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• Blog / Athletics

  Excitement I'll take things that cause it for 800.

  

  It's pretty hard to live in Boston and not get swept away by Red Sox ... quirky hobbies make you happy, and why. So if you're having trouble getting ... under trees and getting hit in the face by leaves, or maybe you like

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 29, 2007
• Blog / Hacks

  An Olympic Hack Floating rings above Brigg's Field?

  

  Upon entering MIT, every freshman gets a list of "101 Things To Do Before You Graduate", which varies a slightly by academic year (for example ... all exercise some common sense. And so, walking back to my new dorm

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • February 9, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  The Story of Tonight (more like 730 nights ago)

  

  'm stuck in between the lines of my to-do list. In between my hour-by ... repeat and attempt to make sense of it all by writing a blog post. So here ... life interesting. I needed a reminder of that. Raise Your Glass To

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • November 1, 2018
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Work in Progress So. I decided that I needed a new banner.

  

  lockers. All MIT students get Athena accounts, which allow you to have your ... looked at my page, but I have no one around to help me make a new banner ... as your Athena locker. So Ben sent me a link with info about how to

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 13, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fall 2024 🍂 aka, things settle down.

  

  let the desire to get good grades block out your love of learning ... hardware language, even though we didn’t get to work with hardware :( I ... . Although I didn't get the chance to take this class with Professor Sheffield

  • by Fiona L. '27
  • February 21, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  ADITL My wednesday.

  

  : Stop by the Balfour booth to get my ring resized. All the running this ... :28 - 8:40 AM: Breakfast made to order, the wonders of having your own chef ... begins to buzz. Play hide and go seek with my alarm clock for twenty

  • by Bryan
  • October 12, 2006
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Party of One A fun day trip idea when you're getting tired of homework.

  

  throughout New England. Hop on board and see how to take some time off ... Au Bon Pain, incorrectly referred to by many as the "French Mc ... bag of nuts to a cup of authentic Chowder during your journey. Amtrak

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • September 25, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Guide to CPW: Why It’s Special all the things that make CPW amazing

  

  . We all get to see MIT through your eyes as the wonderful, bizzarre, and ... series, hosted by MIT ESP (Educational Studies Program), to hear about ... larger group. It’s never been easier for me to meet new people than during

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 6, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Questions Omnibus Okay, so it's not even really half a bus. But I'M not the one asking…

  

  suggest getting another book to help you out, especially The Official SAT ... by (I should seriously be getting paid for this) Princeton Review ... bunch of sections separately, reviewing them to find out what you're not

  • by Jess K. '10
  • September 11, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  There’s More to Life Than Tooling You can, for example, write your mechanical engineering thesis and an original musical. At the…

  

  storyline, in case you're curious - a freshman comes to MIT, keen to get ... exciting, because MIT students take "awesome" and "we can" to a whole new ... To Life Than Tooling): "There's more to 8.01 Than getting p-sets done

  • by Anna H. '14
  • May 9, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  notes from a week of new classes the prettiest peril of higher education

  

  New month, new classes, new semester, yet still my cramping hand sitting across MIT's campus struggling to write for more than 30 minutes ... (highkey) bad. The structure of the class really is made to give students as

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • February 15, 2025
• Blog / Challenges

  speculation also a post about touching grass

  

  . for example, when you’re by yourself it’s very easy to convince yourself ... questions is to just go with your initial instinct instead of trying to ... to theorize about what you would do in certain situations or how your

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • March 19, 2022
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Extracurricular Information We discuss life over lunch.

  

  New House, which basically means I get to help cook dinner once a week ... "shopping period", in which they get to sit in on classes and decide if they ... , so we get a long time to decide our final schedules. I've been

  • by Jess K. '10
  • September 17, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Decisions, Decisions…..*sigh* Is (Fill in the Blank) University the right school for me?

  

  : Is now a good time to talk? D: Ahhh, sure. Q: You’re down to 3 ... , but I would discourage you from choosing your college ONLY by the amount ... ’m trying to help them out too, you know? Q: I get that Danielle. I really do

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • April 22, 2010
• Blog / Summer

  tiny living when life gives you lemons...

  

  coming soon) into a new one in the heart of Boston. Unbeknownst to us ... 's no warm water in the sink or any hooks to hang and dry your towels or ... Solution: Just make your own kitchen? I woke up to the noise of Raymond

  • by Cami M. '23
  • August 1, 2021
• Blog / Summer

  The Courage to Change Even Through the [Tough] Mud[der]

  

  get back into running. I’ve been on break for too long, and it’s time to ... yet.  So now I know I need to make a change. But how? How do I get out ... strong enough to get things done on my own, and I shouldn't need help. In

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • August 11, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  Balancing Act… ...or not

  

  out of my comfort zone in this sense by forcing me to deal with my fear ... getting a bus to Lechmere from right outside the station. We both have not ... decide to wing it anyway. We make it to Davis, but then get on a bus headed

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • September 28, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  Talking to Strangers

  

  I spent the morning in a café, working. I planned to get things done ... , discarded my plans to see the city. I wanted to get inside. My sense of safety ... myself by making things up. I sat a while. I called my mother. I began to

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • October 14, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  [Guest Post] 8.13 Junior Lab feat. aidan chambers '23

  

  these new challenges, we were able to get pretty convincing data that ... off the class as you get to invite your friends and family to listen to ... universities will offer lab courses in addition to your introductory Physics

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 30, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ask Me Anything! Responses life and admissions

  

  you get judged/criticized by your peers at MIT? That's a tough one! MIT ... Thursday, 10/26, 7-9pm EDT. That's over now, but you're welcome to email me ... 't promise to get to them soon, but I'll try my best. For reference, I've done

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • October 26, 2017