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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  TLM The Land of MIT. It's a planet.

  

  to get your work done. The Students are very cooperative. The key is ... traveling to different planets, perhaps living in a ship for years until ... childhood interests. I never thought that by going to college here I would be

  • by Marcela R. '13
  • October 3, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  To the Deferred I feel your pain.

  

  at MIT appeals to you and why?), two essay prompts to choose from ... choreographed a dance of my own, and how it felt to grow up in New Zealand. My dad ... countdown to EA Decision Day. December 15, 2008 was the scheduled date for

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • December 16, 2009
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Adulthood Boom!

  

  Sorry if this is just a rehash of my Grown Up post from last year. January seems to be the month to be sentimental and reflect upon the impending doom delightful adventure of aging.

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • January 14, 2013
• Blog / Events

  Let’s do a puzzle. Ready to flex some cranial muscle?

  

  to steal her computer. First stop: gmail calendar, obviously. You get to the site, and but the blinding array of colors with which she color ... instinct is to do what you ALWAYS do when you have a question about her MIT

  • by Anna H. '14
  • January 24, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Folding While you wait for decisions...

  

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • March 13, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Cynic This is mainly a reminder note to myself.

  

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • September 27, 2012
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Why I Chose To Spend My First Weekend Away From MIT 132 miles north to be exact

  

  begin to shift a little. So yes, I spent my first weekend a little bit up ... to look right back at you in the eye. That's one longwinded way of ... found drive to "look at what's beyond the hamster ball." And so I found

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • September 16, 2019
• Blog / Announcements

  Welcome our new bloggers! Huzzah!

  

  summer, we are happy to announce our new bloggers! Please give a warm welcome to: Hala K. ‘29 from Michigan, who built not only robots but ... Carolina, who went on a quest to find a Pink Lemonade Celsius near her

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • September 16, 2025
• Blog / About Decisions

  To whom much is given… ...you know the rest!

  

  might be used. Let me be frank. Any serious applicant to MIT has been ... opportunities and has made choices about how to use those opportunities. I won ... it to say, we may look just as favorably on the trajectory and distance

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • March 13, 2012
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  How to use these blogs Scattered thoughts on the information age, plus some bonus snark.

  

  this blog- topics to cover, questions to answer, stuff like that, and I ... accurately be titled, "How to get the most out of reading the MITblogs," or maybe "How to not get a sarcastic reply to a question from me." I fixed

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 22, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How to Finals™ How to survive AND thrive this finals season?!

  

  examples that have shown up on past exams or psets. I like to add key points ... summarize the key intuition points and make silly mnemonics to help me drill ... still need to take 6.033 and it just so happens to have a final. Anyhoo

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • December 18, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  tell your friends you love them for we are but blips in a timeline

  

  • by Anika H. '26
  • May 9, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Chomsky and Infinities illustrated highlights of an MIT October (part 1)

  

  YAY November!!! First off, a huge WELCOME to the EA applicants! You ... to follow. During one class, we constructed an infinite number of ... . I also went to my first college party this October! Though technically

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • November 5, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  In which I am only slightly less boring than usual The title says it all, no?

  

  to be those two keys? Couldn't it have been something trivial, like F12 ... was hilarious. (My A key is sticking again. Maybe I should find a way to ... keys on my computer's keyboard have been acting up since January, making

  • by Keri G. '10
  • July 12, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  3-D Blog!! ...I decided to wear a pair of real life 3-D GLASSES!!!

  

  I first thought of giving this blog the fitting title of “My First Blog” because not only is this my first admissions blog, its my first blog EVER! * waits for the “Welcome to the Blogging World” song * I am

  • by Cydnie T. '12
  • August 10, 2010
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  The Greek Way What I did for a Klondike Bar, caesar salad, chicken florentine, mushroom ravioli, chocolate torte,…

  

  DID YOU KNOW? MIT developed the first college undergraduate programs ... Engineering. Today I decided to do start doing things the Greek way as I was ... actually called the ceremony, but it used the word "covenant" enough times to

  • by Sam M. '07
  • February 18, 2006
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  A Comprehensive Guide to Crying on Campus It’s right about that time of year.

  

  ’t just have been you who did bad, right? You want to sleep, preferably for around 24 hours to catch up with all the sleep you’ve missed this week. Seriously, when’s the last time you went to bed before 5 AM? But alas, your

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • October 16, 2017
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Bring your stuffed toys to class reflections on liminality

  

  . Come up with two very different ways to get from point A to point B ... silly hats not on Halloween. Wear silly hats to your lab section. Get people to ask questions about your silly hats. Take pictures of yourself

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 11, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  How to Make Money at MIT for all of us who don't know how to make a startup :(

  

  universities might continue to work off-campus jobs, this is very much not the culture at MIT. Considering that the workload here is commonly referred to ... ,[/annotation] there wasn't a realistic way for me to continue to serve 30 hrs/week like

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • February 4, 2025
• Blog / Athletics

  [joint post] a guide to mit gyms big brains, big gains 😤

  

  intro Gloria: Contrary to popular belief, MIT students actually do ... Center[/annotation] have limited hours, those looking to squeeze in a quick 2AM lift often turn to their in-building fitness facilities instead

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • September 4, 2024