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• Blog / MIT Life

  The Finals Blog but not the final blog unless something terrible happens to me in the next 48…

  

  to the other side of the street. December 18th, thus far, has been a ... delivered to me a message from a high school friend, querying how much I liked MIT. I started to write a real answer but then realized that my laundry

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • December 19, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Happy New Year! And so two thousand nine begins...

  

  -in-law's new house, enjoying the snow and festivities. (By the way, for those who ... zone! :) ) I've made my new year's resolution to try and work out more this year - what's your new year's resolution? Best wishes for a safe

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • January 1, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Turkey Time MIT Admissions will be closed for the Thanksgiving holiday.

  

  MIT tracking shows a missing component, please fax it to 617-687-9184. Note that ... .T.) Chain Reaction What is the F.A.T. Chain Reaction? Better to see it ... a link, which is then connected to another link and becomes one giant

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 21, 2012
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  gratitude happy thanksgiving

  

  helped them get to that stage. A perceived lack of gratitude is indicative ... I don’t spend a lot of time thinking about gratitude. That’s not to ... summaries at three a.m., since I am much too soft-hearted to watch horror for

  • by Rona W. '23
  • November 24, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  This Post Has a Happy Ending dealing with obstacles @ MIT

  

  available (as in trying to drink from a firehose). (context: MIT)” I drank ... my last blog post in a desperate attempt to preserve inspiration, and ... incredibly difficult for me to complete my work.” Then I’d solve a problem or

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • October 30, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  The Case of the Disappearing Admissions Officers Where have the Admissions Officers been lately?

  

  a very challenging year in which to select a class. Nevertheless, I ... . We won't be able to confirm 100% until we're a bit farther along in the ... Laptop per Child (OLPC) is a non-profit humanitarian project to put

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 22, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The First Time I Underpacked a trip to Istanbul, courtesy of MIT

  

  college. Not even for a bit! (I'm starting to think I'm always more homesick ... figured it wouldn't be the worst thing if I stayed a little closer to home ... class works with a different client to learn and apply ideas about

  • by Connie H. '15
  • March 25, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Hosts

  

  at this point, but it'd be nice to know. Here's the scoop: we spent a ... our best to find you a host that matched your personality, interests ... groups, to find that place where you really do fit in. I'm getting excited

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 3, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  play dough

  

  Wellness Coordinator in New Vassar offered us a variety of stress toys to get ... I want them to?" And in a way, MIT has helped me get through this. My ... I'm a very Type A person, I'd say. I tend to need to be in control of

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 28, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  Q&A for the Waitlisted Some (hopefully) helpful questions and answers for waitlisted students.

  

  another college to attend by May 1. What should I do about the May 1 reply ... first college and enroll at the second. This shifting can lead to a second ... enroll. We'll give you a financial aid package and you'll have time to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 20, 2008
• Blog / IAP

  firsts of first year 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1…

  

  skated outdoors Went to [annotation note='during IAP with Concourse, a ... ']Learned how to use a hair stick[/annotation] Got stuck in a slinky Embarked on a solo quest to visit an [annotation note='Tomás Saraceno

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • December 31, 2023
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Not Farewell After All Hello again!

  

  about a year ago (June 2013) and - because I wasn’t ready to be a Real ... since MIT is known to be a tough school, and whether looking back, I wish ... of medical school, I am actually incredibly grateful that I went to a

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • August 11, 2014
• Blog / Events

  Smashing pumpkins and other halloween treats Turning back time and dropping squash off of tall buildings

  

  by catching up on all of the work that you were supposed to have ... costumes. In my freshman year, the “best costume” award was given to a guy ... , hat, and bib and used a hula hoop and plastic bags to make a giant test

  • by Melis A. '08
  • October 30, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Be Our Guest Not to name drop, but... Steven Levitt, Paul Polak, Iqbal Quadir, and Brigitte Madrian all…

  

  -selling author, though, he's a pretty busy guy. We were pretty lucky to get him for a whole day until he flew down to New York City to appear on The ... founder of the Grameen Phone program) spoke to our D-Lab class a few weeks

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • December 6, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Sabar drums, Rwanda, and the C.I.A Can you guess what all this stuff has in common?

  

  's impossible to rank the events by awesome, I've ranked them chronologically: 11 ... MIT is an acronym, or as I like to say "L.E.A.M.I.T.I.A.A"(did you catch ... "Intro to World Music". The class is taught by Professor Tang, who is an

  • by Chris M. '12
  • September 18, 2008
• Blog / Classes

  Junior Spring From Student to Grader: My Unified Engineering Story

  

  'm excited for all of them! Today I had two of them, and tomorrow I'll get to ... -Conner?"]housing.[/annotation] It was really nice to see that the professor cares about (a) making the ... tomorrow. I am finally going to get to learn about satellite communications

  • by Alex M. '21
  • February 3, 2020
• Blog / Classes

  i’m catching up a blog about all the things i wanted to blog about but couldn't find the…

  

  couldn’t get myself to blog about because staring at screens hurts. So here ... my week to do artsy things. There might be a few charcoal stains on my ... : 4. Recently I’ve been thinking about all the places I didn’t get a

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • May 20, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  I GOT TWENTY DOLLARS IN MY POCKET (because I got a press pass to SpringFest 2013, of course. photos inside!)

  

  mean the memories of the seniors I was talking to.  Since I'm a freshman ... As Matt wrote earlier, today was SpringFest 2013!  Or, to put it in technical terms, a really dope* concert with Macklemore and Ra Ra Riot. *note

  • by Michael C. '16
  • April 27, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW 2006 Day 1 Campus Preview Weekend has begun! [photos]

  

  : Registration began at 9am with a huge influx of people. It was great to see so many familiar faces! Mitra helps to check in one of the first students to ... breakdance by Imobilare. The Indian fusion dance troupe Chamak also gave a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 7, 2006
• Blog / Hacks

  Another hack Snow and hacks and exams.

  

  Responses to Comments: A: Hey Laura,stupid question : I just wanted ... ? So, we're going to backtrack to a little over a week ago. If you ... to a large construction initiative meant to "update the look and feel

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 21, 2006