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• Blog / Admissions

  Open Thread: Admitted Early

  

  you soon. I know somewhere in the future there's adventure waits for me ... YOU! GOT! IN! Come hang out with us in the comments, you all star ... won't be long now until we get to meet you in the Class of 2030 Discord

  • by Decisions
  • December 16, 2025
• Blog / Study Abroad

  Fig. 5: Zimmer- und Wohnungsvermittlung Universität/ETH Zürich aka ETH Zürich dorm tour!

  

  Hoi zäme! I'm finally back in the US of A after 6 continuous months ... .2 Schwiizerdütsch to get around on a daily basis. Random things I've dearly missed: In ... , I've been settling in to my summer studio apartment, interning the 9

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • July 18, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Do you live in Zambia? Malawi? Ghana? If you could send me some African dirt, that would be amazing! (And illegal. But…

  

  On the most excellent advice of my blog-readers, I have added D ... sacrifice, right? I'm working on designing something that makes ... /Malawian/Ghanaian dirt compares to dirt commonly found in, say... Massachusetts? Or what

  • by Kim D. '09
  • March 11, 2009
• Blog / Hacks

  some things my eyes saw recently (this is exactly what it says on the tin)

  

  I have seen much in these past weeks. Here is a small selection ... buildings weren't in the way because I bet the sky is beautiful... and thus ... , East Campus lets us store things in the basement free of charge, so I

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • May 24, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  Over here things are different. Life is about the same.

  

  snowstorm outside my window. So I sat in bed for an hour watching it. The ... .09 in the afternoon, then 8.07 all night and in the morning. I answered my ... me, that I can hold my own. I'm beginning to really take pride in my

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • December 19, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  burning out past the finish line

  

  packing or whatever instead i am sitting and lying in bed and watching all ... i was finished with school work since about two weeks ago i have lots of things i could be doing and i am not doing any of them because i

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 25, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  Disaster Relief .

  

  I haven't been able to focus at all today. I didn't really understand ... When I describe Sichuan to people I always mention the food, and the mountains, the humidity sometimes, and I always explain that Sichuan

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • May 13, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Spreading Santorum around MIT Or rather, just spreading awareness of Santorum.

  

  strong that I felt the need to express it in an avant-garde photomosaic on ... I don't want to make this blog too political--I will not use Turkey vs. Spam as a stepping stone to the presidency. Still, I must say, I

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 6, 2005
• Blog / MISTI

  Need help choosing a MISTI program? MIT-Germany alum Nina Sinatra advises incoming interns to keep an open mind

  

  - materials engineering - than in any other MISTI program. I encourage all ... critical to enjoy the work that you are doing. In my case, I found a good ... Germany. I painted my face in the "rot schwartz, and g

  • by MISTI Program
  • November 3, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Art in the Infinite, Vol. 2 MIT meets King Koopa.

  

  jump up for this photo. The things I get people to do for my blog. Today

  • by Bryan
  • December 14, 2005
• Blog / Blog Projects

  i made a dress out of target bags i also edited a video about it

  

  I was planning on dropping an effortpost "in the next week or so ... various boxes and tables. I edited it in Adobe Premiere Pro which I get free ... . I got most of the bags from the Target in Central Square, as well as

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • September 21, 2025
• Blog / Announcements

  The First-Year Application for the MIT Class of 2025 is now live

  

  I'm writing to announce that the application for first ... prompts are the essentially the same as they have been in recent years ... can describe, in 250 words or fewer, any extenuating circumstances that

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 13, 2020
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Cambridge, Boston, and MIT in the Snow Santa and Poseidon in a winter wonderland.

  

  professions, in a way Santa and Poseidon both have a lot to do with to snow. I ... Here’s what I woke up to on Friday morning: massive snowflakes, falling sideways and sticking to everything. I wasn’t brave enough to take

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 10, 2016
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  A Characterization This might or might not enrage you.

  

  There've been several times when I felt like I didn't really fit in ... dreams because all I wanted is to have any job, and not live in the projects. Now that I'm going to graduate MIT in a year I feel like I should

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • August 28, 2009
• Blog / Events

  Moving On, Moving Out, and the Conservation of Freshmen Reflections of a (kinda) sophomore.

  

  , since I'm finally moving into my fraternity's house in Boston. Of course, I've had a great time in Simmons this past year (and there are more ... detritus I've accumulated in my room over the past year into three basic

  • by Paul B. '11
  • May 22, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Looked outside my window, and what did I see I probably shouldn't be surprised, but I am.

  

  impossible to try and capture it all in a blog. Never fear though, I'll figure ... This is probably one of the last things I was expecting to see when I went to my window to investigate the staggeringly loud noise I heard

  • by Chris M. '12
  • May 3, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Mastering Physics Has No Soul I love online assignments. har. har.

  

  sitting on my desk right now) In the meantime, if there is anything that I ... reach me here, through email, or on FB! To be honest, I don't believe in ... 's somewhere else, then it's good as well. However, I do hope to do what I can in

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 18, 2008
• Blog / Events

  “Exactly” the Same We're not being too critical! We're MIT students!

  

  anagrammed to spell Log Rot." "Let's call it in!" "OK!" Now, granted, I made ... . What was it called? "The Gym." Vice-Coach Horace Ferret would be in the ... Mystery Hunt ended just over a week ago and I think it's safe to say

  • by Snively '11
  • January 28, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Commencement Webcast MIT gives me a diploma in T-3 hours...

  

  're interested in watching Lulu, Kim and I graduate, you can watch the webcast ... . Let that sink in for a minute.) All I know is that this morning, for the last time, I put my Brass Rat on facing up. In a couple of hours, I

  • by Laura N. '09
  • June 5, 2009
• Blog / Personal Travel

  If I Try Really Hard, I Can Resemble Ernest Borgnine First stop on the tour: London.

  

  falling down? It really was sinking into the River Thames, so in 1968, the ... next installment! Typical London row houses When you're in London ... boring, I couldn't bear to show you more. The (much more interesting

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • July 12, 2005