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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Repainting the Smoots A Wacky MIT Tradition

  

  boy enthusiasm. I can’t help but get as hyped as them, and soon enough ... dozen times in several disorienting patterns of color.  As I wander ... than usual. I am holding pallets of bright green, yellow, and purple

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • October 27, 2023
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Waterfall Camping in Shenandoah National Park Snakes and fireflies.

  

  armies and a slave named Caroline Terry. In case you're interested: As I ... 't think I've seen a snake that big, except maybe in the zoo. Or in the first ... back in the day, when a little green tree snake slithered over my foot. I

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 11, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  Field Trip! I meant to blog this a long long time ago.

  

  in the Girl's Bathroom," one to a ranch, and a few others I can't seem ... room (with a TV!! except I don't get to watch TV that often...) - In ... representation of the extent to which our room can look like utter chaos. I cleaned

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • January 26, 2010
• Blog / Community Projects

  Because Racecar, Friendships, and Family Guest post by Monica C. '25: "What I’ve learned about being an engineer, friend, and…

  

  ://fsae.mit.edu/. Background and Introduction I’m Monica C., an M.Eng in Electrical Engineering ... are used day to day in the industry. I think the real point of MIT isn ... autonomous subteam, I realized a lot of it was thinking about how in class we

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

  New kid on the block

  

  of DNA was discovered (I am a biology major, I have to throw that in). Now you wonder what in the world I am doing here, on MIT Admissions blog ... am Linh, a junior majoring in Biology (Course 7) and I am currently

  • by Linh V. '13
  • February 9, 2012
• Blog / Summer

  i visit Cape Cod and discover the most beautiful beach on Earth

  

  less. i have never ordered a venti in my LIFE. before we reached the ... i had a magical long weekend. a fellow rising sophomore friend, her boyfriend, my boyfriend, and I all rented a Zipcar and drove down to Cape Cod

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • June 24, 2020
• Blog / Rural and Small-Town

  my STORY of helping Wyoming students shoot for the STARS get it? do u get it??

  

  institutions, I often wondered how to give back. In Fall 2023, I joined the ... school counselor handed me the microphone after her warm welcome I was in ... the Grand Tetons[/caption] This spring, I had the chance to reconnect

  • by Nicole Cooper
  • July 31, 2024
• Blog / Class Projects

  MIT Brings You Unwanted Attention You want to be popular? Really?

  

  helped to create giant underground lakes in ancient Egypt . . . at least I ... There are definitely perks to attending MIT. For example, at MIT I ... downsides. I think this comic does a great job summarizing: ___ ___ You

  • by Snively '11
  • May 17, 2010
• Blog / Challenges

  Help@MIT welcome to student resources

  

  , in my mind, is the mega-resource.  You can go to them for just about ... get if you call 911.  In certain medical emergencies (I hear sports ... freshmen are just starting to filter in due to FPOPs or international

  • by Piper '13
  • August 24, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  What Is Your LΔ? What about heart? What about determination? What about resilience?

  

  knowledge base. By focusing on LΔ we can really zero in on YOUR individual ... , and standardized tests. Can we rely solely on these tools? I say no ... One of the first things that I learned about MIT is that everyone

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • January 18, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  A Blog Entry About Transition This blog entry is about transition. The act of passing from one state or place…

  

  transition. And in one sentence, I've completely ruined your hope of being ... total - so I took as many as I could, as if the only way to succeed in ... . (That part's the gravy!) MIT is a hard place - I can say that with

  • by Jess K. '10
  • April 2, 2007
• Blog / Events

  The Secret Life Of Marilee Jones Sam is the funniest, though... BOTB and CPW Feedback.

  

  happening ever since my CPW (I'm getting old? Nah...) Now I wonder which ... coolest Playstation games ever. That's all I really wanted to say. Try it ... you can ask him. 4. We got to rock out to the Joneses: Ben Jones and

  • by Bryan
  • April 9, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Class of 2020 Ring Delivery we got our brass rats!..time to drop out? (also many photos)

  

  nights that turned into early mornings. It marks two.. whole… years… I can ... fancy. But in my case, I mostly ran around and took pictures (as displayed ... gather in a big fancy place, eat fancy food, dance, and take a bunch of

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • April 27, 2018
• Blog / Events

  The Deep Breath Before the Plunge THIS IS . . . wait, this isn't Sparta. Wha-? Aw, shoot, I took a…

  

  in on what's been happening. I'm not really at liberty to explain what ... interests. GoCrossCampus can be a very simple game. Each day, you will receive ... owns. If you wish, you can then command your armies to attack, defend or

  • by Snively '11
  • March 8, 2008
• Blog / Athletics

  Around the world in 30 days ...ok, maybe more like I'm Traveling a Lot this IAP

  

  compete at the 2018 US Championships. I came in with a nagging hip injury ... as they compete in PyeongChang! Luckily, because I was close (ish) to ... and mentally. This IAP, I took part in the MISTI Global Teaching Labs

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • February 15, 2018
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Blogger Pets some serotonin for your noggin

  

  whenever i cry in front of her she kinda just looks at me like ...you good ... . She also really likes to lie in the sun, which I do as well, so when I’m at home sometimes I’ll sit in the sun and she will nap in my lap. Here

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 13, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Movies Emeritus out with the old, in with the older

  

  Before I say what I have to say about video, remember: Blogger applications are due by August 1st! As in Monday! Get them in on time so that I have something to read next week in addition to furiously refreshing

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 29, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  Moving Forward I, and the outstanding staff in the admissions office, re-affirm our pledge to uphold the…

  

  the world. I, and the outstanding staff in the admissions office, re ... We were all saddened by the news of Marilee Jones' resignation. In ... truthful. And we must hold ourselves to that standard. I want to reassure

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • May 4, 2007
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Hack Punt Tool: The Musical Now, the music can be yours.

  

  graduated and moved away, much to my distress), and I can testify that laws of ... I'M SO EXCITED I'M SO EXCITED I'M SO EXCITED and you should be too ... been released! A little bit of background, in case you missed the

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 30, 2012
• Blog / Events

  MIT IreneCam tracking the storm - here and on the web.

  

  before I left, I set up a webcam in the office, looking out over Killian ... Times' Hurricane Tracker, which I've embedded in a woefully insufficiently ... I've decamped from the Boston area northwards to New Hampshire for

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 28, 2011