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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  home is where the whiteboard is a tradition, continued untraditionally

  

  My dorm, East Campus, is a space made to be shaped by the people ... ![/caption] Back when we all lived in East Campus, one of my housemates had a huuuuge ... free, or confirm that someone is likely to be around at a certain time

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • December 30, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The sun is out but why is it so cold outside?

  

  My cat is a little ball of static lately. It can't be too much fun to be a cat in the winter time. Today I wrested the last fateful drop out ... , drop date is the most aptly placed date in the whole MIT calendar, the

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • November 20, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  where is home? leaving your home is easy / it's keeping this one that's a struggle

  

  what it is. maybe it's just my bedroom in simmons. it's a double with ... sleep over in a heartbeat. but that's not home. is it east campus? on ... homes i've never lived in. five Trying to sleep is a terror When thinking

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 27, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Answers To Your Questions Dec 2006 This is a big one!

  

  impressed, but the writing score is not a big factor in selection at this time ... pool. There is no advantage or disadvantage to having applied in a ... what if there is a big difference in SAT score and TOEFL score? For

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 20, 2006
• FAQ / Prepare for MIT

  What is Weekend Immersion in Science & Engineering?

  WISE (Weekend Immersion in Science and Engineering) is a three-day experience for rising seniors to learn what it is like to be an MIT student ... socioeconomic means, live in a rural area, or might be the first in their family
• Blog / Events

  Random Hall REX! Residence Exploration events at Random Hall. Your orientation booklet is WRONG. :D

  

  if you fit in. Below is a list of events happening at Random this ... -An underground party in which electronic music is played; dancing occurs in a very ... pancakes pancakes pancakes pancakes pancakes pancakes. Wow, pancakes is a

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • August 26, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  This title is irrelevant In which I discuss two important aspects of undergraduate life: scientific research and climbing stairs.

  

  letter to MIT, I glimpsed a beautiful future in which all of life ... building in Cambridge. Continuously. “Gee, that sounds like a bad idea,” you say. In actuality, it's a tolerable idea up to the fourth floor, at

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • January 28, 2009
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The 2011 Brass Rat! Can I turn this in in lieu of my blank lab report for tomorrow?

  

  blocked off due to construction) is Building 76 a new building in ... ownership in the design of a ring that is part of a longstanding tradition and ... Blogging the Ring Premiere is a big deal. Like, really, it's a big

  • by Chris S. '11
  • February 9, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT-vangelion: Behind the scenes! how we made the Pi Day 2023 video!

  

  is a blog post about the behind the scenes process featuring Open ... ??” So now we have a Pi Day video in the style of the Neon Genesis ... B_GzbdQDRZsGTHk0tWAwKHHQ%3A1678655290729%26source%3Dln&source_ve_path=Mjg2NjIs

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • March 12, 2023
• Blog / Events

  MIT Mystery Hunt is happening! watch the kickoff at 12 PM EDT today, 1/15

  

  Hunt is a time-honored tradition, which you can learn more about in CJ ... in order to do it. Puzzles have some sort of answer, which is usually a ... part of the winning team last year. Here's an excerpt: A puzzlehunt is a

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • January 15, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  everything, all at once thoughts on science, ambition, and obsession

  

  each week they invite a guest scientist who is in some way prominent in ... pursuit of a career in science. Maybe all being ambitious means, for me, is ... Earlier this summer, sitting at a bar in Berlin, a friend and I made

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • August 2, 2022
• FAQ / Life and culture

  Is campus safe?

  well-being of the entire MIT community. "The MIT Police mission is to ... on a safe academic environment as well as emergency medical service 24 hours a day, 7 days a week all year long. We provide these vital services
• Blog / Announcements

  We are reinstating our SAT/ACT requirement for future admissions cycles in order to help us continue to build a diverse and talented MIT

  

  means to "improve diversity" is a complex question. As we say in our ... [annotation note='Which is how a majority of students in the United States now ... At MIT Admissions, our mission is to recruit, select, and enroll a

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • March 28, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Transfer App Is Live For current college students hoping to enter MIT in the Spring of 2013

  

  Application is live and available for download. A few important notes and ... be another cycle in the Spring with a February 15 deadline.) There ... entry in the Fall of 2013. To enter MIT as a transfer student, you

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 19, 2012
• Blog / Residential Life

  whimsically signed, yfnhmc (your friendly neighborhood house meeting chair)

  

  know what a seed is, Eve? You can take it with impartial authority that ... ...school. After all, Boston is full of treats, and how could I not indulge in ... : attaching a fun, new piece of media in every email sign-off. It was a joy

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • February 19, 2026
• Blog / MIT Life

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

  

  we haven't had time to go grocery shopping in a while, and fresh ... cheerleading practice with me -- she was a cheerleader in high school, so coming ... in high school. My dad was a football/basketball/baseball star. In

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

  choosing the abridged version

  

  is one fact i am absolutely certain of: i want to live in a world where ... in which i document some of my thoughts regarding my job search and how i decided what to do after graduation. this is a condensed version

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • March 20, 2023
• Blog / Residential Life

  [Guest Post] All About the MIT Panhellenic Association how some MIT students found their "home under the dome"

  

  themselves.” Being in a sorority is about “family”, “truly being myself and ... This is a guest blog post from the MIT Panhellenic Association, which ... sorority recruitment (and I am not in a sorority). However, I think that

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 27, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  love is stored in the yarn help i can't stop crocheting

  

  working in a wet lab after two attempts at computational UROPs that I ... drive anytime soon.) Fiber arts became a frequent topic in my ... association innovation committee! they do a lot of cool projects around campus

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • February 14, 2023
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Science is Delicious! Zen and the art of hot chocolate

  

  Just a few hours to go, and I know you're feeling the stress. We ... heartbreaking, than I imagined back in July when it was spoken of in distant, mystical tones. That might be me romanticizing it. In retrospect, the

  • by Dave McOwen
  • December 16, 2009