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• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Truth Values [by Ken Haggerty '11] A fantastic one-woman show about life at MIT. (Now playing!)

  

  time and work required in order to receive a Ph.D. and its adverse ... 's education as a high-level mathematician affected her playwriting or acting, to ... 't quite sure what to expect. The show, Truth Values, billed itself as "one

  • by ARTalk
  • September 22, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Nuns, fret not! Like baby alligators in the sewers, you too will grow up fast.

  

  . What better way to get to know your hall? So a lot of you have ... online are a good place to start. And there are plenty of research ... I'm a little nervous right now, because I have my first major exam

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 2, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The Years of the Rat More about MIT's famous class ring: the "Brass Rat."

  

  , 1931, and 1932. Their mission was to design a ring to be used as the ... committee decided to adorn the bezel of the ring with the beaver and have a ... 1914, Lester Gardner of the MIT Club of New York proposed a mascot to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 21, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Yellow, Blue, Green, and Red Free art and how to borrow it at MIT

  

  still “under construction”, but I first wanted to give a shout out to an ... Program exhibition.   Yes, that does seem to be a photograph of a ... exhibition is still a great place to wander through. It's a pretty eclectic

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • September 29, 2016
• Blog / Challenges

  Katharine Hepburn’s Brownies How Kate saved my kitchen cred.

  

  to use the word hate, but I’m going to be a rebel and use it anyway ... the mood to experiment? It’s kind of a big deal, picking a favorite, and ... neatly to the story of the brownies; a few days ago, I decided to try my

  • by Alina G. '11
  • July 26, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  NY Times article on women in science Women in science...the debate rages on.

  

  contemplate what it is like to be a “woman at MIT.” The only differences that I ... ’s Lounge (a room with some couches, a kitchen, and beds to sleep in) and have ... Society.” And here’s what really intrigued me (referring to a speech by

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 19, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Asking for Directions Two weeks of pondering, photography, and prose.

  

  When I applied to MIT, I had a good idea of what I wanted to do when ... to look pretty appealing. And besides, I wanted to keep computing as a ... 's a good thing we don't have to choose a major until the end of the year

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • November 19, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Lots of questions today! Lots of answers, too.

  

  , because we have a standing agreement not to go to dances. We used to go ... go out to a restaurant for dinner. I haven't been to one of the dining ... year. If you plan to live here over the summer, I'd recommend buying a

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • May 9, 2006
• Blog / Uncategorized

  The Crab Cave or: i moved to dc with friends

  

  that Sunday before we arrived. As a result, we arranged to stay in two ... -family members. We had a quick two hour flight to Seattle before flying to DC. I ... , complete with a kitchen to cook. We would stay in this hotel until Wednesday

  • by Cami M. '23
  • June 20, 2020
• Blog / Announcements

  We have extended the Regular Action deadline to January 6th, 2021 in order to give our applicants (and our staff) some extra time around the holidays

  

  I am popping my head out of committee for a moment to [annotation ... applying to us for Regular Action, but we presume you're getting a lot of ... ! Do you provide a fee waiver for the CSS Profile? MIT is not able to

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 8, 2020
• Blog / How to Food

  MIT Dining Halls my controversial ranking

  

  people will always want to apply/commit, there isn't as much of a need to ... college, per se. We don't need to spend the money on a huge, beautiful quad ... and grocery staples. This leaves a lot of the undergrad populations to

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • March 19, 2025
• Blog / Challenges

  confronting the self i am the captain of my soul

  

  it'd be a good idea to try to write a blog like this, when you could ... : well, the point i wanted to make was that the planning was a coping ... years old didn't have such a dismal reason to live. cj: well. a month

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 30, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  March Questions Omnibus 4

  

  simple to travel on train or ? from Logan to MIT?" We'll be running a bus ... at least a few days in advance, if at all possible) than to not ... would like to room with a female student, or is that a given." We will

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 25, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  papurgatory I am demolishing my print budget and my solitary working habits

  

  the tired eyes of a poor researcher?” if I continue to print at this ... would also get me to actually read these papers. It did not. I carried a ... only periodically read a page or three. To be clear, the problem is not

  • by Alice L. '24
  • September 17, 2022
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  this is fine some thoughts at the end of the semester

  

  it. All I want to do is lie in the sun and read a book, but... finals ... times. It’s too easy to forget, more than a year into the pandemic, that ... announced a “return to normal” next fall. I’m getting the second dose of the

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • May 17, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Right NOW Making Things

  

  to go be a writer! I'm going to write my essay right NOW!" So I went ... 't do that. It's like planning to bake a crisp and hoarding fruit months ... Yesterday I met with Ta-Nehisi Coates to talk about writing. I

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • May 2, 2013
• Blog / Events

  (Paint)Ballin’ Hey, if you're already hosed, you might as well have a good reason for it

  

  From May 9th to May 13th (a Friday, naturally), MIT students endured ... 's like calling everything and everyone a flurg - you start to wonder what ... most forest-y, most outdoors-y place you've ever been to, and dump a few

  • by Emad T. '14
  • May 19, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Sleep is Overrated (CPW Guest Blog!) from Ann '14!

  

  next four years and what made me disappointed to leave. CPW was a unique opportunity to meet new people everywhere and to spend 24 hours a day learning ... guide and decided to (try to) build a human pyramid in the middle of Lobby

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 14, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Admissions updates ...including the state of the mail and EA application tracking.

  

  the past preferred to release decisions on a Saturday; December 13 or ... to worry if you clicked submit a bit after midnight, you will still be ... required standardized tests. There are a number of options to fulfill the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 12, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Does MIT Offer Application Fee Waivers? In a word, yes. Click through for the extended answer.

  

  to MIT can be a barrier for those of modest financial means or those ... request a fee waiver? Your decision to request a fee waiver is not unlike ... outside of your family who can help you to determine your need for a waiver

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • October 16, 2007