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• 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 / Miscellaneous

  deep talks , strange person

  

  at MIT...and surrounded by my friends. I attribute this to general boredom and copious amounts of free time; binge-watching TV shows alone ... to message and video call different groups of people. Part of it might

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • May 8, 2020
• Blog / Events

  Boston’s 3rd of July It's almost a holiday, but not quite.

  

  beautiful prose and various other forms of media. I left the dorm at 5:30 PM ... of whom were very nice. At around 7 o'clock the loudspeakers came on ... Casey at the Bat I really enjoyed this part of the performance, it was an

  • by Snively '11
  • July 4, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Science Times

  

  . Demaine, an assistant professor of computer science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, is the leading theoretician in the emerging field of origami mathematics, the formal study of what can be done with a folded

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 15, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Every Piece of Media I Consumed in My First Week of Class that was relevant to my studies, i guess

  

  comics. We looked at: Action Comics #1, the debut of Superman Lois ... , talking about the importance of the context of data, looking at what is ... This semester, I'm taking a wide array of classes, from music to

  • by Cami M. '23
  • February 13, 2023
• Blog / Events

  Bill Gates It looks like you're trying to inspire philanthropy...

  

  and service, topics that obviously resonate here at MIT. You only have to look at the work of the D-LAB, Jameel Poverty Action Lab, One Laptop ... examples of how MIT students are already involved in making the world a

  • by Dave McOwen
  • April 21, 2010
• Blog / Events

  And It’s Over! The end of the madness

  

  Congratulations to the Evil Midnight Bombers What Bomb at Midnight. They found the Mystery Hunt Coin at 8:28 PM tonight. They're a great team of MIT alums; lots of really smart people. They actually won the hunt 2

  • by Evan B. '10
  • January 20, 2008
• FAQ / Life and culture

  Is MIT a diverse community?

  At MIT diversity isn’t simply a word, it is an integral part of the ... reality. The mission of the MIT Institute Community & Equity Office ... and empowers everyone to learn and do their best at MIT.
• FAQ / First-year application

  I’m a high school student taking college classes. Do I apply for transfer admission?

  If you are still in high school, you are considered a first-year applicant regardless of how many classes you have taken at the university ... finished high school and who will have completed at least one year of college
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Systems and Light [by Miren Bamforth '15] Even MIT's art scene is a little nerdy.

  

  different facets of art here at MIT, followed by some casual chitchat about ... are hung. Some of the pictures are of work that Haacke did at his studio ... [By Miren Bamforth ‘15] On behalf of the four other freshmen

  • by ARTalk
  • October 28, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A poem for every day of August or nearly; I wrote 25 in all

  

  poem each week.  At the end of July, inspired by my friend Sophia W ... books, from a tiny copy of The Rubaiyat bound in leather, to a weathered e e cummings collection, to W. S. Merwin’s Shadows of Sirius found in a

  • by Amber V. '24
  • September 5, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Checking My Calendar I know I'll eat my words come late September, but I'm looking forward to three…

  

  is a snapshot of a week in February 2009, when I was at MIT, while the bottom is a snapshot of the same week in February 2010, when I was at the ... the clock at MIT and getting several full nights of sleep a week at

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • August 17, 2010
• Blog / How to Human

  Procrastination in the Time of Corona i have so much time and so many ways to procrastinate my work

  

  get ahead on work. And I'm one of the lucky ones - I'm at my parents ... exhausting place to live in at the moment, and the stress of even just looking at the news every day really takes a lot out of you. So here's some of

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • March 24, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Harbinger of Doom, Despair, and Knowledge: PSETS Don't worry, not as bad as they sound.

  

  of me even scoffed at the transient notion that this would take any significant time at all. "They're already on number 4 out of 5" I said to myself ... thinking. Lets take a look at another one" Panic. All. Of. The. Problems

  • by Chris M. '12
  • May 3, 2011
• Blog / Athletics

  the fear and delight of fire spinning do not this at home! I am a trained (semi?)professional.

  

  fire and manipulate. It consists of at least one wick, and a handling end ... and shape of the wick, as well as the speed you’re spinning it at. Here ... ’s also the crazy talented people who spin a lot of props and are good at

  • by Anika H. '26
  • June 21, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  a season of secondhand joy on mudita and vicarious delight

  

  hey. it's christmas season in mit. i was never a big fan of christmas ... so happens that christmas coincides with the end of the fall semester, which is the second-best time of the semester. mit has several a capella

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 12, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Loose Ends A chronology of happenings.

  

  are meeting at Toscanini's (an ice cream joint at the intersection of ... decisions and dealing with the mail mixup. But it's been one of my better ... morning, I decided I'd go to the middle of nowhere in Maine for brunch. I

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • December 16, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT EA Decisions To Be Posted Thursday, 12/15/16, at 6:28PM ET

  

  decisions online next Thursday, 12/15/16, at Tau Time (i.e. 6:28PM ET). To ... mymitpassword [at] mit [dot] edu with your full name and mailing address. But ... . However, following the release of admissions decisions, we will be mailing

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 7, 2016
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT EA Decisions To Be Posted Wednesday, 12/16/15, at 6:28PM ET

  

  Action decisions online next Wednesday, 12/16/15, at Tau Time (i.e. 6:28PM ... mymitpassword [at] mit [dot] edu with your full name and mailing address. But ... . However, following the release of admissions decisions, we will be mailing

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 8, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT EA Decisions To Be Posted Saturday, 12/13/14, at 15:16 ET

  

  , 12/13/14, at 15:16 (3:16PM) ET. To check your decision on the 13th ... mymitpassword [at] mit [dot] edu with your full name and mailing address. But ... . However, following the release of admissions decisions, we will be mailing

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 5, 2014