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• Blog / How to Human

  Take Care of Us asking for change

  

  simultaneously trying to be kind to the institution that gives me the privilege of ... 's only fair that I talk about how this school is decaying my mental health with every day that comes and I want it to change. For those of you who

  • by Cami M. '23
  • April 12, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  Summary of CPW 2006 CPW 2006

  

  experience in all the labs on campus. It's one of the many things that make MIT unlike any other school in the world. As a freshman, you can work in the lab of a Nobel Laureate, get a paper published, and go to professional

  • by Melis A. '08
  • April 11, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  FAQ for Maker Portfolios You have questions - I have answers!

  

  This post has been updated as of October 2018 to reflect new ... lot of questions about the new Maker Portfolio supplement on the MIT ... information about all of our supplements and portfolios on the MIT Admissions

  • by Dr. Dawn '04, MS '06, PhD '11
  • October 1, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  The ________ Outdoors What do you think goes in the blank?

  

  wind up staying overnight in a terminal, or sleeping in the trunk of my car trapped on the road in 8 degree weather because there's 4 inches of ... , whose only concept of the outdoors is an item that is outside the

  • by Chris M. '12
  • June 10, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  New kid on the block

  

  Laureates (only 15 fewer than MIT, no biggie- notice the new sense of humor I ... of DNA was discovered (I am a biology major, I have to throw that in ... past 10 years (CME) and I am proud to be one of the students on the

  • by Linh V. '13
  • February 9, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Art and Craft of Taking Notes ...take note.

  

  One of the habits I developed in high school is carrying a notebook and pen wherever I go. It's kind of like a journal, but I don't exactly ... high school. I'm also kind of old-fashioned-hipster-ish about notebooks

  • by Allan K. '17
  • October 1, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  a state of moving ny --> ma, macg adventures

  

  Macgregor Wind Tunnel Strikes Back -- The design of Macgregor serves as a ... . Instead of having an actual intro, I'll cut to the exciting stuff. So, here ... MIT, I took a train, which was a rather nice mode of transportation

  • by Waly N. '24
  • April 5, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Lunch with Madam President Guess who I got to eat lunch with today?

  

  this is very cool in and of itself -- there are not too many schools in ... apart from other schools. A short list of the topics we discussed at ... hopefully none of my professors themselves will ever hit the blog when they

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • November 18, 2005
• FAQ / Life and culture

  Is MIT a diverse community?

  At MIT diversity isn’t simply a word, it is an integral part of the ... school like MIT may seem like only a dream, there are many students ... reality. The mission of the MIT Institute Community & Equity Office
• Blog / How to Human

  The Art of Scheduling breaking and forming habits

  

  -time, and did all sorts of [annotation note="including but not limited to ... have a lot of "free time", free in the sense that you don't have that ... juggling classes, DormCon, and other dorm obligations, I had a fair amount of

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • September 5, 2019
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

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

  

  interest in art in his last year of high school and resolves to get into art ... and struggling to obtain for all of high school. I wondered if a daily ... The summer before college was my last summer of being 18, and thus my

  • by Fiona L. '27
  • October 31, 2024
• 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…

  

  post of his own about his time on the team, so now we’re bringing it full ... Motorsports, a team that builds, designs, and competes a Formula style electric ... from the design stage to two annual competitions in May and June, where

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • July 31, 2025
• Blog / Events

  TBT: The Science of Chocolate The school down the street does cool things

  

  outside the MIT bubble is an important part of being a student here!) One of the best things about going to school at MIT is that you get to live ... 's always a TON of things going on. Since it's my senior year and I have this

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • April 9, 2015
• Blog / Blog Projects

  MIT for Book Lovers Yultide Day 4

  

  This week, I am fulfilling my dream of taking over the Admissions page with a series of six consecutive posts. I am calling the takeover ... for book lovers: MIT and the Greater Boston area have plenty to offer

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • January 29, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Class of 2009 note #1

  

  schools where their email address is some garbled mess of intials and ... on its way to those who replied to us before the deadline. One of the coolest parts of the NBM is the Athena Account Coupon. The coupon will allow

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 5, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  So about those flip flops… snow part deux

  

  See my last entry about No Flip Flops Looks like the snow has finally arrived for real. Woke up this morning to these sights in tree-lined Brookline. This week: look forward to entries on designing a wind

  • by Bryan
  • December 4, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Meeting Neil deGrasse Tyson ASTRONOMERS! Learn to moonwalk. You'll need it some day.

  

  responding to various offerings of the universe made in these media. Twitter ... 's perception of science is changing. I was wondering if you could spend a few minutes talking about how scientists' perception of outreach is changing

  • by Anna H. '14
  • January 9, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  The real O.C. Travels in Southern California.

  

  crowd of lively juniors and seniors in the school theater. Friendly ... four more to go. On Wednesday, after a couple school visits, I had the ... of the Orange County ECs, having a nice picnic dinner. Directly

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 30, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  I’m a driver, I’m a winner Things are gonna change, I can feel it.

  

  those of you who know me can guess, the other six entrants were really no competition for me in the field of SPAM. Here's my award-winning speech. "My ... whole brevity thing." This is sure to be one of the prouder moments of my

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 26, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Why I do what I do A few reasons I'm still on this planet.

  

  high school, and I had lead roles in five of them. I made all-state choir ... of high school, I took Biology A with a fabulous teacher, and left the ... , a theatre/band/choir star in high school. I was the only person in my

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • February 24, 2006