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• Blog / MIT Life

  My Desk and the Things That Live There The things and fish on and around my desk and the stories behind them.

  

  open I get to see everyone that passes by, and this is what they see from ... trained as a yoga teacher. I’m hoping to get trained as a yoga teacher, too ... to read and write about by Thursday for 7.58, molecular biology. 7

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 25, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Calculating a Quantitative Snapshot of Fall Semester Skip to the end for a picture of peas

  

  Inspired by Spotify’s year in review (with which I discovered I apparently like listening to Stomp Pop and Brostep?), I’ve compiled some ... – perhaps misguided – attempt to sum it all up in a quantitative manner

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • December 20, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  four semesters in music and food just some lists and reminisces

  

  ; when I had time alone, I listened to some of my favorite chilling-in-the-world-by ... playlists can come to define, and bring back memories of, semesters that are long gone. I was reflecting on this the other day as I happened to be

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • April 28, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Regular Action Deadline MIT's regular action deadline is January 1.

  

  we do abide by Score Choice. The deadline to request an interview was ... interview form and we will be sure to get the interview report. Regular ... deadline fast approaching, I'd like to use this entry to answer some of the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 29, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Sentimental Objects (part two) sophomore trinkets

  

  to see this, but it was an awesome show put on by the Musical Theater ... masks we had to wear during Sleep No More (which is by far the ... like to collect things that we are too attached to to throw away. We put

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • May 25, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Work and Energy Can't do the former if you don't have the latter.

  

  new meaning. So this week, I decided to shape up a little. By this, I mean: get more sleep, be more productive, win at life. Huzzah! With this ... fascinating, not the least because I get to see Winnie-the-Pooh cartoons (in

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • October 7, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  I hate the way I don’t hate you

  

  Garden State. Still having jet-lag, I woke up quite early so I wanted to ... came highly recommended, and overall I'd have to say I liked it. After it was done, I decided I'd drive through Tacoma and get a sense of the town

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 25, 2004
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  An Art UROP and an Animation Job Yes, these exist here!

  

  UROPing is a very MIT thing to do. “91% of MIT graduating seniors ... MIT, we knew we wanted to UROP at least once in our time here, because ... -bucket-list thing to do.  But, we also didn’t want to UROP just to UROP. We wanted to

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • December 13, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Another New Semester and A Lot of Cats Call me the crazy cat lady

  

  interested in us as students, and I want to get to know them more throughout ... by quiet, I mean crazy, of course.  I live on Tetazoo, after all. I ... friend Claire L. '17, and I know that we have it in ourselves to do well

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • February 25, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Test Time! All my classes managed to schedule tests within a week of each other.

  

  pretty manageable. I studied as much as I needed to and went to bed by11 or ... stressing out about trying to understand physics and chemistry, I also get to ... —Electricity and Magnetism, with Theory.” When deciding to take the class, the “with

  • by Kate R. '14
  • October 5, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Operabots with Personality Ahhhhh.....music to my ears

  

  ……errrr uhhhhh……you know what I’m trying to say. MIT is cool. One of the things ... enrolled at MIT. So for all of you who are looking to merge your talents in ... will be able to find a home here at MIT. Recently, Professor of Music

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • August 26, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Regular Action Deadline Q & A Have a question about your MIT application? Read on...

  

  yet. They do not need to be in by midnight. We are processing thousands ... will be sure to get the interview report. Submitting & Tracking ... or anything that is likely to need changes or edits. No need to wait

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 22, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Reading, Thinking and Igniting Innovation Rational optimism about MIT and the future

  

  world of GIRs my freshman fall, I saw them as obstacles. I had to get ... I can`t wait to start writing more about life at MIT, but since I ... I saw this book that promised to inspire me, to reignite my passion

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • August 5, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Victoria’s Secret Update UPDATE!

  

  Ok, quick update to my post immediately below this one. Read that one before this one, otherwise this one won't be nearly as exciting. Ok, so, now when you go to vote for MIT you get this lovely screen: YAY!

  • by Snively '11
  • November 2, 2008
• FAQ / Life and culture

  What does “drinking from a fire hose” mean?

  Getting an education from MIT has been likened to taking a drink from a fire hose—the sheer number of opportunities and rigor of our ... must pass a swim test in order to graduate!
• 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 / Internships & Externships

  Dive: a cultural app take a look at my team's microsoft project!

  

  , before I get into anything too serious, I really want to give a huge thank ... so well. By the end of the program, our individual team would have to ... barriers to expressing and sharing ideas Improve student outcomes by

  • by Cami M. '23
  • August 8, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  24 Hours From sleeping in a homeless shelter to waltzing in La Sala

  

  , then read it again. Kirstyn sat out in the hall, on her laptop. To get to ... place, report suspicious activity by cell phone to MIT Police 617 ... 10:25pm, Friday. I was sprinting down dorm row from French House to

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 24, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Mikey’s Meta TV Post ...In which you find out about the good, bad, and really bad shows I love…

  

  absolutely hate it when something gets spoiled for me (similar to most people ... to Get Into More, but Haven't Been Able to Yet - Scrubs - Dexter ... Happy holidays to all! I am writing this post for several reasons

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • December 24, 2008
• Blog / Personal Projects

  in Black Valley Hostel journal of my third day in Ireland

  

  get dark, and my phone was dropping rapidly from 33% to 18%. It climbed ... ’ll get some work done tonight. But first I want to record the highlights of ... enough to get to Killarney early. Alas.  I was stressed for parts of the

  • by Amber V. '24
  • August 9, 2023