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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  how dorm structure shapes social life in more ways than i can count, actually

  

  take helps me interact with more people; I pass four suites on the way to ... everyone on your hall, it's harder to initiate new conversations. On the flip ... based on their mutual interests. Because of this, the culture is more

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • November 11, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  It’s All Going To Be Okay I won The Game!

  

  Have you ever heard of The Game? I've referenced it several times in my other entries, so hopefully many of you are avid players by now, if ... succinct description (borrowed from the official Lose The Game website

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 3, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fanboying at the Career Fair SpaceX, CubeSats, and free stuff, oh my!

  

  people you're in awe of, people you follow on Twitter, people you hold as ... of their new music, t-shirts, posters, bracelets, branded water bottles ... and a good fraction of the freshman class from going to check it out

  • by Allan K. '17
  • September 21, 2013
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  13/101 Things To Do Before You Graduate 2 of my favorite days at MIT, to date.

  

  New England clam chowder Walk the Freedom Trail Go on a Boston Harbor Cruise Check out the New England Aquarium Visit the top of the Prudential Center See a show at the Museum of Science Ice skate on Frog Pond Go

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 22, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Advice for Seniors From me to you. Why? Because I care

  

  on my way to Hollywood, but found Christopher Columbus, who pointed me ... , while I was on the road, there were a number of really interesting ... preperations, and on top of ALL of THAT, you are applying to college. Whewww

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • October 10, 2009
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  My 2023 Libby Wrapped I have a problem with audiobooks

  

  ;1/3 of my music listening. It’s mostly to discover new songs ... audiobooks, including most popular new releases FREE OF CHARGE! In all ... for me to understand while multitasking and good for my general state of

  • by Allison E. '27
  • January 3, 2024
• Blog / How to Human

  feeling old and coming home

  

  had already been a couple of hours since landing. I said I was on my way ... focused on a smaller number of things, and it feels good. I feel calm. I ... "]GTL,[/annotation] like so many of my friends had, but my desire to spend time working on my

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • February 12, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  how can i keep from singing? a midpoint check-in

  

  , Maine; Washington, D.C.; and New York City. I’ve taken hundreds of photos ... immense sense of satisfaction. I did this on my own. I can feed myself ... Harvard Bridge, getting a good view of the Boston skyline. I think about how

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • July 22, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  I hate the way I don’t hate you

  

  loosely based on Taming of the Shrew. I remember the school most from the ... tomorrow. You may wonder what Admissions Officers do when they're on the road on a non-working day. Well, for me, I decided I'd go catch the film

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 25, 2004
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Art Keeps Me Sane At MIT [by Danbee Kim '09] The beautiful irony is that the analytical, obsessive, and perfectionist mindset…

  

  year knowing three new ways to juggle and talking about how I was being ... of a scientist or engineer is what makes artists at MIT so good at ... hours happily coding on a Saturday night instead of partying, people

  • by ARTalk
  • January 21, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Tangential Learning Isn't the point of research to delve into what you don't know?

  

  Science) sorts of things. It's almost like MIT made these fields overlap on ... constraints on the typology of human language. In particular, our latest project ... project - but a good two weeks in, I found myself getting a refresher on

  • by Emad T. '14
  • July 19, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  What MIT students do on Friday nights Who needs clothing, when you have duct tape?

  

  decided to go with the good old standby: duct tape. Of course, once I ... grocery shopping before. My roommate April wasted a good amount of money the ... exactly what it sounds like. I personally had no intention of going, but I

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 23, 2005
• Blog / IAP

  Different Perspectives IAP from the minds of a few different people

  

  had been on my to-do list since getting to MIT. It’s a pretty good way ... especially useful for anyone planning on doing MISTI Israel. In one of the ... out of the way. The other is being one of the two chairs for Bad Ideas

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • January 26, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  This title is irrelevant In which I discuss two important aspects of undergraduate life: scientific research and climbing stairs.

  

  ideas that are not good ones. On the day of the Green Building Challenge ... of stairs in two hours on Friday night. That's 12 times up the tallest ... better to do on a Friday night, along with increased risk of heart failure

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • January 28, 2009
• Blog / Challenges

  The Aftershock In memory of Kate Hunter ‘20 (1997-2017), who will always be remembered for her big…

  

  was a slobbery, deflated mess on the floor. For the sake of writing a ... except for the voice on the other end. I’m not sure how many of the words I ... the call, and then ending up crouched down on the side of the road for

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • January 18, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

  Decisions, Decisions…..*sigh* Is (Fill in the Blank) University the right school for me?

  

  process. The good news is that she got accepted to a bunch of schools all ... bunch of bills to pay and I don’t really want to be a burden on them. I ... hopefully develop lots of new friendships that will last a lifetime. Finding a

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • April 22, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Dear Applicants: Parts 1 and 2 for Early and Regular Action applicants

  

  're done.” Don’t think of all the ways you could have made the application, or the life described in it, better. Think of your wonderful high ... ribbons on graduation. You've heard of them, haven't you? Do the numbers and

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • November 12, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  Things to Do While Waiting for Decisions Like elevator music, except without the awkwardness of standing next to a stranger whose priorities…

  

  friends on the fourth floor have Guitar Hero II) was part of the reason this ... was waiting for early action decisions. I know there's no real way you can get it off your mind completely; after all, you're on the MIT

  • by Jess K. '10
  • December 2, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  My brother is cooler than me The plight of the less-cool older sibling.

  

  videos. The folks on campus certainly did, as upwards of six people ... , Drive-Ins, and Dives (which is one of the few things we disagree on - I ... ... ....so you can say that you made it all the way to the tip of Cape Cod. h

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • October 23, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  College Interviews a survival guide for the high school senior

  

  interview the same way! There are a lot of things that can come out during ... of thumb, if you can't talk about something you worked on during high ... forehead and trying not to cringe from the terrible aftertaste of the iced

  • by Connie H. '15
  • October 15, 2012