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• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Why Apply? Putting your hat in the ring if you're not so sure

  

  myself to you. The ghosts of Uncle Labs and Beatriz have haunted me all ... now be both the most newbie admissions counselor/blogger and the new Bea ... radar (or I've created the perfect search terms to draw you here or one of

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • September 9, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Photos of Freshman Spring 📸 My attempt to take a photo a day for an entire semester.

  

  . They had little booklets at the front of the library for children to log ... , since I was still learning what my limits were outside of PNR. But at ... The summer before college was my last summer of being 18, and thus my

  • by Fiona L. '27
  • October 31, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  a house tour of mit sororities! meet aphi, axo, and theta

  

  Welcome to a tour of three MIT sorority houses! Believe it or not, sorority life is a thriving community here at MIT, with about ⅓ of ... few of our sorority houses here at MIT. Thanks for coming along!

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • February 21, 2025
• Blog / Community Projects

  [Guest Post] Because Racecar, Friendships, and Family By Monica C. '25: "What I’ve learned about being an engineer, friend, and teammate by…

  

  , and we placed 9th at our most recent competition out of 90 teams. Our ... Motorsports is a combination of all the things I love most about being at MIT ... post of his own about his time on the team, so now we’re bringing it full

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • July 31, 2025
• Blog / How to Human

  A Cautionary Tale of Two Students You may be surprised by how many first year students at MIT believe that they…

  

  mention that now? You may be surprised by how many first year students at ... surprisingly is the number of students applying to MIT that cling to that Hollywood fantasy. NEWSFLASH... NO ONE MAKES IT AT MIT/COLLEGE (OR IN LIFE

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • November 22, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2.007 Competition Tomorrow Better than Battlebots! 2.007 competition tomorrow!

  

  Alright everyone, tomorrow and Wednesday are the days I am SURE you have been waiting for. In the Johnson Athletic Center at 6:30 pm, we will be having the first round of the 2.007 competition. Wednesday at 7

  • by Melis A. '08
  • May 15, 2006
• Blog / IAP

  A Day in the Life (of IAP)

  

  fair held at MIT, but it's one of the more interesting ones. (In the ... Yesterday was the final Friday of IAP. IAP went by so quickly, and sadly I missed most of it! Determined to not completely miss out on IAP

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 29, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Lobby 7 Gotta love it

  

  sessions of more than one student dance troupe late at night.  I’ve heard the ... Here’s a little tribute to lobby 7. Since my start at MIT in January ... coffee cup in hand, along with a horde of students and tourists, and I

  • by Kris Guay
  • October 12, 2011
• Blog / How to Human

  Skill Issues (spoiler alert: i've got them)

  

  ’m kind of painfully bad at chess right now. I’m also incredibly sucky at ... recognizing and accepting that I can be really bad at things was one of the most ... requires a lot of concentration (at least on my part). Everyone knows the

  • by Shorna A. '25
  • June 29, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  What do you do for fun around here? What,this isn't fun to you?

  

  A friend of mine ended up studying lit at a nearby college here in ... . As I walked her around the myriad of different labs that serve host to mechanical wonders in various states of disarray, blabbing incessantly about

  • by Chris M. '12
  • December 9, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  The kindest cut Blog and night and red all over.

  

  DID YOU KNOW? One of the top 20 Scrabble players in the country, and the #1 ranked scrabble player in all of Massachusetts, is a sophomore at ... the dishes, I cut the dickens out of my finger. Mad props to Mitra for

  • by Sam M. '07
  • February 6, 2006
• 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 / 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 / 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 / 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 / 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 / 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 / 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