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• Blog / MIT Life

  The Answer is Yes Tips for navigating your first month here with a Greek life emphasis

  

  This post is for incoming freshmen (with a slight bias toward ... started packing for your adventure and I hope you're shaking with excitement ... can't do it all here at MIT. So take advantage of opportunities that

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • August 16, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Ode to the New, Part 2 Slowing down time in the Land of Enchantment.

  

  . That's a topic for another day, though; as promised, here's the follow-up to my first post about trying new things, and looking for adventure ... cracker jacks and funnel cake for the first time. I fell in love with green

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 9, 2010
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Ode to the New, Part 1 Seeking adventure.

  

  morning I left home for college: at the end of the summer, I would fly ... on those later. At the end of the summer, I returned to MIT for pre ... department store. And, last summer, I channeled my enthusiasm for imaginary

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 28, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Going Social Thinking about MIT Admissions and social media.

  

  cap and gown and preparing to walk at my high school graduation. Pomp ... . Students could not friend students at other colleges. In fact, most colleges ... time, and now actually gets taken seriously. And for good reason too

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 14, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Road I’m On Life's a lot to think about sometimes...

  

  Pardon me for the grammatically incorrect tonight title (in the ... . Anyway. Life at MIT is moving right along at its usual breakneck pace, but ... 't been thinking about blogging, or continuously scratching down ideas for

  • by Paul B. '11
  • April 26, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  The Next Generation Of College Campus Tours? My interview with Michael Epstein '04, covering his MIT experience and the genesis of his…

  

  Stata Center, which was delivered for Reunion weekend at MIT in June. We ... that you may find useful. At least in the beginning, I'll focus on ... with Michael about his vision for the next generation of college campus

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 31, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Short, Sweet, and to the Point: MIT in five senses or less (Guest Entry) Hear, See, Touch, Smell, and Taste MIT

  

  't give a damn for any old man who don't give a damn for us! 1. Hearing While at MIT CPW, I had the wonderful opportunity to sample all sorts of ... smelling at MIT? Well, you probably think he’d make some pathetic

  • by Bryan
  • April 21, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  dear past me stay kind

  

  , as a last ditch effort, my mom registered me for fencing classes at the ... November before I quit for good. At this point, it wasn't just because I was ... Mickey's Diner for milkshakes at midnight. what am i most excited for this

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • February 26, 2021
• Blog / Advice

  greta gerwig’s barbie and insecurity aka moving to college

  

  moments have existed for me at MIT.   What I forgot about was ... homework at my desk. Somehow, I’ll have to swap the idea of MIT for what is ... nostalgic. At every corner, I look for the opportunity to become pessimistic

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • September 19, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  winter things a sampling of IAP plans around campus

  

  if I keep at it for a few eons, I'll start getting the hang of it. In ... IAP stands for Independent Activities Period. For the month of ... at home or on campus relaxing, doing a micro-internship or a

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • February 5, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Day in the Life of an Over-Scheduled Frosh Another hosed blogger? ShOcKiNg

  

  so costs me: I arrive for my 7 PM practice at 7:15. If I’m being honest ... phone to look at the time, my heart skips a beat. Noon? Already?!? I planned on waking up at ten at the latest, but both me and my roommate slept

  • by Powers '23
  • October 21, 2019
• Blog / Blog Projects

  8,726,400 SOS: A Smile Worth 1,550 Words guest post by Mariam D. '20

  

  even imagine. The solemn looks that you can’t prepare for. The looks that instinctively stop you in your tracks because it doesn’t make sense for that ... fell upon a dusty ground surrounding the orphanage for Syrian refugees

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • July 22, 2018
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Watching Birdwatchers And getting into summer programs.

  

  , and it felt like I was seeing it for the first time. At the end of the ... enough. There it was: The E-mail I'd Been Waiting For. "I am pleased to ... Program at the NRAO site in Charlottesville, Virginia. Your research topic

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 3, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Sentimental Objects (part one) random trinkets from freshman year

  

  ^TM, we knew we’d eventually have to solve the issue ourselves. Lucky for us ... order to start the cycle again for sophomore year, we decided to transfer ... ’s rush 3) The newspaper article for the OpenMind::OpenArt Project! 4) A

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • September 29, 2017
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Laura’s UROP Advisor in ‘American Inventor’ finals tonight! Watch it tonight on ABC and vote!

  

  : American Inventor Wednesday, July 25 at 9/8c "Episode 207" Time for America ... formerly the executive at ABC responsible for all reality programming ... : blog entry for wednesday? Date: July 20, 2007 1:08:15 PM EDT To: Matt Mc

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 25, 2007
• Blog / How to Human

  Making The Switch Making the transition from high school to college, Chapter 1

  

  buying a computer for college, I can share my thoughts. This blog entry ... curfew or parental supervision - actually studying for classes - moving ... yourself to new ideas. For me, personally, in the summer leading up to the

  • by Bryan
  • March 31, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  How A Blog Became A Community ...in which The Nance waxes philosophic about The Nance Effect.

  

  strangers met at my blog for conversation, fun and intellectual discourse. I ... , you will also live in that community for at least four years. It did ... one will get hurt." (By "no one," she meant me.) For all of you who

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • January 9, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Machine Shops, Part 2 Really, there are a lot of machine shops.

  

  shops I haven't shown you photos of. Up first: the Lab for Manufacturing ... a class for learning all about drafting and machine tools, and 2 ... write the code for the CNC machines: For those of you not familiar with

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 3, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  real things on tangibility, mistakes, and community

  

  collecting vinyl for a while, but i've only ever bought one record. it was ... ) or the suitcase record player that daniel bought at a [annotation note="upperclassmen often sell their belongings for cheap on dormspam as they're moving out

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • February 5, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  Trip Report: IvyPlus some reflections from an admissions conference

  

  Plus 2011 conference at Yale University. IvyPlus is an every-couple-of-years-more-or-less-when-we-feel-like-it gathering of admissions folks from the "IvyPlus" schools, defined, for the ... began my job here at the office, and while I've learned a lot (a lot) over

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 13, 2011