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• Blog / Challenges

  This Post Has a Happy Ending dealing with obstacles @ MIT

  

  ’t say for sure when the Plague started, but I remember clearly the day it ... the next day I could do it no more. Spurts of productivity came at ... emails to professors: “I have been ill for quite some time now, and it is

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • October 30, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  My MIT Interview I think that I forgot to tell you about that

  

  airports and train stations. Yesterday, I was at LaGuardia waiting for a ... 's just as well, though, because according to Youtube it's clearly time for ... London. I don't really want The Internet to know my address, so for the

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 12, 2014
• Blog / How to Human

  Kindred Spirits or, "Making Friends"

  

  perfectly at ease with social interaction!" Me 2: "Ah-ah-ah, don't be getting ... sitting at the table over there? Come on, get on it. Say hi to him." Me 1 ... up for a ton of clubs. If my brain didn't want to meet people, I

  • by Allan K. '17
  • September 19, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Taste of the Real World an adventure in life

  

  When you are at school, the whole world seems to exist in its own ... of MIT’s willingness to pay for you to travel) including England ... really ventured into the real world, or what the real world may hold for me

  • by Becca H. '12
  • June 22, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Coming Soon! In which I briefly account for my I-haven't-been-blogging-so-much-recently shenanigans

  

  people at MIT: Yes, we have a number of Nobel laureates, but every now and ... celebrity whom I photographed at really close range.   The ... ceremony took place last week. In a nutshell, Amanda D., a sophomore at MIT

  • by Emad T. '14
  • April 28, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Cacophony of Coats Also, my courseload for this term!

  

  While waiting at a bus stop the other day, I witnessed one of the ... little thing called small talk that people substitute for awkward silence ... at the bus stop were demonstrating this tactic, and had chosen the

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • February 10, 2011
• Blog / Events

  Happy Things Yay!

  

  playing Frisbee on Kresge Oval. Spring seems to have arrived at last ... for awhile now. I've learned not to trust Boston weather, it'll probably snow tomorrow or something. At least we haven't gotten any earthquakes

  • by Karen F. '11
  • April 18, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I will begin again. Maybe the time is right (to blog). Maybe tonight.

  

  see him in the "Valjeans of the World" medley at the end. It always ... the song for this medley, since that's pretty much the one song in the entire show that Valjean never sings at all. I was Javert in my high

  • by Sam M. '07
  • February 8, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Spring Classes Online (...and a bit about a fall class, too.)

  

  , machine elements, design for manufacturing, basic electronics, and ... at the beginning and the end of the course so students can assess their ... perhaps the most famous class at MIT, and Prof. Slocum is one of the best

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 8, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Fall Travel Days 8,9,10,11,12: PA, NJ, and Home! Part 5 of my Fall Travelogue.

  

  at Tangerine. Not cheap, but I'd been eating junk for a week so I ... day, which was neat for me because I was actually born in Philly. My ... counselors, I drove around Jersey a little bit, ending up at Chili's where I

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 3, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Yay, weekend!

  

  preparing for Rush. Each dorm has its own. At EC, we consider Rush a big deal ... about the culture I live in is that many alunmi stay involved for years ... was really supportive and helpful to me back when I was running for UAVP

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 11, 2005
• Blog / Events

  An Interview with the Tetris Grand Champion Meet Fractal161, an MIT Student who's the second person ever to beat Tetris.

  

  line clear. For a single that’s 40 points, for a Tetris– four lines at ... I Love Tetris.  I think it was the first videogame I ever played at ... -to game to avoid doing work, and I go pretty good at the tetris.com version

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • February 19, 2024
• Blog / Challenges

  Navigating Offcampus Housing 101 finding housing is a fucking nightmare

  

  stay flexible and look for places that would be reasonable for between five and seven people, but that was harder than it seemed. For one, 5-bed places in the area are scarce, and those that were good contenders had at

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • August 11, 2020
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Is This All I Ever Will Be? on friendships

  

  endure as a woman. The way at age 8 I was criticized for the way my body ... on a near-cosmic level, like soulmates for friends. That was until we ... drips of the night, chatting away. I remember sitting there and looking at

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 20, 2022
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  friday afternoon in the town of beans i'm freeeeeeeeeeeee

  

  ."]Yesterday,[/annotation]after turning in my last assignment for the semester and celebrating my freedom ... — Forget that. There'll be time for that later. It's the first day after the end of classes! Time to have some fun. Fun? How do you have fun at MIT

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • December 11, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Questions & Answers a daily blog prompt compilation

  

  them. In the meantime, I did an Instagram Live for MIT Admissions with Shuli answering questions about life at MIT. It was a surprisingly ... a significant amount of sitting in coffee shops (rip) and studying for

  • by Alex M. '21
  • May 14, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Onto the next world! a stupidly long metaphor

  

  right fit for everyone, there was something so undeniable at MIT ... actual good fucking food. But at the same time, MIT has stolen my heart for ... In this past semester, the definition of "home" changed a lot for me

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 24, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  mid semester check-in all about my classes

  

  very difficult. At least for someone who is doing algebra for the first ... I originally registered for 60 units of classes this semester: 18 ... Listener. I registered full time for all four, half convinced I would drop

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • October 22, 2022
• Blog / Events

  Semi-Real Time Mystery Hunt Update v. 2008

  

  as people shout at each other and scramble for laptops, papers, and ... 'm sitting at my kitchen table, eating leftover baked ziti I just heated up. I ... to explain that they needed some maps for a puzzle. This sort of

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 18, 2008
• Blog / Announcements

  FYI: Undergraduates with family income below $200,000 can expect to attend MIT tuition-free starting in 2025 what it says on the tin

  

  : sorry for not blogging much lately. With my new-ish role —  Director of ... working at MIT are like playing Elden Ring. When I started working here 15 ... income threshold. And for the 50 percent of American families with income

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 20, 2024