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• Blog / Announcements

  An MIT Community Vigil for Black Lives

  

  to say about the struggle for racial justice in America today, they ... virtual vigil. As the announcement for the vigil read: We gather in the wake ... , faculty and staff will lead us in prayer and reflection. The speakers at the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 4, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Ruminations and room-inations Written on the anniversary of one year ago.

  

  The past year in retrospect is a telescoping compression of proper time, collapsed into a high-speed parody of months that used to stretch ... orientation events that turned out to be either unrequired or just plain

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • August 30, 2009
• Blog / Events

  Candies and Costumes and Pumpkins and CATS Princess Leia and Orphan Annie ran around with laser guns and threw candy at people.…

  

  . Regardless, I covered my costume, went to a really cool meeting in the morning, went to my class, handed in my problem set, and went home and crashed ... the candy wrappers in my room and trying to help me write this blog post

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • November 3, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Lecture Notes: Biology of Culture highlights from Brian Farrell's open lecture at the Harvard Museum of Natural History (spoiler: contains…

  

  in the flower evolved in order to attract insects to pollinate it is ... of life in three parts: to be with each other. To work towards a better ... scribbles in my notebook, a smattering of quotes, points and diagrams: "I

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • October 3, 2015
• Blog / Events

  Smashing pumpkins and other halloween treats Turning back time and dropping squash off of tall buildings

  

  skating rink. Students got to ice skate for free in their creative Halloween costumes. In my freshman year, the “best costume” award was given to a guy ... ’m sorry to say that I took a more conventional route, as I stayed in lab

  • by Melis A. '08
  • October 30, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  first snow it snowed on campus

  

  in Cambridge, MA. Wherever you are in the world, please take a moment to enjoy these various snow photos taken by MIT students ... outside my own dorm window[/caption] It doesn't snow too often in my

  • by Rona W. '23
  • November 1, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Go Kendra

  

  representing 65 teams from more than 50 schools participated in the first "P3" competition, which was held at the National Mall in Washington, D.C., on May 16 and 17. To win the P3, a project had to demonstrate how it would

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • June 11, 2005
• FAQ / Transfer

  How do I apply as a veteran?

  If you are a veteran and interested in learning in any way, shape, or ... for your service. More information about applying to MIT is available on ... ), committed to supporting the academic, financial, and personal goals of
• FAQ / Testing

  How does MIT consider test scores? Does MIT Superscore?

  highest score achieved in each section. We do this in order to consider all ... . Standardized tests are required for every first-year application to MIT. However ... evaluated within an applicant's context. To view test score statistics from
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Polymer Police Using spectroscopy to prove my mom wrong (except she was right and I was actually…

  

  a fire alarm and have everyone in my dorm freeze to death in the ... Yesterday, my mom had some “silk” scarves shipped to me so I could ... scarves arriving in a box that literally said “CHEMICAL TEXTILE” in big bold

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • February 16, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Pre-med, Everybody’s Best Friend If you are considering a career in medicine -- and not as a pharmacist.

  

  "pre-med" track, so you can major in anything at all and have access to ... mine is majoring in architecture in and is planning on going to med ... career in medicine. Also, there are some minors that may be of interest to

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • August 13, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  sticker stories adorned on my water bottles

  

  still in the luggage area, submitted item retrieval paperwork to the ... did manage to find the bottle in the corners of old photos! Pardon the ... everything around me. My water bottles have been akin to that, but instead

  • by Kanokwan T. '25
  • February 24, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  No scissors allowed: OrigaMIT You never know what cool stuff is going on around the Institute.

  

  . For instance, two weeks ago, I opened the door to room 3-343 expecting to attend 5.13 (Organic Chemistry II) office hours, but instead I found ... week and is open to people of all levels. Jason Ku, the president of the

  • by Melis A. '08
  • October 12, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Pi Day Eve A doodle and some old advice

  

  To everyone who's waiting for a pi(e) day decision: It's all going to be okay. It may not feel like it right now, with t-12(ish) hours until that fated time, but it will be. I tried to think of what high

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • March 13, 2015
• Blog / Life after MIT

  seattle ➞ mit an epilogue in bullet points and pictures

  

  spent in seattle, and was it even real at all? mit does this to you ... was a working adult, living the 9 to 5, subconsciously looking forward to the paycheck every other friday. [annotation note="the 9 to 5 i didn

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • September 8, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  ¡Vámonos! An introduction to GRTs and the support system at MIT

  

  aspects of MIT you'd like to learn more about, let me know in the comments ... Residential life is a big part of going to college, and the unique ... more valuable than ever. In the MIT dorms,  you have your friends

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • April 2, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  LIGHTS. pretty pretty

  

  Light Drift (Those orbs in the river actually correspond to orbs on ... flood of celebrations - all to commemorate MIT’s 150th year. These ... Art, special library archives, etc.) Well I’m here to share some photos

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • May 10, 2011
• Blog / Events

  The Great Debate Can MIT brainpower, with the help of the LHC, finally put the matter to rest?

  

  Last week, six of MIT’s most illustrious professors gathered in 26-100 in a quest to solve one of the greatest conundrums of our time: latke ... , the hundreds of people in attendance were permitted to vote on the

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • March 8, 2011
• Blog / Events

  MIT goes APE. Not your average Sunday night.

  

  Hello all! I’m just popping in to show you guys a video from an ... Weekend. Last year, I waited four hours in the rain to see N.E.R.D. I would ... East Movement (FM) to MIT’s Walker Memorial – you know, the same place I

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • February 27, 2010
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  New Year Notes Miscellaneous.

  

  in today. Jun's MIT classmate, Jeff Ma '94, has started an "athlete stock market," according to an article in the Los Angeles Times. The new ... Happy 2006, everyone! Before heading back to the office tomorrow

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 2, 2006