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• Blog / MIT Life

  Come to MIT Get a free haircut!

  

  It’s spring break! Time for students to stop frantically trying to finish psets and start less-frantically trying to take care of all the ... interested in learning to cut hair; anyone can email and ask for a cut, but

  • by Kim D. '09
  • March 20, 2009
• Blog / Events

  Looking ahead to IAP My favorite MIT event...period.

  

  I got this email in my inbox: ------------------------------ Hi Eveyrone! I know it's hard to believe but IAP is fast approaching and, along ... Bombers What Bomb At Midnight ------------------------------ Just to show

  • by Bryan
  • November 29, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Countdown To Mail Drop I'll update this post over the course of the day as we get closer to…

  

  later entry and instead use this one to give you progress reports over the course of the day. I'll update this entry whenever there's something to ... that assembled the admit packs (what you guys affectionately refer to as

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 9, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Talking to Strangers

  

  “Yes, my consuming desire to mingle with road crews, sailors and soldiers, barroom regulars—to be a part of a scene, anonymous, listening ... is often misconstrued as a desire to seduce them, or as an invitation

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • October 14, 2014
• Blog / Challenges

  from me to you burn it all down

  

  Sometimes, you need to let things go up in flames. . . . I have ... of things to write about—there’s always something going on in my life ... flying past at a breakneck speed. I’m trying to grab onto moments and

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • October 17, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  how to move carts not an athletics post

  

  there are two popular approaches to moving a cart. the first one is to stand behind the cart and push it in the direction you want to go: the second is to stand in front of the cart and pull it such that it

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • October 23, 2022
• Blog / Rural and Small-Town

  [Guest Post] STARS@MIT: A Year in Review By Claire S. '25

  

  STARS’ partner colleges get together to host a virtual college fair for ... STARS (Small-Town and Rural Student) Ambassadors, to give you a quick recap of everything we’ve been up to this past year. Spoiler alert: it

  • by Nicole Cooper
  • April 23, 2025
• Blog / Life after MIT

  After Graduating From beyond the veil :O

  

  Hi everyone! It’s good to be back here, on this familiar platform but very different website. I’m so not used to it that I still drafted this ... fancier back-end I could have used (unbeknownst to you all).  The last time

  • by Selam G. '18
  • December 10, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  Welcome to Maseeh! A look into MIT's newest dorm

  

  think the world knows much about Maseeh, so I'm going to give an e ... 's extremely convenient that I literally just have to cross the street to get to ... large whiteboards. You can often find people using the white boards to

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • October 30, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Off to Zambia

  

  Through my awesome D-Lab class, I am going to Zambia today until Jan ... the school is able to hold adult classes in the evening. Another one of ... household level that takes advantage of solar properties to treat water. We

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • January 7, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Mini-Guide to CPW KAPOW! GET EXCITED!!!

  

  thrilled to meet and host you, Class of 2020! Get excited!!! For the past week, our inboxes have been filled with KAPOW reminders and requests to ... visitors to hosts definitely works. Now, for us, CPW is a familiar event

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 6, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  Trip to India ...to the slum children who smiled at me even though it seems that they have…

  

  project to reduce indoor air pollution in rural homes. We owe special gratitude to Zahir Dossa, whose class made our project possible; to the Public Service Center and the Legatum Center, which funded it; and to our host in

  • by The Humanitarian Blog
  • January 23, 2008
• Blog / Personal Travel

  welcome to new york went to nyc & all i got was this blog post

  

  "Welcome to New York" as the musical version of a peppermint latte. It was Taylor's first decisively pop album and I was young enough to be easily ... to name the feeling of cool tenderness on my tongue, my entire mouth

  • by Rona W. '23
  • July 12, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  From Cambridge to You On the road again...

  

  America to meet with prospective applicants and parents in more than 70 cities. It's going to be exciting! It all starts this Wednesday with two meetings in New England: Jenny Rifken will be traveling to Portland, Maine

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 4, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  Centimeters to Inches A Guest Post by the talented Antonella Masini '21

  

    Centimeters to Inches   Peering out of the plane’s window, a shy, tanned girl arrived looking from left to right trying to ... stepped down from the plane and learned how to laugh Typing “h”s instead of

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • May 4, 2019
• Blog / Events

  How to MC Hammer AKA embarrassing yourself for charity

  

  The Class of 2015 list of 101 things to do before you graduate has ... Boston (#37), but I have yet to earn my pirate's license (#64). I recently got to knock off a task that is surprisingly easy to finish at MIT

  • by Connie H. '15
  • October 20, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Decisions Beginning To Arrive How are you guys doing?

  

  't seem to get anything done. I'm working on the big Q&A thread that I ... folks (1|2|3) and deferred folks (1|2|3). Still, I'd love to hear from you ... this job - so it's nice to know what you're feeling. Ben

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 13, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Followup To Mailing Disaster Answers to your questions from my last post, regarding the recent mailing of EA decisions.

  

  Hi everyone. I'm so exhausted so this is going to be quick, but I want to thank all of you who had my back today and who wrote in with ... ? We have organized the office to be able to start taking phone calls

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 14, 2005
• Blog / Athletics

  Responses to comments! I answered your questions. Like, fast this time.

  

  Responses to comments: Edward: Hey, thank you for answering my ... before you were admitted? If so, please advice me on how to do that (and what to say). Have a lovely day. I really am sorry about the delay with

  • by Laura N. '09
  • December 14, 2005
• Blog / Announcements

  We are suspending our SAT/ACT requirement for the 2021–2022 application cycle as well

  

  I am writing to announce that, due to the ongoing pandemic, our ... /ACT, or who can find a forthcoming opportunity to do so safely are encouraged to submit their scores with the understanding that they [annotation

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • April 6, 2021