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• FAQ / First-year application

  Will you send me materials/prospectus/t-shirt/pennant?

  reminders during your application year. The MIT Course Catalog, also known as the Bulletin, is available free online and provides a comprehensive description of all of the Institute's academic programs. We receive a lot of
• Blog / MIT Life

  king of boston -> king of the world? the only good fight there is

  

  i. the sleeping hummingbird Here’s something you should know about me: everyone at MIT calls me the King of Boston. And by “everyone” I of course ... when I was here over the summer for [annotation note="Interphase is a two

  • by Angie F. '28
  • May 29, 2025
• Blog / How to MIT

  The Cost of Living at MIT alternatively, how to spend money at MIT

  

  our collective dismay, there is another side of the coin: spending money ... as one of the most expensive cities in the US (see: Example A, Example ... adjusting to prices and scrounging for the best deals, I've found a way to

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • April 14, 2025
• Blog / Denied by MIT, Now [X]

  Letters from the 2023 decisions threads

  

  Every year, for as long as the blogs have been around, we post open ... journey in the time since. I wanted to blog some wise words shared by prior applicants with those who aspired to join the Class of 2027, and to add to our

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 25, 2023
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Spotted: A Brass Rat in the Wild? Is this an alumnus hacking McDonald's, or McDonald's hacking MIT? I can't tell

  

  minute into the video. I generally listen to Jeremy, so I did. That's when ... most famously, as Matt once blogged, in the case of Tony Stark '87. This is the first rat I've seen in a commercial, though. And it leaves me

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 16, 2017
• Blog / How to Human

  The Fringe that Stole Christmas hair @ MIT, and several hair-raising puns

  

  For the last few months, I've gone round campus compiling hair ... day in middle school. Most of the time, my mom would take me to Supercuts or whatever. In the summers I’d get a buzzcut to stay cool, and my

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • December 25, 2018
• Blog / Blog Projects

  where is south dakota again? and other fun questions for your south dakotan friends

  

  Back in September, when Shuli introduced the baby bloggers, they ... ." This is true; the registrar provides state-by-state data on how many students attend MIT from each state in the US, so knowing that number is not

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • April 3, 2021
• Blog / MISTI

  Do Welsh Robots Dream of Electric Sheep? teaching kids robotics through GTL Wales!

  

  of New Jersey. [annotation note="to clarify Shruti did all the driving and my licenseless self was the passenger princess"]We[/annotation] drove up to Paterson Falls, a waterfall in the middle of the industrial

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • February 6, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Semester Two Hosed, feeling, writing, love and hatred and whatever else

  

  , others I published elsewhere, and the rest I kept to myself, on napkins and ... time has taken on a new form. From the second my head lifts from the pillow to the second it hits the pillow again, I am moving. For the sake of

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • February 26, 2022
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Cleaning A psychoanalysis of the recently deleted folder in my notes app

  

  about my UROP. By the time I finished, I decided to not post them. As is ... yarn, and restocked the fridge. Though my physical surroundings are cleansed, I've just now started to tackle the real disaster — my computer

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • January 20, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  Chasing Success idk what that means anymore.

  

  --------------- I vividly remember the day I received my SAT scores. The sky was a ... ' heads. That girl over on the right had a hovering 1200. And the kid in the back, head laid down on desk seemed to have a 1430. Each turn down the

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • August 5, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  back-to-school special i'm a senior now :o

  

  two weeks. i have felt much more at peace over the past few months (a ... grappling with the fact that i'm leaving this place and my friends in less ... in the morning and look forward to my work--i haven't felt that way for

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • September 17, 2017
• Blog / Events

  Walkin’ Enjoy my expository, mediocre investigative photojournalism!

  

  On Monday, the first thing on my to-do list, after an exceptionally ... , because I had finally moved on from the stage of denial and accepted their ... since I had run out of milk. Still yet, the ink in my pens was decomposing

  • by Jackie M. '20
  • September 16, 2017
• Blog / Challenges

  Fears and Hopes how to move forward

  

  The world looked very different today. The presidential election is ... to chem lecture today, walking across the East Campus courtyard where the fiery shades of leaves in the trees covered the faintest clouds in

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • November 9, 2016
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Wide-Eyed meet the therapist hanging above my bed.

  

  that had been left after the rest of the rejects of the art lottery that ... very strongly in the 1960s culture of sex, drugs, and rock and roll. He was almost more well known for the number of wives he had (five!) and

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • October 4, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Short Thoughts Girlhood, editing, iPhone notes.

  

  I've spent the better part of a day trying to blog about my semester ... struggling with bouts of illness for the past month or so. I'm not sure what ... a headache and wake up still with a headache. It's the first time in

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • May 13, 2016
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  What Is an MIT Community? ...a personal experience

  

  sharing and appreciating passions, regardless of major and background. The Institute has far exceeded my expectations for social involvement, and in the ... glide slowly along the planet’s surface. The quivering black dots on the

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 13, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas thanksgiving and warm fuzzies all around

  

  Currently drinking: Odwalla Superfood Currently feeling: warm and cozy in the ... to be here at MIT without you and all the lessons you've taught me growing up. I'm grateful every day for all the opportunities and experience

  • by Allan K. '17
  • November 30, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Everyone at MIT should take this class. How often do you get to design toys in class?

  

  What do you want to do in life?  For some people, the answer to that question comes easy.  They're the ones who've been coding since they were out of the womb, who were building robots before they learned how to walk

  • by Michael C. '16
  • March 3, 2013
• Blog / Challenges

  Don’t Waste Daylight; Don’t Lose Sleep I've almost survived a whole semester.

  

  I love the weather today. I rode my bike home through puddles and gulped down the wetness in the air like I imagine a fish would if it, and not I, were in that spot on the sidewalk of dorm row. I shuffled into my

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • December 10, 2012