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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Underground An ode to the MIT tunnels

  

  anymore), so now in an effort to get this post up, I'm just going to wing it ... .org/blogs/entry/thirteen-things-to-do-over-iap-1-5), I spent the first half of IAP in sunny California where 50 ... , I was rather less prepared for the return trip. I flew back in jeans

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • February 8, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  How to do everything wrong and still get into MIT Perfect SAT scores and #1 class ranks are so last millennium.

  

  psyched about brains. When I was in 8th grade, my mom brought home a copy of ... more importantly, my freshman year in high school I briefly dated a ... this is going. Yes, I applied to MIT just to see if I could get in, and

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 15, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Firehose Warning: insomniac blogger on the loose.

  

  anything I ever dreamed of encountering in high school. But that, I can ... . Sometimes, that may take more effort than others. But you can do it. In every ... 'clock last night, with some breaks for sleeping and eating, I have spent most

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 19, 2008
• Blog / Personal Travel

  I’m sitting on a bus and am SO sleep-deprived.

  

  , for an 11:15am flight. I made it in plenty of time. Got on the plane ... …and woke up an hour later, to find us in the air. Realized that I slept ... . Longest. 7-8 minutes. Ever. I sat with my head against the seat in front of

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 15, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Making the hard decision a couple of brutally honest stories from friends here that had originally wanted to study…

  

  email me and I can try to get you in contact ^_^)     ... coming up with stories, making worlds that I wish I could live in, or ... animation program) when I had free time back in high school. For me it was a

  • by Ben O. '19
  • May 17, 2017
• Blog / Blog Projects

  8,726,400 SOS: And That’s A Wrap! tracing back three months

  

  into words, I had slowly become someone who wrote with reception in mind ... produce, but you can control the reason for production in the first place. So as long as I can identify an intention for myself and be a 100% sure

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • September 7, 2018
• FAQ / First-year application

  Can I get a copy of MIT Facts?

  MIT Facts is a pocket-sized compendium of essential facts about the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Unfortunately, we don't mail the booklets, but you can find it online!
• Blog / MISTI

  quiet moments out in the rural English countryside

  

  ’ve never been able to pick one place. i can see myself living out in the city ... this summer, i’m living in a small, cozy house out in the medieval ... city counterpart in Cornwall. you may be wondering why i’m here. i

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • July 19, 2023
• Blog / Classes

  Prof. Catherine D’Ignazio on Urban Science for Public Good

  

  /labmates from when I was in my master's program have gone on to build careers in ... stay informed. Who are you?  I'm a new faculty at MIT in the Department ... in software development, art/design and civic media. I graduated from

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 1, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  It was the blurst of times? I'm a stupid monkey.

  

  ... with Pine I can go through spam in like a third of the time of webmail ... Much like my one-time alter-ego Javert, I've always seen things in a ... morning when you can't understand how e-mail works?" Heck, I'm almost ready

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 3, 2005
• Blog / MISTI

  COPENHELL a giant metal fest in Denmark 🤘🏽

  

  ’s shoulders throw up in the port-a-potty toilets get in the mosh pit I ... expected none of this and took it in with glee. I ran into the first shop I saw, pawed through band shirts that I’d usually find only in the back of

  • by Amber V. '24
  • June 28, 2022
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  walking the marathon… part of a four-day weekend

  

  one foot in front of another, proving to myself that I can just keep, on ... about a month ago, in the sense that Petey and I penciled in a date, and ... itself. In the two days before the marathon, I made a Google Doc estimating

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • April 25, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  crazy party weekend from 2019 to now

  

  when i attended cpw as a senior in high school, my favorite events ... perform for around ten minutes each in high school i watched the ohms sing ... i’d ever heard, and the chords in the climax of permanent some three

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • April 18, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  finding direction reasonable goal-setting? who is she?

  

  bed at 10:03, i can't believe that i used to get up, eat breakfast, and ... -person. but the simple fact that i'm in my room and not in a classroom encourages a listlessness that i can't banish, no matter how [annotation note

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • April 23, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  On a week of ups and downs a life update for those who care

  

  MIT so far. I know the future only has a lot more of these in store, but ... to fit in with. Coming to MIT, though, proved me completely wrong. I ... sleeping when Pitch Perfect finished (around 2), I stayed up until 6 in the

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 9, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Rocky Mountain Round-Up The latest from my travels in Utah, Colorado, and New Mexico.

  

  Currently, I'm in the middle of a week-long Admissions trip to Utah ... in Salt Lake City. I decided I'd take in the sights before my meetings ... Square to see the Mormon Temple. While in Temple Square, I also ate lunch

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 29, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Chang Ning District, Shanghai 上海，长宁区

  

  kind of works on my phone, and since I have the VPN I can access ... products). We (my mom and I) arrived in Shanghai last night. Today (June 3rd ... choice in going back to China. But I felt a pang of both regret and longing

  • by Selam G. '18
  • June 4, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Day in the Life of a MIT Mechanical Engineering UROP Student I built an underwater robot :p

  

  in high school, but I'm glad I can be here now. And you don't have to ... Chuck, I helped design underwater robots for students at a university in ... in Cadlab, one of the MIT Lab spaces on campus. If you can call it a

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • July 14, 2025
• FAQ / First-year application

  Can I include a portfolio with my application?

  Yes, you’re welcome to include a portfolio. Visual artists, makers, performing artists, and researchers may send portfolios for review by MIT staff or faculty through Slideroom. Detailed instructions for submitting portfolios is…
• Blog / Admissions

  EA Update We plan to release Early Action decisions on Monday, 12/15.

  

  days to come; thanks for your patience. In related news, I can announce ... on Monday, December 15th. In the next few days, we will send EA applicants an email on how to access the decisions online; I will also post a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 8, 2008