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• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Blogger Wrapped 2023 For all of the Blogger/Spotify Data Junkies

  

  it. Everyone go read her blog to show appreciation for the good work ... IT'S BLOGGER WRAPPED TIME This feels almost poetic to me. The very first time I even considered applying to MIT was in January of 2022, when

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • December 10, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  Dancing Days Nerd love, as the summer evening grows.

  

  DID YOU KNOW? Almost all household plumbing originally contained lead, which was a bad thing for kids, since lead ions in aqueous solution taste ... -class faculty, plethora of student groups, proximity to the cultural center of

  • by Sam M. '07
  • May 1, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Answers to some questions

  

  you set up a crockpot to cook for a few hours, can you usually trust ... heard from their schools about what to bring for the initiation, but I ... them save for dorms, and dorms either don't or aren't permitted to do

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • August 19, 2005
• Blog / Hacks

  Vespertilio No spoilers here.

  

  As I type this it is 3:28 AM. I have to be awake for work at 4:45 AM ... time for BATMAN! I was supposed to get there at 10 but was about five ... 't get to actually watch the movie, but I respect you for that. Treat

  • by Snively '11
  • July 18, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  21L.011 Are You [film] Experienced?

  

  are some really exciting classes that are available for freshmen to take ... 's movie. We're not required to stay for the movies since they usually run ... , which provides for a great environment to have an open discussion about

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • October 21, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  FIRST fun And now...the much anticipated (but never duplicated!) photo-filled account of the coolest robotics competition ever!

  

  college student mentor for Team 97, and she invited me to the Manchester ... extra day after classes ended for spring break just to go to the Boston ... into crates to be shipped off to the next location- if they're lucky, it

  • by Laura N. '09
  • March 29, 2006
• Blog / Announcements

  Class of 2023 Wait List Decisions Released

  

  for the last few days, since the May 1 deadline for admitted students to ... halls, for example. This year, 78% of the students we admitted chose to ... decisions for students who were on the wait list for the Class of 2023. If you

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 10, 2019
• Blog / Events

  Mystery Hunt 2007 A final report from this year's awesome IAP puzzling solving funfest.

  

  to Michael Fauntleroy Stopheles (M.F. Stopheles, for short) for a mere ... hunt would contain 270--no, 271--no 271 1/2 puzzles, all in keeping with ... came in to save the day, offering the teams the opportunity to get the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 16, 2007
• Blog / Travel

  Rejection Therapy and my insatiable urge to collect trading cards

  

  because I am an Orientation Captain. I have to come early for training and to help prepare everything for the [annotation note="underclassmen have ... [/annotation] impending arrival. I was in the airport for my 8AM flight from Louisville to Boston

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • August 16, 2025
• Blog / Classes

  A Year at MIT, by the Numbers quantifying my MIT experience

  

  hours a week during IAP to prepare for our annual show...those hours stack ... workshops, which are super chill opportunities for people to try ... went to Chinatown for dim sum twice. I speed-walked to five [annotation

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • August 6, 2020
• Blog / Athletics

  How I got recruited to play D3 soccer at MIT the college sports recruiting process

  

  play soccer) to get recruited, so I definitely have advice for other ... before showing up to pre-season. The journey is not the same for everyone ... . Sometimes you will go to a camp for one school in particular, but you will

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • February 16, 2025
• Blog / About Decisions

  Admitted Students Update Some things to do now if you were admitted to the MIT Class of 2014.

  

  available to admitted students, including: Campus Preview Weekend ... package, come for CPW, or anything else that you need to make your decision ... to request a deferral/gap year(s) before enrolling at MIT (for a gap

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 18, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Techfair! tisn't ye olde renaissance faire, institvte

  

  not only refusing to snow for more than a few days, but by having ... working on the software for. The Hobby Shop is a fun machine shop open to ... ! Thanks to Lytro for this interactive photo. Click to refocus!

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • February 19, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Regular Action Deadline Update Submit your MIT Part 1 and 2 by Jan 3, 2013 at 11:59pm EST

  

  are delayed a bit for reasons beyond your control, no need to worry (and ... application materials, and are waiting for it to appear on your My ... you account for the fact that each has multiple documents to send in

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • January 3, 2013
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Trouble with External Validation Which came first? The admit or the awesome...

  

  limited availability relative to the significant demand, for the exceptional ... . All too often students are lauded for being admitted to places like MIT ... else, and that is exactly what happens for students we are unable to

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • January 9, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Polar Vortex or my third IAP, and how externships work

  

  You might wonder what possessed me to go to Chicago for the month of ... contributions to the place you are working at. (For more on getting the most out ... and easy way to expose yourself to tons of new material. 3. Tell a good

  • by Connie H. '15
  • February 16, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Introduction to D-Lab Saving the world - just one of the many things you can do at MIT.

  

  to continue their D-Lab projects for longer than three semesters - such ... trouble for the group, until finally they were presenting the charcoal to ... When most people I know think of MIT, the first thing that leaps to

  • by Paul B. '11
  • October 15, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Soldering Things pronounced "soddering"

  

  control airplanes to fulfill missions for a national competition. Design ... 's hard to get that feeling (for me, at least) when I'm sitting behind a ... This weekend marks the notable milestone where, for the first time in

  • by Allan K. '17
  • November 25, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Tangential Learning Isn't the point of research to delve into what you don't know?

  

  in time management.  You've got tons of things to do, as well as even more things that you want to do (and learn!), and seemingly not enough ... to do with linguistics, but I suppose MIT does offer a club for

  • by Emad T. '14
  • July 19, 2011
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Leadership @ MIT (from a froshy perspective)

  

  burned out; they stick around for mentorship, and to field a barrage of ... ; people often stick around for a few years after graduating, whether to get ... try and fail: to tackle hard psets, to sign up for difficult classes, to

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • May 3, 2019