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• Blog / How to Human

  a week of summer ft. cafes, lab, and assorted thoughts

  

  , and/or see people. I love the cafe in the morning. Classical music ... anyone can reach without a latter. Some are old and crumbly, but many are ... yet unwritten, the ending not set in stone. I left with two characters

  • by Amber V. '24
  • August 8, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  Some comments on topics of interest

  

  impressive, and not at all expected. You can get a special "Commonwealth ... , just to see what's happening in the exciting world of high schoolers and ... last month, in the Parents' Forum, which was discussing Marilee Jones

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • January 7, 2006
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Waitlisted

  

  students in the coming weeks and months - about how our process works, what you need to do if you are still interested in MIT, and so forth. In the ... This year well over 18,000 students applied to MIT, the most in our

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2012
• Blog / Personal Projects

  Poemtober! the only thing harder than writing is not writing

  

  out of you to found another race. in the myths it's always unwillingly ... would be. how very many lives you must be able to hold in your hands, if ... hands hold yours? [gift] you can hand me so much with your words

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • November 17, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  Peace Out, 2005 Saying goodbye to a great year!

  

  2005 in Review Being in college manages to teach you a lot of life lessons. Some you would prefer not to learn, but in the long run, I'm sure I ... . Work is included in that, but you need to be able to sometimes take a

  • by Bryan
  • December 31, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Milk, Cookies and Dangerous Secrets Somewhere at the cloying helm of exponential senselessness (weird post incoming)

  

  , we celebrated Milk’s nineteenth birthday. (Can you spot Milk? He lives ... Mass. Ave, swathed in darkness that small glowing arcs from streetlights ... whistling through the air, striking fast-paced pedestrians clad in sweatshirts

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • October 29, 2013
• Blog / Challenges

  There’s a Story in Which My Eyes Shut Am I changed enough?

  

  , wrinkled button-downs. In the time intervals uninterrupted by traffic, the river was blinding. At this moment, you could've told me I was anywhere in ... August. I was sitting in Killian Court alone. The sun was sharp

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • October 25, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  major uncertainty switch 2 A 6-2?

  

  blog about how a lack of direction can be a sense of solace in a way, and ... compensation, newfound freedom in class selection Last April, I declared my ... really wanted to major in. Too many cool things at this school... how could

  • by Waly N. '24
  • January 2, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  One Week Robot and sports and owls, oh my

  

  , have no time limit.  They can quickly fling a black hole in the middle of ... now we finally get to see the parts in real life. If you haven’t seen an ... to wrap up.  At least when you take an exam you know that, for better

  • by Taylor V. '19
  • December 9, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Every class I’ve taken at MIT RANKED!

  

  't like some of your introductory classes for your major, you can still love ... semesters?!?! Why not?? Learn that language you’ve always been interested in ... gives you a crash course in so many topics: the rocket equations, power

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • April 26, 2025
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Brass Rat 2016 tunnels, arc reactors, and skycranes

  

  youthful prefrosh full of joy and excitement can seem a long way away. Ring ... in all of us. It’s the event where the Brass Rat for each class is ... - but the Brass Rat is one of the few exceptions. From the direction you

  • by Michael C. '16
  • February 8, 2014
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  The Scholar, Episode 2 A few thoughts on last night's episode of the reality television show "The Scholar"...

  

  education programs (thank you, Intel!). Some nice footage from its science ... neediness in terms of paying for college, are from middle class families. I ... underrepresented group in American universities is low income students) Trivia. The

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 14, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  61 Photos from my Time at MIT from freshman to senior year

  

  wall painting! Whenever I can, I try to visit my sister in suburban ... , I moved far into the Boston suburbs with my partner. As you can see ... you can't do art—my friend and I made a mural from stickers one night

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 3, 2018
• FAQ / Transfer

  How do I apply as a veteran?

  If you are a veteran and interested in learning in any way, shape, or form at MIT, please know that we appreciate your interest and thank you ... veterans, service members, and their dependents. If you were a high
• FAQ / First-year application

  What are the deadlines for first-year applicants?

  taken before November 30. If you receive new exam results after you submit the application, you are still able to add them by following the “Add new test scores” link in the application portal. The deadline for
• Blog / Study Abroad

  Haiti Day 3: Koumon ou rele? Which is Haitian Creole for "What's your name?"

  

  software - and how these programs can be improved in the future. After the ... 't stifling. Today was stifling. Today was sauna in an oven on the sun. Sweat ... away. In fact, he even began adding his own contributions to the project

  • by Jess K. '10
  • April 28, 2010
• Blog / How to Human

  Goal Setting a learning process

  

  [/caption] As you can probably tell, I SUCK at reading over the summer. Other than ... [/caption] As you can see, I literally gave up that first summer, and really did ... do them[/caption] Freshman summer, as you can probably tell, I didn

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • September 4, 2020
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Harvard Square Photoblog Complete with funny captions. At least, I think they're funny. You be the judge.

  

  delicious dim sum with friends in Chinatown. After gorging ourselves on ... in the downtown Borders (walking away with Ringworld, The Left Hand of ... Mass Ave, practically in view of home...and then I got distracted by the

  • by Paul B. '11
  • July 26, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  Admitted Students Parties Update Stories from the parties today; more stories, and questions answered, tomorrow.

  

  over. You can guess which school I will attend after that conversation ... 's Admitted Students Parties. Tomorrow, I hope to answer questions. So, in the ... schools jointly occupied the position of "dream school." I included both in

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 31, 2007
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Dudamel On music and becoming an old man

  

  Late in February, my friend Ashley '12 forwarded me a notice titled "Dudamel - Open Rehearsal" and asked if I would be interested in attending ... !") but we squeezed and "sorry! excuse me!"d our way in. Flipping through

  • by Anna H. '14
  • April 15, 2014