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• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Semester of poetry

  

  aside for fluffy / aesthetic stuff like poetry, even if STEM stuff is ... writing poems then, but really quite casually. At MIT sometimes it can feel ... lot of endeavors here at MIT you need this form of precision and rigor

  • by Uzay G. '26
  • November 24, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  dont want to write ah

  

  's see, december. towards the end of the semester is the time when all the ... wasabi. we're all international students, which is part of the reason we were staying in mit for winter break. that night and the next night i

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • January 11, 2023
• Blog / Classes

  Tales of Two Parallels East Campus History class!

  

  dorm is renovated. The class, now labelled STS.051, will be offered this ... learned how to collect oral histories (read: interviews), access the MIT ... , both now and when she attended MIT in 1972. However, being a History

  • by Amber V. '24
  • August 25, 2022
• Blog / About Decisions

  Stressful Times in my opinion, the best advice, ever.

  

  would have told me that they got into MIT because they danced around with ... nervous I was. Boy, they didn't understand, though! It was MIT that I was ... said, "Ana, the only thing you ever have to worry about is about doing

  • by Ana V. '15
  • December 11, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Quad Life four girls become roommates, hilarity ensues

  

  issues, and all I can say is that we figured out how to be friends. Fancy that! Our room is best described by the little signs that we leave that ... chairs and a lamp, all we really want to do is fall into bed and sleep and

  • by Connie H. '15
  • May 13, 2012
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Decisions, Decisions decisions!

  

  ; I wasn't even done applying! I knew that I was applying to MIT ... MIT). I did not feel prepared to predict which one I'd end up at ... mind as often as I think is pretty scary, but at least it explains some

  • by Qiaochu Y. '12
  • April 26, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Throwback I'm gonna throw this out there. If you don't like it, you can throw it…

  

  - why, that IS Ace of Base playing on my boombox! Tae bo, anyone?) - it ... ? Growing up is a beautiful thing, ain't it? Moving was bittersweet, and one ... perspective on MIT - especially its pretty amazing housing system. (If you

  • by Jess K. '10
  • March 9, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I’m Shipping Up to Boston and I lost my leg! Whoah oh oh..

  

  Tomorrow morning I fly back to MIT, and I'm writing to you with ... , because even though there are dentists at MIT Medical that are covered by student insurance, I have not gone since last year, since there is little

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 31, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Visualize whirled peas

  

  ... but it's snowing here, and it is beautiful. I'm overlooking this winter ... film is primarily a love story, but there are major themes of justice and ... 's important to remember that while this college application process is going on

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 12, 2004
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fredventure, Part 1 MITWE (+ FJE and VJE) go to Brazil

  

  Prologue “Guess what, gang?” Fred Harris – the director of the MIT ... MIT and communities in the Amazon rainforest. For the rest of my first ... ) were superb, and the pineapples in MIT dining halls wouldn’t be as sweet

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • April 18, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  24 Hours From sleeping in a homeless shelter to waltzing in La Sala

  

  homeless shelter just in time. The Harvard Square Homeless Shelter is the ... organization on Harvard's campus. The shelter is in the basement of the ... game - name, year, major (at Harvard, this is called a 'concentration

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 24, 2013
• Blog / Hacks

  MIT wins the gold

  

  Oh look, how interesting. MIT seems to have won an Olympic gold medal ... stayed in place despite its best efforts to escape. MIT's victory ... 's article NBC article Not that such odd occurrances are so unusual at MIT

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • March 2, 2006
• FAQ / First-year application

  Does MIT consider legacy?

  MIT doesn't consider legacy or alumni relations in our admissions process. If you'd like to read more about this policy, check out the blog Just to Be Clear: We Don't Do Legacy.
• Blog / MIT Life

  An MIT Adventure Life at the 'Tute

  

  I have been at MIT for the past year, and it has been nothing short ... from so many different places. Upon my arrival at MIT, I was almost ... MIT receives; it’s not uncommon to have folks from Russia, India, China

  • by Beatriz Valdez
  • August 20, 2012
• Blog / Events

  Dance ‘Til You Drop 53rd planning a 53-year old party i've never even been to

  

  .[/annotation] The party is open to the entire MIT campus and features a hack and a ... bitches?[/caption] For context, this one is a parody of the "Who is MIT ... What is DTYD? Dance 'Til You Drop is an annual party hosted by my

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • May 3, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  2006 MIT Admissions Statistics Summary statistics from the past year.

  

  By popular demand, below you'll find admissions statistics from this past application cycle. These numbers will be posted on MyMIT later this ... later this year. 2006 MIT Admissions Statistics 11,369 students applied 1

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 29, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  Places I Became Human Hey guys, I think I'm back :)

  

  realize what I was doing to myself. I noted the lesson learned: MIT is a ... home. I’d come out to my parents. I’d failed my first MIT exam. Looking ... is where I decided to go back. The thought kept looping through my mind

  • by Powers '23
  • November 21, 2019
• Blog / Announcements

  Our 2019-20 Application Essay Questions

  

  help their application is make sure everything is done on time!). As you ... yet know what you want to major in, which department or program at MIT appeals to you and why? (100 words or fewer) At MIT, we bring people

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 16, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Our 2018-19 Application Essay Questions

  

  underappreciated thing a good college applicant can do is make sure everything is ... , which department or program at MIT appeals to you and why? (100 words or fewer) At MIT, we bring people together to better the lives of others

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 28, 2018
• Blog / Events

  Candies and Costumes and Pumpkins and CATS Princess Leia and Orphan Annie ran around with laser guns and threw candy at people.…

  

  of costumes worn during the day around MIT's campus. I personally was ... dressed out of the norm. Wearing just a flannel shirt is out of the norm ... make dinner for our vegetarian Co-op that night.  Shaws is about a

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • November 3, 2014