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• Blog / Admissions

  Listen to Admissions: Holly on applications, art, and action team an experiment in the sounds of admissions

  

  minutes later, my friend Holly responded and said that, duh, of course she ... Counselor for Communications, and she basically makes all of our print ... anything new and creative just because it's new or creative. Last week Holly

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 4, 2015
• Blog / Advice

  and i’d do it again differently

  

  my friends and their family. every saturday or sunday my freshman fall ... do. at least that’s what everyone told me, and so that’s what i ... to take, and i knew what courses i wanted to eventually take, and so 18

  • by Paige B. '24
  • October 25, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  king of boston -> king of the world? the only good fight there is

  

  : everyone at MIT calls me the King of Boston. And by “everyone” I of course mean myself and about ten other people I have somehow coerced into ... freshmen and provide them with all the support they might need to succeed

  • by Angie F. '28
  • May 29, 2025
• Blog / About Decisions

  Spring Break post

  

  got in. It was my first college decision, and I was so excited, and so ... the end in itself. Take advantage of what MIT has to offer you, because ... statistics on numbers of applicants, percentage accepted, and stuff like that

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • March 29, 2007
• Blog / Public Service & Activism

  Boston’s Climate Strike youthful activism

  

  , and then marched to the State House to continue protesting and rallying ... , and I've already had about three outfit changes. Not only was today MIT ... around the world, students, parents, every day workers, and more gathered

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • September 20, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  How to take the Bebras Computing Challenge this fall an international introduction to computational thinking

  

  in the midwest and mountain states, which have not historically been as ... than 30 countries and includes hundreds of thousands of student participants, including ~15k in the United States last year. Bebras USA is led

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 23, 2015
• Blog / Announcements

  For those impacted by Hurricane Michael (and other disasters) clarifying our policies for applications affected by catastrophic events

  

  Hurricane Michael, which struck the United States last week, has deprived thousands of  people of power and property across the American ... America, tropical cyclones (and military conflicts) in the Middle East, and

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 22, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  print “Hello, World!\n”; Everything you ever needed to know about me

  

  War II and deepened by the collapse of the Soviet Union. Russia’s financial shakiness was magnified in my family by my parents’ youth and ... salaries and some help from the government, was just enough to buy half a

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • September 8, 2011
• Blog / Challenges

  Fears and Hopes how to move forward

  

  loved and accepted and celebrated. "The arc of the moral universe is ... over, and many emotions are running through many people on campus. Many ... is the same. With a sigh, I walk into 10-250 and try not to think about

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • November 9, 2016
• Blog / Study Abroad

  The Other Side The view from another cambridge

  

  for granted the wonderfully fast, universally-available and fast ... ) program, I was pretty excited about the grass. The CME program lets MIT and Cambridge University students swap places for a year (or in my case, a

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • March 31, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Peanut Butter Delusion Arguments as old as man.

  

  represent galaxies floating in that universe, and also that this had nothing ... , and I still haven't found a novel way to detail my first three and half ... less tangible subjects, namely the homogeneity and isotropy of the

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • September 13, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Short Answers to Big Questions Stolen from the MIT Housing Panel.

  

  Atlas and Pleione. To the best of my knowledge, no one really knows where ... sailing. Before you argue with that, go spend a few hours lying outside, and ... an armless Orion, and the butt and tail of Ursa Major. One star of

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 18, 2013
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Everything in moderation…even moderation. How many places can you go on a four-day weekend?

  

  , papers, and reading, but for most, they degenerate into a remarkably fun ... procrastination, as it was 70 degrees with cloudless skies all weekend! I plotted my ... Intercollegiate Service Organization (BISCO) and we have monthly activities at the

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

  The Story Of @MITStudents as told by the person behind it

  

  @MITStudents, which I myself follow and often interact with. He offered to send ... their activities, DSL offers students and the MIT community many ... Life (he also oversees their Instagram and tumblr). Kellen and I are

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 3, 2014
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Think YOUR research is crazy? Why doesn't spaghetti break in half? There is an answer, because someone has dedicated their…

  

  University of Denmark). Investigates the significance of wet underwear and ... . Svenson and P. Barnes (Australian Commonwealth Scientific and Research ... » (2006) Presented by B. Audoly and S. Neukirch (Université Pierre et Marie

  • by Melis A. '08
  • November 14, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Fariborz Maseeh Hall The Phoenix Group would rise from the the "ashes" of Ashdown...

  

  we looked at were Baylor University in Waco, TX and the University of ... Massachusetts Ave and Memorial Drive since the beginning of time (i.e. 1938 when ... was a rich sense of community that developed out of this house and it

  • by Cydnie T. '12
  • October 18, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  and pen wherever I go. It's kind of like a journal, but I don't exactly ... about something, in the shower or while walking home from school, and then ... fragments and bits of rhyme and little sketches of silly little science

  • by Allan K. '17
  • October 1, 2013
• Blog / Personal Travel

  a most beautiful camping trip it's always good to get back to nature <3

  

  Notch National Forest and State Park. It was a truly incredible trip: we ... luxury!!) to go on fun trips and retreats. On Friday, my floor, Putz ... packed full of sleeping bags, tents, and food. We were headed about 2

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • October 17, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  Blog Entry: Recession Edition At MIT, your spoon is too big.

  

  traditions that temper the pains of work and study with the welcome relief of ... prepared by a group of residents on Pecker floor and generously shared ... that the partaker of the feast brought his own spoon and provided that

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • September 21, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  End of May updates More waitlist admits, no ARML, Bollywood in Boston, technical theater at MIT.

  

  Boston. Now, after a lull in posting over the holiday and during yesterday ... previous entry: I am no longer able to make it to the Penn State site of the ... upcoming Krrish and Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna.There was a nice article I meant

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 31, 2006