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• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Olympians How many MIT graduates have been in the Olympics? No, not the Science Olympiad...

  

  thought I'd take a look back at MIT athletes who have participated in the ... of the 1896 Olympics in a column he wrote for MIT's alumni magazine ... . Where do you think George got the money to buy the team? Well, Henry used

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 19, 2008
• Blog / IAP

  vienna & prague, in 194 photos iap '26 #1

  

  lush greenery. I'm satiated with my European adventures for a while. I ... continuously forgot that Prague is in the Czech Republic for like, a decade? Ever ... ? Ever wondered what it was like for a random college student on the

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • February 6, 2026
• Blog / Life after MIT

  The Wisdom of Khan revealed the MIT secret

  

  for a few seconds and realized that he was dead serious. I jumped off ... secure path for the long shot at the audacious? I can’t say this to any ... . Just as you’re thinking this, a genie appears from nowhere and says, “I

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 8, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  Reflections and Decisions Take advantage of every opportunity you can

  

  hold a place in my heart for Colorado, and I will be comfortable where ... turned in all my papers. I wrote this entry from the airplane on the way home, heading away from the bubble of MIT towards the place I grew up. I

  • by Becca H. '12
  • December 20, 2010
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Your MIT ID PLASTIC! Shiny plastic, at that!

  

  could have a contest, how much cultural enrichment can you get for free in ... What was I looking forward to most when I arrived on campus for ... ! By this time my standards were pretty high. Let’s face it, I’d gotten a

  • by Snively '11
  • March 26, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Indiscipline Taking a break from finals studying to explain what I've done instead of finals studying.

  

  to buy christmas presents was not such a great idea for me this year ... Hindemith beat me to that by like 40 years), so I've been looking for a good ... . Mmm, baking cookies. Though I'm too cheap to spring for a cookie sheet

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 16, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A Week of Music Eight bands in nine days, and I still missed five performances.

  

  minute of this stream for a good laugh). It's different from what I'm used ... hotel blocks away from Sixth. I had dinner with a group of friends and ... railroad bass line graced my ears. I bolted from the group and entered a

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • October 28, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  Underneath All That Polish… ...lies a few things you wouldn't want to miss

  

  eyes, and allow my feet to trace a well-worn path that gets me from where ... remembered there being a fancy couch where I could sit, and looking back, I ... 've gotten used to a lot of things about the Institute. And sometimes, when I

  • by Emad T. '14
  • May 7, 2012
• Blog / Advice

  Waiting… and a more serious note about pre-decisions at the end

  

  matter the outcome, I wrote a thank-you card for someone in my life. It ... .) Be a Tourist in Your Own Home I'm originally from Jim Thorpe, a small ... A few days ago, I scrolled through my camera roll to find an old

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • December 15, 2023
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Links Sent to My Group Chat from the past month

  

  I'm a group chat kind of person -- I really am bad at individual ... Cami: A link to vote for my classes and the blogpost Aiden: Normeo and ... Eva: I'm not linking this because it's private but this is a Google

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 23, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Festival of Learning: Expo how MIT is leading the educational revolution

  

  a STEMgem online, the creators hope more teachers buy devices for ... and pedagogy together for effective learning. I blogged an overview of ... . This post is just a fraction of the fascinating information I absorbed at

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • February 20, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Updates from Admissions The latest from the home office in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

  

  testers: Good luck next week! For students on the waitlist: As I mentioned a ... For next year's prospective applicants: This week, I'm out on the ... . For Mark Wahlberg fans: I don't know why, but actor (and former rapper

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 28, 2011
• Blog / Events

  The one-armed violin player and the Dalai Lama Emad's not the only blogger who got a press pass.

  

  . I can tell you that much. As we strive for that, we move away from ... :30am. I stumbled around French House for a bit, bundled up, and shuffled ... the grass for a dog sniff security check. I didn't consider my notebook

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 15, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Finding a Second Home love is where you least expect it

  

  various dorms and houses to decide where I actually wanted to live for the ... released. From a future perspective, I know exactly what had happened: I ... know that this is the place where I can grow, in all sorts of ways (in

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • September 18, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  Some comforting blogs to read while you await decisions

  

  get a rejection letter. And the best way I can think of to calm your ... ’s nothing else I can really think to say. I am a firm believer that everything happens for a reason, and while you can debate the validity of that

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 13, 2019
• Blog / Classes

  to do lists and have done lists so busy that all I can do is just stare at the wall

  

  ="Though I appreciate the opportunity to rewrite this paper for a better grade ... technical finals to study for. As a HASS major, however, this means that I ... particularly difficult during the month of December. Anything I can't buy in

  • by Abby H. '20
  • November 3, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  The Genesis Embrace me Blogosphere!!!!

  

  master’s at UMD and now I’m a Terrapin If anything, I can say that this ... take a minute just sit right there I’ll tell you how I became the ... Square (I know, I know….give me a break, my title is long and I’m not a

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • September 17, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  flew across the country for California where I am currently lying on a ... is a fount of stress for overworked undergraduates. I can recall with ... someone who derives a great deal of happiness from a well-cooked meal, I

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

  on success, meaning, and time existential musings about big questions with no answers

  

  from waiting for Early Action decisions. Maybe these thoughts can help if ... post can guide your own thoughts, the beginnings of a framework for you ... wasn’t a natural “clear goal” anymore. I was a poster child for the

  • by Phi A. '21
  • December 15, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Your Profile On The Web: Can It Hurt You? Responses to questions on Facebook and other internet profiles and how they can affect college…

  

  in general?) Do you believe someone could be rejected from a school ... , etc for students - not designed to be a spying tool for Big Brother. To ... . But I've read a lot of stuff over the last year and have seen many

  • by Ben Jones
  • July 11, 2006