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• Blog / MIT Life

  A Week in the Life: Optimism Edition In which I have a particularly tough, enriching week.

  

  on time Tuesday morning, so I can't tell you about the tour of Boston ... "I like how you say that with a smile on your face," my hallmate ... mimicked in a higher-pitched voice and some sort of everlasting smile. It

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • September 18, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Questionable Views Questions and views, and questions about views. The views are not necessarily questionable, although you…

  

  sitting on the bed is Ace, April's friend who came to watch us do all of the ... on Memorial Drive, so some of the rooms have a nice view of the river ... with us. About the number of people who share a room, freshmen generally

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 18, 2005
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Patriots’ Day Rejuvenated by a Reenactment

  

  of people: those standing in front, those perching on ladders ... suggested biking to see the Battle of Lexington, I was THRILLED! We woke at 3:30 on Patriot's Day Morning and rode off into a quiet, misty land

  • by Kim D. '09
  • April 20, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT ISEF Reception MIT will be present at the Intel International Science & Engineering Fair in Albuquerque this…

  

  Class of 2011 at ISEF, we'll be having a breakfast gathering on Thursday ... The MIT Office of Admissions will host a reception for participants in the Intel International Science & Engineering Fair (ISEF) on

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 12, 2007
• Blog / Denied by MIT, Now [X]

  Denied by MIT, now a PhD student at the Media Lab

  

  I did here and here, as proof of what I usually say on Pi Day: If you ... admissions today on MIT FB, and it reminds me of the time when I applied to MIT ... , Pat You can go see more of Pat's work at the Media Lab on his project

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 24, 2020
• Blog / Hacks

  It’s Friday, Friday… hacking Mikey

  

  Late last week one of the bloggers was talking about her spring break plans. They were all very exciting, with lots of travel and warm weather ... ." Yep. The students here at MIT may be on spring break, but the office is

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 25, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Reischauer Scholars Program For those interested in Japan or international relations.

  

  degree of expertise about Japan that may have a significant impact on their ... entry including the secrets of how to live your life, get into MIT and ... on back order (in my head, since it got DELETED), but I just wanted to

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 10, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  Dishwashers, parents, space: what do these things have in common?

  

  ready to clean months of caked-on food. I abhor washing dishes in our tiny ... college I realized that the dishwasher is on a long list of things that make ... use of a dishwasher is the last frontier in an immigrant household, an

  • by Melis A. '08
  • October 9, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  stepping back on keeping your priorities straight

  

  Recently I considered sprinkling (read: coating) ramen powder on ... saturate myself with sodium and MSG. It was not one of my better days ... induced coma, I spent the last few days working on those things I put off

  • by Connie H. '15
  • November 30, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Using Fireflies.ai to Write a Post About Fireflies.ai behind the scenes: it's pretty meta

  

  the course of a week following my progress on writing this post. I want ... The writing process is different for every one of your favorite ... use a variety of tools to help me, from Evernote for keeping track of

  • by Erick P. '17
  • February 20, 2017
• Blog / Athletics

  Go White Sox! I'm absolutely giddy that the White Sox are in the World Series and I had…

  pictures of the games as well as my dad's scorecards (he keeps score on his ... ). Even though Elgin is northwest of Chicago (and most northsiders are Cubs ... surprisingly, then, my brother and I became White Sox fans too. Of course, I

  • by mitblogs
  • October 26, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW-related whatsits Just some things you might want to know before you arrive tomorrow!

  

  , do we sleep on the floor of our host's dorm, or are we actually getting ... that packet of information on Saturday, and, if so, where do I go to get ... is in the West Lounge on the second floor of the Student Center (which

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • April 5, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  Awesome Robot Competition? LIVE?? Check out the 2.007 Final Robot Competition! LIVE May 12th/13th!

  

  ’t let you all miss out on the BEST PART!! The culmination of 2.007 is the final robot competition, where students for a single-run showcase on ... -elimination tournament on Tuesday! Quote from an email: "Each head-to-head match is a

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • May 12, 2025
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Flat Ryan’s Adventures at MIT! There are more exclamation points in this entry than there are days of classes left…

  

  feel bad about it (actually, a lot of people my age do that...) 3. You ... laughing because he was laughing!") 4. You get to tell these kinds of stories: Last year, my brother's second-grade class had a unit on Flat Stanley (if

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • December 5, 2010
• Blog / Events

  298 Tickets. All for us

  

  A lot of 'lasts' happened this past week: - I turned in my last 5 ... following week consists of an orgo exam, and the week after is dead week, and the week after is (ahhh) finals. - I finished my last bag of popcorn

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • November 20, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  I Think I’ve Found Paradise (Guest Entry) Work hard, play hard. For the next four years.

  

  my norm. From the hackers of East Campus to the frat brothers on the ... to be a man of few words, and my guest-entry was going to revolve ... of guy. So from the minute I leapt off my five-hour plane flight to

  • by Paul B. '11
  • April 18, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Chicken with my head cut off What I've been up to since last Friday. In case you want the Cliff's Notes…

  

  sore and threw my neck out of whack trying to do this (as the one on the ... hours of cheerleading camp and practice. Thanks to some amazing coaches we flew in from Texas, we now have the beginnings of a competition routine

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • October 4, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  DO YOU WANNA BUILD A SNOWMAN?? I KNOW YOU DO

  

  displayed on the TV, a large quantity of fake lei, and half the attendees ... one where snow actually collected on the ground and that I was awake for LOL"]FIRST(ish)[/annotation] SNOW OF THE YEAR!! (several days late) We

  • by Allison E. '27
  • December 13, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Swag … I mean, Career Fair What I did not acquire at the career fair:A job.

  

  Rubik’s cubes 4 decks of cards 1 poker set, with 4 colors of chips ... inventoried all of this swag, which had formerly been occupying nearly 70% of the floor space in my room. It’s now in cups on the desk, hanging from a

  • by Kate R. '14
  • September 30, 2010
• Blog / IAP

  Yestermonth’s IAP Everyone else is doing it.

  

  soft-on-the-inside, crusty-on-the-outside loaf of peasant bread ... characteristics rather than temporal durations, although each of those eras happens ... most of my major. It wasn't that exciting. As I passed the halfway point

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • February 14, 2011