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• Blog / Residential Life

  memorial for a dorm goodbye east campus (for now)

  

  east campus and the death of this room in particular 62h306 today i ... , but i do know enough to have gotten to know you i've done enough in ... right now i felt the need to do this because i will miss you, in a way

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 6, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  On being at college MIT, specifically.

  

  I live in Massachusetts. I am a freshman. I am in college. I go to MIT. Even though I have been repeating these phrases over and over in my ... ’t believe it! MIT is like this entirely new planet in which I am yet to

  • by Fiona M. '20
  • September 15, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  No Child Gets Ahead?

  

  There was an article in the New York Times yesterday about a topic that is very interesting to me (and you, I suspect): gifted education ... some of the nation's most successful magnet schools -- but I am glad that

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 27, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  from me to you burn it all down

  

  Sometimes, you need to let things go up in flames. . . . I have ... in me. I look back at who I was a month ago and it takes me some time ... stop chasing perfection. I wanted to talk about moving in, finally

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • October 17, 2021
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  I’m not swollen anymore!

  

  occupied for the balance of the summer. I have to say -- the weather in ... Okay, so I agree that it's been far too long since my last update. I've been dealing with work issues, and have been in California for the last

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • June 21, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  Spoofy Spooky Stories MIT is ~haunted~

  

  ."]temped[/annotation] in MacGregor?” “Yea to both!”  “I’m SO hoping that I get to stay in MacGregor because I hear you’re basically guaranteed a single. I’m in ...   One warm night last summer, my roommate Penny ‘24 and I were

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • October 31, 2021
• Blog / How to Food

  dinners with friends my wallet is crying

  

  night, i ate dinner at et, one of the independent living groups in mit. i ... live in my room in east campus, but i'm trying to spend more time in et ... i couldn't make it in 2020 for some reason i don't remember. in fact

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 2, 2023
• Blog / Uncategorized

  ZigZag Episode 5 MIT's podcast has a new episode.

  

  can also view the first four episodes in the ZigZag archive. They would

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 20, 2006
• FAQ / First-year application

  Can my school use Naviance?

  We prefer that students use our MIT application portal detailed in our Letters of recommendation page; however, we also accept electronic ... -specific recommendation form. On the form, recommenders can indicate if they would like to
• Blog / Uncategorized

  The Availability Heuristic with applications to pledging

  

  I didn't include a lot of biographical detail in my biography (whoops!), so here's something you should know: at MIT, I am a proud ... fraternities. I would never have joined one if it had been any other way

  • by Qiaochu Y. '12
  • September 11, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Happy Sunday Everyone Go read Marilee's post... NOW.

  

  desperately to get my kids to remember who I am, I logged in to publish an "I'm excited for everyone to get their mail this week!" post. In my in-box was an email from Marilee, asking me to post her first-ever blog entry. I

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 11, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  I (don’t) want the summer to end me writing poetry? what a concept

  

  neat and cram them in my suitcase. I don't want to leave MacGregor and ... the summer to end. I want to move to Floorpi and sleep in my new room ... being too rude. I want posters from student groups and overpriced boba in

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • August 6, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  halfway there musings about currently being an MIT student

  

  , in retrospect, and I hope that I'm able to participate in at least one ... exploration"]REX[/annotation] was a week. A week. In just that time, I forged ... MIT student life in such a liberated and carefree way. Looking back, I

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • November 14, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Swag … I mean, Career Fair What I did not acquire at the career fair:A job.

  

  under the bed. I can see the floor of my room, for the first time in days ... more interested in sophomores or juniors. I do not have a resume. The ... What I acquired from the MIT Career fair last Thursday: 29 pens

  • by Kate R. '14
  • September 30, 2010
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Fariborz Maseeh Hall The Phoenix Group would rise from the the "ashes" of Ashdown...

  

  Here's the story: Long ago, in a land far far away (far from Hawaii ... Massachusetts Ave and Memorial Drive since the beginning of time (i.e. 1938 when ... was loved by all who graced its halls. One day in 2006, the MIT

  • by Cydnie T. '12
  • October 18, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Introducing the Class of 2013: Jonte ‘13 The fourth in a series of articles about the incoming MIT class.

  

  computers, somewhat simultaneously, both of which would serve him in good ... of Technology (MIT) this fall, where he will major in civil or ... university located in Cambridge, Mass. Craighead said he is looking forward to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 30, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT goes on the road Beginning Sunday until the end of October, my Admissions colleagues and I will go forth…

  

  in the MIT undergraduate student body? And, which foreign country is ... October, my Admissions colleagues and I will go forth across this continent to tell you tales of MIT. This year, the first meetings are in

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 5, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Lewis Music Library Tra la la

  

  I don't think the headphones would fit over it, so it's a good thing ... Instead of writing only about student life, I'm gonna try to write ... film Meet the Parents, geniuses choose the color green. In addition to

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 15, 2004
• Blog / Admissions

  Home! I'm back in the US after three weeks in Asia.

  

  After a long vacation in Southeast Asia, I'll be officially back in ... (and for so many people to be speaking English), but I'm excited to begin ... trip to Florida starts in less than a month! Forthcoming blog entries

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 10, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  I have the best girlfriend ever Gifts at MIT rock.

  

  in just for me! I have the best girlfriend ever. ... I bought a new mouse on woot.com the other day for $13.37 and I must ... inquired "Where's your mousepad?" "Well . . I don't have one. . . but look

  • by Snively '11
  • December 3, 2009