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• Blog / Admissions

  Advising Folders! Lots of fun discoveries about advising and such. Also, how I managed to confuse MIT…

  

  , which means excited little prefrosh like yours truly got to find out ... , MAS.A17 (Designing Technologies for Kids). Basically I get to play with ... one box, so you can imagine that I have quite a lot of work to do over

  • by Laura N. '09
  • August 18, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Bruno Recalibration

  

  GAMIT 2004] Bruno - A unit of volume equal to the size of the dent in ... to highlight just a few of MIT's cool environmental programs: The ... Initiative: "Planet Earth is a monument to the magnificent complexity that can

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 22, 2005
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Of MUN and Academia What is Course X in Chinese?

  

  Sometime in the last month, I was forwarded a request to blog about ... Intensive). A side note: you're actually required to take a CI class during ... exams. In a word, sophomore standing isn't very difficult to get, if that

  • by Chris S. '11
  • February 18, 2008
• Blog / Rural and Small-Town

  Reflections from the STARS@MIT Fly-In a 15-author guest blog, featuring the small town/rural students that visited us this october!

  

  school looks for. I want to become an engineer, so finding a good school ... : Tell us a bit about your hometown, your interests, what you like to do for fun! What made you want to come to the MIT fly-in? “I live in a

  • by Sara N. '28
  • November 11, 2025
• Blog / IAP

  I Am Prepared! Getting ready for IAP! (Find out how to join our mystery hunt team, too!)

  

  better? Come learn about databases to find answers to these questions, get ... -deprivation competition. Get together with friends to solve puzzles that will lead you to a ... I'm the biggest fan of football, this was a great game, and the

  • by Bryan
  • January 5, 2006
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  summertime! and the livin's easy?

  

  as the ~American Intern~. This year, it was very hard to find a body of ... sent out to my friends, I thought: oh! this would be a cute blog so that ... build a really cool fort, but it's sad to see much of our work be brushed

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • July 15, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Library Battle: Harvard vs. MIT Harvard and MIT Libraries are given a theme topic and each an afternoon to compile…

  

  's a picture of Harvard's Widener Library to serve as a transition ... which books to use, but how to find other equally awesome books, journals ... seven floors. It's home to a GIS lab, as well as the resources of courses

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 10, 2005
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Ten Years (On Dreams) Ten years ago, I was exactly where I wanted to be.

  

  high school, it was easy to find something big to reach for. Is there a ... above the Museum. I got a message saying I would need to pick up a key ... showed up to office hours that week. *** High school was a magical time. I

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • January 23, 2025
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Not Admitted

  

  a time. Everything changes and you'll find your path. https ... There were many incredible applicants to the MIT Class of 2030, which unfortunately means that we had to turn down some wonderful students. The

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2026
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Admissions Statistics 2007 Numbers, numbers, numbers.

  

  'll update the freshman class profile page closer to Registration Day. Here's a ... admitted Early Action? Luckily, I can refer most folks to our website, where we offer a plethora of numbers for any statistical junkie. Recently, we

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 8, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  the life I could’ve lived it’s like one of those “what if” episodes

  

  one of the best cities across the US and am always finding a new cafe to ... MITES. MIT became a real place to me, somewhere I could actually picture ... everyone you pass is somehow connected to the university. Umich also has a

  • by Hala K. '29
  • April 12, 2026
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Swag … I mean, Career Fair What I did not acquire at the career fair:A job.

  

  the point of a career fair is to collect job prospects, not swag. In the ... gone to MIT and gotten a job at the career fair! Also in attendance on ... Computer mouse with retractable cord, which doesn’t seem to work Headphones

  • by Kate R. '14
  • September 30, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  I “less than 3” the Chorallaries My relaxing and enjoyable vaction draws to a close. *sigh*

  

  a tangent for a second, I have to say that one of my absolute favorite ... . I'm so excited. I have been assigned to a prefrosh, but I won't be ... Well, it's been quite a week of spring break adventures! I basically

  • by Laura N. '09
  • April 2, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  You’re Not That Old [by Elise '14] Not having done it before should be a reason to try, as…

  

  ’ve spent your whole life being told to try new things and find what you like ... Orchestra or Concert Band or other music groups. It’s a way to keep in ... thought I might want to play the piano. But I saw a lot of my parents

  • by ARTalk
  • June 17, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Machine Shops, Part 1 Yay, power tools! A look at places to find them around campus.

  

  In response to a request from a current applicant, I'm proud to present to you a virtual tour of some of MIT's machine shops. As you can ... keeping track at home). Pappalardo is home to a wide range of Course 2

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 5, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  It all comes to this The Senior Thesis (cue dramatic music)

  

  permanently archived by the MIT Libraries. I did a little bit of web surfing to ... presentation.” (2.ThA website) Some people choose to begin their research in the ... and looking for trends in their mineralogy that could lead to a better

  • by Melis A. '08
  • January 23, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Conner 2 Trip to the North End Bother bother bother bother

  

  A bunch of people from my floor decided to go to the North End to get ... I decided to just film it instead. I present to you, what it would look like if you were an MIT student and went to the North End. Enjoy!

  • by Snively '11
  • February 1, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Classes! Classes! Classes! Classes!

  

  than done, but try to remain a semi-reasonable human being. Don't hole yourself up in your room trying to get a 100% in every one of the 16 AP ... these past three years - to start up a high school chapter of Amnesty

  • by Karen F. '11
  • November 1, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Knife fight with a biker gang Best blog entry EVER. If you think I'm kidding, let me just say: Gory photos…

  

  that is going to have to take a back seat in order for me to document to ... to a bloody pulp with my awesome newfound kickboxing skills. I'd almost finished them off when the second to last one snuck up behind me and pulled a

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 18, 2007
• Blog / Classes

  since i’ve been home

  

  convenient with respect to the current situation we all find ourselves in. if you currently own a nintendo switch, are willing to spend $60, and think ... , if only because i have a limited number of things to occupy my time

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • April 3, 2020