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• Blog / MIT Life

  [Guest Post] Why did I come to MIT? by River A. ‘26

  

  place to explore! So you can discover your interests!” But I have grown to ... live your life socially, professionally, and independently. And while ... ≧◡≦ , my name is River. Just like most people, I had dreamed of coming to

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • February 2, 2024
• Blog / Challenges

  Walk Across Rhode Island 12 hours, 33 miles, a million aches and pains

  

  they swore to never do it again. This time they rounded up some 40 people from MIT and Brown University to walk the Walk again. I was super ... came down to crash at Brown. The students at Brown found us all nice

  • by Amber V. '24
  • October 14, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How to miss deadlines at MIT Policies for late assignments, and ways to keep your grades afloat when life inevitably happens

  

  many converging deadlines. If you’re looking to get an extension, you can ... the second! I feel like I’m finally starting to get math." But then, the ... just be a free pass to throw an assignment out the window if you’re

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • October 12, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Gerald Fink’s “What Is a Gene?” one of those cool talks that happen at MIT all the time

  

  can get to having an all-encompassing definition of the basic unit of ... split over the idea of establishing an MIT-affiliated but independent ... biology class that they need to pass in order to graduate. What could this

  • by Abby H. '20
  • April 11, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Summers spending three at home

  

  , we were still focusing on adjusting to and getting used to college life ... and to hopefully (crossing our fingers and toes) get them too.  So ... spent a lot of time troubleshooting and trying to get the HTC Vive they

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • June 22, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  10 Things I Miss About MIT that i didn't think i would

  

  integrate the freshmen girls onto the floor is getting dressed up and going to ... of bed at 8:45 am, briefly consider shirking my duties to get more sleep, and then reluctantly clamber out of my bed to start getting ready

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • August 3, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  What Are YOU Up To This Summer? click me! click me!

  

  'll post it on my next blog! What: A picture that's somehow related to your ... your picture sizes reasonable! (so it doesn't take forever for me to load ... get enough pictures! You'll have at least a week to send them in. Prize

  • by Chris S. '11
  • July 4, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Filled With Cute Babies The story of my IAP in India.

  

  MIT students love to make change happen. This could be in the form of ...  or IDEAS/Global Challenge, or even dropping out of MIT to accept a Thiel ... isn't so surprising. When applying to MIT three years ago (it's been 3

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • February 9, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT, You Make Me Wanna Wait! Between high school and MIT, I took two years to travel and work as a…

  

  crazy, right? – because you want to get away from your parents as soon as ... . Welcome – MIT’s an amazing place (no matter what you’re here to study), and I bet you’re really eager to come – not just for Campus Preview

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • April 8, 2007
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Alpha Delta Phi Presents – Mic-Check [by Susan Shepherd '11] If you're looking for a talented actor, or poet, or singer,…

  

  did a little jig (Yes, I do that too) and went winging off to Google to ... [by Susan Shepherd '11] Many of my readers know by now that if you're ... Phi sent out emails to all the dorm lists urging artistic students to

  • by ARTalk
  • May 16, 2008
• Blog / Personal Travel

  summer 2021

  

  'd wake up at 5:30am to get ready for my 6am-2pm work day (Hawai'i is three ... -year-long passion and getting enough money and experience to apply to vet school and ... just go to 7/11 and get a spam musubi. Any shrimp truck on North Shore

  • by Cami M. '23
  • August 5, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  Snow lovers, unite! The sky is falling...

  

  , And if we’ve no place to go, Let it snow, let is snow, let is snow! The ... Medical Students Association, and it took 2 ½ hours for the food to arrive. Every major road seems to be jammed. My friend said that in the 20 minutes

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 13, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  The Early Applications… Things are getting busy here at MIT Admissions!

  

  to wait before reading your application. We will fully review every ... -258-8304. Please be patient, as materials take a day or two to process. Now, to get ... *Update as of 2015: Early action is available to both domestic and

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 14, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  Don’t Worry, Be Happy A few words of advice.

  

  college applications and thought to myself that I wasn't going to get in ... school) trying to get me to go there. I didn't get into MIT." (Phone is no ... for something. The years that I'd worked hard to get into college had

  • by Bryan
  • March 17, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  Spoofy Spooky Stories MIT is ~haunted~

  

  walking down the Infinite and can’t wait to get back to your dorm to catch a ... ."]Washlava[/annotation] app to start the washing machine, you get a text message from your ... ="the student center"]Stud[/annotation] before you must scurry to your [annotation

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • October 31, 2021
• Blog / Hacks

  MacG 50ish years ago an email from an alumnus

  

  to a video you posted last year about your room.  I can offer you some ... the window, so when it gets cold I tape/fasten the curtains to the frame ... were to leave your curtains open during the winter, your room would be

  • by Abby H. '20
  • October 6, 2019
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Hint of fall A Sunday adventure

  

  were spent in meetings, labs, and libraries, trying not to get smashed by ... the city. You get to check them out for 30 mins at a time before you ... , presentations, you name it. Plus basketball practices started Monday. My Google

  • by Taylor V. '19
  • October 21, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sketches from the Fall Semester random happenings, senior year edition

  

  Google Assistant thought I was still home. --- Also, I’ve walked myself to ... Eric Lander’ on your resume. Raise your hand if you want to help wipe the ... 1. Lamborghini recently brought this magnificent display to campus

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • December 30, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  End-of-Summer Camping Temporary escape from my “cruel, insufficiently damp world"

  

  already boarded. I rolled up to the driver. “Can I get on this bus?” He ... idea it was to get that close).   The world often gives us a gentle ... tent. “I was going to call the ranger. You left it on an empty site.” He

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • September 28, 2011
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Happy 375, Boston! Turning 375 years old is no easy task.

  

  browsing through some stores, I returned home to get ready to head to an ... when I hit 20). To kick off part of the festivities, free hot air ... balloons, the balloon crew let us know the weather was going to be unfriendly

  • by Bryan
  • July 1, 2005