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• Blog / Admissions

  CPW-ing the Weekend (Guest Entry) ...even though it is technically two days longer than a weekend.

  

  activities that spanned the course of the four days. Have nothing to do? Look ... MIT campus sits on the side of the Charles River, and the sororities and fraternities are right across the river, accessible by a short walk or a ride on

  • by Paul B. '11
  • April 22, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  Even More for Admitted Students: Share Your Story Another open thread for '11s.

  

  So you got into MIT. Congratulations!! Today is December 13, which ... honor of that anniversary, I'd like to hear your stories. I know you all found out online this year, which in my opinion is far less exciting than

  • by Jess K. '10
  • December 13, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Diabolo, Pandora, and Bad TV Shows You figure out what they have in common, 'cause I sure as heck don't know.

  

  more time to do some blogging! Here is a random smattering of things I've been wanting to blog about. THE SHARPE BROTHERS A while back, on the ... , but it seems to be going further downhill, imo. Speaking of which, House

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • June 22, 2009
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Mattress Dominoes! One of many reasons why my summer is better than yours.

  

  For those of you who don't remember or are new here (or don't care about what I have to say all that much - there, I covered everyone!), I ... my argument, too. There's a video on CollegeHumor of some students

  • by Keri G. '10
  • July 24, 2009
• Blog / Hacks

  Yay! A hack! Know what're cool? See title.

  

  discussion on collegeconfidential. Basically the gist of it is that the admit ... . My clever little paragraph up there is just a cute way of saying that a friend of mine tipped me off about the hack, but publishing his or her name

  • by Laura N. '09
  • December 14, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Adventures in Logan Airport In which I attempt to fly back to Florida. Written during a too-long wait in…

  

  things: my last ten hours, which shall from here on out be referred to as ... name on my driver’s license is incorrect – I've been trying to get that ... , piercing noise of a fire alarm is very, very present. Is this related to

  • by Keri G. '10
  • December 24, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The New Show In Town [by David Freilach, Guest Blogger/Assistant Director, LVAC] ARTalk guest blogger David Freilach checks out the…

  

  to take a hardhat tour of the new Central Square Theater less than two ... freedom. Perhaps it is analogous to the way we at the MIT List Visual Arts ... advertising in national publications. Of course, there is also the possibility

  • by ARTalk
  • August 14, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Weekend Off What happens to an MIT student when the firehose gets turned off temporarily?

  

  talking about the weekend BEFORE that, which happened to be a rare breed of ... , you’re essentially being paid to do homework or watch movies on your ... With the title of this entry, you might think I’m about to tell you

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • October 12, 2010
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  i will meet zendaya even if it’s the death of me a wide-ranging rant written while feverish

  

  exact location or have a poster of her on my wall, but just underneath ... allowing students on the parts of campus where they're filming then now is ... I've always been a little bit of a hypochondriac, and while that is

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • October 26, 2024
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT Regular Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  Regular Action, 33,796 students applied to join the MIT Class of 2026. This ... to the same standard of attentive, empathetic, holistic review, and taking as much time as needed to get the job done right.   Of those 33

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 14, 2022
• Blog / Athletics

  The Swim Test Saga Four laps (and zero displacement) closer to graduation

  

  remember that freestyle is kind of tiring and switch to breaststroke. Four ... You're a first-semester senior and this is what Section 2 of your ... hobbling around on crutches, and didn't get to take the swim test with your

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 22, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Admissions Updates Online & postal decisions, matching Pell Grants, and reading continues.

  

  was out of the office reading international applications, which is a ... As you've no doubt heard on email or from Ben's blog, we will, in ... password, because if you don't know it when you go to check on the 18th

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 7, 2006
• Blog / Classes

  I Finally Finished Intro Programming ...it took 2.5 years

  

  requirements to complete to graduate on time. This list included 6.00, or ... ahead of my peers, so this came as a disappointment. I resolved to take 6 ... of which were 6.0002. One of the four was 6.009, the second class in

  • by Alex M. '21
  • May 22, 2020
• Blog / Blog Projects

  slow burn you and the void

  

  of the fantasy novels you both used to read, is showing a student ... welder which is akin to a massive, bright solder. Your hands and arms are ... cw: gore ?  # The void is calling to you. You speak to the machines

  • by Amber V. '24
  • May 6, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  Epilogue An open letter about blogging, growing up, and the end of my first year at…

  

  profession? Sorry to those of you who have actual careers like car-washing and ... the latest tides of prefrosh, but nonetheless I do want to totally sound like Oprah's novelist of the month right now. Here it is: every sentence

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • May 21, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  Decisions, decisions Yikes! It's been a month since I last wrote to you guys. In the intervening…

  

  to sit on your couch eating ice cream straight out of the carton ... 'm happy to report that MIT is nothing like that. Some of my closest friends ... on the Financial Aid website, and one of the most impressive is this

  • by Laura N. '09
  • March 19, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Rocky Mountain Round-Up The latest from my travels in Utah, Colorado, and New Mexico.

  

  Currently, I'm in the middle of a week-long Admissions trip to Utah ... Problem Solving. For those of you who don't know about AoPS, it is the best ... and Wyoming to be in attendance. I was lucky to have a great group of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 29, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  [Guest Post] Why did I come to MIT? by River A. ‘26

  

  ≧◡≦ , my name is River. Just like most people, I had dreamed of coming to ... ….why did I come here? 1. tO eXplOrE It is often said that “college is the ... manpower (turns out it is A LOT of work to pick, gut, and transport all the

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • February 2, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  Life Tokens the currency of joy

  

  ?!? which is a patently inferior term. i refuse to use that name, so i will ... , chasing the aurora at Tufts on a random Thursday. Each of these memories is ... When I was younger, one of my favorite board games to play with my

  • by Allison E. '27
  • July 6, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Leonard Nimoy at the Boston Pops He told me to live long and prosper!

  

  , sitting on stage at Symphony Hall.” “Pops” is a portmanteau of “popular ... from the Boston Symphony Hall audience. He went on to explain that as a ... moved that he brought it to Star Trek. For those of you who don’t know

  • by Anna H. '14
  • May 31, 2014