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• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Survey says… A LOT of freshmen report that they were leaders in high school!

  

  ’t be too surprised because I remembered this MIT News Office article from ... for the MIT Cross Country and Track teams, it’s a whole different ... leadership activities in several classes across the MIT departments, emphasized

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • January 25, 2011
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Restoring Sanity… and Fear And love of cats.

  

  MIT well before 5:45pm. If you choose to ignore my advice, you will not ... number of friends from home, MIT comrades, and MIT alums were heading down ... current MIT students or MIT alums, but finding our way through the crowd was

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • November 1, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Outside The Bubble Life? Oh yeah, I forgot I had one...

  

  am actually that much of a freak.) The fact that MIT’s its own little ... final. Before you know it, you’re deeply embedded in the “MIT Bubble ... life outside the bubble. Let’s not sugar-coat anything. Like I said, MIT’s

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • October 28, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  On Mens et Manus The realizations one has whilst building improvised flotation devices.

  

  Name the first thing that comes to mind when you think “MIT” and ... ’d totally rock an MIT-themed Family Feud episode. What do all of those have ... with my hands. I knew MIT’s motto, and the sort of activity he meant, but

  • by Natanya K. '14
  • October 14, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  The New Year Barging in on the new blogger party.

  

  As is my style, I didn't arrive back to MIT until the last possible ... during an average semester, this is more than I”ve ever taken at MIT. On ... never bring back to MIT), and stored at least six crates at a relative

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • September 18, 2010
• Blog / Challenges

  Making an Entrance On being helped to my feet.

  

  On my first day at MIT, I fell flat on my back in the Student Center ... of the game?” Four weeks later, I arrived at my new home - MIT campus ... 've seen MIT from the perspective of someone sick, tired, and in a bad mood

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 17, 2010
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Withdrawal Symptoms I miss camp :(

  

  time at camp, I would forget about MIT, about home, about my laptop and ... wouldn't have believed you if you had said the return to MIT would hit me ... still have mine on. I completely passed out on the bus ride back to MIT

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • September 1, 2010
• Blog / Challenges

  Katharine Hepburn’s Brownies How Kate saved my kitchen cred.

  

  thing MIT has taught me, it’s that failing doesn’t have to be forever. In ... a little different here at MIT. Sure, I’ve done generally pretty well

  • by Alina G. '11
  • July 26, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I’m in New York! where chicken and rice is so good.

  

  MIT, aside from Boston, I've lived (stayed for >= four weeks) in Madrid, Tokyo, and San Francisco. Through the madness of MIT, savoring ... rationalize, and MIT especially so. There will be sleepless nights, there will

  • by Chris S. '11
  • June 27, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A new semester but if I give you my daily schedule here, what will I fill my Facebook…

  

  class at MIT on my resume. Not bad. Plus it's my favorite professor's last semester at MIT, so I'm happy to get to work with him teaching his class. 6 ... . MIT has one of the best econ departments in the country, so I'm a lucky

  • by Chris M. '12
  • February 8, 2010
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Just My Luck The somewhat eventful story of my first EMT shift ever.

  

  me up in the MIT ambulance. We proceeded to the ambulance bay, where I ... headed to the bunkroom, where MIT EMTs basically hang out and wait for

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • January 12, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Singing with a Local Filk Group [by Susan Shepherd '11] At MIT, I discovered that my "unusual" hobbies weren't all that…

  

  [by Susan Shepherd '11] For me, one of the greatest things about MIT ... offbeat things. Better yet, since MIT has a lot of sub-communities, it ... older (including a fair number of MIT alumni) who get together once a

  • by ARTalk
  • April 14, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Dorm Bathrooms Always look on the bright, side of life

  

  guys, if you get into MIT there's a high likelihood that you'll get to ... dorm at MIT is single sex, all the rest are coed) and we get along ... MIT that are important, difficult, and take adjusting to, worrying about

  • by Snively '11
  • March 2, 2009
• Blog / Challenges

  How I got mugged in the frozen foods section. So, MIT is kind of like a turkey and provolone Subway sandwich.

  

  make a good blog entry.” Life at MIT does not make sense a lot of times ... laugh, and a “Shannon, you really need to get off the internet.” At MIT

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • January 5, 2009
• Blog / Life after MIT

  My Guilty Pleasure or why it's all about "the Hockey."

  

  pleasure" and it all started at MIT. ****Time Passes**** I decided the ... game too. One of the benefits of being at MIT is access to the MITAC ... at a discount to MIT students and staff. Previously I've bought

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • January 1, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A major problem is not a major problem Why the text next to my picture is lying to you.

  

  Three months ago, I informed MIT admissions of my firm intent to ... . --Yan In fact, MIT doesn't allow students to declare majors until after ... MIT in comMITment, the freshmen are not. Personally, I applied to MIT

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • November 17, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  The Bad Week, or How To Lose Sleep and Alienate People I'm giving out life advice today. I know you didn't ask for it, but I'm…

  

  Here at MIT, and - let's be honest, since this is more of a lifetime ... to survive a "heck week": rarely. To experience a bad patch at MIT is ... important at MIT, because here we're all about collaboration. (On problem sets

  • by Jess K. '10
  • November 3, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A Look At Stagecraft [by Susan Shepherd '11] And axes!

  

  [by Susan Shepherd '11] As some of you might already know, the MIT ... gain this experience is through first-hand training, of course, and MIT ... there are a fair number of ways to get that experience. Twice a year, MIT

  • by ARTalk
  • October 29, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  Where WAS I? Honestly? I still don't know.

  

  such that's put my MIT career (and blogging abilities) on hold. I mean ... be completely honest, MIT is hard. (For the record, I wrote this post and therefore came up with that sentiment before Snively, and MIT is

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 20, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  VI-A Course 6? Work experience and a Masters degree all at once!

  

  school year of studying. Luckily, MIT understands that its students occasionally want to get out and see the world. In the last year and a half, MIT ... in 34-401 (A room at MIT where a lot of EECS events take place) talking

  • by Kim D. '09
  • October 3, 2008