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• Blog / Admissions

  Why We Blacked Out The Blogs and joined the SOPA strike

  

  . Here on the blogs we try to give you a sense of what life is like at MIT ... . At least not at first. Instead, what's there is this:   So ... such bill working its way through both houses of the Congress right now

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • January 18, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  it’s always day 1 a meticulous account of my last first day

  

  last first day of my undergraduate studies at MIT. It is the kind of ... . 10:04 AM: I am at the corner of Massachusetts Avenue and Amherst Alley ... , I also need to get into at least one, and some of the classes have

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • February 7, 2023
• Blog / Classes

  the classes among us reflections and too many flashbacks on classes ft. ESG

  

  significant is this number? Does a ratio of 5:1 mean a lot when you can have a freshman lecture size of 400? One of the quintessential features of American ... imagined college in high school, I imagined being in one of these huge halls

  • by Waly N. '24
  • October 12, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  My Desk and the Things That Live There The things and fish on and around my desk and the stories behind them.

  

  indoors). At the end of last semester I finally caved and bought a bunch of ... back from Pennsylvania at the start of the semester. She made the trip ... . My room is at the end of a hallway that includes the most commonly used

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 25, 2014
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Great Expectations i've never read the book, but the title seemed to fit

  

  feel at home. A large group of strangers might wander into your suite and ... don’t know how long my body can sustain this level of non-activity. I do ... thing being a big part of the change. There are amazing places to eat all

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • September 17, 2014
• Blog / Classes

  Surprisingly enjoyable experiences exactly what it sounds like

  

  fact that it’s possible, that you didn’t need a company and dozens of weeks, that a couple of undergrads working together could cobble one up. This year, for REX, one of the things being built was a fort

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • September 15, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  a major road to trouble exploring interests as a baby beaver

  

  overview of interests before I wound up at the Institute. Fetus Era For the ... procrastinating every second away looking at all the interesting aspects of each ... ’t think of a good way to write this blog about all the stuff that comes to

  • by Waly N. '24
  • November 23, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  italy research in pompeii

  

  rice. We spent the rest of the day at the beach. I was initially whining ... lunch at a local park, I would see bits of arches sticking out of the ... (Tetazoo) ended up at the Tomb of the Unknown soldier. The full cohort

  • by Anika H. '26
  • June 18, 2024
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  American culture at its finest: Thanksgiving How my family celebrates the holiday. Plus a crash course in U.S. culture for internationals.

  

  The fourth Thursday of November and the few days before and after are ... size of our international audience, I thought I might take a few minutes ... just watched the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, another staple of the

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 27, 2008
• Blog / IAP

  A Jaunt Across Europe (Part 2) 12 hours of coastal biking and other Spanish adventures

  

  rounded app square on my iPhone. At the corners of each square, there was ... crown jewel of our trip was biking the Spanish coast, starting at La Cara ... . Whenever we passed a spot any of us wanted to stop and spend more time at, we

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • February 11, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  Long-Overdue Responses Questions answered.

  

  . Thank you for saying that. At the end of my junior year of high school one ... , I am here until 5PM M/T/W of this week (although not always at my desk ... at mit dot edu. I trust you can rearrange the anti-spam wording of that

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 20, 2004
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  soulsearching / coding in which i ramble about careers

  

  that's true. Lillian: Well, I think a lot of people, at your age, don ... : That's good. CJ: But I've also been thinking about a lot of questions ... . Xian: I realized that, after talking to the rest of my team. There

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 26, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  My MIT Story How I came to be at MIT

  

  needed to be at MIT. Matt McGann was the host of the info session and he ... opinion, I was not a blog stalker at this point. I read a couple of the ... great school for math, one of the best." "Ok, I'll go there." *laughter

  • by Snively '11
  • July 28, 2008
• Blog / Classes

  Ridiculous things I’ve been up to in which i wear an exoskeleton

  

  of eBay. I've been wanting to replace my laptop since at least the ... when I do. I got a new pair of shoes, since my old shoes were tearing at ... writing it, of course, which at this rate will probably be two years from

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 10, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

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

  

  application tracking system. We are receiving buckets and buckets and buckets of ... enforcing a hard cutoff at the deadline for this year's early action; no need ... required standardized tests. There are a number of options to fulfill the

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

  My mom is here! ...and she's critiquing my cheerleading skills.

  

  just sounds cool.) My mom arrived in Boston at 5 PM, just in time to eat an oh-so-healthy college student meal of pizza ordered on the internet ... switched at birth.) Tomorrow, Mom is going to come to 5.60 (chemical

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • October 21, 2005
• Blog / Events

  A Trip to AfroTech My Recap of the AfroTech Conference in Houston

  

  the first of two days at the convention and were met with lots of lively ... they offer, and I probably spent 80% of that entire day talking to ... battery was drained, I grabbed lunch with a friend at one of the many food

  • by Richard O. '28
  • November 30, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  “we have the winter olympics at home” the winter olympics at home:

  

  choice of MIT, I mean it. I'm on a mission to spread the New England winter ... summons me at 10:00 pm to accompany her on the most random and hilarious shenanigans. Exhibit A: On the last day of finals, as if to celebrate the

  • by Allison E. '27
  • March 22, 2025
• Blog / How to MIT

  Laptops! It goes on the top of your lap.

  

  I've had dial-up internet for as long as I can remember. One of the ... campus-wide WI-FI. I always had this sparkling image of me, sitting in ... internet, most of the links were broken and the info outdated. This is my

  • by Snively '11
  • March 22, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MARC 2025 (not a live blog) Featuring Andi '25!

  

  resonance for an hour straight took a lot out of me, but I was free to look at ... of the electromagnet used to magnetize them. Naturally, I offered to ... MARC is one of the few conferences people have in their academic

  • by Anika H. '26
  • January 16, 2025