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• Blog / MIT Life

  Hello world!

  

  about me, in general. I live on 5th East, my wonderful hall in the dorm of ... Hello to all of you readers! I'm the latest student admissions ... 're one of his regular readers you might have seen me occasionally comment

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 5, 2005
• Blog / Athletics

  So you want to be a student-athlete? Finding the balance

  

  spring here at MIT and spend a ton of time practicing, cross training and competing in my sports. I want to share my perspective on the pros and cons of ... number of fashions. First, on a day to day basis, athletes have fewer hours

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • August 29, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Things That Aren’t Studying If you think about it, I get paid to procrastinate

  

  does it mean?!When I first got my grub (on Wednesday-ish of that week), I ... Two weeks ago, my life was studying. On three consecutive days, I had ... , uh, relaxing. And now, to punctuate the beginning of this week, I

  • by Emad T. '14
  • March 7, 2011
• Blog / Challenges

  There’s a Story in Which My Eyes Shut Am I changed enough?

  

  reflection of MIT windows not who I want to see? Is who I was before not good ... understand? Don't you know that the view from the bottom of the Lobby Ten steps ... ? Don't you know the sky is the same here? Don't you see it? The base of

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • October 25, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  Together. thoughts on today's tragedy.

  

  This was supposed to be a happy post. It was supposed to be one of those after-CPW posts, celebrating three straight days of liquid nitrogen ice cream, Tetris hacks, and a campus-wide show of unity to welcome

  • by Michael C. '16
  • April 16, 2013
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Global warming? ...or just a weather anomaly?

  

  read my book (Giving, by Bill Clinton) on the roof of Baker, take ... : - Euphoria, associated with a lack of problem sets - Excitement, over having ... - Dread…knowing that January is the coldest month of the year, with an

  • by Melis A. '08
  • January 9, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Our thoughts go out to Virginia Tech.

  

  All of us here are quite saddened by the shooting at Virginia Tech. I ... [email protected] To Members of the MIT Community: Yesterday's tragic events at Virginia Tech have shocked and saddened all of us. We offer MIT's condolences to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 17, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Issel Lim: IBD Research Issel Lim has been trying to create an effective mouse model for ulcerative colitis, a…

  

  About one million Americans have a form of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), which causes inflammation of the digestion tract and leads to ... weren't bad enough, IBD increases the risk of developing colon cancer and

  • by Melis A. '08
  • July 27, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Ups and downs and extras

  

  your name, MIT ID, and date of birth on it. Not the same few colleges ... dinner at one of Boston's yummy Russian-Armenian restaurants, Cafe Levonya ... one of their specialties) was even better than advertised. Then the Red

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 28, 2004
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Bachelor’s & Master’s in 5 Years An attractive option offered to undergraduates in the Department of Urban Studies and Planning.

  

  This will be the first in a series of entries focused on my ... heard that many of MIT's engineering departments have something called the MEng, or Master of Engineering, which is typically a one-year degree

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • November 15, 2006
• Blog / Community Projects

  Not in Kansas Anymore oh, wait...we actually are. Day 1 with the MIT Design/Build/Fly team.

  

  basement of Building 33 (take a tour if you're on campus!). It's decked out ... sounds like--a team of students designs, builds, and flies a remote-control aircraft to fulfill a number of mission requirements, and do it better and

  • by Allan K. '17
  • April 10, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  SOFT HOUSE five college students doing burpees on gravel at 1 am vibes

  

  on the burden of cleaning communal spaces more than others, so we had ... Guys, in spite of everything that's happened, I'm having a college ... , well, "soft" sounds like "soph." IT'S SO GREAT. Living with six of my

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • September 28, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Don’t worry, the king lives…

  

  responsibilities in the Admissions office and my assumption of said responsibilities for this period of 12 months.) By the way, my name is Chris too ... might see me in person) is the clever hallway trick of, "I don't remember

  • by Chris LaBounty
  • August 7, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  You know my name I should think of a clever title, but the song has been in my head…

  

  DID YOU KNOW? Blake Ross, who is kind of the inventor of Firefox, is ... hard drive crashed. I'm a Mac user now. I need to find a way to acquire ... .003. I ate a lot of stuffing today. But most importantly, like two weeks

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 24, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Pi Day Eve A doodle and some old advice

  

  until that fated time, but it will be. I tried to think of what high ... tens of other posts written by tens of other bloggers instead of being so ... think of to do for this post is one of those drawings where you smush a

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • March 13, 2015
• Blog / Events

  All Hallow’s Eve You're never too old to trick-or-treat...

  

  -promised pictures of my friends and I being all dorky and appreciative of Doctor Who ... 's equivalent of Residential Advisors--housemasters, and associate housemasters ... , chocolate covered strawberries, and, of course, mini variety packs of candy

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • November 1, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet the Admissions Officers: Amy Perez Name: Amy Perez; Job title: Assistant Director of Admissions; Hometown: Lubbock, TX

  

  Name: Amy Perez Job title: Assistant Director of Admissions Hometown ... and the Boston skyline, both of which are right outside the Admissions ... being witty and down-to-earth. I am never afraid of talking about my loves

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 14, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  Remembrance Another year of old people remembering things

  

  On September 11, 2001, I had just begun my junior year. I was running ... after 9. My "hi" to my coworkers died on my lips as I looked at their faces, drained of their usual cheer, widened by shock. "A plane crashed

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • September 11, 2013
• Blog / Events

  Play hard…and then work hard! There's no excuse not to have an AWESOME time this weekend!

  

  campus on the last semi-sane weekend of the semester!: Friday: 2 ... . Volunteers meet outside of McCormick and travel to Lawrence, MA to work on ... students) and exams officially start on Friday and continue until Thursday

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 8, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Free-est post! un-free schedule

  

  of close, detailed listening to songs of our choice, and analyses on ... In the hassle of getting my life and graduation requirements together, I almost forgot to take advantage of my (last :'/) biannual free post

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • February 28, 2012