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• Blog / Challenges

  [Guest Post] Things to do while waiting for decisions by emily '22, alison '23, felix '23

  

  Make a 100 layer crepe cake Buy some semi-temporary tattoo ink and ... inbox Look through AirBnB and save all the beautiful apartments in Hawaii and Japan you will visit for sure one day Clean that clothes chair u

  • by kellen manning
  • February 1, 2021
• Blog / How to MIT

  socializing safely ...but also leaving my room maybe once a day

  

  circumstances, I've had to pick and choose who to spend my [rare] free time with, and it's been...exhausting, in a sense; I miss being able to bump into ... required to by MIT"]flu shot[/annotation] and felt so...distant? maybe it was

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • October 15, 2020
• Blog / Personal Projects

  a novel excerpt in honor of the friendly toast

  

  -to brunch place to catch up with friends. My significant other and I have ... .[/annotation]:  The Friendly Toast is astir with early-morning chatter and the bubbling ... plates.  My eyelids are still thick with sleep—after Stef and I walked

  • by Rona W. '23
  • September 3, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT launches AI Education website I worked on this cool thing for my UROP!

  

  Lab that I adore and pour a lot of my time and energy into. Recently, a ... 's bored at home and wants new things to learn, or a parent who wants to give ... , and current research projects that you can check out. I also cheated on

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • April 6, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Your college application motivation soundtrack for September imagine a movie montage, but for politely asking teachers to say nice things about you

  

  We're big fans of Spotify here on the blogs and have been for awhile ... about how much much she loves Spotify; and Abby's post about the blogger ... common during my undergraduate days and they were shocked. Yes, if you

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 1, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  RA deadline Q & A

  

  Hello, dear RA applicants! It's almost winter break and you are ... . We understand and want this process to be as painless as possible ... and continue through the entire document and resubmit. We find this

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • December 22, 2016
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Top Blog Posts of 2015 widely viewed and capturing the essence of 2015

  

  2015 has had its ups and downs for pretty much everyone on planet ... past year went well, what didn't go well, and what I could've done better ... sliver of the voices at MIT, and yet we capture many of the experiences

  • by Erick P. '17
  • December 31, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Good Morning, Sportsracers! *erases introductory post draft for the umpteenth time in the vain hope that he'll stick…

  

  to taste, and I live in East Campus.") but I feel a weird level of ... . Nevermind the why and wherefore: let's roll back the clock to April 2011, when ... had been fairly quiet through the first half of high school, and it had

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • September 14, 2014
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Life slows down a bit – if you let it Fire and hacking has been replaced by housework and skydiving

  

  The blogs turn 10 and all the bloggers get e-mails saying "Write ... wasn't until 12 hours before it was due that I started writing and it was ... and fling them.  I'm the one filming. 2)  Solar panels went up on the

  • by Snively '11
  • August 9, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  College Application Anxiety what if your biggest fear is getting *into* MIT

  

  they did get into MIT by some miracle-lightning-strikes-a-unicorn-and-chris-peterson-and-scrambles-his-brain-to-send-the-acceptance-magic. Fear ... get in— I completely understand the fear and anxiety that comes with

  • by Connie H. '15
  • June 26, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  HackMIT: Coding over Cookies sights from the hackathon [pictures inside!]

  

  One week ago, an eclectic group of ambitious young men and women flocked to HackMIT to crowd themselves into a gym for 30 hours and make...something. The hacking arena. The ingredients: ideas, sleeplessness, Red Bull, and

  • by Allan K. '17
  • October 13, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A love letter to psets Masochists In Training

  

  MIT's version of homework. And by "MIT's version", I mean that while a ... incredibly difficult. And by "incredibly difficult", I mean "incredibly ... . At times, you've driven me up the wall, literally. And I couldn't be

  • by Michael C. '16
  • September 16, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Regular Action Update State of the mail, application numbers, and more

  

  Midyear Report is an online form that is required of all students, and is to ... provide your updated grades since you have applied, and to mention other ... opposed to faxed or sent via Docufide/Naviance), and especially mailed

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 19, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Missing documents! FAQ: What happens if part of my application isn't showing up yet?

  

  stuff? (Or, "OMG I sent my stuff before the deadline and it's not ... and lots of materials, many of which were postmarked before the deadline ... . If the tracking system isn't showing a document yet, relax and wait

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 4, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Life as an Artist things I discovered about myself as it relates to the artsy stuff I have in…

  

  with this group/family/community and it has been a blast! To make matters ... friends are in a band at MIT that is affectionately known as Love and a ... Products, the Logarhythms, and (my favorites) the Chorallaries.  

  • by Cydnie T. '12
  • November 2, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Battle of the Bands "Rock on and come to CPW!" ~ Thomas Jefferson"Chris, you made up that quote from…

  

  tomorrow and it's all for you. For four days MIT crams all the awesome stuff ... 's ice cream made with liquid nitrogen, rock band, dance parties, and more ... anything to them was Battle of the Bands.* For an hour and a half one night

  • by Chris M. '12
  • April 7, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Story Oh goody!

  

  cooking our own food, if we so choose. Many people embrace the kitchens and ... and I are the only two who don't even really own dishes, we just use ... "pretends" to cook. Sara's menu consists of two items, soup and cereal, both

  • by Snively '11
  • July 19, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Info for the Class of 2013 The "Next Big Mailing" is on its way out, and with it lots of goodies…

  

  . As you begin having more questions about life at MIT as a freshman, and fewer questions about admission, we encourage you to start reading and ... MIT. Other helpful sites include the firstyear and Orientation sites

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 8, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Dorm Companion #1: Art MIT loans out 400 pieces of famous art each year from its collections to its…

  

  Loan Art Program allows MIT students (and only MIT students) to borrow ... Each piece in the collection is framed and signed by a leading ... the general public. Students view the collection and enter their top

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 9, 2008
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Harvard Square Photoblog Complete with funny captions. At least, I think they're funny. You be the judge.

  

  Right now, I am sitting and blogging live from Boston's amazing new ... dumplings, pork funs, and other "heart-touching" delicacies, we wandered ... Darkness and a few others) before splitting with the group and heading back

  • by Paul B. '11
  • July 26, 2008