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• Blog / How to Human

  This blog post is about you. yes, you.

  

  200 words for snow, here at MIT we sure do have a lot of words relating to stress. MIT is a difficult place - but you already knew that.  The ... an objective non-MIT viewpoint, it's kind of incredible.  MIT is a

  • by Michael C. '16
  • December 7, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  six minutes in maseeh dining

  

  there are five dining halls at mit but only one (maseeh) is open for lunch on weekdays:  

  • by Allan K. '17
  • October 20, 2017
• Blog / How to Human

  [Guest Post] Dating Is Hard anon has some feelings to share

  

  A friend of mine (whose honesty, even under cover of anonymity, is ... an interestingly prominent part of his MIT experience. Knowing that ... pages of MIT Confessions, I applaud him for writing more meaningful words

  • by Abby H. '20
  • October 7, 2017
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  beauty is overrated

  

  beautiful. There were moments I wished to be desirable, and I suppose that is ... humanities (yes, MIT has an entire department called “humanities”) to math; I ... all or even most humanities scholarship is fluff; it’s just easy to be

  • by Rona W. '23
  • November 20, 2022
• Blog / MISTI

  a day in my life as a MISTI student ft. research and friends

  

  living in Berlin. MISTI is a really cool program that gives MIT students ... the tourist-y sites in Berlin, this one is particularly worth seeing ... languages I speak, German is the one that needs the most practice. I also

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • July 17, 2022
• FAQ / First-year application

  How does MIT select students for admission?

  The selection process at MIT is holistic and student centered: each application is evaluated within its unique context. No school, state, or regional quotas are applied; neither is preference given to those with alumni
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  My Class of 2014 track jacket When your MIT friends say you're a dork, you know you have a problem

  

  It finally arrived. All you need to know is that something in here matches something in here.

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 22, 2012
• FAQ / Interview

  What is the interview process?

  . Interviews are not a required part of the MIT application. While we try to ... not able to offer interviews to all applicants. If your interview is
• FAQ / Academics and research

  What is the Koch Institute?

  Institute (NCI) designated Cancer Center, is a state-of-the-art cancer research facility as well as the hub of cancer research on the MIT campus ... -faceted group of investigators is at the core of the Koch Institute’s mission to
• Blog / Life after MIT

  11 Reasons Why Senior Haus is Awesome Twelve, if you count me once living there. That's pretty awesome, right?

  

  What up, y'all? I don't go to MIT anymore! ...okay, so I work here ... you're here! There's way too much stuff to do, and it's not a true MIT ... , who, unlike me, is not totally out of touch with what the kids are doing

  • by Keri G. '10
  • April 17, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  What is Simmons Hall Like? part of my freshman year experience

  

  MIT Logo on it. Next to my birthday cake were two robotic arms (the ones ... cubes for reasons. Oh man, I got lost so many times. See, Simmons is ... college is quirky than by saying you live in a triangle? I had the room for

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 16, 2016
• Blog / Personal Travel

  F=-kx spring break in nova scotia, nyc, and dc

  

  … Explored the Google store because Caitlin is a Google fanatic Bought an ... Malaysian food Walked the High Line, which is a beautiful train track turned ... Gavin (who used to work at MIT!), during which Isaac got roasted. We all

  • by Kanokwan T. '25
  • March 31, 2024
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Listen to “MIT Is…” with Cynthia F. ‘18 on the MIT Trashion Show, escaping the MIT bubble, and UROPing at the Media Lab

  

  . One of the people we'd been kicking it around with is Kellen Manning, the communications coordinator for MIT Student Life and erstwhile guestblogger. Kellen works with MIT students to run the @MITStudents accounts on

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 4, 2015
• Blog / Community Projects

  A Picture is Worth a Thousand Balloons Literally. One thousand. Like, a one with 3 zeros. One times ten to the third.…

  

  used to commemorate Ruth’s return. Ruth's reaction? (I think this is

  • by Laura N. '09
  • December 2, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  “All Aboard the Rage Bus” Travelling by bus.

  

  is only eight to twelve hours from Boston through New York City ... travelling is stressful and twelve hours is a long time to spend in a room with 50 strangers, even if that room is moving toward family and camping and

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • July 3, 2013
• Blog / How to Food

  42 Recipes for Surviving Freshman Year (Part 1) Feeding yourself without a meal plan and avoiding the (negative) freshman fifteen.

  

  ). Thanksgiving for me is the beach, yoga classes twice a day, and almost absolutely no work, which is something I was bad at freshman and sophomore year ... family, some are from family friends, and a few are from friends at MIT

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • December 3, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  “This is not a smoking gun for superfluidity. This is a cannon.” Physics Breakthrough at MIT

  

  , a faculty member, is actually one MIT's Nobel Laureates. He won the Nobel along with two other MIT alumni a few years back. From the MIT News Office: MIT physicists create new form of matter June 22, 2005 CAMBRIDGE

  • by Bryan
  • June 22, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Idol A selection committee fantasy.

  

  , and I really like you. I'm not sure MIT is the place for you, but you ... case, selection committee is a pretty intense exercise as far as the brain is concerned, so when you get home at night, you're not exactly

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 22, 2007
• Blog / How to Human

  My Life Is In Shambles… … and that’s ok

  

  is difficult, MIT is an acutely challenging place, and having a hard ... TW: Depression, Suicidal Ideation   My friend Nathan is ... (sorry, Nathan) and utterly incomprehensible. Sense of place is perhaps the

  • by Shorna A. '25
  • October 26, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  This is just a tribute I wrote a really long, funny entry. And then my browser window reloaded.

  

  . This is just par for the course today. Argh. The last entry I wrote was a lot longer (and probably a lot funnier) than this, but it is now over an ... here -- can you see the MIT sticker on his helmet? Rocket scientist by

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • April 2, 2006