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• Blog / MIT Life

  A Boring Friday Night (guest post by Nina L. ‘19) Familiar inbetweens. Taking breaks. Things that aren't (all) sleep and studying.

  

  into the semester, are exciting in smaller ways. The rest of this post is ... in Lujan’s room at EC. His roommate moved out to another dorm so he has ... talked about life. We laughed and had those heavy moments of rocks in our

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 24, 2016
• Blog / How to MIT

  Tips and Tricks to MIT What I have learned in my first semester at MIT

  

  you can enjoy that!). No one can move from living in a house to on their own in one day and have no problems, so hopefully these tips and tricks ... honestly something I have not yet mastered hahaha. When I was in high school

  • by Ben O. '19
  • December 5, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  It’s the middle of November. Do YOU know where your Early Action application components are? How to tell if they are missing, and what to do about it

  

  have pretty reliable email delivery, but just in case some of you didn't get it, I'm reposting the email in its entirey below. This is also good ... control. There is still plenty of time to complete your application in time

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 12, 2015
• Blog / Community Projects

  Jalapeño Bacon Mac and Cheese for the Homeless starting a campaign larger than myself

  

  homeless people in Boston this Thanksgiving. We partnered with a homeless shelter to donate the proceeds to and, in less than two weeks, enough ... is now donating 30 jackets if we hit $3,000. We have raised $2,733 in

  • by Erick P. '17
  • November 10, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Sunday night is the deadline for Early Action (EA) Here are some things we want you to know

  

  understanding with teachers and schools. Your recommendations do not need to be in ... filling out the self-reporting testing in Part 2 of the application, know ... , do so in the Writing field. If you've taken both the old and new

  • by Kris Guay
  • October 27, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Cooking for Myself I haven't set off the fire alarms yet!

  

  ’t know about you, but I like to eat. I grew up in a family where food is ... been a mini-celebration of the good things in life. Good food brings a ... and running to your 8.01 lecture. The smell of something cooking in the

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • October 17, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  My favorite room on MIT’s campus a personal room of requirement

  

  my favorite room right now, in a one hour break between classes: 20.320 (Analysis of Biomolecular and Cellular Systems) and 7.18 (Topics in ... reminds me of my to-do list, which is in my to-do notebook, which is

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • September 24, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Walk of the Strandbeest "New life forms" with PVC skeletons march on the Media Lab

  

  these animals out in herds on the beaches, so they will live their own ... 's Strandbeest stood in the rain on a patch of pavement outside the Media Lab. With wind in their sails, and aided (on a rainy but not-so-windy day) by

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • September 16, 2015
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  History of the Brass Rat with pictures of the bezel design from 1930 to today

  

  . Legend has it that it is the third most recognized ring in the world, after the Superbowl Ring and the Pope Ring. The tradition began in the spring ... forward in leaps and bounds. Then we considered the elephant. He is wise

  • by Erick P. '17
  • April 23, 2015
• Blog / How to Human

  FOMO #tbt #behindonblogging #seniorspring

  

  think it's important to let the people in your life know that you ... in my rush out the door, making a nice dent in my computer and almost ... , forgoing the stupid bus despite the weather being in the single digits

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

  Your February Updates & Notes Form some things you should know

  

  that is required of all students (including those admitted or deferred in ... should fill it out? Everyone! Even those already accepted in Early Action ... provide any and all grades available for classes you’ve taken in your

  • by Kris Guay
  • January 22, 2015
• Blog / Events

  The Tale of a Frosh once upon a cold November

  

  first time in her life (since perhaps one rebellious quarter in elementary ... astoundingly over the college months. In August, the Frosh could have sworn that ... else fuels her curiosity, and theoretical math in fact terrifies her

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • November 30, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Who needs Black Friday anyway? a slightly different take.

  

  puffy jacket will always remind me of certain backpacking trips in the Sierras, or favorite climbs in Yosemite. Gear becomes attached to specific ... places in Yosemite, and swapped some old gear I had for other people’s used

  • by Michael C. '16
  • November 29, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  bump MIT students design products

  

  that it looks like we only have fun in the class, 2.009 is HARD WORK ... a thing! In the past couple days, I've spent 40+ hours in lab helping ... with. They'll spend all day in lab working on things... They let me

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • November 19, 2014
• Blog / How to Human

  Staying Organized In which I look exhausted and talk about my notebooks

  

  Apologies for the video length/quality this week. MIT has me sufficiently hosed this weekend, following an already-stressful week. Such is life. Hopefully you're able to decipher my rambling in this video! If

  • by Ceri Riley '16
  • September 28, 2014
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Great Expectations i've never read the book, but the title seemed to fit

  

  ’t notice, I’m a newborn in the blogging world, with this being my very first ... orientation, each MIT freshman has the option to take part in a freshman pre-orientation program. So back in June, I signed up for the Freshman Arts Program (FAP

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • September 17, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Roundup Some Links to Summarize this Summer

  

  . Learning to drive stick-shift in a car that once belonged to my favorite ... much yet. My teacher is Rob, a photographer I met in a coffee shop. Yesterday, as we made circles in an empty school parking lot, the sky stormed

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • July 3, 2014
• Blog / Study Abroad

  Thoughts from the Other Side MIT through a different lens

  

  took in their fall term (Michaelmas term) and spring term (Lent term) at ... , these 1.5 hour exams are pretty much 100% of your grade in the class. Yeah... But I was lucky and only had 5 exams since I came in during the

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • May 30, 2014
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Life After (and During) MIT Greetings from beautiful adulthood

  

  little darker than my avatar's and when I smile in real life, my face looks like it's going to explode more so than in my avatar. I graduated a year ... to ask specific questions - I'll try to answer in the comments), but if

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • May 28, 2014
• Blog / Events

  What if You Didn’t Like CPW? is MIT still the place for you?

  

  of fun meeting a you future froshies in person. Today I wanted to ... around in the back of my head. I felt I wouldn't fit in unless my idea of a ... with mashed potatoes. Like the prefrosh in that thread, I too was one of

  • by Erick P. '17
  • April 21, 2014