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• Blog / MIT Life

  A Sorting Hat of Sorts Where you live may be one of the most important parts of your time here…

  

  it's worth saying that for me at least, where you choose to live can be ... there so that the freshman can get the best idea of where they want to ... voodoo. I seem to remember that most people get their first or second

  • by Chris M. '12
  • July 29, 2011
• Blog / How to Human

  Underneath All That Polish… ...lies a few things you wouldn't want to miss

  

  have a lot of work to do (as has been the case for, quite honestly, the ... eyes, and allow my feet to trace a well-worn path that gets me from where ... into Kendall Square, I took some time to stop by MIT's Media Lab, where I

  • by Emad T. '14
  • May 7, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Soldering Things pronounced "soddering"

  

  's hard to get that feeling (for me, at least) when I'm sitting behind a ... my life, I get to actually do cool engineering-y things with my actual ... Opportunities Program), which means I get to have an on-campus job doing cool

  • by Allan K. '17
  • November 25, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  AHHH CPW!! Goal: Do ALL the things!

  

  , and try to talk to as many upperclassmen as you can to get a feel for ... world gather for the first time together in one spot to go up to random ... to be her host prior to Friday, most people were matched by admissions

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • April 9, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Finally Finished (for now) Saying goodbye and good riddance to a few things

  

  ’ve been spoiled by the vast array of options available to me in California and by the home cooking that I’ve come to miss exponentially so, but for ... the thought that by being forced to write or fail, we would inevitably

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • June 2, 2015
• Blog / IAP

  Thanksgiving Reflections Be thankful.

  

  the thief didn't have time to get a new lock for it so I just walked it ... to fly by for no reason at all - but I also know people that run like a ... for literally 5 minutes to go get something. Fortunately, I recovered

  • by Chris S. '11
  • November 24, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Lament for CPW (Guest Entry) Of lanyards, Capture the Flag, and headwraps.

  

  on campus—and there shouldn’t be any reason for me to like it this much ... to for a while in an online AIM chatroom for accepted students, and I ... Standard Time). The first few games were strictly by-the-rules, but due to a

  • by Paul B. '11
  • April 16, 2008
• Blog / Blog Projects

  how to be a microcelebrity or micro-microcelebrity, or micro-micro-microcelebrity, or...

  

  in my cave for the winter. see y’all later … and proceeded to fall into ... anything anymore? Or was it just a way for the scrapers to source information ... for you to count blogging as worth it, you should just journal instead

  • by Janet G. '27
  • July 18, 2025
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  A Pythagorean Triple of Awesome Otherwise known as the weekend of the 4th of July. Just another long weekend in…

  

  other and getting yelled at by the Sheriff for being too close to the ... -legally and managed to get through security and into the main oval for the show ... -up dolls for that new movie Despicable Me. Elli: Wait, can we get these for

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • July 18, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  The Other Side from prefrosh to cpw chair

  

  dreams come to life day by day, we’re so hyped to be building new ... year suddenly have a new freshness to them. And with that freshness, I ... scratch. You get 20 minutes to escape the room and secure a UROP! As a part

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • April 12, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Psetting en route to North Carolina Sectionals vs. Midterms

  

  arena in Indian Trail. Lucikly, I was able to get there just in time for ... throwback to last year's Eastern Sectionals, as I was vying for a spot on the ... super convenient for me to maximize my training time, especially on days

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • December 13, 2016
• Blog / How to Human

  To the 2024s: Wishing You the Most don't be scared of growth

  

  come to a close and I was trying out my shiny new label of "MIT student ... redefine my values and stand up firmly for what I believe in. I had to learn ... happiness. Time passed. Week by week, I felt more connected to MIT. Today, I

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • September 1, 2020
• Blog / Events

  How many engineers does it take to change a light bulb? If you asked somebody what 'for' was for, what would it be?

  

  presentations, President Svsan brought out the new charter for MIT, to be signed ... from high school are starting to come back to Boston for the summer, and ... rest of this worse. Before I get fired for writing a blog post

  • by Cam T. '13
  • May 7, 2011
• Blog / How to Human

  Tips for a Pleasant Olfactory Experience how to make your room smell good

  

  ="MacGregor House has 312 singles (and 3 doubles assigned by request only). In other dorms, it can be hard for freshmen to get singles, since upperclassmen get ... . I have complete autonomy over my living space and habits, down to the

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • February 9, 2019
• Blog / How to Human

  so you’re starting your first year? boy do I have unsolicited tips for you

  

  lot of mental gymnastics to get out of asking anyone for help. Here are ... upon your new favorite spot.  Hold onto your 101 Things To Do Before ... program, made specifically for first year students. By completing it, you

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • September 2, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Visual Arts @ MIT part 3 the people who make it all possible

  

  to wrap up by providing a bigger picture. When we entered MIT in our ... were itching to get better at illustration, we saw Chroma at the ... pairs artists with writers to create articles for their semesterly

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • May 17, 2020
• Blog / Life after MIT

  i’m back .gif not an undergrad, not a grad student, but a secret third thing

  

  ="attachment_83349" align="aligncenter" width="300"] in case i get a new avatar, i ... -fi so I could take video calls for my new job (which I had already started ... . This city was where I learned how to advocate for myself and form a

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • December 7, 2022
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Preparing for the real world An alum's perspective!

  

  lounge, one of the upperclassmen in my dorm stopped by to comfort me. “Don ... are intentionally designed to be solved by one or two people, ideally of ... -defined problems fed to you by a benevolent manager, then you’re in luck because the

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • February 18, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  close your eyes and put your finger on the map and other ways to make grad school decisions

  

  , surrounded by soggy tourists. I don’t think I could get used to that forever ... school” anymore — I want to try for a master's. I’d been playing with the ... , and are never something I planned on. Getting funded for one would be

  • by Amber V. '24
  • October 22, 2023
• Blog / Events

  The Third Side of Fraternities The way I see it...

  

  something that you get just because you show up to all the Rush events for a ... stick with a fraternity because basically there is no way for us to get to ... , for me to get from iHouse to my fraternity). I enjoy being in a

  • by Chris S. '11
  • September 6, 2008