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• Blog / Admissions

  The Class of 2011 arrives… Orientation programs are beginning, and the campus is really starting to come alive.

  

  Today, the Class of 2011 started to arrive! With International ... , hundreds of freshmen are all around campus. Today, I saw Snively '11 from ... stop by or don't have all that much time to chat. So, just who are the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 20, 2007
• Blog / Events

  Adventure’s Out There….. in Boston! Summer shenanigans at MIT

  

  Finally back on the blogs, and it feels so good! (I'd normally start ... demanding. I think I might have found myself running on the MIT treadmill a ... 's really good at helping you find out about yourself in that way. After all

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • July 20, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  a semester’s shenanigans what i've been up to!

  

  semester. my favorite part of being in SBC is going on coffee chats with ... that my days are a constant stream of checkboxes on my To-Do list; i ... on it.   ...i'm having a great time though!   (for now

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • October 10, 2019
• Blog / CPW

  From First Visit to First Week A Reflection on Independence and Making Decisions

  

  that in today’s world, you can press a few buttons on a screen, and in a ... , I don't live near Cambridge. And the last time I was on a plane was ... nights and interesting experiences, I want to reflect a little on my first

  • by Richard O. '28
  • September 12, 2024
• Blog / How to Human

  My winter break so far take a break

  

  had been through it already. On the 26th, I drove into LA for the first ... notes in LaTeX because my friends have been getting on my case for not ... I flew back home on the eighteenth with hopes of having a productive

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 29, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The 12 Step Plan don't pack too much, you probably wont use half of it anyway.

  

  questions and plenty resources on campus to help you figure out the details of ... random new city (or country) sometimes alone. This probably won't help much ... intern, volunteer, or do research. Some options (at MIT) to help find

  • by Cydnie T. '12
  • July 25, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT in the news MIT research and hacks in Time Magazine & The Economist. (P.S. Bono visits!)

  

  First up, The Economist profiled Professor Gruber's research on ... (below) Finally, another article from The Economist -- this one on ... . Check out hacks.mit.edu for more, and here's info on the book Nightwork

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • December 20, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  You can’t live without clean water Alfinio's sustainable water initiative

  

  Nobody can. We can mobilize and make this happen! Help eradicate the ... communities across the world. Please help them take this first step. Click the ... challenges faced by the people of Jazmín. Here you can see houses on the hill

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • March 12, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  30 questions with my roommates! I had writer's block so I forced my roommates to make content for me

  

  hit with a case of writer's block, so I went through at least five ... " and "Wilson's Friend"), draw faces on them, and then duct tape them to ... " on it Here are their intros: hi besties, i'm Fatima, from Pakistan

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • January 16, 2022
• Blog / Classes

  Holding pattern undergrad | me | graduation

  

  write, a pset, and a research poster to work on, and my thesis work is ... spring as the reward for having to live through senior fall. I already knew ... -------------------------------I did not anticipate how much time I would be spending on career

  • by Taylor V. '19
  • April 6, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  $100 Laptop Unveiled Inspiring!

  

  World Summit on the Information Society, where UN Secretary-General Kofi ... unveiled the first working prototype of the $100 Laptop. [news story] This ... , other countries would be added. Today's press conference included

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 16, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  “…being a geek works out…” A UROP at the Center for Sports Innovation.

  

  to put bikes in it," Cote recalled. Two weeks after arriving on campus ... sports -- particularly the sport they are working on -- tend to be far more ... ," he said. The company has since signed him on for an ongoing internship

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 12, 2006
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Admitted

  

  YOU GOT IN!! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GSWcy-bx_lg Come celebrate with us in the comments and—more importantly—share this wonderful news ... ’re walking on sunshine (or dancing in the moonlight). We’ll have some additional

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2025
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Admitted

  

  news with your community and loved ones! We hope you feel like you're walking on sunshine, and we'll have some additional, cylindrical

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  Waitlist

  

  higher than we had expected. More news on the yield and makeup of the class

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 10, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  DOFMH A sick day from work, where "sick" means "I wanted a day off"

  

  ?) Today was my DOFMH from the lab... I've only taken three days off this ... day spa and salon on Newbury Street. The priciness of Newbury Street ... that a) would look perfect on Adam's and my couch, b) were far too

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 25, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet the Admissions Officers: Stu Schmill ‘86 Name: Stu Schmill; Job title: Associate Director of Admissions and Director of the Educational Council;…

  

  Diane Sawyer on ABC's World News Tonight. ... many things, have many talents, and are focused on what is really ... the last 6 years I have lived in 4 houses, had 3 careers, and 2 kids. I

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 25, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  list of things that refill my will to live things to do when i don't want to do anything

  

  'm worthless this blog post on days when i feel like i've gotten absolutely nothing done, like today, because today was a day that didn't have classes and i said i'd catch up on my work and i just played hollow knight and

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • March 9, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  [Guest Post] Rediscovering en Plein Air Painting by Elisa X. '26, MEng '26

  

  , organizing logistics for MIT Science Olympiad, sailing on the Charles, and even ... just raised Series A!"]helping a friend with an early-stage startup ... -tripping to Vermont for a [annotation note="The Great North American Eclipse on

  • by Allison E. '27
  • September 17, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Bad Grades and Big Screw-Ups Pulling back the A's, B's, C's, and P's to see what's inside

  

  Today, I have a great idea. Recently I had a conversation with a ... . Eventually we concluded that it's really fine, life goes on, and hopefully ... stranger. I did really well on the first quiz out of sheer luck, I didn

  • by Powers '23
  • January 14, 2021