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• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT students do it all night. A salute to sleep deprivation, Aztec philosophy, and grape-catching.

  

  my first all-nighter of the fall term. Well, I don't really believe in ... really cool article. Then on midnight of the 12th day of the festival, a ... the star of fire to reach the zenith. Once it did, the priest would

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 20, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  Wait List Decisions 2013 Is it supposed to be waitlist, wait list, or wait-list? Oh never mind...

  

  know many of you have been anxiously awaiting news about our wait list ... unprecedented, record-breaking percentage of admitted students choosing to enroll ... on our wait list via email that we will not be able to offer them

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • May 13, 2013
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Back Why is it that breaks go by so quickly?

  

  of cool things: one of my floormates is studying abroad in Madrid ... be interesting. I'll be taking the EMT class offered by MIT ... consists of lectures, readings, and labs, designed to equip trainees with the

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • January 3, 2010
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Scooper Bowl All you can eat ice cream.

  

  Apparently, Boston has the highest per-capita consumption of ice ... Bryan, Boston has some of the world's best ice cream makers and shops (for ... world"), most within walking distance of MIT. Today is the second day of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 7, 2006
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Dance at MIT!!! [Collab with Ben O. ’19] hip-hop? contemp? bhangra? lion dance? MIT's got it all

  

  here at MIT.  We’re both active members of the dance community; we joined Mocha Moves in Fall ‘19 and are members of Dance Troupe, but I’ve done it ... ’s memey and lots of fun MissBehavior — an all-female urban dance team; has

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • January 30, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Introducing the Class of 2013: Merritt ‘13, Carlos ‘13, Edward ‘13, and John ‘13 The final edition of a nine-part series of articles about the incoming MIT class.

  

  universe that are not directly expressed in the observable properties of the ... completed several math courses at the University of North Carolina Wilmington ... The MIT Class of 2013 has officially arrived! With this day upon us

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 31, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Parliamo Italiano! And some other languages too.

  

  whole selection of other materials in each of the languages offerred, can ... ....it's MIT, and languages don't involve math and all. First of all, I can reassure you that MIT does have humanities classes, and a lot of them are

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 19, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

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

  

  around them, if you can. So look for opportunities offered outside of your ... the exam and the season premiere of Lost. There's no guarantee that I'll be able to concentrate that night. Instead of concentrating this

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

  A Welcoming Environment Because the best way to feel at home at MIT is to know that you…

  

  , no less - also had a discussion with me. One of them even offered me a ... Welcome Here campaign. For those of you who don't know what this is, the You Are Welcome Here campaign aims to increase the visibility of LGBQT

  • by Emad T. '14
  • December 22, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  Things to do while waiting for decisions on Saturday Clicking the "refresh" button repeatedly between now and Saturday afternoon is NOT an option.

  

  This goes out to all of you waiting on tenterhooks for decisions to come out in a couple of days (I love the word "tenterhooks." It's amazing.). These are just a few small ideas - I know you can think of others tailored

  • by Keri G. '10
  • March 13, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Conference Where Everyone Was Younger Than Me I'm talking highschool Thiel Fellows, 30 under 30 winners, and Shark Tank participants

  

  CEO of University Beyond, helping brands find and manage campus brand ... , Vice President of Watson University, an incubator for student ... student, you sort of get used to being one of the youngest. Everyone else is

  • by Erick P. '17
  • June 30, 2016
• Blog / Denied by MIT, Now [X]

  Denied by MIT, now a PhD student at the Media Lab

  

  decision day, I unexpectedly hear from students to whom we did not offer ... I did here and here, as proof of what I usually say on Pi Day: If you are among the many stellar students to whom we are not offering

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 24, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What do you do with a BS in econ? Answering Karen's question about my degree

  

  ? What is my life going to be? Four years of college and plenty of knowledge Have earned me this useless degree I can't pay the bills yet 'Cause ... ), but I should mention this option just in case. Most grads (I think) of

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • March 9, 2007
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  MIT: REGRESSIONS a documentary on MIT, and why it's so important

  

  of social distinction. Students at prestigious universities undergo ... ('22) and Wesley Block ('22) on the history of the Institute, spanning from World War 2 to COVID-19. It uses 80 years of AI-enhanced archival

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • October 12, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  How to Make a (Short) Movie in 15 Days give or take

  

  ="for those of you with Celsius mind- that’s about -1 degrees, so freezing"]30 degree[/annotation] weather. 15. Kill the batteries of your equipment ... countless films of [annotation note="as short as 2 minutes or as long as 2

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • December 24, 2019
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  13/101 Things To Do Before You Graduate 2 of my favorite days at MIT, to date.

  

  Bloggers of old have written about the "101 Things To Do Before You ... orientation, every freshman receives a list of 101 things to do before they ... Cruise Check out the New England Aquarium Visit the top of the Prudential

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 22, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Pi(e) Day: The Baking Of created with love (and pies) by the bloggers

  

  . For those of you with the stomach to watch, I offer you this video ... treasury of comedic novelty photoshoot experience to pieing the bloggers in ... on the harsh overhead lights of an interrogation room, illuminating a

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • March 10, 2014
• Blog / Events

  The Great Debate Can MIT brainpower, with the help of the LHC, finally put the matter to rest?

  

  scientific community convened for the first time at the University of Chicago ... Last week, six of MIT’s most illustrious professors gathered in 26-100 in a quest to solve one of the greatest conundrums of our time: latke

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • March 8, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW 2007: I Got Served, and It Felt Grrreat!! By: Seleeke, '11

  

  experience was one of the most liberating, invigorating, and awe-inspiring times of my life. That's no exaggeration -- my four days at MIT changed my life more than I'd ever expect. From the myriad of future classmates I

  • by Bryan
  • April 18, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  Famous people who didn’t go to MIT Some people are more successful because they turned down admission to MIT.

  

  Gillespie received an envelope from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Not just any envelope, but the fat one, with a letter of admission ... measure. He wanted to go to the Art Institute of Atlanta and study cooking

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 23, 2010