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• Blog / MIT Life

  Time Difference Written at 36,781 feet over Des Moines.

  

  think about all the new people you're going to meet in the next five hours ... So you're flying to college. Or you're flying anywhere alone, and you're ... 'll probably miss you, and you're excited because the airport you're going to has

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 21, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Introducing Two New MIT Students… ...classes of 2026 and 2028 respectively.

  

  you know I recently added a new member to our family. Miles Nathaniel ... ecstatic to hear, "Your Epidural is in." Upon seeing Miles for the first time ... new award, it is given to the to the 2 year old who best demonstrates

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • February 14, 2006
• Blog / Events

  IAP is moving along

  

  , so we get a lot of random alums in far-flung locales who want to play ... chance to talk about some of the things I've been up to. Mystery Hunt: I ... :30am this morning. Congratulations to Dr. Awkward, the winning team. 6

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • January 14, 2007
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A Week of Music Eight bands in nine days, and I still missed five performances.

  

  ways, I was extremely jealous of him. He gets to spend the next four ... thought I would be giving all this up by coming to Cambridge. Seriously ... Supa Dupa, St. Mannequins on tour from New York, followed by the

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • October 28, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Questions? Answers. A valiant attempt at creating an entry that fits as many categories as reasonably possible.

  

  years. Also, I prefer to avoid it completely by (1) grocery shopping on a ... your high school classes are like Bambi to MIT's Godzilla. (In other other words, it's okay if your high school science classes sucked.)) 2. To

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • January 1, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Winter Miscellania I'm (b)ready to go back to MIT al(b)ready.

  

  won't renormalize your family's opinion of you as you explain to your 5 ... association of any sort, but thanks to ATS, I'm now Taiwanese by association ... crust to pillow your molars on the soft spongy tissues of dough inside was

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • December 27, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2.007: Where even your smallest part matters The 2.007 competition has come to close!

  

  Wow, most exciting/eventful two days ever. I'm very sad to say that 2.007 has come to a close. If you're saying, "2.007, huh?" click here and read ... plays whom in the first round of the competition by having you run your

  • by Melis A. '08
  • May 18, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Spending the F.A.T. with Arthur Ganson A missed opportunity to build kinetic sculptures with artist Arthur Ganson.

  

  a golf ball moving 1" to start your link and ends by pulling a string AT LEAST 1" with enough force to lift a golf ball. * Your link must be ... ), or use more than a cup of water. * Your link must BEGIN and END by a

  • by Melis A. '08
  • November 28, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  必须好 – pt. 1 just keep swimming

  

  move on. The boxes on my to-do list are unchecked, but they will get done simply because they have to get done. And not having everything done ... understanding is simply something I will have to get used to because it will

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • September 23, 2024
• Blog / Advice

  You only got in because you’re a… how to cope when good news unexpectedly gives you the blues

  

  heart, and I didn't want to make things worse by allowing myself to get ... have two attitudes about: the get-used-to-it or shut-it-down-immediately-by-telling-people-to ... you get in but your friend doesn't; or when you get in, but your arch

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • April 16, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  Laundry Lists And other things. Okay, so just the list.

  

  they don't have to. -Starting classes. By the way, getting up at 8 ... Tuesdays and Thursdays) after a term of never having to get up before ten is not fun. Don't even start with your "wah wah wah I have to get up at 5

  • by Keri G. '10
  • February 9, 2007
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  How to Get Home from the Airport for Free For prefrosh who are like me and terrified of entering dank underground tunnels they haven’t…

  

  midnight).   As soon as you get off the plane, follow the signs to the Silver ... .)   Wait under the big cement Silver Line T posts. Bring a book.   To your ... racks to store your luggage and a scrolling neon sign announcing the next

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • August 18, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Get psyched, stay with it, do whatever it takes Adam's dad's advice is succint. Mine isn't.

  

  the failing gets to be primary. This might sound surprising, since ... were the important thing, you could save your tuition money and get your ... how to fail. If you're going to be a practicing scientist or engineer

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 28, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Campus is quiet summer thoughts and happenings

  

  side of the bed, by the window, and I mention to him and Brenda that I ... foreseeable future to be defined by pressing obligations, exams, internships ... line. The driver was telling me to get off, and so I came to my senses

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • July 15, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  Admitted Students Update Some things to do now if you were admitted to the MIT Class of 2014.

  

  place to meet your future classmates and get questions answered by current ... Registration: Please register for CPW by March 25 or when your travel plans are ... the Medical Release Form. Notes to the wise: if you're flying in, book

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 18, 2010
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Solution: Are we going to win? Guess where I am!

  

  going to win? "Here is my schedule. I just can't seem to get the times ... have used a calculator to convert the times, by multiplying the decimal by 60, twice, or you could have found a website, like this one: http

  • by Bryan
  • August 8, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Stories from High School you wouldn't want to be caught with MMS

  

  students—from grades seven to twelve—occupied a distinct row or two. And by ... in his drawer. Mr. Yemi would then proceed to shave your head, except ... your ears with your thumb and index fingers and hop from one end of the

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • February 5, 2017
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  [Guest Post] A day in my life! by Callie T. '26

  

  microdosing sleep by taking 1 to 2 hours naps several times a day. On the other ... apply to grad school. Your life is so much more than sets and lectures and ... :15 — my alarm that tells me to get a snack from Red Door goes off. I decide

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • April 1, 2025
• Blog / Advice

  letter to my 2023 self from: 2024 janet

  

  better. You will get into the school that you were afraid to admit was your ... that you wanted to be more academic and rigorous, and failing your first ... yourself too good to get imposter syndrome, because didn’t you work hard

  • by Janet G. '27
  • January 2, 2025
• Blog / Summer

  “How was your day?” asked and answered

  

  , I’m not even shaken by needles anymore. I had to get eight shots ... get up, say good morning to my roommate, and head for the bathrooms ... for my MISTI (watch this space for deets on this!) and I’m there to get

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • June 2, 2019