I waited a few hundred meters from the finish line to cheer on Tara

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • May 10, 2016
• FAQ / First-year application

  Where can my school counselor find helpful information?

  Thank you for all of the good work you do for our awesome applicants! We understand what a daunting task it is for school counselors to meet all of the different requirements for so many students and schools. We
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Asking for Directions Two weeks of pondering, photography, and prose.

  

  -- as there's more usable time onboard a train. I can get work done for ... computer went dormant, replaced by a new enthusiasm for travel. I had built ... Montreal by bus or train. I'll leave you with a few pictures... (you can see

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • November 19, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Value of Creativity Sí, se puede.

  

  admissions. Over the year and a half that I've been here, after meeting ... looking at the college admissions process from the other angle (I like to ... initial outrage, tinged with a hint of sadness. I have a lab report and a

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 6, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Virtual Reality, Startups, and Donuts in a particular order

  

  a donut from the mysterious donut wall, I looked around the lobby ... for lunch and just wait for dinner. -Minutes later- I was walkin ... the new Vice President and Dean for Student Life, Suzy Nelson. I sat

  • by Erick P. '17
  • November 15, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Guest Blog: From the Life and Times of Cam

  

  felt for the first half of my life. I use the word "half" not for a sense ... , Max, Mike, and I have been going to this robotics thing at MIT for a few ... ?) for a good five hours with students we'd never seen before from other

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • January 6, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Day of IAP 3 Classes and Soup

  

  cooking for myself this month. I bought a lot of soup. A tad too much most ... weekly PSet for my two courses. I try to get at least a problem done while ... required course for a Full Physics major here. It is a six-unit course, and I

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • January 16, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  The Class of 2018 Graduates from MIT

  

  when I first returned to admissions from graduate school. It was a ... incredibly true. please know that i am more grateful than i can say for ... members of their class. It was, I think, the hardest year for the MIT

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 8, 2018
• Blog / Challenges

  my problem list weird brain things

  

  least.) anyway, every day i'd wake up to a new message from someone ... for a while. but recently, it's been...nothing? i mean, i've been ... was such a huge part of my personality for years, and i haven't touched

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • May 8, 2022
• Blog / Uncategorized

  g e m i n i j u i c e a saga of screenshots

  

  "] why does google own this thing. what is it used for.[/caption] i passed ... ?!? what. i can’t actually really remember what beets taste like but i ... juice. i didn’t know that was a thing you could do?? but ok whatever the

  • by Allison E. '27
  • May 5, 2026
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  AARRRGHHHHH!!!!🏴‍☠️ (Pirate Post) A Review of 21M.299 - Pirate Songs and Whaling Chanteys

  

  in the world, and I was beyond privileged to learn from him. I can ... I mentioned it in a previous blog, but this semester I took a class ... for an arts credit. Additionally, students concentrate on a specific

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • June 2, 2024
• Blog / About Decisions

  Moving Forward I, and the outstanding staff in the admissions office, re-affirm our pledge to uphold the…

  

  office, I retain a profound appreciation for this culture, which encourages ... for more than fifty years, stretching over the tenures of half a dozen ... . I remember the first time I felt this energy, arriving on campus as a

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • May 4, 2007
• Blog / How to Human

  how to become a morning person a matter of willpower

  

  anywhere. And I think there's a certain kind of satisfaction you can get from ... up early for school, took a nap after classes because I was too tired to work since I'd stayed up late, vibed for a few hours, then had to

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • November 12, 2020