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• Blog / Admissions

  EA Update We plan to release Early Action decisions on Monday, 12/15.

  

  . Here is a chart of EA application landmarks over time: In 1982-83, we ... on Monday, December 15th. In the next few days, we will send EA applicants an email on how to access the decisions online; I will also post a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 8, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Although of course you end up becoming yourself Perspective and focus, brought to you by M. C. Escher

  

  , in a word, frenetic. I loved all of my classes (or at least the idea of ... got locked into a narrow tunnel vision in which I only valued the ... , much less use one. Henry David Thoreau lived in a cabin on the Pond for

  • by Joel G. '18
  • August 2, 2015
• Blog / Challenges

  Advice from Graduating Seniors to incoming freshmen

  

  ; Advice from Graduating Seniors John P. '17 MIT is a great opportunity for personal growth, and a big part of that is understanding your limits. Find ... people along the way, but you will grow in ways that are not possible in a

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 28, 2017
• Blog / People & Identities

  BLÅHAJ: the Internet meme, the trans icon, the world’s favorite plush media analysis on the Swedish shark’s rise to prominence

  

  choking hazard to young children. Blahaj is a meter long, nearly body pillow ... understands.  While the adoration of Blahaj is a worldwide phenomenon, the ... maintained a steady Internet prominence since its release in 2014. While there

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • July 19, 2023
• Blog / Research & Work Abroad

  Adios, Madrid My attempt at an eloquent goodbye to Spain.

  

  about winter is going to be much more vociferous this year. fluency in a ... In a few short hours I will hop on a plane back to the US. I have ... , unable to pick out Iraq on a map. As I'm leaving, I realize that while in

  • by Laura N. '09
  • August 16, 2008
• Blog / Life after MIT

  The Remnants of Four Years What happens when you have to start packing

  

  'll deal with it later and just throw everything in a box". Graduating means ... give a preview of my four years at MIT in the artistic form of my choosing: a selection of t-shirts, shot in the ever wonderful medium of the i

  • by Becca H. '12
  • June 6, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Decide my major! Because putting your future up for a democratic vote is clearly the way to go.

  

  (COUGHMITCOUGH), which, I mean, is a kind of a big deal and will in fact influence ... Developing Countries,” which is incredible. I’m currently part of a team that ... , in some cases!) to work, a task made difficult by non

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • April 2, 2009
• Blog / Athletics

  A Series of Embarrassing Events, Part 2 Neither zumba, nor yoga.

  

  My PE class for the quarter is "zumba", taught by a very cheerful, coordinated, muscular brunette named Ashley. It is held in the T-Club Lounge, a ... doing this in a yoga class; on my knees (the big toe on my left foot is

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 16, 2013
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Celeste the best video game i've played in months

  

  . The pixel art is juxtaposed with a more full art style that appears in ... in my life right now, other than finals week and Celeste. Celeste is ... on it and maybe convince you to play it too. Celeste is a

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 13, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Somebody Else Seven undergrad blogs not enough for you? Now some of them have multiple authors.

  

  Urban Planning, having declared a HASS concentration in Economics, and continuing to tell the world that Political Science at MIT is ranked 10th in ... . The school's mission is to prepare its students, that arrive a few

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 22, 2005
• Blog / Athletics

  Refactored

  

  was a huge mail day. The records staff is currently working through 14 ... ; Alumni goal: Leon Hsu   Sadly, a loss in our first game of the ... weekend-long conference in Chicago (what a city!) sponsored by the College

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 2, 2004
• Blog / Academics & Research

  winter things a sampling of IAP plans around campus

  

  Chinese reading cards and there is a final video project presenting a ... . ’25: My IAP is split in half: I was at home before January 14th, and on ... of a chaotic mess that it is – I have freedom to bump into friends and

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • February 5, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  on knowing what I’m doing in which I decide to go to grad school

  

  , like I’m in the middle of a field and there used to be a road I was ... it is perhaps the fact that I wouldn't mind staying in academia forever ... , solidifying these things in my mind took a huge weight off of my shoulders

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • July 3, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  uncertainty becoming a boring adult

  

  . once in a while you encounter something which is so far out ... me now than they did while they were in school i have a bad habit ... afterwards i think this is actually a pretty common bias. it’s closely related

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • December 31, 2022
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Doing research 277 feet off the ground A tour of the Green Building roof with the MIT Radio Society!

  

  . In the future, the Radio Society is hoping to develop a couple really ... me inside the two radomes (yes, that giant sphere is a thing you can stand inside !!!). We also spent a good deal of time taking in the view of

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • January 27, 2020
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  I’m Kind of a Big Deal Leaves and famous people alike think so.

  

  's formal. Brian speculates: All my buddies tell me MIT is for a bunch of nerds who have no life. Is that true? Can you have a stronger interest in your liberal art courses and still have a good chance of making it in MIT

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 22, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Dear High School Senior I know you're stalking us

  

  laundry you’re welcome), in college, this is a necessary skill. Cleaning ... decisions. Here is a list of things I came up with. (PS sorry it's all ... accelerator? That’s okay, because the internet is a helpful thing!) (Don’t want

  • by Fiona M. '20
  • November 17, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  Writing an essay using thumb tacks and arousing the suspicions of a snarky Nobel laureate

  

  advisor, stands in front of a blank board; he is grinning, hunched over, and ... doors. MIT CENTER FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS is printed on each in small ... holding a real cup of coffee. Sho Yaida is beaming as he holds a crying baby

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 5, 2012
• Blog / How to Human

  notes on hope despite despite despite

  

  today it is warmer than it has been in a while, and i'm back in the ... of your body love what it loves. i emailed him a few weeks ago in a ... have made me think a lot about what it means to be and do good in spite

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • February 25, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Semester of poetry

  

  Poetry Workshop class this semester, where each week you come in with a ... an exercise in building up a gradual picture of how people answer ... Sciences). I wanted to talk a bit about why I like poetry. I feel like in a

  • by Uzay G. '26
  • November 24, 2023