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• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Bedbugs (fiction) A short story. (It would make me happy if you moused over the bedbugs.) =)

  

  -filled protein balloons to drop into a chute in the wall. They scurried over the ... wouldn’t have believed—” There was a pause, followed by a mumbling on the ... she had been sitting. There was new grease to pick up, a new stench to

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • July 21, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Testing requirements FAQ We've been getting a lot of questions about our testing requirements; here are the answers.

  

  calling with questions. In an effort to answer these questions, here is a ... an international student, do I have to take the TOEFL? A. No, we do ... January tests on a case-by-case basis. I hope that covers most of your

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 22, 2005
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  22 Hiatus Adventures stories from my time away and my first semester back!

  

  get first! It was a dream come true to compete in a sport I’d been ... , it also takes me much longer to get to campus, and I have to plan a lot ... not official members. I became a PKT housefriend after getting to know

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • February 2, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Next House (on Wheels) *vroom vroom*

  

  remember walking up to the front desk, stomach full of butterflies and a ... possible. After attempting to wipe it up a bit, I quickly deposited it at the ... wouldn’t have to deal with the moving carts for a while (if only because

  • by Shorna A. '25
  • September 24, 2022
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  this is fine some thoughts at the end of the semester

  

  announced a “return to normal” next fall. I’m getting the second dose of the ... it. All I want to do is lie in the sun and read a book, but... finals ... too much on, worried about not getting the opportunity to rest enough

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • May 17, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  You stay classy, Sam… TA, go! At MIT, I live in a basement and I don't get to watch Desperate Housewives.

  

  successfully bribed Ben to let me stick around as a blogger this semester, and ... you think of a really good one, send it to me via comment or e ... Wednesday and I've had each of them once by now, so I'll give a quick rundown

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 8, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Students Operate On Hawaii Time! MIT's learning environment supports a wide range of learning styles and experiences.

  

  experienced faculty) so that students get an opportunity to engage in active ... spending hours at a time talking animatedly to myself.) We created an online ... with interspersed micro-problems that were designed to test a student

  • by Chancellor Eric Grimson
  • February 28, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  An Alternative Semester There are things to click in here.

  

  't really need it per say, but since I want to go into journalism, a writing ... self - aka we're going to be writing a memoir! The professor is Sherry ... -career Sloan Fellows...we also have to form a IT-based startup in a team...And I

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • September 17, 2012
• Blog / Athletics

  My IAP All the snow has melted since I took these pictures.

  

  may or may not be able to read without being on a college wifi network ... ’s, a crêpe and sandwich bistro. The Broad has its own entrance to Sebastian’s, a daily temptation that I am proud to say I have only twice

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • January 19, 2015
• Blog / People & Identities

  senior appreciation post in which i rant about my idol

  

  and a friend as years went by. Freshman year was a shitshow. I could ... from everything you have ever known and loved and to settle into a new ... distinguish a time when I was not trying to convince myself that I actually

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • June 15, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  Waiting How about 'em EA decisions?

  

  nine long months to birth with a lot of snarling and kicking around. On ... . Someone on College Confidential had posted a link to a countdown timer ... timer ticked its way to less than 30 hours, my palpable fretting grew a

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • December 13, 2013
• FAQ / Life and culture

  Why is it called the Brass Rat?

  It's the goal of every incoming student at MIT to get their own Brass Rat—MIT's version of a class ring. The phrase "Brass Rat" is derived from the alleged resemblance of the brass beaver featured on the ring to
• Blog / Admissions

  Mas33h Hall A quick look at life in the Castle

  

  , probably. I want to talk about The Dorms though, because, a) It’s housing renewal season so I’ve been thinking a lot about where I want to live, and b) CPW is this week, so if you’re a prefrosh you’re likely going to be

  • by Taylor V. '19
  • April 9, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Cool People. And Lunch! visiting committees = awesome.

  

  volunteers we will pick names from a hat." I RSVP-ed attending to this lunch ... sitting next to the incrediblyy nice Susan Whitehead. Ahh! P.S. A shoutout ... A few weeks ago, Susan Lanza (the undergraduate administrator for MIT

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • April 26, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Springtime I actually had no time to write this entry, which is why I cannot explain…

  

  a thesaurus. Anyway, the same part of my brain happens to be writing ... and duly put a check next to the “Theorize ... go back to the student services office. “But then I would get stuck in

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • April 6, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Life, or Why I’m Afraid Of It 1) Isn't everyone?

  

  when I need to get a solid amount of work done, even though it usually turns into a marathon Futurama-watching session. I'm using my IAP time to ... applied to Teach for America in October, and I received the book as a gift

  • by Keri G. '10
  • January 18, 2010
• Blog / Residential Life

  1.1 miles as the crow flies and it takes me forever to run there

  

  them know how to cook, and day by day we’re finding a schedule. I ... . I feel like I’ve slogged through so much high school just to get to ... history, with a supplemental education in how to pay bills, how to split

  • by Amber V. '24
  • September 17, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  The Art of Scheduling breaking and forming habits

  

  the biggest change from being a full-time student to being a full ... ="funnily enough, when I applied to become a blogger, and the prompt asked me about ... ".[/visually_hidden] When I was working, I had the discipline to follow a rigid work schedule

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • September 5, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  keeping interest a list of things i think are cool

  

  what methods I had to do in order to get a certain result. biomedical ... For the past week, I've been thinking a lot about what I want to do with my life and my time. I'm currently on a track at MIT to pursue EECS

  • by Cami M. '23
  • April 4, 2020
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Blogger Pets some serotonin for your noggin

  

  's attached herself to my mom. she's a bit of a picky eater and likes wet food ... is a bunch of photos because it’s so hard to choose between all of this ... though that is not what Dom is short for. i like to call him a dirty little

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 13, 2021