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• Blog / Admissions

  Tales from the application process Results from the 'mini-contest.'

  

  . Ryan, Pennsylvania Click on the image for a flash animation: Carla, Costa Rica I became a Food Channel fan since I decided to apply to MIT. No kidding, but going to college away from home requires more skills than just

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 22, 2007
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  A Postcard From The Green Building postmarked july 5th

  

  Yesterday I took photos from the top of the Green Building. MIT sprawled far below us, the lines of its normally inscrutable architecture ... . Hope you spent yesterday in great company! Wishing you a long summer.

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • July 5, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  Pictures from a Month into Classes and I'm thrivi... surviving?

  

  the past month, I’ve done everything from holding a ferret in our ... : Early Move-In So it turns out Virginia is a fairly long drive from MIT ... views of Boston and try food that wasn't from a dining hall. [carousel

  • by Richard O. '28
  • October 14, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  Admissions process reflections from a crusty Junior Try not to bite all of your fingernails off.

  

  saying that I got a big envelope from MIT, asking if I would waive the fine ... I’ve recently had a number of startling revelations: I’m almost ... waiting for my early action decision from MIT… *cue psychedelic time

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 5, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  notes from a week of new classes the prettiest peril of higher education

  

  /review with a professor and TAs. Most of my "notes" are coming from the at ... mean you should take your own notes, but a TA is actually taking all the ... this, a lot of the stuff I feel like I should takes notes on are

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • February 15, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  An Ode From A Science Fair Junkie in honor of intel isef 2018

  

  being in a completely new city. Maybe it was getting to know people from ... become a mosaic of all that life gives you. Your high points lay the ... than others. If there is any such life experience that’s had a lasting

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • May 13, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  a few things from civic media race in sports, human experimentation, and hidden figures

  

  (IAP) at MIT -- between the fall and spring semesters, students get a ... ideas), and hang out with friends. so there's a lot going on, but campus still feels a lot more relaxed than it does during the school year. most

  • by Allan K. '17
  • January 13, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  Pictures From a Year of Classes The End of a Saga

  

  . Just me, a pencil I had to borrow from a friend because I forgot you need ... had to borrow from a friend because I forgot you need those to actually ... , a third pencil I had to borrow from a friend (Spencer this time), and

  • by Richard O. '28
  • June 20, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  10 ft from Hasan Minhaj D R E A M S D O C O M E T R U…

  

  his homecoming tour. Keep in mind, this is a person I’ve been wanting to ... night was spent with great laughter, deep questions and a good amount of serious reflection. After a thirty minute act geared around refugee and

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • October 8, 2017
• Blog / How to Human

  We All Need A Little Encouragement

  

  From a bottle of Honest Tea, purchased from MIT's Student Center

  • by Chris S. '11
  • March 1, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Tales From The Nance Effect Road Show My travel to the land of Boomer--Sooners, Miners. Wild Cats, Sun Devils and Rattlesnakes

  

  came to learn more about MIT. Great questions and conversations from a ... Even as I write this I am en-route from the border town of El Paso, TX to Boston, MA. As the old joke goes: "I just flew in from El Paso

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • September 29, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Two quick items from the web Anthropology of War and Peace, and a ton of snow at Chi Phi.

  

  substantial entries to come this week): First, I saw a link on a military blog (Naval Open Source Intelligence) to a relevant MIT OpenCourseWare course, 21A.217: Anthropology of War and Peace, taught by Prof. Hugh Gusterson

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 3, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Hits from the ‘90s ♪ Why can't we be friends? ♫

  

  I, like most college students, have a Facebook account. Actually, for ... 's right, I have a Twitter account, but I DON'T USE IT, SO STOP FOLLOWING ME! Honestly, I'm amazed, I have tweeted exactly 10 times in over a year and I

  • by Snively '11
  • July 2, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Highlights From The Past Week A post on birthdays and bad (but oh so good) TV.

  

  1) I've almost fully recovered from the flu 2) I turned 31 - I AM ... implement a lot of my requests into MyMIT - YES! 5) Well not this week but ... to admit this in a public forum but the only other show I make time to

  • by Ben Jones
  • January 14, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Biology-inspired design from MIT alums What happens when you bring together nature and technology? I think you'll like the result.

  

  doors down from each other. We were a couple, we were dating, and he saw ... ... Nervous Systems jewelry and accessories began with a very common story. Boy ... accessories. OK, so maybe it′s not that common of a story. Regardless, what

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 29, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  61 Photos from my Time at MIT from freshman to senior year

  

  Studies) fall schedule a couple years ago. Brass Rat 2018 (from Ring ... 's just a sample from one of my four years at the Institute. There ... , some clouds, a beanstalk, and Jack. Also made and assembled entirely from

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 3, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Scenes From Admissions, Round Two What's going on in this picture?! Another installment of our new little game.

  

  Occasionally I'll show you a picture and give you some clues to see if you can figure out what's going on in the scene. Welcome to Round ... contains many secrets 2) A large noteboard 3) Daniel's index finger, which

  • by Ben Jones
  • August 24, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Lessons Learned from (Watching) D&D thank you brennan lee mulligan

  

  've been watching a lot of Dimension 20, a tabletop RPG game show produced by CollegeHumor. The show has multiple seasons, with each season being a new D&D game with a usually familiar cast, with the occasional guest stars here

  • by Cami M. '23
  • August 15, 2022
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Stealing from the Class of 2016 And you'll have to work to get it back

  

  happen from time to time. Finally, just as a reminder, we were all ... allow people to contact a large number of other people whom all have a ... mailing lists that only see use for a semester, others that get used for a

  • by Snively '11
  • September 27, 2012
• Blog / Rural and Small-Town

  Reflections from the STARS@MIT Fly-In a 15-author guest blog, featuring the small town/rural students that visited us this october!

  

  “I live in a town of around 4,000 people, and a two hour drive from the ... enjoy a variety of activities, ranging from small engineering projects at ... on Post-Phd education (...) From that I got a new understanding of what

  • by Sara N. '28
  • November 11, 2025