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• Blog / Advice

  tick tick tick and the euphoria of it stopping

  

  bad. tick Nothing feels right; everything feels wrong. tick MIT is ... . MIT is not the academic utopia I imagined it to be.']MIT classes take so ... more understood by others. Everyone at MIT is such a beautiful nerd at

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • November 16, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  “we have the winter olympics at home” the winter olympics at home:

  

  choice of MIT, I mean it. I'm on a mission to spread the New England winter ... is Briggs Field, the massive recreational field separating dorm row (where most of MIT’s undergrad dorms are) from Simmons Hall and several of

  • by Allison E. '27
  • March 22, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Something to chalk about “These murals are f*cking rad” – Petey

  

  MIT is a 168-acre playground for the world’s brightest undergrads, and nowhere is that more apparent than at Simmons Hall – my beautiful ... (Floor 6 is pretty overpowered in the art department) [carousel image1

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • March 24, 2024
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  How to be Tim The Beaver anyone can wear the mask.

  

  wondering how you know you're meant to be Tim- the answer is, you'll feel it ... . Find a partner! Being Tim is Hard Work, and you need someone to guide you ... connections, and zip up the back- 6. Transformation is complete. Re-emerge into

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • November 4, 2019
• Blog / Hacks

  “futility island” socially conscious hacking? in MY institution?

  

  some background on recent happenings at MIT, so please bear with me: An ... . This is even more ironic if you know that Building 54 is named the Green ... of just a few exceptions to MIT's preference for numbers), will now be

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • September 25, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Class of 2022 Wait List An update for students who accepted a place on our wait list

  

  Professional Practices, May 1 is the "National Candidates Reply Date," the agreed ... admitted from the wait list. While this is neither the outcome that wait listed students or MIT were hoping for—we think you are awesome!—we wanted

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 8, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  February(ish) Updates and Notes aka my life in photos and haikus

  

  MIT history! This is what it felt like:   As I write this, I’m riding a ... -students. The top photo is a week in the life of Junior spring. I’m currently in 5 ... .0001: Introduction to Python Six triple O fun Is brainwashing you to join The cult of

  • by Taylor V. '19
  • March 1, 2018
• Blog / IAP

  Starting 2012 on a volcanic island bonfire! but no eruptions yet [photo-heavy]

  

  thrown at you is beyond words. Thoughtful reflections connecting all these ... experienced by twenty MIT students. After the endless flights, we finally ... assistants for a banquet reception. Here is my friend Maggie'12 and I. Don

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • January 11, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What Are YOU Up To This Summer?! (2010 Edition) Happy summer!

  

  out there! Don't let go of your chance to fame and glory on the MIT ... . captions) affiliation with MIT (year, or year of application for potentials ... be a Giant Microbe. I ship domestically and internationally. There is

  • by Chris S. '11
  • August 10, 2010
• Blog / Events

  Happy May! Everything I owed you...

  

  short). ESP is a student "club" at MIT that seeks to provide educational ... at MIT who does not practice "pledging" (the other is Zeta Beta Tau ... my work entails. Doing an UROP at MIT is definitely exciting (and even

  • by Chris S. '11
  • May 1, 2008
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Global warming? ...or just a weather anomaly?

  

  - Dread…knowing that January is the coldest month of the year, with an ... pictures (I included some below), and go for a run. Boston is known for ... River is only a few feet away from most of the dorms, and once you

  • by Melis A. '08
  • January 9, 2008
• Blog / How to Food

  Food? What? I may weigh approximately two pounds, but I eat as much as everyone else. All…

  

  bean and garlic sauce. It is amazing. It will last me a week, because I ... college student, save for ramen.) Speaking of dining halls at MIT, Baker, McCormick, Simmons, and Next all have them, and Pritchett Dining is

  • by Keri G. '10
  • November 13, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  $100 Laptop Unveiled Inspiring!

  

  Annan (MIT SM '72) and MIT Media Lab Chairman Nicholas Negroponte '66 ... is one of the most inspirational projects I've ever seen. It makes me so proud to be at MIT. According to the project website, the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 16, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  On APs Trying to clarify the role of AP courses in the MIT admissions process.

  

  (since MIT is, by any estimate, an analytically rigorous school). It is ... take loads of advanced courses because to them gaining knowledge is ... for love of learning is a great reason to do so. In our admissions

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 14, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Interview with Hanhan Wang: EECS, robots, and more! What it’s like to study electrical engineering and computer science at MIT

  

  to as Course 6 or EECS) is the most popular major at MIT with 700 undergraduates. The EECS department is the best in the country and has pioneered ... major. Hanhan’s love for Course 6 is contagious! In high school, she

  • by Melis A. '08
  • May 13, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Q&A catchup I answer questions, now that I'm no longer drugged...

  

  week. Responses to Comments: Jalpan Dave asked: Is there any way I can ... besides my IB but thats not enough is it? Well, considering there are 17 ... exams as well. Check out The First Year At MIT for details. There are

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 6, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  ISEF 2015 Recap researchers talking, and talking to researchers

  

  arrived in Pittsburgh and, as is tradition, invited enrolling MIT 2019s who ... ISEF, here is a description from the Society for Science and the Public ... program of Society for Science & the Public (SSP), is the world

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 1, 2015
• Blog / Hacks

  Vespertilio No spoilers here.

  

  understanding at MIT that if every light in the green building (both sides) is ... As I type this it is 3:28 AM. I have to be awake for work at 4:45 AM ... in for our 2 hour wait. [2 hours later] OMG guys! This is it! Batman

  • by Snively '11
  • July 18, 2008
• Blog / IAP

  A Visitor In My Own Hometown Yeah, so it was boring. But it's still where I spent the better portion of…

  

  better portion of my eighteen years. I'm back at MIT now -- got here the ... while newly a visitor. I spent a lot of time pre-MIT longing for my days ... bright-eyed tourist, however, is going to soak up all there is to see

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • January 9, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Repainting the Smoots A Wacky MIT Tradition

  

  paint with five other girls in my sorority. Further down the bridge is a ... the ancient MIT tradition of repainting the Smoots.  But first, let ... 1958, a couple members of the MIT fraternity Lambda Alpha Chi were making

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • October 27, 2023