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• Blog / MIT Life

  riverrun, past Eve and Adam’s "Do we start and end at the same place on the river?"

  

  and I spent the better part of an hour catching up on our summers ... where Joe and I first discovered the X-Knot, so we had to settle for submediocre pizza instead of finding some delicious and affordable hole-in-the

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 13, 2005
• Blog / Life after MIT

  The After

  

  world, and the feeling of making something that gets used around the world ... without the pressure of the firehose. The problems are bigger and more ... taking those first steps through Lobby 7 as a prefrosh. The inevitable soul

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • January 26, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Test Time! All my classes managed to schedule tests within a week of each other.

  

  , having four tests in the space of about a week was pretty common, and ... stress out about the consequences of not understanding well enough, and ... covered just 5 lectures worth of material, and it was worth 15% of the final

  • by Kate R. '14
  • October 5, 2010
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Chasing Roots, Part One During an overnight stay in Milan, I traversed several generations to explore musical history in…

  

  can be heard on tracks of Beck's Odelay album). And during the late 1800 ... restoration ;-) Ride the gondolas and water taxis of Venice in next ... Half of my family hails from Northern Italy; specifically, the Veneto

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • August 18, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What Though the Odds A survival story.

  

  . Academically, I had a bit of rough time this semester, and the main reason was 8 ... - at first - life was good. I loved the professor and his lecture style ... love with science in the first place. If you choose to take 8.012 - and

  • by Paul B. '11
  • December 31, 2007
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  ..and Here We Go Again! [by Ken Haggerty '11] ARTalk is back!

  

  tiring place. There are lots of P-sets and lots of work to do. Which is why ... on the arts! We'll be highlighting anything and everything art ... ARTalk lets us share these more fun-filled moments with the rest of you

  • by ARTalk
  • February 5, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Take 1.618: Film at MIT [by Danbee Kim '09] There are very few things for which I would get up…

  

  ) Program, and experienced one of the best weeks of my life. Ever since then ... auditions for tv shows like Beauty and the Geek. There are also a number of ... - should I go to art school, or should I do the "safe" thing and get a "real

  • by ARTalk
  • April 2, 2008
• Blog / People & Identities

  Home is where the Heart is visiting my grandparents

  

  China for the first time in 6 years this summer. Although 9th grade of ... to them as uncles, aunties, and cousins for the rest of this blog ... a distant cousin and playfight him until the poor guy was out of

  • by Anika H. '26
  • August 4, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  Valentine’s Day Special Featuring calculus, people who hate me, and a picture puzzle

  

  and whatever), so in the spirit of conserving the quantity of cynicism ... selection of friends at some random time in the middle of the night and ask ... at a crowded hub of classrooms and various offices in the Infinite

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • February 14, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Olympians How many MIT graduates have been in the Olympics? No, not the Science Olympiad...

  

  unsurprisingly, more than half of the competitors, and all but one of the medals, have come from the "pirate sports" of rowing, sailing, fencing and rifle ... I sports; we are the birthplace of intercollegiate sailing; and we

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 19, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Dear Applicant wishing you all the best and greatest

  

  most formative (and simply the best) years of your academic path. With ... friends for a sunny walk for the sake of a torturous assignment; and the ... , dearest Applicant to the Class of 2019 (or 2020 and beyond): Stay excited

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • October 6, 2014
• Blog / Events

  Cross-Cultural Conference

  

  the first year they're holding this event, so I really have no idea what to expect, but here are some of the topics they are planning on covering: History of Diversity@MIT 1861 to present Cross

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • March 18, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  MIT Admissions Valentine's Day Cards! Welcome to your moments of fame, 13's.

  

  fame on the MIT Admissions Blogs- send me a picture of you and your card, and I'll add you to the post. :) It's kind of a fun way to meet your ... pictures of the tube and card. Probably because they came at different times

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • February 14, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Second Semester Senior What you should do after submitting your application to colleges

  

  now. It is nearing the end of November; the first round of applications ... , everything is fully out of your control, and has been passed into the hands of ... lunch by yourself on top of the school bleachers and wonder about life

  • by Selam G. '18
  • November 22, 2015
• Blog / Summer

  “How was your day?” asked and answered

  

  as she circles round me, and I barely notice her jab the first needle ... train, enjoy the priceless view we get of Boston and the Charles River at ... station, watch the crowds of people coming and going, till I finally I hear

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • June 2, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  East Campus, Part Two Interior photos of vacant East Campus dormitory rooms. (Photos of occupied/"lived-in" rooms are to come.)

  

  to show the typical setup, furniture, and layout of a mix of rooms ... some photos... (all taken within the past couple of weeks -- and yes, it ... First of all, a big thank you to everyone who replied to my request

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • July 18, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  ‘Twas the night before the 8.01 final and all through the Haus, everyone was studying like nothing else. Including me. Just not…

  

  ! Woo hoo! With that said, here are a few of the things I've seen while ... windows of 5th West: Oh, the holiday spirit. This one may require a bit of ... final. And that's all from me. Sleep! Finally! Well, two hours on the

  • by Keri G. '10
  • December 17, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  New Year, New Semester Celebrating Lunar New Year and a new spring schedule

  

  wow and dazzle them on stage. This year was the first time that I had ... with the performers. By the end of the night I was stuffed with food and ... different experimental methods. The first day of class, Professor Cheeseman

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • February 15, 2016
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Summer in Boston what happens outside MIT

  

  Institute campus combines the chillness of living Cambridge and the proximity ... bubble—the city features an array of events and performances. Below are the ... until the family-friendly venues close, and you can join the crowd of bar

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • July 3, 2017
• Blog / About Decisions

  Hesitations about Choosing MIT our experience

  

  break and spring break, we do personal art for the first time in months of ... other schools, and for the first time in high school, we did. When we ... first half of MIT, we subscribed solely to the 'hate' variety of IHTFP

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • April 28, 2019