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• Blog / Admissions

  International Admissions Conference My review of the annual OACAC conference.

  

  at the College of Wooster. This is the first time for me in a dorm in a ... applications? Do you get the summer off? Actually, it is a busy (though certainly ... example, I think a lot of schools abroad don't realize that MIT is a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 12, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  For Those Weeks When You Just Cannot We all have those weeks, sometimes you need a break

  

  We all have those weeks. Some sort of tragedy happens - a death in ... extracurriculars, the negatives and the tragedies all add up to be, in a way ... okay, it is really hard to actually feel okay. So I took a break. I only

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • October 19, 2014
• Blog / Classes

  [Guest Post] Down the River Sharon L. '21 talks Harvard and life paths

  

  Company all in the same square? It’s hardly fair. There is a visible trend ... -enrolling in a class, I did have the chance to take a class (D-Lab: Development ... sign in the cold for an hour vs. purchasing a sign holder."]when it

  • by Abby H. '20
  • March 8, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  An Overture to the Commencement of a Very Rigid Journey Sam's Mom dubs me Sami-stop-spleening-me!, because I am always spleening her.

  

  'll finish up this entry when I'm safely and comfortably back in room 224C. While we're travelling, you can check this out: Everything is Illuminated ... . I think the trailer's actually a little encouraging... it

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 27, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Who we are All the stuff I've been trying to write since last July. It isn't much, but…

  

  , 12 to go. That sounds a lot better. Exam week is a busy time at MIT; a ... a fire somewhere way down in the very bottoms of our souls -- the kind ... paper and a breakup and an exam and an all-nighter, all in the same week

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • May 23, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Puzzled Solution i think the lack of comments on my last entry might mean my puzzle stinks.

  

  after you solve the puzzle. Flavor Text: Lost in the jungle, Joe is ... 9 8 2 1 4 5 3 6 4 7 5 Discussion: This is just a map, can't do too ... Raven Symone's 1st Third in Greek A + Roman V Thirteenth in Mr Tumnus

  • by Bryan
  • August 2, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  It rocks to be me. I put on my Sunday clothes and see the whale!

  

  ordered a $288 Chinese New Year party platter in the Singapore Cafe and ... actually a vampire and doesn't show up on film, so I had to stand in for her ... was stupendous in every conceivable way, it was actually a little weird

  • by Sam M. '07
  • January 16, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Urinetown I blame my absence on musical theatre.

  

  the songs in the show is a duet between Little Sally and the main ... in a better place, where hope is always new... Ours was a short time ... would never, ever, perform in a musical during the semester. Rational Part

  • by Anna H. '14
  • May 13, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  [Joint Post] DesignPlus A super cool and awesome first-year learning community ft. Gloria and Teresa (we're not biased)

  

  advising, a non-credit option in which advisees simply meet with their ... in my hands, seeing beautiful lines flow from my pencil, is so insanely ... while we ate. Afterwards, I’d spend a free hour relaxing in the lounge

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • May 26, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  Yes,The New App…It’s Really Here Or Why This Year's App is "Cooler" Than Last Year's.

  

  me to do the session there since I ate quite a few meals in that same ... however get to give to those 250 lucky (?) people in my session a preview of ... onto just a few pages of paper is tough so we decided to try and make it

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • August 19, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Summer Lovin’ Tell me more, tell me more!

  

  one. Just a glimpse of what I did in high school: Summer '04 - Canada ... , right?! Of course, there is A LOT more, but for the sake of space, I won ... those shorts of yours will make you go fast in the water?") The truth is

  • by Chris S. '11
  • February 8, 2008
• Blog / IAP

  Belated Guest Entry by Carin '13 - a little late perhaps but incredible nonetheless

  

  library system (protects books in the event of flooding) • A Bamboo ... pictures from the trip: We couldn’t resist. A pretty typical stream in manila, those islands are trash. The left side is a GK village, the right

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • August 2, 2010
• FAQ / First-year application

  Do students apply to a specific major?

  doesn't have any impact on admission decisions. In fact, a large percentage of students at MIT end up majoring in something other than what they ... apply to MIT for general admission and select a major at the end of the
• Blog / Athletics

  the fear and delight of fire spinning do not this at home! I am a trained (semi?)professional.

  

  day comes to close, a fire in my hands, a warmth in my soul ... short of a pyromaniac’s. https://youtu.be/ytdqcV3HV4o Is it real fire ... real than the one you sit around toasting marshmallows in on a camping

  • by Anika H. '26, MEng '27
  • June 21, 2025
• Blog / Events

  Ring Delivered celebrating halfway at the finish line

  

  class ring tradition just under a century ago in 1927. The nickname “Brass ... Delivery in Spring 2020. Due to the pandemic, Ring Delivery got pushed back a few times and then cancelled, which was pretty sad. Then, in a

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • February 22, 2022
• Blog / Events

  21: The Movie Night From the Bay Area to Boston, Seattle to the Florida Keys, Houston to Chicago, the…

  

  dealer: In the movie, Ben's major is "pre-med." Of course, there's no pre ... .009: Product Engineering Processes. 2.009, like 2.09, is a team-based competition ... Robot. Their CEO, Colin Angle '89 SM '91, makes a cameo in the movie (I believe

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 31, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Challenge of Public Health Sometimes science and engineering only come so far.

  

  interning at a fairly large Asian public health clinic in Oakland, CA. During ... Taiwan, seeing a doctor for ailments such as coughs and sneezes is ... click on the link, i'll spell it out for you. FPI is $22,050 for a family

  • by Chris S. '11
  • August 4, 2009
• Blog / How to Food

  The Starving Student’s Guide to Cooking For Yourself it's easy to ditch that meal plan and save loads of money.

  

  before in my life, and immediately chose a cook-for-yourself dorm.  A few ... standards for "popular demand" are low), is a basic guide for those newbies ... .  Working with a dull knife is not fun (and pretty dangerous).  Groceries Most

  • by Michael C. '16
  • January 28, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  goodbye after so long and with so much love

  

  today. I don't think this is true of MIT: I am not a fundamentally ... fill in a few of the details. I hope so. After five years of blogging, I ... 'm proudest of is that I'm more confident in myself and who I am. I came to MIT

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • June 1, 2023
• Blog / Events

  2024 ring premiere! amogus??

  

  's a tradition to get your ring in your sophomore year to commemorate ... about, going back decades. My friend Sarah Z. '24 is on RingComm, a ... at 7:30 to let everyone trickle in. There was a bit of a line when we

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • February 13, 2022