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• Blog / MIT Life

  The ________ Outdoors What do you think goes in the blank?

  

  , whose only concept of the outdoors is an item that is outside the ... group on campus called the MIT Outoors Club that caters to the surprisingly numerous students who enjoy the outdoors and travel. If there's one

  • by Chris M. '12
  • June 10, 2010
• Blog / People & Identities

  the pieces scattered behind you

  

  Each time you come home, you’re faced with the self you left behind ... jewelry supplies are still in the desk drawer, though I've taken my best ... , stuffed full of fantasy. My eyes flick to the books I loved, gloss over the

  • by Amber V. '24
  • December 28, 2023
• Blog / Residential Life

  four ways to unstrip a screw tΞp work week tales

  

  It's work week at [annotation note="pronounced 'Xi' like the Greek letter, tΞp is the co-ed fraternity formerly known as tEp."]tΞp![/annotation] While work week in Greek life systems outside the MIT bubble might refer

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • September 3, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  Adventure Time at MIT We went on a hiking and camping adventure!

  

  , and camping in the wilderness. We split into four cars with three ... , and then hike the Franconia Ridge over night to watch the sunrise from the top of the Ridge Cars 3 and 4, led by Jackie S. '14 and Cappie P

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • April 22, 2014
• Blog / Events

  Good Will Mystery Hunting 63 hours of puzzle solving: a classic part of the MIT experience

  

  “It'll be over before sunrise.” The first time I heard it, midnight ... Virginia, the most important city in the world that night for all I cared (Read on to find why, after this commercial break). The third floor

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • January 21, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Deadline where I attempt to reason through an approaching all-nighter

  

  in the large washer. Chocolate and peanuts and granola make me groan ... intervals on the same day. I call it Dark Thursday. Learning at MIT is hard. Weekdays are a blur of work and socialization, with lines between the two

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • September 17, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Why the title of this post is really important I got to present my UROP work looking at the titles of graphs at the…

  

  For the last 6 days, I’ve been at the Vision Sciences Society conference in Florida! The view from our hotel room. As its name indicates, this conference is dedicated to the study of human vision—figuring out

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • May 28, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  The Waitlist This is not an easy entry to write so I'll just keep it short. No…

  

  nutshell, we're not going to be able to admit anyone from the waitlist this ... fewer applicants this year - fully intending to use the waitlist in order ... convinced that we'd have to admit at least a few from the waitlist. I was

  • by Ben Jones
  • May 10, 2005
• Blog / Life after MIT

  The After

  

  taking those first steps through Lobby 7 as a prefrosh. The inevitable soul ... , working in the machine that is Big Tech. My day to day involves a lot less work on psets, a lot more talking with people, and probably the same

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • January 26, 2025
• Blog / How to MIT

  [joint post] the MIT picture scavenger hunt or, how to drive yourself insane by looking at floorplans

  

  , CJ, is the MIT Picture Scavenger Hunt? CJ: The MIT Picture Scavenger Hunt is the title of this blog post. The author’s an MIT alum whom I know ... feels like a leading question. CJ: The correct response is “I’ll get to

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • September 12, 2021
• Blog / IAP

  The Abstract The adventure density has been high

  

  representatives (some of whom tried to disguise the fact that they were representing ... into a little suitcase and dropped it off at the hotel reception, then slipped the luggage tags under my friend Eric '14's hotel room door. I slung

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 4, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Firehose Warning: insomniac blogger on the loose.

  

  of my time immersed in the intricacies of addition reactions to alkenes ... chemistry), not to mention the peculiarities of second-order ordinary ... on the same day. Yes, I'm not very happy about that fact, but it

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 19, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  The Rapids My last day at work was bittersweet. And if there's one thing I've learned from…

  

  kids, and you'd be surprised how often the argument, "It could save his/her life" doesn't work. Of course, if you have the right amount of perspective in life (i.e. a lot) you can make it through the day and in fact an

  • by Laura N. '09
  • August 12, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  The Infected It's not a zombie outbreak...yet

  

  When it comes to immune systems, I'm the most arrogant person you ... colds" or "the last time I was sick was 1918" or "MY leg would never fall ... this is going? Pride goeth before the fall. Last week, I...I...I have a

  • by Karen F. '11
  • February 22, 2008
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  The Coop What's a coop? You'll find out!

  

  I go to college. Yay! Here's the thing about college, every single ... can't very well talk about the ENTIRE INTERNET because you'd be here for the rest of your life, which for a lot of people, is perfectly

  • by Snively '11
  • January 13, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Wall A Lack of Color

  

  for the holidays. I had other plans for break, but they fell through, so ... place, despite the heat. I really like how much nature is accessible there.) As I was saying. The walls. My room. I have a single, and strangely

  • by Karen F. '11
  • January 2, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  The Genesis Embrace me Blogosphere!!!!

  

  Inspired by the Fresh Prince of Bel-Air Theme Song Now this is the ... take a minute just sit right there I’ll tell you how I became the ... rapper) In Piscataway New Jersey born and raised In the backyard is where

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • September 17, 2008
• Blog / Blog Projects

  8,726,400 SOS: It’s Coming Home (by it, I mean me) guest post by Rukia. H '21

  

  *written by Rukia H. '21 as a part of the 8,726,400 Seconds of Summer guest post series* Theory: If we were to use the World Cup as an analogy ... managed to progress beyond the group stage and into the knockout round

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • July 18, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Things That Happened! Since I've been gone~

  

  for some logistical reasons, and then the start of the semester was ... ! (excuse the obnoxious vertical format ^^;) Now I’m a podcast! Now I’m 21! The experience of college has so far been incredibly fast-paced and

  • by Selam G. '18
  • March 6, 2017
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Boston International Antiquarian Book Fair #1 of 3 Boston Adventures

  

  (See #2 Boston Adventure at the Institute of Contemporary Art here) As part of my weekly Boston Enrichment Trip, I ventured today to the Boston International Antiquarian Book Fair. Located in the vast Hynes

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • November 15, 2015