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• Blog / Announcements

  Remembering Gisel and honoring twenty years of service and friendship

  

  school teacher who wrote asking for a poster of MIT to hang in your classroom to inspire your students, Gisel is probably the person who put it in ... you forgot to pack your fact sheets, [annotation note="As you can

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 28, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  The New MIT Viewbook! Last week, after a year of intense introspection (and a ton of work) we saw…

  

  to chuckle. In looking back a year, he references this post, in which I discuss embarking on our new viewbook project. I can't believe it's been an ... final proofs next week - and then it's off to the presses! I can't wait to

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 6, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Living in Random Hall or: i really miss loop

  

  ) and we walked through a narrow corridor to get to Clam, from where we ... MIT. I held fun, but brief, conversations with Mariia trying to get to ... much I miss Random Hall. I miss walking out of my double to be greeted by

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 1, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  Better Late than Never I wrote this post a week and a half ago. Note that the "better late…

  

  belong to my brother and were slipped into my box by mistake. I never know ... come alive. If I get creeped out by his steamy gaze, maybe I'll have more motivation to get out of bed in the morning. Maybe then I'll make it to the

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • September 15, 2012
• Blog / How to Human

  Things to do before you graduate

  

  Every new freshman class gets, in their Orientation folders, a little ... on it are rather boring ("Get your picture taken with Tim the Beaver"), touristy ("Have your parents take you to the North End"), or non

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • August 29, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Summer On-Campus No exams woohooooo

  

  I chose to stay on-campus this summer because I knew that if I went ... Media Lab, (2) Going through MIT OpenCourseWare content to make my fall ... without any exams to worry about, I can now put my UROP in the center of my

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • June 8, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  #tbt: MIT Cribs Digging up some old freshman-year blog posts

  

  ever wake up at around 6am every day to get to school by 7ish. This clock ... to start fresh in a new dorm room, decked out with a couple personal ... New England Patriots, my family has raised me to be a die-hard Seahawks

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • March 5, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Nuns, fret not! Like baby alligators in the sewers, you too will grow up fast.

  

  weekend, I blew off steam by going on retreat with my hall (3rd East) to New ... . What better way to get to know your hall? So a lot of you have ... your weaknesses, and I'm not saying that NOT having AIME scores will get

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 2, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  wayfaring a pile of stuff that's happening

  

  , which we do every year to introduce new staff (and refresh returning staff ... you need to do something different, more in line with your goals. This ... -considered posts I've been meaning to write, but, like Phoebe, I'm a bit hosed right

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 28, 2016
• Blog / Athletics

  Life Lessons From Pistol Class But they don't buy pajamas / For pistol packin' mamas!

  

  more of your work; otherwise you won't get everything done! Sleep three ... many things together. 2. Don't forget to bring your glasses My ... your glasses. 3. Don't be distracted by others' gunshots When you hear

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 7, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The good advice The many different flavors of advising at MIT.

  

  's tough to get good outdoor flying weather in New England on a consistent ... obvious by what I just said, students who declare two majors get two ... well those plans were working for me.) Of course, you're welcome to drop

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 9, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Mind Dump (Episode 4) What's going on RIGHT NOW!?

  

  happens here is that oftentimes there isn't enough time to get it all down ... year it gets to just be too much. MIT is much better summarized in little ... , we're going to try something new, something that's never been done on

  • by Snively '11
  • April 22, 2009
• Blog / Events

  Commencement 2009 Oh hey, I'm an alum.

  

  , back in the day, we used to get our decision letters in the mail. I'm a ... call you.) so after getting my diploma I got to spend a lot of time ... to start the fun of taking a million pictures. I normally hate getting

  • by Laura N. '09
  • August 28, 2009
• Blog / Challenges

  For Those Weeks When You Just Cannot We all have those weeks, sometimes you need a break

  

  because it's hard to get your brain together when you're in panic mode. So ... them all away. I went to a new counselor in the morning who taught me ... home to get food so I'd remember to eat. I then went home and put on real

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • October 19, 2014
• Blog / Events

  This Isn’t Goodbye This is see you later.

  

  to do laundry by myself or to know which medicine I should take for ... dinner. I used nearly all of my guest passes, but we managed to get all ... time with my brothers by playing the games we always used to play. We

  • by Erick P. '17
  • November 19, 2013
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Colors! Burton-Conner:12523 kbps1649 kbps140 ms

  

  meaning to get an entry up about painting my room, but until then, I'd like ... sure to share with y'all when I'm done. 5) My Tube The new Kaplan Newsweek "How to Get Into College" magazine is now on shelves, and features

  • by Snively '11
  • September 15, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Freebieasy Because "Freebie" is already an entry title.

  

  get our schedules and get to talk about our classes, yay!" I will tell ... using Python and MATLAB. The awesome description: We get to build virtual ... : Documenting Science Through New Media I'm learning how to do legitimate

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • September 22, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Inside/Outside words/pictures; I really don't know what to put here... haha

  

  $25 to get a blank Moleskine cahier sketchbook, which you're supposed to fill up by January and send it back to Art House Co-op, the organization ... Library in New York, and then brings thousands of sketchbooks to six other

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • July 5, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  DNA-mazing Lots of tidbits about the biology program at MIT.

  

  most is to read anything you can get your hands on -- if you have a broad ... your construct? That's the kind of thing that can't be solved by ... to grad school after getting some work experience aka job...for say 1

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • April 26, 2006
• Blog / Events

  This School’s Big Game: a fun way to think too hard (how MIT Mystery Hunt works, now in Up-Goer Five)

  

  different ways to use them. You will not get the answers only by guessing ... -surprised by how easy it was to give Up-Goer Five names to these groups of hard ... you try your best to answer a game-problem.) To make sure they are well

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • January 25, 2024