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• Blog / Extracurriculars

  World Suicide Prevention Day Write love on your arms to show support

  

  to any of my fellow MIT students.  My first week at MIT, my grandfather ... .  Still, I love it here.  This weekend, I played with cats, took a trip to Costco, made pizzas, dressed like a princess, went to the incredible

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • September 10, 2012
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  A fortnight of Boston summer +1 for using the word "fortnight" outside of an SAT or literature class

  

  it got to the point that, by reading the first sentence of a practice ... . As I write this, it is one month to the day since I took my 7 ... Boston. There’s a list of “101 things to do before you graduate” that

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • June 23, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Let the games begin! Last minute advice for your CPW.

  

  Hey prefrosh! Welcome to campus! If you're not here yet, hurry up ... you aren't sure what to do yet with your CPW, here are some tips from my ... this cool one MIT student and get to know them and blah blah blah

  • by Cam T. '13
  • April 7, 2010
• Blog / Events

  Senior Ball 2008 MIT will even help you find a date

  

  ’t have prom or if you decided not to go, then you probably aren’t missing much. Prom is a nice excuse to dress-up, see what your friends look like ... , you’re dancing awfully close to Jimmy...”) Have no fear, for if you come

  • by Melis A. '08
  • May 4, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Karen: A Short History Finally.

  

  time-management skills, which is why it took so long for me to finally ... anecdote about my first encounter with technology or science. Most of my ... 's what led me to see life the way I do: The world isn't just something you

  • by Karen F. '11
  • September 25, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  Fear of Flying Shake the haters off.

  

  had to put up a fight. I felt when I first got to MIT that I had ... This entry is meant to complement the one I wrote prior about being ... , when other people found out that I'd been accepted to MIT, their

  • by Bryan
  • May 28, 2006
• Blog / Classes

  A Collection of Creative Questions A collage of some of my silliest assignments

  

  them do their best to demonstrate this through the context of the ... ... Yes, I did include that drawing in my submission. At first when I read ... brainrotted enough to spot it out and then someone shared it on our MIT Fizz

  • by Richard O. '28
  • February 28, 2026
• Blog / Uncategorized

  An MIT Acronym Quiz how many can you decode?

  

  , it's only fitting that MIT is itself a LAND OF ACRONYMS. Our first few ... to learn, and it's a bit like being dumped straight into the deep end ... , though, I have finally learned how to spell Massachusetts Institute of

  • by Allison E. '27
  • January 21, 2026
• Blog / About Decisions

  Class of 2020 Wait List Decisions We're sending out wait list decisions today.

  

  , we've been waiting for all our admitted students to submit their final decisions so we could figure out whether or not we could go to our ... admitted students choosing to enroll at MIT (also known in admissions

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • May 11, 2016
• Blog / Athletics

  Quarrying Around Ice skating in an underground tunnel

  

  In my last post, I mentioned that I had gone on my first caving adventure with the MIT Caving Club. I really enjoyed it, and I wanted to ... Skating place at a Vermont quarry, I immediately responded that I wanted to

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • February 21, 2013
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Ritual & Ceremony I'll be out of contact the next two weeks as I celebrate a big event.

  

  -- applying to and going off to college -- I, too, have been preparing for ... following day, she and I will depart for our first trip together as a married ... colleagues in Admissions will be happy to help you. And not 24 hours after I

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 14, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Almost Famous You probably think this entry is about me.

  

  have until Mitra gets home to read this entry. So today the first issue of The Tech since the marathon, so of course they decided to cover it ... with an unbelievably fast time. However, they instead chose to use this

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 21, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  It’s snowing, and “It’s Raining” K-Pop and Prof. Henry Jenkins.

  

  bridges and become the first Asian pop star to succeed in America. A few ... It's snowing here tonight, so when I got home I decided to curl up on ... -like ability to leap through puddles while performing his hit song, "It's Raining

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 31, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Evil Institute of Technology Mystery Hunt, Day 1.

  

  , and Roger Barkan First: Recognize the various cookies used to make the ... job to stop him! At 12:17pm today, hundreds of hunters gathered in ... sign to gather our team, the Rubber Duck Hunters: I saw lots of people

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 13, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Orientation Wrap-Up Reason #457 why I love Orientation: I don't have to pay for food for a…

  

  goes that you should not have to spend any money on food for at least your first week at MIT. Since Sam and Mitra both have covered many of ... been touched on yet. "/> Our CityDays project involved going to the

  • by Bryan
  • September 4, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Back From Paternity Leave I'm back! A few words on the Harvard Admissions Institute and such.

  

  Howdy folks, First of all, thanks so much for the phenomenal advice posted in response to my last entry about raising siblings to be friends. It's truly something that I'll keep and refer to in the coming years

  • by Ben Jones
  • June 22, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Two important reminders

  

  First, from the College Board: The last two registration deadlines ... fast approaching. Today, Friday, April 29, is the regular deadline to ... for U.S. students to sign up. Remember that we require, in addition to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 29, 2005
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  Freshman Summer plans and progress

  

  failure often. My stance was challenged first when I applied to MIT (what an ... -and-tank-top-wearing days to finally be upon us again, I have also been in an application frenzy looking for something constructive to do. Believe it or not, I

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • February 10, 2019
• Blog / About Decisions

  Waitlist Q&A A bit of clarification on being waitlisted.

  

  the first college and enroll at the second. This shifting can lead to a ... "), we admitted 1715 students. However, it isn't possible to exactly predict how many student will attend this year. To help with the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 15, 2011
• Blog / IAP

  One Extraordinary Week, Plus Ferrets I suit up for surgery.

  

  something awesome to the first person who can figure out the origin of our ... of free time to socialize, relax, and simply enjoy everything that makes MIT...well, MIT. In this entry, I wanted to not only tell you a

  • by Paul B. '11
  • January 14, 2008