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• Blog / Admissions

  Fortune Favors the merits of not working too hard

  

  Earlier today I read Michael Lewis' remarkable remarks at the ... and author. You may have seen Moneyball, the movie based on his ... his time working at the derivatives desk at Salomon Brothers during the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 5, 2012
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Why was I up so early this weekend? Reaffirming my faith in humanity and destroying my confidence with computers

  

  on that later. On Saturday morning, I was helping out with the Math Prize for Girls. Founded two years ago in NYC, the Math Prize moved to MIT for the first time last weekend, and it was a great success. Offering a

  • by Kate R. '14
  • September 20, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Copyright, Subpoenas, and You I prefer to keep the "you" part out of the picture.

  

  about this, the tech center of the world was likely to have tons of illegal downloading operations running throughout campus. I believe the ... discourages filesharing." So the Olympics just finished up. I didn't get a

  • by Snively '11
  • August 28, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  Andi and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Week :(

  

  post. Not exactly the best way to start the semester… But don’t worry ... tell you all about the experience. (Now would also be a great time to ... disappear within a day and made my way to class. Unfortunately, the pain did

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • March 3, 2024
• Blog / Events

  picture the world my phone's storage space hates me

  

  , one after the other, in perfect linear narrative since i first stepped ... intersections, parks — evoke moments in the past, or sometimes collections of ... where you took your photos, in the form of a heat map: [carousel image1

  • by Boheng C. '28
  • September 23, 2025
• Blog / People & Identities

  BLÅHAJ: the Internet meme, the trans icon, the world’s favorite plush media analysis on the Swedish shark’s rise to prominence

  

  . Whenever I finish a relatively mainstream series (ex. The Owl House, The Hunger Games, Avatar the Last Airbender), I spend hours watching nearly every video essay that exists on Youtube, dissecting the underlying

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • July 19, 2023
• Blog / IAP

  a postcard from GTL Spain finding myself or something like that

  

  of of United Airline’s weight limit— it was the perfect day for all of the escalators in Catalonia to be down. Certainly— I decided as I rode from one crowded platform to the next— the amount of times I had dropped

  • by Veronica P. '27
  • January 9, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Becoming a Mad Scientist a required class for all meches!

  

  figuring out the optimal scoop-ability of your favorite [annotation note="or sherbert, if you’re me"]ice cream[/annotation]? What about the power of nerf gun bullets? Or maybe the power of a single footstep? Want to know the

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • June 24, 2024
• Blog / Athletics

  cleats on feet, smile on face thoughts on injuries and spring season

  

  and practice for the first time in eight and a half months? You guessed ... roller coaster. As a junior, it was a bit tough to sit on the sidelines and watch the season slowly slip through my fingers. I remember going to the

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • April 23, 2024
• Blog / Challenges

  Rules and who sets them

  

  This post includes an in-depth and personal discussion of the November Rule. I recommend these posts for more reading/information on the Rule itself, though I will also be detailing what the Rule is here. While

  • by Paige B. '24
  • November 28, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  re-orienting REX et al.

  

  circumstances']move in.[/annotation] I was one of the first people to move in and the only one on my floor. As hurricane Henri made its way to Rhode ... "]Kresge[/annotation] and learned the L’Hopital's Rule from [annotation note='MIT Open

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • September 19, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Everything Everywhere All At Once a free early screening from lsc and a q&a with the directors

  

  screenings and events in the past in an effort to see more movies (I watched ... also went to the Bo Burnham-Jonny Sun event I blogged about my freshman year) and this was a super unique opportunity since the writers

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 29, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  taylor swift songs as applicants emergency evermore post

  

  right now and then come back. In celebration of evermore as well as the admissions season, here is every single track on the album and its applicant counterpart. willow Head on the pillow, I could feel you sneakin' in As if

  • by Rona W. '23
  • December 11, 2020
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  My Favorite Spots in Cambridge/Boston well-trodden and well-hidden alike

  

  A summer in Cambridge did wonders for my knowledge of the area. While I was at MIT, I barely explored the city, so my knowledge of my surroundings was limited to the MIT area, Chinatown, and the Back Bay. Now, I

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • August 19, 2020
• Blog / Hacks

  MacG 50ish years ago an email from an alumnus

  

  Every now and then I get a cool email from the outside world. Here ... . Enjoy this edited and [annotation note="ever since Petey gave us the ... rare feedback on questions you raised in your video. I was one of the

  • by Abby H. '20
  • October 6, 2019
• Blog / Events

  Things to Do in Cambridge and Somerville places and events, illustrated

  

  Boston, and three Boston adventures. This time, I'm moving away from the big city lights and into the "suburbs" of Cambridge (which is where MIT is located) and Somerville (which is a subway stop past Harvard). The

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • May 15, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Reaffirming our support for undocumented students and clarifying our policies for applicants as Regular Action approaches

  

  As many of you know, there has been a lot of uncertainty in the United States since the election last month, with many students sharing their hopes and fears regarding the new administration, and many faculty

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 9, 2016
• Blog / How to Human

  FOMO #tbt #behindonblogging #seniorspring

  

  Fear Of Missing Out or FOMO. I think that's the best way to describe ... have to leave the house to carpe diem. Help make MIT a better place ... think it's important to let the people in your life know that you

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • March 12, 2015
• Blog / Athletics

  In which Elizabeth tries something new. (My idea of thrills is changing the location of my bookshelf.)

  

  The other day I learned something new. After being here for almost ... don't know about the giant rocks on campus...), but he even had to go as far to suggest that I might try going there sometime (the horror

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • April 8, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Techfair! tisn't ye olde renaissance faire, institvte

  

  other early risers traveled as far as the lawless borders of West Campus ... -- but also shows off and helps fund student projects. a day at the fair I ... delicious chili-cinnamon hot chocolate. At one booth down the first row, a

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • February 19, 2012