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• Blog / Challenges

  Happy Valley and the Sandusky Scandal Penn State, Joe Paterno, State College: the stories you've heard and the town—my hometown—behind them.

  

  was founded in 1855 it was called the Farmers' High School of ... school with a graduating class of 570 students. Most State High graduates ... students) of their peers from other Pennsylvania high schools (—which does

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • August 5, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Post-engagement, pre-Bahamas An exciting week!

  

  regard to our engagement. If you are a person who likes this sort of thing ... 've been saving pictures of things I like and sticking them in there for ... Museum of Science today to check out the reception site. Hanging in the

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 2, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  PSA: the app is live for freshman

  

  The MIT freshman application for the prospective Class of 2022 is now ... ;   You know what to do. Be yourself. Be good to others. Take care of your business, but try not to worry too much. Remember the difference

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 10, 2017
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Engineers Assemble! It's not a double-post, it's a franchise

  

  's golf ball plan to stop the oil leak off the coast of Louisiana? He said ... assistance. Chu, in turn, has assembled a team of five “extraordinarily ... Slocum, MIT Professor of Mechanical Engineering (and 2.007 Design and

  • by Dave McOwen
  • May 16, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Ack, finals!

  

  pictures of the new 5th East kitten on it. While I am busy in testing hell ... Sorry for my lack of posting lately. This is just a notice to say that I will probably not be posting anything of substance here until at

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • December 19, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  Kindred Spirits or, "Making Friends"

  

  already knew a good number of my classmates from high school or from the ... people In Real Life has always kind of freaked me out to some (albeit small ... topic of conversation, and how much sleep I got the previous night. Not

  • by Allan K. '17
  • September 19, 2013
• Blog / About Decisions

  I asked people at MIT what they were doing for Pi Day 2025 something is rising... 3/14/25 at 6:28 PM ET

  

  digits of pi? Or maybe there's a mysterious tradition that even I don ... ) "On the 14th of March, MMXXV, The High Elders foretold a cursed festivity. The Moon shall glow ablaze, like a dragon’s eye, A drop of scalding

  • by Jebby B. '25
  • March 7, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Schedilemmas Schedule + dilemma = most incompetent-sounding portmanteau ever

  

  , pika rush* coincides with the first week of school, injecting sunbursts ... marathon? Nobody, that's Who. *At MIT, the first week of school is reserved ... - Intro to Comparative Media Studies. Offers an overview of the social

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • September 7, 2009
• Blog / Athletics

  Miscellany In which I talk about my life and Fancy sportsball DNA folk songs

  

  much school spirit came out of nowhere, and I hope somebody who went ends ... today, so there's still plenty of time to jump on the bandwagon and offer ... school know, because they are/were huge fans of Lil B. My second thought

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • November 22, 2014
• Blog / Classes

  thing that have changed not my class year...pls god i want to be a freshman forever

  

  lived in a dorm, participated in lots of student activites, and went to ... using Notion to track all my class assignments. i feel very on top of ... of stressing out about it like i did last year. i'm happy doing things

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • September 12, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Recycle, Reuse, (Map) Reduce? Jackpot, baby!

  

  friend Kevin upon learning of this: "That's not fair." Many schools and ... 't get my butt out of this chair, then I guess it's business as usual ... that grease, dust, and oil be added to that list, at least for those of

  • by Cam T. '13
  • June 10, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Blogging About Blogging CAPTAIN FAFSA!

  

  , and to stay out of business that belongs to you and only you. This is ... (more specifically, Matt McGann and Ben Jones) were two of the speakers ... high school counselors signed up to listen to Matt's and Ben

  • by Snively '11
  • February 6, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Mind and hand

  

  As some of you probably know, MIT's motto is "Mens et manus", which is Latin for "Mind and hand". Now, in most cases, a school motto isn't particularly meaningful. It's a slogan that sounds cute. In the case of MIT, I

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • February 3, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  NACAC Conference Wrap-up from the national admissions conference.

  

  For the past three days, I was at the conference of the National Association of College Admission Counseling (NACAC). NACAC is the primary ... many ideas, and having learned something new. This year, some of the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 26, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  I didn’t know a lot coming into MIT why does it feel so embarrassing to learn

  

  clouds a lot of my experiences. In high school, I honestly used to get most ... One of the most embarrassing memories I have happened during a summer program in high school. We had an introductory class teaching us how to use

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • September 10, 2026
• Blog / Academics & Research

  It’s been 3 weeks the firehose is still alive and kicking

  

  storyteller I possibly could be. High school was a period of full bloom for me ... to school—a twenty-minute walk that involved lots of long, grim ... the walls of my school were visible. It was at the edge of this field

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • February 25, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  ‘Just Chillax’ [about your college essays] My little brother is wicked smaht.

  

  'd offer a bit of unsolicited advice (but puh-leeze, you know you want it ... offer a statistic for those of you obsessing over the "chance me" threads ... To those of you who sent in your early apps - congrats! You're done

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • November 22, 2010
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  A Different Voice some words about MIT, by someone who's not me

  

  kids. kids who start their own businesses at nineteen, twenty years old ... ’re just kids. our jokes are a mix of violence and bathroom humor and we ... making stone-cold mistakes about all of them. we’re still growing up

  • by Allan K. '17
  • November 24, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Reflecting on 10 Years and Lessons Learned Happy Birthday, MIT Blogs!

  

  senior year of high school, and everything that came with it - classes ... , and have success in college and beyond. 1. Senior Year of High School ... find them! School will inevitably become busy, and difficult, and

  • by Kim D. '09
  • August 7, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Being an Intern (And being an adult)

  

  school.)   * Some of you are probably wondering exactly what my ... . It’s already exposed me to a lot, some of which doesn’t even have to do ... their colleagues, discussing anecdotes of their families, children, or

  • by Selam G. '18
  • June 22, 2015