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• Blog / CPW

  an orange tour 🍊🍊🍊

  

  compelling. I went down the list, and orange felt just right: rare enough to be interesting, common enough to take us all around MIT. To inform our orange agenda, I polled my dorm for orange recommendations—results here. Ever

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • April 29, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  Summer On-Campus No exams woohooooo

  

  -tuning the software for SandScape, but I'm also going to start updating the ... my goals for this summer. After announcing to my roommates that I was ... for a free guided tour. The whole thing threw me back to when I used to

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • June 8, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Starting Over it feels like this every time but this time it's different

  

  software engineer and return home to Seattle.[annotation note="For some ... ’m getting one anyway"]I want to be on the rowing team for one more year; I ... , everything was new, from the campus to the classes to the experience of living

  • by Alex M. '21
  • August 30, 2020
• Blog / IAP

  nothing & everything what i did this IAP!

  

  family. Then I flew back to campus for three weeks of IAP, which I filled ... excited. Excited because I'm always excited for a chance to learn new ... My freshman winter break and IAP were very nice, nothing to complain

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • February 3, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Finding Inspiration encouraging motivational inspiration

  

  throwback to childhood for some positive vibes) If you ever feel like you ... filled with too many midterms for me and too many college applications for ... , inspiration and optimism. I’ve searched high and low, from Facebook to Instagram

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • November 7, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Fireside Chat with John Maeda Thoughts from former MIT graduate and professor and RISD President

  

  We were so lucky to have the UA Alumni Affairs Committee invite John ... at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers (KPCB) -- back to campus to ... deal of interesting and insightful anecdotes to share. Here are some

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • April 25, 2016
• Blog / Blogs That Aren't in English

  MIT-Now in Español!

  

  Hola! I’m delighted to introduce the newest page to the MIT ... ideas for the page and working with the communications team on an Español ... excited to now launch the MIT Admissions page en Español. On this page, we

  • by Beatriz Valdez
  • July 16, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Beginning of the End & the end of some beginnings

  

  Do you know what it's like to only have two classes left to graduate ... in three or three-and-a-half years, four years feels just right to me. Then there's the feeling of relief. Whew - I don't need to cram 6 classes

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • February 1, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  EA Telethon EA Students, This One's For You!

  

  for the evening, because MIT is calling YOU! That's right, tonight is ... don't particularly want to walk all the way over to campus in order to ... as long as the telethon lasts, to answer questions in the comments, and

  • by Snively '11
  • January 15, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Late Night Dial-Up Users Beware!

  

  It's time for one of those "It's late and I'm up, I should throw crap ... handle it? I've decided to post all of the YouTube videos that I've favorited since I've gotten here. "What does this have to do with MIT?" Look

  • by Snively '11
  • May 11, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  The only living boy in New York I get all the news I need from The Colbert Report.

  

  's Lohengrin. Thanks to Zach for that random fact at the suggestion of a "barbarian wedding." There's going to be a great entry about all the fun Mitra ... today, I'm not going to post anything about New York. So don't ruin it for

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 7, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Where We’ve Been And Where We’re Going A brief history of the blogs and MyMIT.

  

  blogiversary to all of us. Thanks to the '09s for being our guinea pigs; and a ... 't one of my top priorities. For me blogging was almost an afterthought - I was so busy trying to make MyMIT live up to its promises that I had

  • by Ben Jones
  • August 10, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Two answers on a Saturday night Because SNL's a rerun and we just finished our movie from Netflix

  

  Question One Elizabeth asked, I have one... I was talking to my dad, trying to make decisions about this whole college application thing, and he said if I were planning on going to medical school I should definitely

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 2, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  how dorm structure shapes social life in more ways than i can count, actually

  

  started to form their own mechanisms for deciding room assignments within ... students to stay in their assigned hall for their entire time at MIT. It also ... to Taji Manning '25 for creating these! Architectural Principles There

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • November 11, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  3 Lessons Learned While Hiking and what they'll teach me here

  

  . I finished just in time to cruise back to Boston for 4th of July ... shirt. Some things just don’t matter to me anymore. Go hike for 4 months ... , and necessary, to get away for short breaks. But four months is a long

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • July 26, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Kickoff! and away we go...

  

  to qualify for the Championship Event in Atlanta. But the competition ... need to go to a regional event and see for yourself. FIRST might just be the best opportunity for aspiring techies to learn not just how to wield

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • January 12, 2010
• Blog / IAP

  incoming how i’ve been spending my iap yes get ready for like 8 of these in a row

  

  'm ridiculously close to NR'ing it. For the past semester and a half, I've been ... wanted to do lab research for the longest time, but after getting a UROP in ... experience like any other, but for now, it's pretty taxing to write about

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 16, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  my application essays try not to cringe

  

  roasted for trying to turn this essay into another opportunity to humblebrag. Lesson learned. It's actually okay to do things for fun, guys. I still ... It's been four years since I applied to MIT, and while I've been

  • by Rona W. '23
  • October 27, 2019
• Blog / Public Statements

  The Class of 2019 Graduates from MIT

  

  for the rest of your life. Here is a small piece of advice I want to ... privilege, to remember that there but for the grace of god (and an admissions ... .  Students waiting for ceremony to begin.  Mortarboard paying tribute to Anne

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 7, 2019
• Blog / Events

  Stop and Smell the Seasons Before it's winter and your nose is so numb you can't smell anything.

  

  effervescence of autumn in just one day. Photo credits to Elisa '17. Thanks for ... waiting for summer to turn into winter. I want to invite fall into my humble ... California for ten years now, but unlike other sun-loving transplants, I

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • November 3, 2013