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• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Night at da Opera A Jolly Splendid Time!!

  

  going and be the best runner I can be. It took a lot of experiences to ... ="it's like the difference between just living in a town, and being a citizen of ... more than the war, and wanted to end the fighting to be with them

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • March 1, 2025
• Blog / Challenges

  Small Victories The view from a month into MIT

  

  unfamiliar with the terminology: hosed- (adj): to be completely and utterly ... get As on every test, and that's a) being human, b) being around ... into a routine at MIT. Psets due every week on Tuesday and Thursday

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • October 8, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Drinking from the Firehose By: Teresa, '11

  

  glee and sugar in the elevator to the fifth floor. The chocolate and ... played a part in that total happiness. So did the welcome event and ... MIT. It was my very first time on campus, so I was struck by the sheer

  • by Bryan
  • April 24, 2007
• Blog / Challenges

  The November Rule 2: Electric Boogaloo the one rule you should not break (take it from me, kids)

  

  experiencing my first single semester on campus and I couldn't be happier. I can ... , and having the majority of your time be consumed by one person is not ... MIT. and upperclassmen, despite appearing to be at the same maturity

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • September 23, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A love letter to psets Masochists In Training

  

  hours on a pset and finally understand how a certain equation can be ... . At times, you've driven me up the wall, literally. And I couldn't be ... something I started at 11pm the night before it was due, and finished at

  • by Michael C. '16
  • September 16, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Application advice Read this. Now. It's important. Promise.

  

  to the GAMIT's review (and now I can proudly say, personal experience ... , I only got a 700 on the math section of the SAT I (gasp!), and I don ... , and the more relaxed you are, the easier that will be. Good luck!

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 30, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Look as good you will not Some summer reading for the nerds out there. Which means all of you.

  

  doubles up unable to continue. Vader raises his arm and a flask on the table ... , Beru, Biggs, Windy, Luke, and Leia Starkiller all living together on the ... , and I don't know how much longer father can hold out. The enemy has

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 1, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Hosed Hosed- adj. Bogged down with work (From the glossary of the 2007-2008 How to Get…

  

  professors think you should be spending 12 hours per week on the class ... totally and completed hosed. I can't even believe I'm taking 15 minutes to ... business outfit (go Yellow Team!) for the final presentation and am about to

  • by Laura N. '09
  • December 7, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  You Are Welcome Here (and at Elmhurst College too)

  

  comes to resources on campus, MIT has the rainbow lounge, where I will be ... identity in the not too distant past. And it’s also, at the same time, about ... great place to work and be a student. 1. MIT is very diverse -with no

  • by Kris Guay
  • August 29, 2011
• Blog / Events

  total eclipse of the cruft

  

  eclipse on April 8th. I had happened to see the total eclipse in 2017 in ... around the mountain west, and it was an incredible experience, so I knew I ... ="alignnone" width="768"] what if we gathered in vermont and stared directly at the sun

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 16, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  making art for fun what a crazy concept!

  

  this statement can be true when i rarely blog in the first place... oops ... the balance between being an artist and a student at an “Institute of ... When I was applying to be a blogger in September, one of the first

  • by Teresa J. '26
  • March 28, 2023
• Blog / Community Projects

  CPW: ASA Midway, B1 B1athalon, and Cutting Crafts with Contour not to mention meet the bloggers

  

  , and keychains, Software did several overhauls on the code to make it ... my work is needed to get it done, and that I can depend on everyone to ... pie, and meet adMITs. The blogs have been such a wonderful thing to be

  • by Amber V. '24
  • April 25, 2024
• Blog / Athletics

  The Craziest 3 Days of Soccer Ever broken records, halloween practice, and senior day!

  

  season!! We just wrapped up our regular season, and I wanted to share the ... On Wednesday, we had our second to last game of the regular season ... and unstoppable. Watching her sprint down the left side of the field

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • November 4, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Siete Ciudades de España A very busy IAP

  

  in the world. Plus, more and more summers are being reserved for ... me the program ended up being essentially free. I was on my way to ... in high school, and I hope to be trilingual by the time I leave. And

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • March 6, 2017
• FAQ / Academics and research

  Can I test out of some classes by taking Advanced Standing Exams?

  begins. If you do well you get to keep your grade on the ASE as your grade in the class; if you do poorly you can simply take the class and the ... subjects outside of the classroom itself. If you're confident that you
• Blog / IAP

  Keep Holy the Month of IAP For It Is a Time of Rest

  

  this out and move on. Last IAP I spent almost all of the month working on ... IAP, and then maybe I can make it as far back as last semester ... to be on campus, but not have any formalized activities taking up all

  • by Evan B. '10
  • February 15, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Ruth says update your blog! FIRST is cool. So are rebuses.

  

  spectacularly. Like last night, we lost 1-0 in double overtime on the road and ... Meara to work on 3.091. Clifton '09 was there, and when I sat down on the ... the details here.) On a completely unrelated and yet excessively

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 19, 2005
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Seattle: Land of the Strange, Skies of the Free where pirates roam the streets and dogs play the bucket-drums

  

  Needle is one of five, and together they play music based on how the people underneath them are moving. And even if the buses are nearly silent (being ... new room on 2E at East Campus, to be closer to my friends in the Toons

  • by Allan K. '17
  • August 14, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Let’s Get Physical Olivia Newton-John, I am not, but I can still pretend.

  

  the privilege of completing before grdauation. You can read more about ... during each semester, during the Independent Activities Period (IAP), and ... and picked out the ones that sounded interesting/do-able. Please help me

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • August 5, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Lots of questions today! Lots of answers, too.

  

  . Those elective units can be used either toward the 180 units outside the ... in the entry on stuff, and it somehow slipped my mind. (This is what ... over the weekends. On weekend nights, my friends and I usually either go

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • May 9, 2006