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• Blog / IAP

  A truly independent activities period A glimpse at some MIT students' IAP plans.

  

  Wonderful Time of the Year”* During IAP, students get to enjoy MIT without ... week starts on Monday, December 17. There are two standard responses to a stressful situation like this: fight or flight. The alternative is to combine

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 7, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Far and Away I was going to get philosophical, but then I thought about Hugh Jackman.

  

  want to get you in, have some explosions, show Hugh Jackman half ... credits if you happen to see it. Which isn't a bad idea; you get what you ... American History, colonists at Charleston did better by stealing the tea and

  • by Sam M. '07
  • May 29, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Eye Of The Storm Reflections in the brief moment between the last hours of selection committee and the release…

  

  me blog her results sometime. ;-) Anyway, I need to go get some things ... every year.) Having said that, there are of course many of you to whom we were not able to offer admission, and I am feeling equally sad about that

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 15, 2008
• Blog / Athletics

  Just Run With It Never waste inspiration, even if you're running with it for the first time (in years)

  

  could get to me. And then, the will to live with more energy and self ... advice in his remarks to MIT's newest graduates. The whole speech is definitely worth a read (and worth watching), but I wanted to highlight

  • by Emad T. '14
  • June 9, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  The Ides of March No longer MIA.

  

  This entry brings to a close one of the longest periods of blog ... , but we are finally beginning to see the Class of 2010 truly take shape ... honored to be a part of the selection committee for the Research Science

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 15, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Cute! an MIT mood meter – Are you smiling today?

  

  need to get that happiness barometer up. The best part is walking the ... Infinite and tracking the intensity of smiles passing by. Students walking through can look up to a screen and see if there's a hysterical green face

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • April 16, 2011
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  this is fine some thoughts at the end of the semester

  

  too much on, worried about not getting the opportunity to rest enough ... -whose-number-I-don't-know by Killian. I can imagine taking my lunch outside, maybe walking to Starbucks to get coffee, and then sitting in the little courtyard behind the

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • May 17, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Typical Friday Night Done with 6.046 exam, time to chill

  

  , several friends and I headed over to Harvard Square (about ten minutes away by bus) and went to L.A. Burdick, a store known for its delicious ... , post-6.046 exam. I know that before I came to MIT, my impression of the

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • October 15, 2012
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Virginia Tech’s Commencement

  

  wrong goal. It suggests that we "get over it" while the only goal you can really have is to "get used to it". Perhaps this is why time is a major ... consciousness as much as this talk. Ed Linenthal has enabled many to understand

  • by Laurie Everett
  • May 31, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Yo quiero… A Spanish themed entry?Ok, not really.

  

  good, because I was starving. I decided to get adventurous, so I bought ... only fair. Plus, John '08 came by just as I was about to eat. I offered ... Today I took a nap fom 5 AM to 9 AM. Then I went to class. When I

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 8, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Lewis Music Library Tra la la

  

  things you'd like to know more about (or see photos of, if you're unable to visit MIT), leave a comment at the end of the entry, k? According to the ... Instead of writing only about student life, I'm gonna try to write

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 15, 2004
• Blog / How to MIT

  loftblogging 3: liberation via customization i <3 process

  

  and evolve with me as the year progresses. My mind has opened to new ... furniture. Although I initially emailed the EC house manager to request additional bed posts, after several weeks of being ghosted, I decided to regain

  • by Victor D. '27
  • September 26, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  In the Music Cubes, no one can hear you scream…

  

  ... which just goes to show what a great job the acoustics engineers did on soundproofing the building! I got to experience it first ... "]the sports fields[/annotation], and form MIT's new music hub. They’ve been

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • September 25, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fredventure, Part 1 MITWE (+ FJE and VJE) go to Brazil

  

  get enough sleep (and food) on the two flights it took to get to Manaus ... MIT). To get there, we took a boat ride up the Rio Negro – one of the ... to pass the time by singing the songs in our upcoming concert. Before

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • April 18, 2023
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Happy Pi Day! 3.1415926535...

  

  you want to impress your friends. Oh Number Pi Oh, number Pi Oh, number Pi Your digits are unending, Oh, number Pi Oh, number Pi No pattern ... Just a little humor to keep us all smiling. HAPPY PI DAY (the

  • by Bryan
  • March 14, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  the npc life office hours with lupe fiasco

  

  up with that on the spot? Well, you do get to rhyme things with your ... various ridiculous schemes to get in, since we were sure it would be ... . . . there's rapping in this class." Being flip wasn't going to help me get in

  • by Rona W. '23
  • January 26, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  September Equinox Appreciation A Cambridge Autumn

  

  of the New England homes I referred to: the ubiquitous [annotation note ... had just moved to Cambridge not even 3 months before, and was adjusting to a place radically different from home. In these first few months, I

  • by Victor D. '27
  • September 22, 2025
• FAQ / International applicants

  What if I’m waiting for my green card?

  All applicants are requested to fill out the application with their current citizen status. In our first-year admissions process, you're considered an international applicant if you're not a United States citizen or
• Blog / Academics & Research

  No more physics It was Day 2 of classes when I got kicked out of one! (Only it…

  

  happened while I was on my way to my advisor's office to get his signature on ... So this is what an Add/Drop form looks like: Now, I know what you're thinking. You're thinking, "But Laura, even though you haven't written in

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 13, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Blizzard Barbecuing A few feet of snow never hurt anyone

  

  Yesterday Spanish House celebrated Boston's record breaking snow fall with the WTF(Winter Time Fun) Barbecue! Who says a few feet of snow signals the end of outdoor activites. Photo Credit to Hollie O. '15

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • February 16, 2015