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• Blog / MIT Life

  wow. my first three weeks being an actual student actually at mit

  

  cool - the process that brought me from my hometown, to getting accepted into this crazy place, to now being a blogger, happened so quickly, I ... wow. I'm Joe, and I don't really know where to start this post. I

  • by Joe B. '18
  • September 19, 2014
• Blog / Classes

  bucket lists, grocery lists, and a li(s)tany of other things this is actually just an excuse to make people list-en to me talk about minecraft

  

  collecting every block in the game and getting killed by every possible mob, to slightly more niche advancements, like getting struck by lightning while ... getting struck by lightning (I hope), putting my goals for the year into a

  • by Teresa J. '26
  • November 3, 2022
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  An MIT FAQ Because it's better to laugh at blatant stereotypes than to let them make you angry

  

  humanities major, won't it be easier for me to get in? A. Nope. Wouldn't that ... Recently, in my wanderings around the internet (that is to say, the ... things like this, but my boyfriend is trying to make me into a better

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 28, 2005
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Ambulance! Ambulance! So I'm in this serious long-term relationship.

  

  get CPR certified, or learn to take blood pressures, or not pass out ... to gain experience by working as much as possible, especially before ... It is four days into IAP and I have yet to sleep in my own bed. In

  • by Jess K. '10
  • January 10, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  REXachusetts Institute of Technology your guide to the daily confusion

  

  years and upperclassmen, and get a feel for everything MIT has to offer ... . According to MIT's Dormitory Council: Residence Exploration, or REX, is a four day experience for first year students to explore MIT dorms and find

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 1, 2022
• Blog / Community Projects

  MIT Mini Maker Faire Celebrating STEAM and creativity

  

  according to MIT News) it was a huge success! My photography skills are less ... written already, even by people at Make Magazine, and I’m not sure I can do ... ). I’ve been to county fairs with craft exhibition booths and ventured to

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • October 11, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Snow! Getting out and saving your sanity

  

  try and get things done to graduate in June (eeep! real world! yikes ... people are excited by that, because the cold, bleak winter is a tough time ... to handle. The cold though, especially up in the mountains, is

  • by Chris M. '12
  • March 2, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Heck yeah, democracy. PSET Extension!!

  

  /classmates can answer them - a.k.a. a way to get instantaneous answers to questions ... this pset, so it is unnecessarily demanding to finish the pset by this ... the past 4 days working on 6.005. Our assignment is to create a Sudoku

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • February 29, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Watch a Webcast! get ya popcorn ready

  

  during our travels, we get to meet amazing students and talk to them in person about what it's like to be a part of MIT. But even MIT hasn't figured out how to be everywhere at once. We can't visit every high school

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 14, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  3-D Blog!! ...I decided to wear a pair of real life 3-D GLASSES!!!

  

  get on with the “Who is Cydnie” business… I am commonly referred to as ... blog EVER! * waits for the “Welcome to the Blogging World” song * I am extremely excited to share my MIT world with the blogosphere and to heighten

  • by Cydnie T. '12
  • August 10, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Future of Work How can people and computers be connected so that—collectively—they act more intelligently than any individuals,…

  

  behavior and human foibles just by observing people in relation to their cars ... of people in hundreds of different professions from hair dressers to Hollywood directors to auto mechanics and constructor workers and teachers

  • by Laurie Everett
  • March 6, 2007
• Blog / Events

  Study Break!

  

  sounds weird. Trust me, I remember coming to campus for CPW and taking ... and get money for all these cool projects and we have a study break ... breaking abilities. But now I know. =) I first learned to appreciate the

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 6, 2005
• Blog / Uncategorized

  oh no the future obligatory “i am old” post with pretentious morbing

  

  catch up to it and I’ll have to get a new one. Maybe by then I will be ... holed myself up in Radio Society to avoid getting distracted, and yet here ... 88’) just dropped by the station to look around and he looked happy

  • by Anika H. '26
  • October 23, 2025
• Blog / Events

  Every square is a rectangle A brief look at every student activity at MIT.

  

  every time somebody rings the intercom to get in the main entrance. The ... Okay, first off, I have to tell you that Erica '07 is a superhero ... payoff being that you get free summer housing plus a stipend in exchange

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 3, 2005
• Blog / Personal Travel

  I Climbed a Mountain Today there's always gonna be another mountain!

  

  ) ride from Berkeley to Oakland, getting to work at 8.59. During lunch, I ... located strategically to get maximal sunshine exposure in the afternoon =p ... getting down from the mountain, I took the muni back to the center of the

  • by Chris S. '11
  • June 28, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fredventure, Part 3 Showtime!

  

  and part 2 to get up to speed if you haven’t already. We spent most of ... an hour. The rehearsal stretched on for so long that we didn’t get to ... sad), so a few MITWE members tried to get Ken Amis (our assistant

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • May 10, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Goodbye Free-Body Diagrams Hello free -

  

  -related anything is the sheer range of supplies you get to use! Although all of the ... regular floor plan of our lecture space, just to get acquainted with ... drafting dots! Drafting dots, by the way, are used to mildly tape down

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • February 18, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  Telethon Live Blog Where we call you --

  

  relatively long streak of getting automated answers! So the telethon seems to ... YOU'RE A PREFROSH AND WE'RE SUPER EXCITED TO TALK TO YOU AND I WANT TO ... roll your eyes at us. In all actuality, I am really excited to call you

  • by Snively '11
  • January 17, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Drawing from Life "is that the boldest stroke you can make?"

  

  sessions: getting to observe and be inspired by other people's processes ... much depth and motion she's able to get in such little time with charcoal ... piles up and I get hosed. I know how to make bold strokes; I just need to

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • June 28, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  this is the real life I love in-person MIT eom

  

  [annotation note="or as close to that as we're getting right now ... Whenever I try to think about the last year, it doesn't feel real. In fact, I usually actively stop myself when I get on that train of thought

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • October 9, 2021