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• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Take 1.618: Film at MIT [by Danbee Kim '09] There are very few things for which I would get up…

  

  opportunity to meet with other students who find film a fascinating and ... - should I go to art school, or should I do the "safe" thing and get a "real ... , my determination to put aside art for more "serious" schooling had a

  • by ARTalk
  • April 2, 2008
• FAQ / First-year application

  Can my school use Naviance?

  where documents are submitted, recommenders must fill out the MIT-specific recommendation form. On the form, recommenders can indicate if they would like to ... , transcripts, etc.) using a third-party service.
• Blog / Admissions

  The Pink Hair Problem What do you do for your college interview if you have dyed hair and a…

  

  we can still learn a lot from the interview. And you should be ready to ... ). With the help of Kim, the EC Director, we sent it out to a diverse group ... act in a false way during their interview.  Additionally, to appear in

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 7, 2008
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Everyday I’m Trufflin’ But not really since it takes 4 hours

  

  can decide to spontaneously bake delicious bread or watch a movie or ... messy, so it was a little hard to take pictures of the steps along the way.... BUT my partner in crime Preeti '15 managed to grab a nice shot of our

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • January 25, 2012
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  I’m Kind of a Big Deal Leaves and famous people alike think so.

  

  T (subway) or a taxi to get out there. I got back late because of Med ... . To be good at math is to catch a Curtis. We have a lot of those here at ... other day as I was walking back to my dorm, a stranger stopped me to ask

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 22, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  21M.285: The Beatles the most enjoyable class i've taken at MIT

  

  -finals, when I had absolutely nothing to do, I started reading a lot about this ... week consists of listening to an album, writing a brief (<200 word ... . Over time, though, I gained a lot of nuance and became able to

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • December 3, 2022
• Blog / Uncategorized

  time dilation to the Infinite, and beyond

  

  where my first class is a 10(:05)am. I shouldn’t have to mention that time ... supposed to give you a ten-minute buffer if you have consecutive classes. Do ... [/annotation] to the end of the [annotation note="long (~1/6th of a mile) hallway

  • by Taylor L. '29
  • September 23, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  April Questions Omnibus 1 Recent questions, answered.

  

  is that I could not find your email address ANYWHERE? is this a ... applying to a school that I already sent the scores to? (of course MIT isn ... , sending scores to a school does not mean that you must apply to the school

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 18, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  Surviving My deep thoughts on surviving and thriving at MIT, straight from three years ago.

  

  /no record -- and was heading off to a shiny internship at the NIH... I was ... in the world of sleep statistics.) 2. It really is better to get a good night's sleep before a test than to stay up and cram. Really. Oh man

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • May 11, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  merry christmas from MIT and my newsfeed a snapshot of holiday cheer from cambridge to new zealand

  

  % of annual time) where we go to class, typically weekends and days off ... (3% of annual time) of winter break as a truly reliable time to relax ... *present* to you, newsfeed style, a snapshot of recent MIT festivities

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • December 25, 2015
• Blog / Challenges

  Speed Walking literally and figuratively

  

  an effort this break to try to move a little. Since we don’t like most ... , changing those walks to speed-walks was a fairly simple transition. Most of ... night’s Christmas party!” - Due to a cold front, it was a freezing 50

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • January 11, 2018
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  an absolutely non-comprehensive guide to email sign-offs or, how to inject some fun into an otherwise boring routine

  

  House, the dormitory where I live. The role of dorm president is often a ... issues. It's not always a fun job, although I would like to think I ... reading, Hope to see you there, Good luck with finals and have a happy

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • March 9, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  Donate for Eric and Ann Whalley Please give to support the parents of a 2010 alumni, both victims of the bombing,…

  

  to support the parents of a 2010 alum, who were both victims of the ...  http://bit.ly/whalleyrecovery. My name is Jess Kim, and I'm a 2010 alum. I've tried to make sense of ... hospital in the Boston area until we were able to find them at two separate

  • by Jess K. '10
  • April 17, 2013
• Blog / People & Identities

  Never Have I Ever…reflected on my identity "too indian" or "not indian enough"?

  

  hot athlete. It's great that they try to portray a reality where the ... they deserve. I was, of course, hyped to watch it since I've never seen a ... issues that have prompted me to think about my culture and where I fit into

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • May 4, 2020
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  gratitude happy thanksgiving

  

  kidney donor; at any awards ceremony where the winner is expected to give a ... I don’t spend a lot of time thinking about gratitude. That’s not to ... summaries at three a.m., since I am much too soft-hearted to watch horror for

  • by Rona W. '23
  • November 24, 2022
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Fuji: Not Your Grandma’s Mountain I guess if we're being honest here there were actually a lot of grandmas climbing…

  

  we wandered around for a bit trying to find them before succumbing to ... Mt. Fuji. I have to preface this story with a couple facts: 1) I am not ... season, and there is a line to the summit past the 8th or 9th station - but

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 6, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  Just To Be Clear: We Don’t Do Legacy anatomy of a WTF in the WSJ

  

  your parents, and perhaps grandparents, went to a particular college ... applicant admitted takes a space which could have gone to another student ... of the things most likely to elicit a gigantic facepalm is when a

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 25, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  MIT: The Snowsical The blizzard of February 13th

  

  white snow to gray.♪ ♫Ralph Landau looks like a Star Destroyer, while ... , walkway, and a red thing... its uhhh, getting harder and harder to sing ... ?♪ ♫Underneath the Dome is where I stand, looking far offinto a winter wonderland

  • by Erick P. '17
  • February 13, 2014
• Blog / MISTI

  Things got poopy in Beijing and edible.

  

  This past weekend, I went to dinner with a group of MIT and Johns Hopkins students interning in Beijing. This was my first opportunity to meet ... Michael Jackson to Katy Perry to LED shirts … ...as well as a whole shelf

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • June 28, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT ‘10: Another Fab Four Sarah Dupuis '10, Zachary Bjornson-Hooper '10 Emily Houston '10, and Renaldo Webb '10.

  

  Class of 2010 steps on campus next fall, they will find a cohort of ... . Renaldo Webb, a Marrero, La., native who plans to study subatomic physics, is the first person in his family to attend college. A graduate of MIT

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 28, 2006