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• Blog / MIT Life

  A Week in the Life: Optimism Edition In which I have a particularly tough, enriching week.

  

  "I like how you say that with a smile on your face," my hallmate Vinayak '09 told me that Sunday night, genuinely pleased. "'Oh I was just working in studio for five hours and I hate my life but it was awesome,'" he

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • September 18, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Happy Things Yay!

  

  This is what MIT felt like when I first arrived: Sunny, warm, people ... for awhile now. I've learned not to trust Boston weather, it'll probably ... though. I always miss all the good stuff in the Midwest - last year while I

  • by Karen F. '11
  • April 18, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

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

  

  When it comes to immune systems, I'm the most arrogant person you ... sympathy. I'll probably just be a jerk and say something like "I never get colds" or "the last time I was sick was 1918" or "MY leg would never fall

  • by Karen F. '11
  • February 22, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

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

  

  Hello, I'm a PC. Hello, I'm a Mac. If you haven't seen one of these commercials, I really don't know what to tell you except turn on the ... buying a computer for college, I can share my thoughts. This blog entry

  • by Bryan
  • March 31, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Browser Wars Hee. The title makes me think of Super Mario Bros. Oh how I miss my…

  

  Sorry I've been MIA lately- I've been taking 2.670 (Intro to Machine ... student-run ambulance is back in service now, so I expect that to take up ... little sad. But there are still some cool things coming up that I'm looking

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 27, 2007
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Conditioner For My Face "The dot product is the solution to all the problems of the universe. Even the…

  

  I got this postcard from my dad a few weeks ago. It's funny how when ... in that world where you just left. I just got this message out of the blue - I had no idea that my dad went to Korea (and from there, to

  • by Jess K. '10
  • November 18, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Answering some questions The entry on commencement was just getting unwieldly.

  

  Gregor rooms' size. I consider MacGregor as my first choice in housing lottery ... inconvinient, how do you think? A MacGregor room is eight feet by fifteen feet. I'm not sure how high the ceilings are, but I guess they must be at least

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • June 9, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Song Remains The Same But sometimes my blog entry is a little different.

  

  I am very curious." Kallie: "Ok, since you seem to be rather in ... Emerson Scholar program? MTG? I've read most of the online stuff, but I ... ) If you don't have any info, I'm sure I can wait until fall. :) Thanks

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 30, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Overnight Program Come play with us!

  

  which I cheered and Sam trumpeted -- and, due to a malicious ball of burning gas 93 million miles away, I am now burned to a bright red crisp. On ... ) in late September, and that I was outside from 2PM-5PM, I'm pretty sure

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 24, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  August Questions Omnibus 2 Many more of your questions and my answers.

  

  . Emilia wrote, "I live in Ecuador, am about to enter senior year and am very interested in applying to MIT. I have one question about the application process I would like to ask you (I read this post and thought that you

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 29, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  I waited waaaay too long to get a new computer Finally, a development environment I can work with!

  

  My old computer and I had a complicated relationship. We spent three ... . I bought my computer off eBay in 2015, right before going off to ... been retrofitted with an i7 processor, 256 GB of SSD storage, and 16GB of

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • October 8, 2018
• Blog / How to Human

  how to meet curious people

  

  -professional clubs proliferate like dandelions—I’ve found it reasonably simple to avoid ... other schools, but here are some of the approaches I’ve developed from my ... year here, I joined a business club because I was interested in

  • by Rona W. '23
  • April 19, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  mid semester check-in all about my classes

  

  I originally registered for 60 units of classes this semester: 18.701: Algebra I 18.404: Theory of Computation 18.905: Algebraic Topology I ... Workshop  After meeting with my advisor, we agreed that I would take three

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

  registration day! aka "registration day blues", but like, only in the good sense of blues

  

  . But now -- now I am an MIT student, and so I can enlighten any of you ... , and by exciting I mean much more mundane than I had somehow expected. One thing that struck me about high school, as I finished it off, was

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • February 7, 2019
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  V&Q&A Video, Questions, and Answers

  

  I’ve decided I talk too much. I need to give some other people a chance, which is why I’ve been reaching out to others in the GEL Program ... me they’d like to help with an entry, I decided to go all-out and get

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • February 3, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Low Balance A epic story of Chinese food, heartbreak, and loss. All because I have no TechCash.

  

  I didn't start out this weekend trying to write a scathing expose on ... wasn't planned, especially because I still have six hours of exams to power through - it actually probably started about two weeks ago, when I

  • by Jess K. '10
  • December 18, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  And now for the feature presentation… ...IN STEREO.Don't ask. It's an LSC thing. I don't really get it myself.

  

  I have been so busy lately, and I've definitely been neglecting you guys and only writing short updates. This makes me sad. So today I have a feature length entry for your enjoyment. I (finally) got around to editing

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 28, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  If I had a nickel for every class I was taking this semester… I’d have 4.5 nickels.

  

  I'm a crusty senior now, so I have no fun and sparkly adventures to ... this week). However, what I do have as a senior is the freedom to choose ... fulfilling major requirements. I love talking about the classes I'm taking

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • October 12, 2024
• FAQ / First-year application

  I’m a high school student taking college classes. Do I apply for transfer admission?

  If you are still in high school, you are considered a first-year applicant regardless of how many classes you have taken at the university level. The transfer application is intended…
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  moving on, as shown through free t-shirts some spring cleaning

  

  I have never read any of Marie Kondo's books, nor have I claimed to, but I feel like we're connected on at least some minor spiritual level ... health disorder I've always hated physical stuff. Even when I was a kid, I

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • March 10, 2025