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• Blog / Athletics

  the fear and delight of fire spinning do not this at home! I am a trained (semi?)professional.

  

  .[/caption] Once upon a time… I joined MIT Spinning Arts when I was a freshman, and ... accident and on purpose). Besides committing to MIT, joining Spinning Arts ... short of a pyromaniac’s. https://youtu.be/ytdqcV3HV4o Is it real fire

  • by Anika H. '26
  • June 21, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  3.A03 Metalsmithing Throughout Time come to MIT, get to forge metal with your bare hands!! (and a hammer)

  

  At MIT, every student has an advisor -- in fact, throughout their ... that at MIT, unlike some other schools, you're required to meet with your ... advising seminars, because I am in one and I like it a lot! The idea is that

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • November 27, 2018
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Roman Life A.k.a. not-Greek life.

  

  that's probably only offered at MIT.) Hey all, No school is perfect. At ... Hrm, ok. Let's pretend everything is seven or eight days ago so that ... 't line up properly; your workload is far more than you're used to or should

  • by Cam T. '13
  • October 21, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Meteor Shower For once, the title is relevant.

  

  exhaustion goes something like: *By the way, using MIT as an adjective is ... -and-white-and-symbolically-important-colors-only. The sad truth is that my periods of REM sleep, no matter how R my EM may ... What Was in the Briefcase. No luck. My best guess is still that it had

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • August 17, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  High Stakes Because it’s you who makes you.

  

  incredibly good fortune for being here in the first place. MIT is an exciting ... winter around here. I'm done with yet another MIT Wednesday, consisting of ... interview and how hopeful he is about landing the spot. Two other neighbors

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • December 7, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Tales From The Nance Effect Road Show My travel to the land of Boomer--Sooners, Miners. Wild Cats, Sun Devils and Rattlesnakes

  

  road visiting schools, meeting students and conducting MIT Central Meetings for the better part of September. Here is a quick update of what I ... ) "Dry heat" huh... You know what? 99 degrees is 99 degrees. End of

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • September 29, 2006
• Blog / Summer

  I am reading so many books! getting back to my bookworm roots

  

  , cough cough, a concentration is a major. At MIT, though, it's 3-4 classes ... occupy my time. This trend continued at MIT (what, you mean MIT students ... with?) Part of my problem is that although in life, I'm generally a

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • August 6, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  past, present, future reflections and plans

  

  he’s a verifiable icon in the MIT community. I wish I had checked how ... for. Most MIT students take an average of 1 or 2 finals a semester (and ... MIT students have a lot on their plate, and are very willing to give you

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • June 11, 2018
• Blog / Life after MIT

  ADMIT ME PLZ? filling out the app. for some reason it's a lot easier this time

  

  is Chris - I graduated MIT in 2011, and now I'm a 4th year (!) med ... , that's a lot of capitalized words. During the four years I spent at MIT, I directed the MIT ESP SAT Program (and co-founded MIT ATI) and

  • by Chris S. '11
  • August 8, 2014
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Non-Blinding my junior year(s)

  

  might lead to burning out. This is just what my junior year has to be like. This is high school. --- Four years later at MIT, and here I am, in the ... upcoming fall. And this is true: most of the classes I am taking are just

  • by Paige B. '24
  • March 22, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  College Interviews a survival guide for the high school senior

  

  laugh upon the discovery of MIT greek life (but here I am, in a sorority ... golf balls. (As of today, that is still the extent of my chemical ... years ago I had mine for MIT, and I had no idea what I was doing coming

  • by Connie H. '15
  • October 15, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Space Robots II: Attack of the Paradigm Shifts why undergraduate research is so much more than an opportunity

  

  MIT, we have lots of professors doing research. We have lots of ... space for someone. That's how I got my first UROP!) The experience is ... . But how can this be? This is an unallowable paradigm shift! I'm a

  • by Piper '13
  • January 27, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Passions (No, not that kind)

  

  MIT's >_<), is fairly flexible, because it's designed to let you ... left the house, and then forgot to publish it. Well, here it is, a year ... . (Coincidentally, my brother is also named Kevin. Relevant to you? Nope, but you read

  • by Cam T. '13
  • January 1, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I will begin again. Maybe the time is right (to blog). Maybe tonight.

  

  now hand twins. That is the only episode of "Friends" that I have ever ... . On thing that's strange about taking this class is being in a class with more males than females--since the gender ratio in Course 10 is

  • by Sam M. '07
  • February 8, 2006
• FAQ / Life and culture

  Who is the Class of 2028?

  Check out our First-year class profile page to find out more about the members of the Class of 2028.  
• Blog / IAP

  eighty hours (pt. 3) notes from the third day

  

  This is part three of a series, consisting of a lightly ... morning! The sun is coming up over Denver, CO, and it is a beautiful day out ... conclusion that, in fact, South Station is just bad; Union Station is beautiful

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • January 13, 2023
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Check Is In The Mail As you know from Matt/Ben's blogs, the decisions are in the mail, or as they…

  

  this year is 12% down from 14% last year. I know that many of you will ... selected during Regular Action. Nevertheless, The Nance Effect is a great place to discuss whatever is on your mind.

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • December 10, 2005
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Bryan is alive and in Rome Day One In Rome

  

  We got here safely, and we’re having a blast. I’ll write a longer entry when I find free wireless, but right now it’s costing 3 euros an hour and I…

  • by Bryan
  • March 27, 2006
• FAQ / Interview

  What if my interview is waived?

  . The interview is not a required component of the application, and the
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  [Guest Post] art and things zine making + what makes us, us + thank you cambridge + yomp

  

  computational efficiency. Even still, there is - yes, truly! - an arts side of MIT ... clear that this is a tech school. Outside of classes, people are making ... learned that for me, one remedy is to create. I decided to pick up art again

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 20, 2021