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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  G(e)e^ks

  

  emailing lists for official announcements and such, have a "talk list", or "discuss list" for debates, flamewars, non-official announcements, and thoroughly random conversation. One of the largest and highest-traffic talk

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 15, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  App Reading In The Western ‘Burbs The little towns west of Cambridge are filled with history and charm, and are surprisingly…

  

  Thursday off (it was a holiday for MIT people). But Weds, Fri, Sat, and now ... though. He's been doing it forever and he's amazing. He'll look at files that it's taken me an hour to summarize and pull out all of the

  • by Ben Jones
  • November 14, 2004
• FAQ / Life and culture

  What’s the Infinite Corridor?

  , classrooms, and labs radiate from here. Whatever you do, stay to the right when traveling the corridor and note that pedestrian speed increases dramatically when classes let out. In mid-November and in late January every year
• FAQ / Life and culture

  What other student resources are available?

  MIT offers a myriad of health and well-being support resources for students. See the DoingWell site for more info.
• FAQ / First-year application

  Does MIT offer conditional admissions?

  MIT doesn't offer any special or conditional admissions. All first-year applicants fill out the same undergraduate application and meet the same testing requirements.
• FAQ / Life and culture

  Is there an International Student Association/Community?

  The International Student Association (ISA) was established to bring together the diverse international community at MIT and to support international causes on campus.  
• FAQ / Life and culture

  What’s the MIT motto?

  MIT's motto, mens et manus, translates from Latin to mind and hand. This motto reflects the educational ideals of MIT's founders who were promoting, above all, education for practical application.
• FAQ / Testing

  What tests do I have to take?

  If you are planning on applying to MIT and would like to see our testing requirements, please visit our Tests & scores page.
• FAQ / First-year application

  How do I list standardized test results?

  If you are planning on applying to MIT and would like to see our testing requirements, please visit our Tests and scores page. You are not ... . Instead, you will be asked to report exams you have taken or plan to take, and we
• FAQ / Transfer

  Does MIT require standardized tests for transfer applicants?

  We require the SAT or the ACT from first year and transfer applicants. Please visit our Tests & scores page for more complete details.
• FAQ / Afford

  How do I contact Student Financial Services?

  Contact information for Student Financial Services (including phone, fax, email, and mail) can be found on the SFS contact page.
• Blog / Personal Projects

  Walking the Kerry Way journal of my fourth day in Ireland

  

  It’s cold down here, and dark, so I’ll keep this one brief. I'm in ... when others are in the room. She has finally gone to sleep, and I ... , cereal, and toast, and the little plastic squares of jam that remind me of

  • by Amber V. '24
  • August 10, 2023
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  every book I read in 2022 all nine-plus of them

  

  rather difficult one, and remember all of the good books I found time to ... ’ve spent my fair share of time on Tumblr as a teen, and I went through a dark ... intrigue, mysticism, and references to the classics. Is it a little corny

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • January 8, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  knot again my spread for Infinite Magazine Issue 9

  

  Last summer, Kidist and I wrote about our experience with Infinite Magazine, MIT's fashion and design publication. Since then, little has changed, but a lot has happened. Kidist is still the editorial director, and

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • February 20, 2022
• Blog / Uncategorized

  field notes on all the fruit tending to plants, self, others

  

  housemate Kevin brought home a Meyer lemon and put it in our sunny living room, where it bloomed fragrantly, like jasmine, and grew bright yellow lemons I ... another one, and a monstera and a fiddle leaf fig and bamboo and some

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 18, 2021
• Blog / Personal Travel

  i ran out of social energy and other great ways to say no

  

  courtyard for rush, and this year is no different. in fact, i signed up to be ... engineering type things. i just thought i'd help out with writing and administrative things and stuff. and there's a decent amount of that, like writing

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • July 18, 2021
• Blog / CPW

  Who’s psyched? I’m psyched! It's gonna be stitchin'!

  

  'm actually getting a paycheck and have health insurance. Difference 2 - I am in a new house that my wife and I just finished building. Well, we didn ... 's brand new and we love it! We've been in it for about three weeks. There

  • by Snively '11
  • April 6, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  keeping interest a list of things i think are cool

  

  with my life and my time. I'm currently on a track at MIT to pursue EECS (Course 6-2) and Media Studies (CMS). Prior to coming to MIT, I swore I ... in my junior year of high school, hated it, and swore I'd never return

  • by Cami M. '23
  • April 4, 2020
• Blog / How to MIT

  A Comprehensive Guide to Course Lounges press F to pay respects to the entirety of course 21 and CMS

  

  , because we're edgy and unconventional, our equivalent to a regular college ... hang out, do their psets, and meet other people in their course. A few ... Course 6, I can firmly attest to the fact that our lounge sucks, and as a

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • May 27, 2019
• Blog / Classes

  just another manic wednesday yes, i am absolutely stealing from joon

  

  ever leaving a ~0.04 km^2 area. dis boi long, so buckle up (and feel free ... thursday, and damn am i ready to be home"]my flight home ... i do, tentative lines from a poem pop into my head. and a few more

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • May 15, 2019