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• Blog / Academics & Research

  A major problem is not a major problem Why the text next to my picture is lying to you.

  

  Three months ago, I informed MIT admissions of my firm intent to ... . --Yan In fact, MIT doesn't allow students to declare majors until after ... MIT in comMITment, the freshmen are not. Personally, I applied to MIT

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • November 17, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  New MIT Viewbook Is a viewbook as useful to you as it might have been for my (pre-internet)…

  

  redesign/updating of the MIT viewbook, a process that will take almost a year ... you've seen? Do you think it represents MIT well? There are so many ... 'd keep and what you'd change. I'd also love to know what you feel is

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 3, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Pre-MIT prep How to prepare yourself for life at MIT -- hint: watch Chappelle's Show. Everyone else…

  

  As I sit back and reflect on my four years at MIT, I would like to ... exception is the line that goes something like, "Oooeee, chicken!" which I ... ways) to print. Escape this terrible fate!! I imagine IS&T explains

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • April 18, 2007
• Blog / Events

  #WeAreMIT SMASH helped jumpstart an intense conversation between students and administration

  

  . MedLinks is the student group at MIT that "links" or provides a midpoint ... information was/is. Anyway, back to the We Are MIT event. Overall, I think it ... SMASH stands for Students At MIT Allied for Student Health. I am on

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • November 30, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Greetings from MIT Labs! Introducing MIT: The Game

  

  Since last summer, we here at MIT [Admissions] Labs have been working on an extremely awesome and extremely top secret project: MIT: The Game is a revolutionary breakthrough in admissions technology. Designed

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 1, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  MIT and the SAA HOORAY FOR ACRONYMS

  

  KeyboardFace™. It you're not sure what KeyboardFace™ is, it's exactly what it sounds like. Clearly MIT is refusing to let me graduate without a few last ... at MIT, you're probably really into art. You're probably a huge nerd

  • by Keri G. '10
  • April 28, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Obama’s Visiting MIT! Does that mean he gets an advantage in the admissions process?

  

  coming to an MIT presentation help my admissions chances at all?" This is ... posts that mentioned MIT President Susan Hockfield's trip to the White ... a visit to campus from the President is pretty darn special. Of course

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • October 20, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Regional Meetings begin Texas, Puerto Rico, and Florida are first up.

  

  other universities? How might you know whether or not MIT is a good match ... This week, MIT admissions officers will begin to travel across the ... in the next 6 weeks. You can see if there is a session near you and

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 5, 2005
• Blog / IAP

  MIT – Problem Sets = IAP! Today marks the beginning of IAP 2007.

  

  , MIT students get the chance to enjoy everything that MIT has to offer ... IAP, check out my entry from last year. As Bryan wrote, there is a ... which is considered to be one of the most difficult hand-eye coordination

  • by Melis A. '08
  • January 9, 2007
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  No scissors allowed: OrigaMIT You never know what cool stuff is going on around the Institute.

  

  flying grasshopper). OrigaMIT, the origami club of MIT, meets once a week and is open to people of all levels. Jason Ku, the president of the club, is a sophomore majoring in Mechanical Engineering and Music, and

  • by Melis A. '08
  • October 12, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  swatches of MIT collected like paint chips

  

  drabs.   This is for people on the fence, for those who aren’t sure what MIT is offering, or if the experience here is worth all the work. This place is hard, in all senses of the word. It cuts you to the quick

  • by Amber V. '24
  • April 27, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  bursting the MIT Bubble when 🅱️ig 🅱️ome Energy gets too real

  

  human being when the only news i get is from MIT Confessions... this ... at MIT, where so much is going on and you’re surrounded by so many ... college is supposed to be a stepping-stone to adulthood, where

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • October 17, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  Report on the Status of Undergraduate Women at MIT in honor of International Women's Day

  

  proven competence, the average woman at MIT is less confident in her ... believe that diversity is important for MIT's continued academic excellence. The report is not an indictment of MIT--rather, we should celebrate its

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • March 8, 2016
• FAQ / Life and culture

  How did the blogs get started?

  that prospective students can review to help determine if MIT is the ... Ben Jones, The Blogfather, started the MIT Blogs in 2004. The idea behind the blogs was to open a window into the lives of MIT students: what
• Blog / MIT Life

  Finding heritage at MIT

  

  point is, it's funny how if you have major changes in your life, like ... ) but also what you didn't. I knew, of course, that MIT students got to ... that is itself part of the larger twinkie

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • September 4, 2005
• Blog / People & Identities

  what is and isn’t me (rush, part 1) and the somewhat methodical unraveling of self

  

  came to MIT, I really didn’t think frat life was for me. And there is a ... this is a refrain I’ve heard many times from many people at many different times in my life and especially throughout my MIT journey. And, to

  • by Caleb M. '27
  • October 7, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Truth is Rarely Pure and Never Simple A behind-the-scenes special on directing a play

  

  works for eight MIT students is harder than a gradient descent ... later, I am now pursuing a minor in Theatre Arts at MIT. I, like many other MIT students, am passionate about art as well as engineering. In

  • by Neerja A. '16
  • November 6, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  On MIT and Humanities I promise I will stop philosophizing (aka. sounding like an old man) in my entries…

  

  . I hope the rest of you will similarly find this useful. "MIT is just ... enjoy the culture? Is MIT somewhere you can see yourself being at for the ... , this kind of access to research jobs at MIT is almost unbelievable. For

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 19, 2009
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Summertime Science Got that summertime, summertime science...

  

  : (This is how I brainstorm most of my doodle entries, for those of you who ... to know is that I love science (and other things, like bluegrass music ... I love is my brother, Ryan. He is 11. This summer he told me he didn

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • September 14, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  “Well, you just cost me money.” Best. Desk Call. EVER.

  

  : hello, Bexley Desk guy: hi, is this MIT? me: this is a dorm at MIT. guy ... On any given day, you'll totally forget how awesome it is that you're an MIT student, and that there are people outside of MIT who

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • February 23, 2010