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• FAQ / Prepare for MIT

  Will I receive AP/IB college credit?

  coursework through programs like the AP, IB, PSEO, EPGY, and many more alphabet ... challenged themselves in high school and have taken advantage of their ... learn a lot, and we're going to think that when you come to MIT you
• Blog / Athletics

  [Guest Post] A Note to the Class of ‘28 by Andre H. ‘24

  

  This year, Jeremy, Nikki, and I were in charge of the Admitted Student Welcome and Closing Show—two of the flagship events of CPW. Jeremy ... invite a student leader to help set the tone for the weekend and welcome

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • May 21, 2024
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Is This All I Ever Will Be? on friendships

  

  tw: slight nsfw language and talk of objectification and ... of three girls I hung out with a lot and I felt like I understood them ... inevitably fell out and started on our different paths. In my freshman year of

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 20, 2022
• Blog / Classes

  the hardest you’ve ever worked the firehose strikes again

  

  , as I hurried down the Infinite and out into the cold. “Junior year is ... .67 classes and a UROP all at once again (because come sophomore fall I’d take six classes and a UROP instead, and join several new communities, and

  • by Amber V. '24
  • December 14, 2022
• Blog / Classes

  Sophomore Fall Goals So you can bully me when I write a post saying they didn't work out

  

  low points, but it takes a certain amount of humility and retrospect to not sound like an ass in doing so. I've got them all written down, and once I've had a chance to reflect and forgive myself for stupid mistakes

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • August 11, 2022
• Blog / People & Identities

  an anime fan’s dilemma am I a weeb? please GOD say yes

  

  friends"]60+ days[/annotation] of anime and have read tens of thousands of ... episode by myself—the few series I consumed here and there were with other people, and rarely, at that. So now that I'm home and fangirling intensely

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • April 15, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Calculating a Quantitative Snapshot of Fall Semester Skip to the end for a picture of peas

  

  apparently like listening to Stomp Pop and Brostep?), I’ve compiled some interesting(?) and noteworthy(??) statistics from my fall semester in a ... that I closed my eyes to go to sleep and the moment that I woke up. There

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • December 20, 2015
• Blog / Challenges

  Misery Loves Company: Part 1 You might fit in at MIT if...

  

  while I clean up this potential PR disaster; if I don't, Chris and Dave ... to dislike. You tell people you don't really like bacon and they tell you they're going to steal your firstborn and hold him hostage until you

  • by Cam T. '13
  • September 19, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  What YOU’RE Doing This Summer! (2010 Edition!) yay pictures!

  

  pictures and stories of groupwork: From Louis, '14, New York City A photo from Peru after 4 days working to clear the yard of bricks, hills, and ... something in the lot, Teaching English to a class (and watching them sing "I

  • by Chris S. '11
  • September 9, 2010
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  You gotta have stuff Places to get different kinds of stuff around campus. And rudimentary directions, too!

  

  downloaded from iTunes and buying furniture for the new apartment to do a ... Transportation Authority is here and Google Maps is here. Learn to love these ... on the internet figuring out where my favorite stores and restaurants

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • May 6, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Home sweet violet capital of Ohio We didn't see a stuffed whale, but we did see a bunch of primates. Nonhuman…

  

  trip to Rome or Sweden, and I'm not going anywhere like Chocolate World ... -graduation trip to the Bahamas -- he's been raised in a hard-core ski family, and ... , Adam and I landed ourselves an all-expenses-paid vacation to Pickerington

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • March 30, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  This week’s Questions Omnibus

  

  am brief and to the point with my answers! Questions answered by ... , my date of birth, and the words 'supplemental materials.' " Fabrice ... just email them and not post on a blog :) " Thanks, Fabrice, that

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 15, 2005
• Blog / Advice

  It’s cool to care but maybe care a little less

  

  One. In October 2017, I left home and lived on my own for several ... , and the pain was still there. I felt hot. I held my hand against my neck, and felt warmth radiating through my palm. I would've grabbed a

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • September 26, 2021
• Blog / How to Food

  LET ME COOOOOOOK 🍳🍳🍳 I am stupidly excited about learning this Basic Life Skill, and not ashamed to admit…

  

  “On a scale from one to ten, where one is ‘Eat to Live,’ and ten is ... a fancy restaurant in Republic Square, Yerevan, after I and some other ... restaurant downtown, or indulge in desserts. I’m easily tempted with cake and

  • by Fiona L. '27
  • September 16, 2024
• Blog / Blog Projects

  a time capsule of east campus multi-media, community-built

  

  and tightly wound up in my thoughts. this blog overwhelmed me because i ... world, and people sent in truly wonderful digital artifacts, so i eventually dusted off my blog draft document and got to it. i hope you enjoy

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • November 12, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Monologuing a mock-up for the MITMonologues

  

   Monologues themselves and some written pieces, but since last year our pieces are all ... MITMo last year and I love this post so definitely give that a read. This year I decided to write another monologue to give at the performance, and

  • by Paige B. '24
  • December 13, 2022
• Blog / People & Identities

  experiences, or the lack thereof flailing around in a sea of adjectives trying to find the noun

  

  't name, I open up a blank Wordpress file and start typing. It barely feels ... stops I look at the words I've typed and I see my own vomit on a screen ... tab and don't reopen it for a year. i've been thinking a lot about race

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • July 13, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  Summiting Mount Monadnock camping trip!

  

  through Boston's suburbs blossoming with fall colors and making pit-stops at a camera store in Malden to buy film, then Texas Roadhouse, and lastly ... frolicked in the forest to collect firewood and climb trees.  As twilight

  • by Victor D. '27
  • October 18, 2025
• Blog / IAP

  So, What Exactly Happens? y'know, over IAP?

  

  food places, the aquarium, the coffee shop 5 billion times, and then I ... some form of a "month-long winter break". And it isn't not a winter break ... could try (and likely be unsuccessful in) compiling a list of activities

  • by Paige B. '24
  • February 2, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Tips for applying to UROPs

  

  UROP stands for "Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program" and it ... D students, and grad students on their research projects during the semester and/or summer. You can even get paid for it, which is awesome. [caption

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • January 30, 2023