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• FAQ / Life and culture

  How many students play sports at MIT?

  their time at MIT. For students who want to stay active but who don't wish to participate in varsity athletics, there are also more than 30 ... potential Olympic contender or if this is the first time you've ever thrown a
• FAQ / Transfer

  What does MIT consider for transfer admission?

  There’s no formula for gaining transfer admission to MIT. The ... first-year admissions process. There’s no minimum required GPA; however ... the opportunities available to them at their current or most recent
• Blog / Academics & Research

  You’re 18, But You Aren’t Invincible Impressions of my first month at MIT -- both sobering and exciting.

  

  engaged with the other half. Chalk it up to being the first time in most ... yet. College is supposed to be about freedom. Discovering yourself is supposed to be a priority, somewhere up there with getting good grades and

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • October 1, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Black Panther 2 Plot (Totally Real) (Not Clickbait) (Please Click Anyway Though) Not a fanfiction about Black Panther (because I am not a fan)

  

  first architecture college in the US? At MIT, she chooses to live in ... “Ironheart” Williams, a fellow first-year student wanting to study metallurgy ... seems to have tickets to see the film when it premieres. Before you ask

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • November 8, 2022
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Digging through old bookmarks time for some blasts from the past

  

  we want you to know. One of the first posts I've read on the blogs, and ... project to discover the hidden stories behind the graphics. Gnod. I first ... While I'm working on a longer post, I wanted to write a quick post

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 18, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  I “less than 3” the Chorallaries My relaxing and enjoyable vaction draws to a close. *sigh*

  

  ), and it's definitely an event that all FIRST nerds should go to ... ashamed to say that I adore that place), and picked April up at the bus stop ... I told her I was stopping to pick up bagels, everything was ok. I was

  • by Laura N. '09
  • April 2, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Unpacking Surprises to sum up 4 years at MIT

  

  made sure to point out. First semester, I kept hurdling over the passing ... don’t think “being an alum” will hit me until it’s the first week of September and I’m not at MIT registering for classes and trying to squeeze in

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • July 7, 2013
• Blog / Athletics

  Just Run With It Never waste inspiration, even if you're running with it for the first time (in years)

  

  a Couch to 5K program, my first foray into running in over 5 years, and my first serious effort to win back my old energy. It was a day off ... advice in his remarks to MIT's newest graduates. The whole speech is

  • by Emad T. '14
  • June 9, 2012
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Questions about Blogging Some friendly advice.

  

  have to be your first priority. After all, the idea is that you're going ... hate to bug you with a blog-related question, but you seem to be the best person to ask. I'm considering applying to be a blogger, but I'm concerned

  • by Paul B. '11
  • July 30, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Monologuing a mock-up for the MITMonologues

  

  first, I wanted to write about my experience as a transwoman. But I kept ... wasn’t what I wanted to write about at first [annotation note="it felt ... questions that would actually make them accessible to all applicants. My first

  • by Paige B. '24
  • December 13, 2022
• Blog / Athletics

  [Guest Post] A Note to the Class of ‘28 by Andre H. ‘24

  

  wrote a lovely blog post to document all the behind-the-scenes work that ... invite a student leader to help set the tone for the weekend and welcome everyone to campus. Andre H. '24 gave a great speech that was equal parts fun

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • May 21, 2024
• Blog / About Decisions

  Into the Unknown with bravery

  

  , first picturing ourselves in the 10+ companies we applied to, and then in ... The precipice of change is an unsettling place to be. We were there ... of you are there now. We find ourselves here again, trying to figure

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • December 17, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  unquantifiable growth progress that can't be measured

  

  quantitative measures of growth. I first realized my tendency to quantify at the ... 're supposed to wring it out first). I've become more compassionate, more ... I like to quantify. I like magnitudes and metrics. It's incredibly

  • by Rona W. '23
  • May 5, 2019
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Gotterdammerung and The Barber of Seville [by Xenia '13] Art Scholars go to the Met!

  

  interested after the first hour, once I figured out how to turn on the ... [by Xenia Antipova '13] The very first time I heard of Richard ... boorish man took the heroine to see a Wagner opera. Being a frilly type of

  • by ARTalk
  • March 20, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Life and Learning in the Other Cambridge

  

  beavers. Our Harry Potter friends are looking on in amazement as to what ... -fall and both universities are trying to learn each other's secrets to ... Cambridge trying to shake off its 700 year layer of dust and pick up some MIT

  • by Cambridge
  • May 8, 2008
• Blog / Classes

  Sophomore Fall Goals So you can bully me when I write a post saying they didn't work out

  

  below I will give you my first born child) Train Yourself to Study ... My first year was a little rough. I could've written more about the low points, but it takes a certain amount of humility and retrospect to

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • August 11, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  SONIC JUBILANCE A day at the new Edward and Joyce Linde Music Building at MIT

  

  instrumental orchestra, consisting of first and second violins, violas, 'cellos, flutes, first and second cornets, clarinet, trombone and double bass,” was ...  reported the first “official” musical space on the MIT campus (then located in

  • by Jeremy W.
  • February 22, 2025
• Blog / How to Human

  Making friends at college Lots of 'don't's and a couple of 'do's.

  

  those days. I overslept, rushed to first period lecture without eating ... last class to my first extracurricular activity of the day, rushed back ... year, my first reaction was to blame the people I found myself surrounded

  • by Anna H. '14
  • August 2, 2011
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  thank you notes before i go

  

  , she is kind. She is always the first to cheer after a friend's presentation. The first to call during summer break. The first to go in for a hug ... good friend is. I feel like you're always the first to check in, the

  • by Cami M. '23
  • May 31, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  A Little INSPIRation Guest Post by Vaishnavi Rao '17

  

  In the midst of a whirlwind-like semester I promise to eventually blog about, I had the chance to connect to Vaishnavi at one of the Burchard Scholars dinners and we got to talking about INSPIRE, a cool project that

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • December 1, 2015