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• Blog / Athletics

  Guest Entry: MIT Cycling Team Training Camp Hundreds of miles of riding and thousands of kilojoules spent.

  

  , preparing mentally for the arduous rides ahead. After a particularly hilarious ... for the day’s riding. For me, the first day consisted of a ride up ... joined the rest of the MIT cycling team for training camp in Borrego

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 18, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Another one! The return to campus, round III

  

  of a thrill upon seeing the Dome for the first time in months. As soon ... promise you: the excitement never wears off! Even after a day full of ... pledges, the sidewalks were a maze of storage boxes and moving carts, and my

  • by Taylor V. '19
  • September 11, 2017
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Better than a Ryan Cabrera poster Want a Warhol in your dorm room?

  

  line outside the gallery doors for a second chance to participate in this ... Want a Warhol in your dorm room? Today is the final exhibition day ... ) to borrow for the entire academic year one of nearly 350 noted pieces

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 18, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Adventures of a Morning Person rise and shine

  

  it a very personal and productive time.For example, the early morning ... [annotation note="Except for when I sleep too little the night before, because I ... a stressful rush to get to school on time for first period. Here, each

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • January 14, 2019
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

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

  

  have been mistaken for a safe box with a screen. From within it, The Real ... were pulled chin-level and the swath of darkness became a refuge for his ... habitual, like stopping for a cup of coffee on the way out, or grabbing your

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

  Put a Ring On It 2013 RING PREMIERE!

  

  About three hours ago, a large majority of the MIT Class of 2013 filed into Kresge Auditorium for one of the most awesome events of this ... who don't: the MIT class ring (a.k.a. Brass Rat) is not only one of the

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • February 11, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  No Child Gets Ahead?

  

  country's brightest children and calls the lack of more programs for them "a ... There was an article in the New York Times yesterday about a topic ... . You can read it: Some New Help for the Extremely Gifted (registration

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 27, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Hacking Story poetry, guitars, a hardware hackathon, and the time-to-pee scheduling metric

  

  little project box about the size of two palms for a small, ukelele ... method for measuring distance), and the Arduino connected to a more ... culminates in a hardware hackathon. 1. The Time-to-Pee Schedule Metric When I

  • by Allan K. '17
  • February 26, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Do You Have A Core Curriculum?

  

  Today, I'm back in the office (but only for a day) after doing three ... I did was for the Gateway Institute, a program for minority and low ... Washington University in St. Louis, and down the hall was a colleague from

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 9, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  A Little INSPIRation Guest Post by Vaishnavi Rao '17

  

  In the midst of a whirlwind-like semester I promise to eventually ... ’s MIT-speak for “undergraduate research”), I work with a team of awesome ... ? A: INSPIRE is the first and only national high school competition that

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • December 1, 2015
• Blog / Summer

  i visit Cape Cod and discover the most beautiful beach on Earth

  

  pizza, we started to drive towards the west side of the cape to look for a ... to spend the day at the beach. it was a goddamn ride start to finish ... suggested that we spice up our orders by asking for four of what the person in

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • June 24, 2020
• FAQ / First-year application

  Do I have to submit a school profile?

  one specifically for us. We request the profile only if one is available. ... Your school counselor (or equivalent) should submit the Secondary School Report and transcript. Most counselors also attach a letter of
• Blog / Life after MIT

  That rings a bell Made of brass?

  

  ’t find it. (That was a long lonely month when I thought I lost it for good, only for it to ultimately reappear under the couch.) I don’t know how long alumni typically wear it – I’ve spotted it on the fingers of a few

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • January 21, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  Caps Lock Pancakes DINNERISH.

  

  For the past four and a half years I’ve lived on an all-women’s floor ... -academic life happens round the clock in the kitchen, over food and homework and tea, and a few times a semester we bring two thirds of that activity to

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • April 13, 2015
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Helicopter Flight Training [by CDT Greg Wellman '09] 500 feet above Boston with two MIT Deans.

  

  , the BPL, MIT, everything. After flying around for a bit we came back ... thanked the Deans for coming out. After a few quick pictures (which found ... [by CDT Greg Wellman '09] For the second time in my life, I had the

  • by ROTC
  • October 3, 2007
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  A Day In The Life [By MIDN 3/c Robert Block '10] It is 1200 on a Tuesday during IAP, and…

  

  working on a project to improve battalion communications through the installation of a web server. I worked for two hours before hurrying over to the ... the Polish after their lunch break. After a few hours of inviting

  • by ROTC
  • February 12, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Be A Blogger 2015! TAKE THE PLUNGE

  

  . The day-to-day experience of your life at MIT is a perspective only you ... guideline: don’t get the blogs shut down. MIT operates by setting a ... are a specific example of the general case. At a high level, we are

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 14, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Solar Eclipses and Bloggers bloggers around the country all watching the eclipse

  

  A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between the Sun and the Earth. To someone standing on Earth, the Moon would cover the Sun. In a ... visible within a band across the United States. The Moon completely blocked

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 22, 2017
• FAQ / QuestBridge

  How do I submit a creative/maker portfolio as a QuestBridge applicant?

  . The deadline for QuestBridge applicants is November 1, and fee waivers are available for any applicant not able to cover the submission fee. ... QuestBridge applicants submit portfolios using the same system that
• Blog / Admissions

  Decisions mailed;

  

  , and at a quarter to five, the mailman came to post the letters. Sadly, I ... room for them in the class. It has been our most competitive year ever ... arrive early next week (for many, on Pi Day!). Some folks were calling the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 11, 2005