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• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Transporting In & Around MIT Everything you need to know about how easy it is to get around MIT.

  

  .00 a ride), the MBTA also runs buses (these cost $1.25 to $1.50 a ride ... Worcester to see a Nightwish concert. Taking the T is essential for getting ... PRIVATE TRANSPORTATION This includes but is not limited to cars

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • September 28, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  ‘Twas a good semester ‘twas :’( the end of Pass/No Record

  

  awesome Nigerian food—how I missed that!—and looking forward to a wedding ... circular dancing to a synchronized warble my cousins shimmied to, the heavy ... management skills of a chimpanzee on rollerblades. But it all comes down to

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • December 29, 2013
• Blog / Blogs That Aren't in English

  Fitting in at MIT as a Latino family weekend 2014, day 2 and what I learned

  

  as a Latino. And a huge part of it is thanks to the ardent strides the ... helping to welcome incoming parents. She even made a MIT Familia Facebook ... just that: making MIT a place welcoming to both students and parents. The

  • by Erick P. '17
  • November 18, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  9000 Words This post doesn't have 'em.

  

  Figure 1. Life outside of classes. A) Study break to make Matt ... friend Maita '13 (her feet featured in Fig. 1C) decided to add a little ... Place" and sits next to a poster of Jimi Hendrix). H) Sasha '13, one of

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • December 9, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Saying Yes (or No) Decision time is upon the Class of 2014. How to choose?

  

  're making the best choice for yourself), or to request a deferral/gap year ... CPW is over. The May 3 reply date is quickly approaching. What to do ... sure about whether or not to attend MIT, please let us know your decision

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 21, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  Paper Planes You ask, I answer

  

  this blog, shoot me an e-mail and I will try to get it answered in a Q&A ... one that asks applicants to describe a situation/project/idea in which ... . I go to a small private religious school, and my whole senior class

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • October 18, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Reischauer Scholars Program For those interested in Japan or international relations.

  

  week's topic in a virtual conference (you're literally talking to about ... sees her kid talking to a computer). If you're interested in Japan or ... Don't you hate it when your computer freezes and you lose a huge

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

  notes from a week of new classes the prettiest peril of higher education

  

  lecture. I've found the textbook to be most helpful and the notes more as a ... -around better note structure than 5.12, but because the class tries to derive a ... professor will go back in a different color to a table/chart/cross we ran

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • February 15, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  a few things from civic media race in sports, human experimentation, and hidden figures

  

  (IAP) at MIT -- between the fall and spring semesters, students get a little one-month term to do pretty much whatever they feel like. lots of ... research. still others take the opportunity to travel through MIT MISTI. some

  • by Allan K. '17
  • January 13, 2017
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Design Squad: Pretty much the opposite of The O.C. A show where 8 teenagers use their engineering skills to build some really cool stuff.

  

  converting kiddie toys into a dragster to creating moving art for a museum and ... had the opportunity to work for him for a while, since we are both in ... As a kid, I always secretly dreamed of being on a TV show. Had there

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 21, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sketches from the Independent Activities Period Yultide Day 1

  

  tourist-y trip was to Target to buy a swimsuit. No regrets there: turns out, a late-night swim leads to the best sleep, so I plan to justify the ... patient! Going back to Boston, a big city, from the Midwest always requires

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • January 25, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  Summer Season Taking things into my own hands.

  

  things! So what exactly am I up to for the summer? Well a little bit of ... working on a new project, I'll "think inside the box" so to speak, and ... it'll have to remain a mystery for now. But I will say there's nothing

  • by Chris M. '12
  • May 31, 2011
• Blog / Hacks

  MIT is “Hacked” Ultimatum

  

  ? Or even a prank? Let's put it this way. Dear Zug, You attempted to ... who saw it and that we expected better from a website who claims to be ... spectacular and actually blogworthy, we will be forced to show you what a real

  • by Snively '11
  • April 1, 2009
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Alpha Phi Omega Leadership, FRIENDSHIP, Service

  

  to much around me, when suddenly someone said, "Hey, Kim! Want a roll ... to prisoners, performing a variety show at a nursing home, working with ... semester, ... A large part of the requirements to join, and to continue as a

  • by Kim D. '09
  • September 24, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Dorm Companion #1: Art MIT loans out 400 pieces of famous art each year from its collections to its…

  

  distributed on a first-come, first-served basis to any student who lost out in ... doors for a second chance to participate in this extraordinarily popular ... May. What a way to decorate your room! Whoever said MIT students don

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 9, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  ISEF Wrap-up

  

  to fewer than a quarter of them. Next year, perhaps, MIT will have to ... not, I hope you'll drop me a line here on the blog to say hi. And if you ... to be a relatively quiet time for admissions officers now?? Thank you

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 17, 2005
• Blog / Research & Work Abroad

  Adios, Madrid My attempt at an eloquent goodbye to Spain.

  

  In a few short hours I will hop on a plane back to the US. I have ... about winter is going to be much more vociferous this year. fluency in a ... important, and the hardest to put into words. I can be a pretty big critic of

  • by Laura N. '09
  • August 16, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Global Languages Freshman Learning Community engaging frosh done right

  

  cultures. There also is a special focus on global responses to the Covid-19 ... Studies, visited the class to show everyone how to make a German apple cake ... kitchens. It was a really cute and unique experience that would be hard to

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • November 6, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  Admissions Bulletin – RA News, EA Results bang it here for the latest updates and stats

  

  offer a final decision (admitted or not admitted) to many more students ... Early Action rose quite a bit. However, it’s important to remember that we ... , and the office is revving back up. And with that, it's time for a few

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • January 7, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  FIRST POST! You guys are totally right.. that WAS really tempting.

  

  comments are so genuine and thoughtful, and it really makes a difference to ... , Jenny A.), and it was really cool to finally get to meet you guys. Minus ... I would love to take credit for the brilliant entry title, but

  • by Jess K. '10
  • May 7, 2007