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• Blog / Featured Blogs

  The Holy Grail of Hacks Returns and everything it took to get there

  

  longer lasting. Talks of reviving Tetris started floating around at the end ... the project design requirement set at a lifespan of 10 years and an ... own chance to be bad at Tetris where all of Boston could see me. A small

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • May 3, 2026
• Blog / How to Human

  staying in touch people are great <3

  

  bed watching Netflix, but...at the end of the day, i was really grateful ... meet a lot of people in classes/at random events that you can lose touch ... i'm taking this course called "The Science of Well-Being" on Coursera

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • May 12, 2020
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  On sleep There's nothing certain in this world but sleep and taxes.

  

  it is possible to get an adequate amount of sleep at MIT, as long as ... their best work. You're welcome to do that too. Lots of people at MIT are ... of the day except approximately 6-8 AM. The upside at MIT is that, due

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • November 7, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Lost in the Pages of the Institute are we out of the woods yet, are we in the clear yet

  

  remember that in the few moments of time I tried my hand at creating music ... -I-will-this-is-what-I-came-here-for spirit that overtook me at the start of the semester. For me, this isn’t a ... and at the frat. There’s been the prospect of my first technical job

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • October 25, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Physics professors have a charming sense of humour Excerpts from relativity problem sets

  

  problems that involve infinitely stacked carts, people running at 80% of the speed of light, people falling into black holes, and people stretching out ... indoors from the rain. One of the classes I just finished taking is 8

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 23, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Year in Review blogs, bhangra, and a baby monkey

  

  for its signal of the year coming to an end and the promise of the new ... , cleaning out closets of last year’s coats and donating them, filing paperwork, going through old emails and cleaning up all of my computer desktops. And

  • by Kris Guay
  • December 22, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Missing Application Materials? What to do if your MyMIT tracking shows missing documents.

  

  action needed to be taken by you. You are at no disadvantage of your ... document. At this time, however, you should not send additional copies of ... finished processing all of the application materials submitted for early

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 10, 2010
• Blog / Athletics

  Support MIT Sports!! Vote for MIT Crew!

  

  fast. Crew at MIT is one of the largest sports, and our only Division 1 ... for "Crew of the Week" and you can all help our crew team be recognized ... little support! For those of you unfamiliar, Crew is sort of a big deal

  • by Chris M. '12
  • April 24, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Leaves, Strawberries, Doors Pictures of campus, faculty dinner, another door. (7 pictures)

  

  , and more. One of the dinner tables at ZBT; in this picture, you can ... (small) collection of photos of doors at MIT, this from a room ... to turn as early a September, but only recently has most of the campus

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 5, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Orientation Wrap-Up Reason #457 why I love Orientation: I don't have to pay for food for a…

  

  your first week at MIT. Since Sam and Mitra both have covered many of ... welcomed the Class of '09 to MIT at Convocation, so I guess you can say she ... So Orientation is pretty much also a week of free food. The saying

  • by Bryan
  • September 4, 2005
• Blog / Events

  CPW 2008 @ MIT – Awesomeness Guaranteed (Guest Entry) On things that other colleges (namely their dean of admissions) will never letyou do.

  

  to cut out any part of it. Feel free to just look at the pictures. So ... was pretty crowded. There was a ton of awesome stuff to look at ... the folks who design all of the coolest computing projects at MIT

  • by Snively '11
  • April 17, 2008
• Blog / Events

  The Igs Where Science meets Silly. Hello Silly!

  

  little home of MIT and Harvard. The ceremonies traditionally take place at ... I'll assume that we've all heard of the Nobel Prizes, yes? Perfect, now how about the Ig Nobels? The Ig Nobels are a humorous offshoot of

  • by Snively '11
  • January 15, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT ISEF Reception MIT will be present at the Intel International Science & Engineering Fair in Albuquerque this…

  

  Class of 2011 at ISEF, we'll be having a breakfast gathering on Thursday ... with a dozen of the 20+ MIT 2010s at Intel ISEF. The table at dinner. In ... , I got to visit many of the finalists and their projects. Anneke '10 at

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 12, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The rest of my life is a black hole. But not the fascinating kind that's the topic of extensive astrophysical…

  

  to try to figure out what's at the edge of the universe. Is there a ... The next few months of my life are pretty well planned out. I'm going ... there. But mostly I'll be taking classes. Thesis Do a lot of work and

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 24, 2009
• Blog / Challenges

  what are we to do? we are not helpless in the face of injustice.

  

  the student center. now i am looking at the lists of names. i download ... lives. one of the students at my table said: "i'm scared, but i have to ... at my randomly-assigned table with -- who? faculty from various

  • by Allan K. '17
  • July 13, 2016
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Visiting the Museum of Science science is cool

  

  the Museum of Science in Boston this past Sunday. I love museums, and ... outside of the Museum of Science on a Boston Duck Tour before the tour guide ... . When we got there, the first thing I noticed was that there were a lot of

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • February 27, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Burning questions A lot of people had questions!

  

  /convenience stores on campus, lunch at one of the lunch dining halls, and, since my ... about roommates" thing. There are actually a lot of singles at MIT (one of ... admissions stuff, but I got tired of typing and went to eat a piece of

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • January 21, 2006
• Blog / Extracurriculars

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

  

  to look right back at you in the eye. That's one longwinded way of ... of beautiful photos to look back at and reminisce about.  But most ... Things pick up pace real quick once the semester starts. At times, it

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

  Admitted Student Gatherings

  

  Hi! I’m Brenna Heintz, one of the Admissions Counselors here at MIT ... of the events. Saturday Spend an afternoon at the Art Institute of ... evening reception at the home of an MIT Alum. Join the MIT Club of

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • March 19, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Oh The Things I’ve Seen Warning: Hold on to your socks

  

  a ton of movies, tv shows, and plays to fill my visual cortex! As such, here is a complete listing of all the moving picture shows I’ve viewed in ... House Lie to Me Bones Men of a Certain Age The Game Meet the Browns Numb3

  • by Cydnie T. '12
  • February 9, 2011