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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  MIT Professor Creates DEATH RAY! I'm not making this up.

  

  .C., the Greek mathematician Archimedes supposedly defended the city of ... Each Wednesday, The Weekly Dig (my favorite rag) hits the newsstands. It's generally a mixture of pop culture and local political coverage

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 19, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Open Thread: Admitted Early

  

  won't be long now until we get to meet you in the Class of 2030 Discord ... Filled with mystery and people I can loveI know out there on the road of life, I'll live the story I've been dreaming of https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TMVNWkCUodk

  • by Decisions
  • December 16, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  Slow down, fast train. Take me with you!

  

  breakfast for the rest of the floor on the first day of finals. Since we can ... ever seen at MIT. But after that? I'm at the start of a pretty big ... to say, was a little wistful. Like how Tim Gunn cries at the end of

  • by Sam M. '07
  • May 26, 2007
• Blog / People & Identities

  love people. cook them. tasty food. meet pecker!

  

  I live on the top floor of a small pile of donuts named Random Hall ... , they're the other half of the fourth floor -- this video just happens to ... . About a quarter of the floor has gotten really into figure skating as of

  • by Alice L. '24
  • November 27, 2021
• Blog / Blogs That Aren't in English

  Applying Sideways (in Chinese) 橫向申請 / 横向申请

  

  —  should think about the process of preparing to apply to MIT. Since that time, it's remained one of the most widely read and shared posts on the ... , had thought enough of the post that she had translated it into

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 12, 2021
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Random’s 13th happy birthday random hall!

  

  was actually in the middle of giving a tour of Random to a friend when I ... the dorm! This year, since Random turned 13, Ilani, a resident of the ... As many of you know, Random Hall has come to represent much more than

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 2, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A UROP or Two In which I ramble about how lucky I am to have such awesome UROPs

  

  a lot of juggling schedules and hard work, but I'm really loving both of the projects I'm involved with. :) ... 's Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program), so I decided to add my voice to the

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • November 24, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  LOLZ CATS In which he creates one of his own to explain his extended absence.

  

  life over the last few weeks better than any blog entry could. :-) (I'll get to your questions soon - although most of them are about missing materials, and Matt already did a great job of addressing that topic

  • by Ben Jones
  • November 27, 2007
• Blog / Events

  Candyland @ MIT Not your average gingerbread houses!

  

  My dorm’s study break tonight consisted of a Gingerbread House Making ... teams of Baker House residents built architectural masterpieces in only an hour. Though they were given the option to build anything they wanted

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 7, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  puzzled again? a little puzzle for the class of '09

  

  So this week, each day of Orientation, the students have been getting a group of scavenger hunt questions to solve, and today they get to ... this one easy. How many entries to date? Please do not post the answer

  • by Bryan
  • September 2, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Decision letters mailed

  

  Admit Letters... Actually, this photo only shows about half of the admit letters, as overall there were 4 buckets of The Big Envelope. Speaking of ... last two classes, because of an increased yield (the percentage of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 10, 2004
• FAQ / First-year application

  Can my school use Naviance?

  our Letters of recommendation page; however, we also accept electronic documents submitted through Naviance, SCOIR, or other methods. Regardless of where documents are submitted, recommenders must fill out the MIT
• FAQ / First-year application

  How do I request a fee waiver?

  international applicants, and you can request one in the Fee Waiver Request section of the application. MIT practices need-blind admissions, so requesting a fee waiver will not have any negative impact on your chances of
• Blog / How to MIT

  New Year’s Affirmations can i run MIT affirm id be so good at it 🥺

  

  ). But since the beginning of this semester, MIT Affirm has gone dark ... ="121245" image6="121246" image7="121259" /] The end of a semester and the start of ... This blog is to all the affirmers out there. Especially any that

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • January 1, 2025
• Blog / How to MIT

  New Year’s Affirmations can i run MIT affirm id be so good at it 🥺

  

  ). But since the beginning of this semester, MIT Affirm has gone dark ... ="121245" image6="121246" image7="121259" /] The end of a semester and the start of ... This blog is to all the affirmers out there. Especially any that

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • January 1, 2026
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Third times the charm or so I hope

  

  the sweetest! Reaching the summit of a 11k foot mountain, Mount Baldy ... most of the way and only actually hiked the last 1k or so feet of ... soon after, all before the first day of classes. Before the semester even

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • October 1, 2017
• Blog / How to Food

  kitchen nightmares bugs and toasters and explosions, oh my!

  

  . The insect was properly disposed of and I thought that was it. NOPE. A ... of us know how to use can openers, apparently. The little twisty ... from the kitchen and the sound of Selena swearing. This was the sight

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • November 5, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Finals Week, Minus Finals all the non-academic shenanigans

  

  . This blog will be updated over the course of the week the things that are ... boring) but it is an accurate representation of my life at the end of the ... finish before Saturday (the day I move out of MacGregor). At this point

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • May 20, 2019
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Uncanny Valley im gonna make you shit your pants

  

  diseased and dead while others think it implies the existence of a predator ... nonhuman features. The nonhuman movement of an android and its human ... part 2 of using my art powers for chaos. So how do you give someone the

  • by Anika H. '26
  • January 14, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  Share Your CPW With Us! I can haz guest blogs?

  

  happens every year). Starting from meeting a couple dozen of you at the i ... from :P one of the best things about CPW is meeting you all who come from diverse corners of the world and seeing how much energy and talent you bring

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 11, 2010