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  Pictures From a Year of Classes The End of a Saga

  

  reaches you, I’m sure you’ve probably grown in ways you would’ve never ... So, about a month ago, I submitted my last exam for the year in ... letter here in hopes that it explains all the ways I think I’ve changed

  • by Richard O. '28
  • June 20, 2025
• Blog / Classes

  Apply to WISE! It would be WISE of you to do so

  

  ’d attend would assist in paying for her degree. She loved math, so she ... in,” she confessed, “until I got accepted to WISE.” Misconceptions ... “sitting in the basement with glasses on in the dark,” and she would not know

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • June 13, 2020
• Blog / Classes

  A Monday in the Life So many to-do’s, so little time.

  

  Hello, world. It’s been awhile. Mostly because I’ve been swamped. It ... writing about my life, I'll do a little show-and-tell.   Half of getting anything done is really just remembering to actually do it, and I

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • November 13, 2018
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Independence Day Fireworks in Boston Hobbits watch beautiful fireworks from comfort of dorm lounge.

  

  of the fireworks. I apologize in advance for our witty banter. I’m much ...   Yesterday for Independence Day I was a hobbit. Cory R. ‘14 and I ... enough adventure for the day. I wanted to photograph the Charles River for

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • July 5, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  djent is not a djenre or is it?

  

  Sometime in high school, I was trying to break the ice at a group ... was confused as to why that would be the case. I considered myself ... further.  Many many years later, I understand [annotation note="in case it

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • December 22, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Laura Stonehill: Designing Italian Pedestrian Bridges Laura Stonehill spent a summer working at a civil engineering company in Venice, Italy.

  

  Laura Stonehill, an MIT senior majoring in Civil and Environmental Engineering, spent her summer in Venice, Italy through an informal internship ... the opportunity to experience life in Italy while simultaneously working

  • by Melis A. '08
  • September 24, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  News for Admitted Students Some next steps for those who received the good news.

  

  early (today or tomorrow would be very smart). I highly recommend hotels ... Release Form. Notes to the wise: if you're flying in, book your plane ... -- driving and parking in Boston is not a good experience. Local Admitted

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 15, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  A Q&A for Deferred Students

  

  . What should I do now? Should I send in extra materials? The only thing ... preferred, and a lot faster than mailed updates. Should I send in a whole ... Hi Everyone, I was just taking a look at some of the questions on

  • by Chris LaBounty
  • December 17, 2012
• Blog / Announcements

  A special announcement about SAT Subject Tests MIT has made the decision to no longer consider the SAT Subject Tests

  

  testing requirements here. I’m happy to announce our decision to ... for first-year and transfer admissions (for students entering MIT in 2021 and beyond). We made this decision after considerable study, in

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • March 20, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Regular Action Deadline Update Submit your MIT Part 1 and 2 by Jan 3, 2013 at 11:59pm EST

  

  As I mentioned in my earlier post, I wanted to follow up with more ... successfully submit their online applications. I did mention that we would be ... the same stuff I just wrote above. In a few weeks, after we've conquered

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • January 3, 2013
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  On Genshin Impact and a better introduction to me

  

  time in my life. I never had gaming consoles when I was younger, so this ... person in the picture is Albedo, who’s an alchemist. I don’t have a lot of ... , and Xiao (who I also don't have), in that order."] characters

  • by ana~
  • October 7, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  falling in love with october swooning over foLiAGe

  

  we fell in love in october that’s why i love fall looking at the stars admiring from afar (to properly credit "we fell in love in october ... second fall I’ve spent in a place with real seasons. Or that every other

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • October 24, 2022
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  In Our Bedroom After the Pandemic a bedroom is something that can actually be so personal

  

  accent wall in a deep, dark red—colors I chose as a fledgling teenager ... shared a room with my sister in the Bronx, or the room I had but was often ... in that I had a bed there and my clothes were there, but I was so young

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • June 26, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Turning the Tide My thoughts on an important report

  

  should I take or activities should I be involved in? There is no one answer ... and recommendations highlighted in the Turning the Tide report, and I ... process, and I thought I would address those topics here. I think there is a

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • June 20, 2016
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Room, A Short Story This story is somewhat weird and slightly dark. Reader's discretion is advised.

  

  unsteady smile. “I know, babe. I am relaxed. Just…I haven’t seen mom in ... . Maybe she would storm out of the room—in rare moments, he saw something of ... within her—soon, it would be everywhere, in pipes and city tanks and water

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • June 2, 2014
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Alaska Where I am right now.

  

  I have decided that today I will operate under the assumption that I am in Alaska. Not because it's cold or anything, just because it's a change of pace. Your thoughts on Alaska are welcomed.

  • by Snively '11
  • October 28, 2009
• Blog / How to Food

  REX and the City New York, New York, and other answers to your other questions, too.

  

  think a vegan would survive? I am in fact a vegetarian at MIT, and I ... dorm? Do you just get put in randomly? Because I would really like to ... been in advanced math classes (I'll have taken through differential

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 10, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  my freshman year in laptop stickers RIP my laptop 7/19/20

  

  both cornerstones of my experience in Taipei last summer. i got this ... dozens of these sometime early in the year, so i grabbed 3(rd) and put them ... our floor's massive merch order that came sometime in IAP. i bought a

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • July 21, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  In a little while, I’ll be gone This is not a blog entry. I'm not here, this isn't happening.

  

  person that I ever knew in high school. On Monday I'm headed for the airport in Philadelphia, and from there I'll be in the aeroplane over the ... Act of 1957 by speaking in from of the Senate for 24 hours and 18

  • by Sam M. '07
  • May 27, 2006
• Blog / Financial Aid

  The Cost of Living at MIT alternatively, how to spend money at MIT

  

  , etc." "meal plan is so overpriced" "I try to only eat in the dining ... things cost adult-living-in-a-major-city prices. On one hand, I want to go full-crazy I'm-totally-living-in-like-Friends-or-Sex-and-the-City and go

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • April 14, 2025