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• Blog / About Decisions

  Antici A long time ago in a suburb far away...

  

  , they're mailing regular decisions out tomorrow! I can feel you shivering ... DID YOU KNOW? The name of the "avocado" comes from the Spanish ... whatnot. Let me tell you the story of when I got my admissions decision

  • by Sam M. '07
  • March 17, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  Love Potion No. 9 roses are #FF0000violets are #0000FF

  

  In celebration of today's "holiday," I decided it would make sense to provide you with a few thoughts on dating at MIT. I make no allegations of ... imagination, but for those of you interested, here's my take on the lay of the

  • by Bryan
  • February 14, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  End of term

  

  "Red Sox Swap" instead, swapping socks (of all colors) -- you can't make ... conclusion of a great semester. You've probably already heard about many of ... Jones. For me, I was happy to partake in the Lab for Chocolate Science

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 17, 2004
• Blog / Challenges

  breaching discomfort

  

  ever and spent time with my [annotation note="In Greek life you typically have a family line and in this family line you have your bigs and littles ... acquainted with Greek life and you can continue this family line by getting a

  • by Cami M. '23
  • September 16, 2021
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Antics! The title is pretty self-explanatory, isn't it?

  

  gave Aaron and cops and robbers set, so you can imagine that this opened ... applicant. =) I'm sure if you express your interest to Ben, he'll keep it in ... stuck. =) I can't really give you a number, but it's definitely a small

  • by Laura N. '09
  • December 11, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  The Quest Continues and into the open world i go

  

  memories, as you normally do in the hubbub of real college life, you ... pastures, and that I can continue to say that I'm in the place that I am ... Well, here we are. By the time you’re reading this - January 29th

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • January 29, 2021
• FAQ / First-year application

  How does MIT consider extracurriculars?

  's—we're really interested in the few things that excite and motivate you.   ... We read applications from students interested in everything from apiculture (beekeeping) to building nuclear reactors in their garages. We
• Blog / Uncategorized

  winter in Brazil adventures in WGS.245: Race, Place, and Modernity

  

  class takes place in Sao Paulo, Brazil, so we’re engaged night and day in the setting we’re learning about. I find myself swept up in the ... ’s summer in Brazil, so I brought mostly shorts and crop tops. I have not had

  • by Amber V. '24
  • February 10, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Night Off Campus and some dancing

  

  few weeks since career fair ended). Many of us can't wait to dig in on ... soul-consuming. Still, on October 10 at 6pm, I can feel my brain starting to unspool from the rest of my body. I need a break, and luckily, I can

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • October 21, 2016
• Blog / Challenges

  whiplash feelings from yesterday

  

  more about this school than you did in any previous year, that after ... have a positive impression of) everyone in the room 7pm: you get free food from an ai club event. while in line, one of your friends asks you

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • November 30, 2022
• Blog / MISTI

  [JOINT POST] Travelling as a black female "Alexa, play Brown Skin Girl..."

  

  some misconceptions they had before, and maybe you can do the same for ... can’t be upset when they do. If after reading all this you’re like “I ... can do it.   Veronica In MISTI trainings, the concept of identity

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • October 3, 2019
• Blog / How to Human

  how do i button up this coat? a clothing conundrum

  

  My brother's not very impressed with my fashion sense. In his words, "Rona, you used to dress better in high school. Then you went to MIT." It ... makeup, and then I had to get to school early so I could get in extra math

  • by Rona W. '23
  • March 29, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  FOMO: Fear of Mis-Optimizing ice cream teaches me a thing or two

  

  and people, and can forge our paths in so many different ways, we can ... -coded chunks than i can name, i feel as if i’ve gained very little. the ... -optimizing” (FOMO) in a conversation with Scott Alessandro, the Director of

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • September 18, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  The Day Before Selection Begins "Tell us about something you do for the pleasure of it."

  

  . Life is for living. Below you'll find an article that was published in March 2004 in the Boston Globe. After you read it you'll know why I love ... Sorry for the blog vacation guys. We're scrambling to get ahead in

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 15, 2005
• Blog / IAP

  Montreal a.k.a my awesome birthday blog a.k.a the end of IAP Photo's! Adventure! It's like a comic book, but real!

  

  spooling (unless you're the one I tried to print to in the Student Center....grumble grumble), and all this can only mean one thing. The MIT machine is back in ... honestly can't decide if that would've been worse). But once we settled in to

  • by Chris M. '12
  • February 27, 2009
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  places at mit (favorite) places (to work/study)

  

  enough time here, you'd know exactly what that route looks like. In ... MIT's campus can be pretty daunting for someone first visiting. All ... , right? Nope, they're not. If you took a student-guided tour here, a common

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • July 27, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  living having the time of my life

  

  " align="aligncenter" width="768"] you can never go wrong with soy sauce ... people, I’ve “defroshed”. I’m starting to see cracks in the system I can ... jaded from life in general? When new things no longer excite you

  • by Anika H. '26
  • May 10, 2023
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Goodnight Moon Or: The Senior Who Desperately Tries to Put Off Bedtime By Saying Goodnight to Every…

  

  way that you might love the gym. You go in all excited to be healthy and ... cocoon myself in a swathe of green bedsheets. But tonight is different ... before the last first day of my time here at MIT. To put that in less

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • September 7, 2016
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  318 memorial drive a historical rabbit hole

  

  the right, we can see MIT's iconic Great Dome. In the center, as we all ... Back in November, after our adventure visiting every stop on the MBTA ... . However, in the process of doing research for it, I read a book titled

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • January 22, 2021
• Blog / Events

  Weekend Off What happens to an MIT student when the firehose gets turned off temporarily?

  

  ? Prepare to dance on sore legs. SAT test that morning? You can make it just ... Mentoring Social! You were probably wondering how I was going to tie this in ... . These are just a few of the questions we faced. How many of these can you

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • October 12, 2010