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• Blog / Admissions

  Applying Regular Action – Q&A

  

  't cool. Things happen. For example, you might get a validation error ... Hi Everyone, The Office of Admissions is closing for the holidays ... probably important to get some information out there for people regarding the

  • by Chris LaBounty
  • December 20, 2012
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The Life Rationing Problem how do you save a life

  

  decides to grab a healthy patient who shows up for a checkup. He takes the ... convincing argument that can be made for the concept of moral luck, wherein a ... principle, form a system of double injustice—punishing a person even more for

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • January 15, 2017
• Blog / Athletics

  cleats on feet, smile on face thoughts on injuries and spring season

  

  and practice for the first time in eight and a half months? You guessed ... weight on the foot for three months. Nevertheless, I was in a boot for two ... pretty sore after playing a lot, so I am only allowed to play for about

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • April 23, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  oversharing first base what have I been up to for the last 2+ years?

  

  the blog train for a bunch of reasons, and then never quite figured out ... a year, and I've been living in comfortable silence for almost all of ... ) did an internship at a policy think tank working on research for

  • by Jude H. '21
  • December 11, 2019
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Seattle: Land of the Strange, Skies of the Free where pirates roam the streets and dogs play the bucket-drums

  

  guys come out for the parades: That's a pirate ship in downtown ... makes Seattle the city it is. For lack of a better word, it ... for the most part electrical), the brickwork at the bus stop has a

  • by Allan K. '17
  • August 14, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What Trains Make Me Think Of Bringing the focus away from miles and minutes - and onto more enriching things

  

  able to work close to home is a plus for me, but in my case, it still ... early. For the first leg of the trip, I hitch a ride with my dad to his ... , scenic path through Massachusetts that veers down south for a spell, before

  • by Emad T. '14
  • July 12, 2012
• Blog / Athletics

  In which Elizabeth tries something new. (My idea of thrills is changing the location of my bookshelf.)

  

  kind of hard for me and for a lot of other people, as I discovered during ... over. I was ready to unwind and veg for a couple hours. I was going to ... Simmons resident, says he's bringing strobe lights for a disco-themed climb

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • April 8, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Spaghettuna and Lego aircraft If my first week of IAP is any indication of how 2011 will treat me,…

  

  the significance of some of our assignments (for example, a journal ... be a learning experience for me, too! ... than usual. I’m reigniting my IAP resolution to cook dinner for myself

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • January 10, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  What has carcinogenic chemicals, alum bloggers, and ~art~? embracing my inner hipster

  

  . A few minutes later, ten fingers intact, it was time for the darkroom ... Some people can draw. My friend Alison, for example, drew this ... in a very mural-happy dorm, I can't paint to save my life. But I do

  • by Michael C. '16
  • September 29, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  And the End Closes In My last semester as an MIT undergraduate

  

  and building a quick assembly bridge for use in developing countries ... designing a new departmental facility for the Course 1 and Course 12 on a new ... Journalism: Still Images of a World in Motion. Although admittedly it is a

  • by Becca H. '12
  • February 18, 2012
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Random’s 13th happy birthday random hall!

  

  a dorm to me -- it's a living space that houses some of my most ... on February 29th, [annotation note="A shame. One year away from a truly glorious date."]1968[/annotation]. Random Hall also has a tradition of

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 2, 2020
• Blog / Events

  Sal Khan, Gabriel Abrantes, and the Man in the Shiny Red Satan Suit Yesterday was crazy, or: How to Quit your Job, Learn Everything, and Think about Art

  

  2:50 PM, Wednesday, May 8 I am in a café on Mass Ave, waiting for a ... suit and horns. He stands around for a few seconds, looking like he might ... !" , and piggybacks out at a sprint. "Order up for Tasha?" calls an

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • May 10, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  All About Toys And how they rule my life!

  

  ended up submitting a resume for a summer position. I got the job and ... Plushies in a toy exhibit for several months. I went and visited them a couple ... prototypes to the winner, $10,000 for 2nd place, and $1,000 for 3rd place. A

  • by Snively '11
  • January 25, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Food, glorious food In which I learn that Simmons Dining is not, in fact, the best that Boston's…

  

  only visited Boston for a few weeks, knows more places to eat out than I ... compensate for my sad brunch, some friends and I went to Punto Rojo – a small ... went to Veggie Galaxy for brunch. Veggie Galaxy is a traditional American

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • April 6, 2025
• FAQ / First-year application

  Can a family member contact MIT Admissions on my behalf, or ask questions about the content or status of my application?

  No, it is MIT policy to communicate directly with applicants about their applications, rather than with their family members. If you have a ... for the MIT application portal.
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  institutional memory cruft are cool!

  

  student group run for more than a few years, then? one possibility is that ... unknowns. for example, it was only through a graduate sitting in on one of ... "institutional memory" a lot. it refers to the knowledge that's shared between the

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • August 19, 2022
• Blog / Events

  Thanksgiving on First East – Team Bemis makes hand turkeys!! (For justice and the greater common good.)

  

  for our tests in EVERY CLASS! Yay! The end! Hope ya had a nice ... attractive and well-mannered members of Team Bemis spent Saturday night a ... implementing capable lovable hand turkeys. For those unfamiliar with the concept

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • November 24, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Play hard…and then work hard! There's no excuse not to have an AWESOME time this weekend!

  

  a "reading week," but apparently a "reading day" is enough for MIT ... It's been a long week, but next week promises to be even longer ... :30-3:30 PM: Mechanical Engineering Seminar Series, featuring a presentation by

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 8, 2005
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Work in Progress So. I decided that I needed a new banner.

  

  . Ben decided for me that I needed a new banner. See, when Ben sets up the original blog for us, it has a "default banner" that says "replace this ASAP ... Mitra and put up a really simple temporary design for the time being. So I

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 13, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Aged And Confused thoughts from a fossil

  

  penchants. This is a common misconception. For what all of these millions of ... one thinks like you do except for you. There is never a wrong time for ... If you live in Britain, or in a country sufficiently influenced by

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 5, 2011