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• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Shall We Dance? having two left feet is a thing of the past.

  

  mine and I decided to take advantage of free dance lessons offered at MIT ... information. One ballroom dance website had the lessons listed on Mondays and the other site had the lessons listed as occurring on Tuesdays and

  • by Bryan
  • July 22, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Decisions mailed;

  

  , and at a quarter to five, the mailman came to post the letters. Sadly, I ... , and the applications were simply fantastic. I'm sad that we have to ... tell you that the Admit Letter is 10" x 13", and the waitlist

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 11, 2005
• FAQ / Prepare for MIT

  What is Weekend Immersion in Science & Engineering?

  WISE (Weekend Immersion in Science and Engineering) is a three-day experience for rising seniors to learn what it is like to be an MIT student ... and from MIT. We strongly encourage students from underrepresented and
• FAQ / Life and culture

  What is Battlecode?

  that combines battle strategy, software engineering, and artificial ... contest for both beginner and advanced coders. It's a programming project ... many corporate sponsors), earn MIT course credit, consume free food, and
• FAQ / Academics and research

  Can anyone join the Experimental Study Group (ESG)?

  -year subjects of biology, chemistry, math, and physics through small, discussion ... floor of one of the central buildings on campus. Eleven staff members and ... , evening study sessions, and weekend trips.
• FAQ / Life and culture

  Is there a medical facility on campus?

  healthcare center serving the health and wellness needs of the entire MIT ... , affiliates, faculty, staff, post-doctoral fellows, retirees, and eligible ... services and medical specialties delivered by highly qualified health care
• FAQ / Life and culture

  Did an MIT grad start Khan Academy?

  Salman Khan '96 (18 & 6 and Class President!) and MEng '98, started the online learning phenomenon in 1993 when he started tutoring his ... relatives and friends were requesting help with their academics, so he started
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Infinite Magazine [joint post with Kidist A.]

  

  to reframe art, politics, culture, and aesthetics through the lens of fashion. It was launched in print and online in early 2018, with new issues ... span multiple pages."]spreads[/annotation] and articles that are unified

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • July 27, 2021
• Blog / Classes

  Simple Harmonic Motivation a time progression through the semester

  

  I rapidly switch between wanting to do something and not wanting to do anything at all, panic, and calm apathy, terror at the prospect of failing, and falling back on P/NR. Sometimes I just can’t find the

  • by Anika H. '26
  • December 8, 2022
• Blog / Summer

  the first day of work lessons i'm learning

  

  one. it's nice to have slack in your schedule. and by slack, i don ... subtle difference: buffer is inserted, slack is not. say alyssa and ben wanted to do a big task XYZ. they split it into three tasks, X, Y, and Z

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 25, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  love languages in the little things

  

  , and physical touch--are fine, but love can be found in so many places ... because everything is pink and heart-shaped. There are two categories of ... merch and heart-shaped objects. I hope you understand the effect that this

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • February 6, 2022
• Blog / Classes

  Eating Too Much Cake Just kidding, this post is about physics

  

  science for too long. I was walking along a riverbed and I was torn. I spent ... and eat up all my writing time. I didn’t want to go to MIT, because I ... would teach me more science than I’d get anywhere else.  So I went and

  • by Amber V. '24
  • September 25, 2020
• Blog / MISTI

  misti musings sugar, spice, and everything nice

  

  I’m three weeks into my MISTI, and I think I’ve pretty much got this ... , watch some Netflix and fall asleep. It’s mundane and boring and exactly ... to think, to really process things, to take a breather and, in the

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • June 28, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Summer in San Francisco Interning at PlayStation Network

  

  other words, the past three months were a completely new experience…and ... (quite frankly a little surprised) and 100% elated. This was an opportunity ... a city I hadn’t explored before, AND work 8-hour days with weekends

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • September 7, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  I’m sitting on my bed right now so sleepy

  

  with a friend; we drove through Cambridge and discovered a mutual ... undervalued - people seem to think it's too basic and simple and unexciting, but ... MIT campus. We sat on a bench outside, munched on cookies, and discussed

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 23, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  As I Was Saying… My second internship entry AKA "How I copy and pasted my way to a new…

  

  in the middle of my time in the GEL program and contemplating my ... experience by asking for more leadership opportunities and establishing a ... GEL staff and more than ten other fellow GEL students, in which we

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • July 26, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  The end of an era Veronica Mars was canceled. That, or the seniors left. Interpret the title as you will.

  

  On Saturday, I sat in the floor lounge and began writing this entry. Yeah, that was a few days ago. I was distracted by the front desk and its ... the bustling activity of the seniors packing up their belongings and

  • by Laura N. '09
  • June 13, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sorry 6.003 Wherein my senioritis starts getting just a little ridiculous.

  

  , you know that I have 6.003: Signals and Systems on Junior/Senior P ... print out a copy of this entry and submit that. So in 6.003 there are ... , a tenured and world-renowned professor will stand up in front of the

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 7, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  Making friends

  

  , and other activities I've done. However, I thought it might be fun to ... because we knew a lot of the same alums and kept turning up and the same alums' parties and talking. But I remember the first time I saw him. It

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 11, 2006
• Blog / Athletics

  Scootah Hockey a sport of tradition, friendship, and raw athleticism

  

  alive with the echoes of laughter and plastic pucks and the ritual shouts of “ON YOUR SCOOTAH!” This season, it was our fair and brave president ... Hockey. Scootah Hockey, while rich in history and strategy, is a simple

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • May 13, 2025