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• Blog / MIT Life

  I get by with a lot of help from my friends Lend me your ears and I'll sing you a song! You just might walk out…

  

  (You’re about to get hit with a wave of sentimentality, braces ... -ME??” scream, I know I’ll somehow manage to get by... ...with these goobers. ... willing to forgo this summer so I can get to MIT as soon as possible. I can

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • June 1, 2011
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Show your creativity: the Year of the Pig While we continue reading applications full time, another mini-contest.

  

  favorites on New Year, so get me your entries by midday on this Sunday ... to scan it in yourself, though. Submit your entry either by leaving a link to it in the comments, or by emailing me your file. My email address

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 13, 2007
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  walking the marathon… part of a four-day weekend

  

  This post is intended to [annotation note="consider viewing them side-by ... walking at 9 and finish the marathon by 5, which requires me to walk at a ... to pass by [annotation note="notable because I texted my podmate from

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • April 25, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  art in burton conner making do in a non-mural building

  

  administration seems in their decision to oust murals. I did, however, get a ... with regulations. they get too attached to their murals, which makes ... floors get Inter-Floor Activity Fund (IFAF) money to host socials between

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • May 5, 2023
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  My Freshman Journey with Internships or: i get rejected a million times in a row

  

  freshman applying to internships. I also want to preface this post by saying it is extremely rare for freshmen to get internships. Often times ... exclusive, the internship tends to be more competitive and difficult to get

  • by Cami M. '23
  • May 16, 2020
• Blog / Events

  A not-so-typical day in the post-FYRE life Reporting live from ESP's Firestorm

  

  Milliseconds of 35 MIllisecond Pulsars How to Finish Your HASS Requirement in 50 ... into his new apartment), followed by Davie's second alarm a few minutes ... to drag my nasty cold-ridden body (I knew FYRE would get me sick

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 7, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  VSEPR Google News is the best.

  

  down by the river. Seems like nothing has changed since then. I know this because I set my homepage to Google News. I only did that because I didn ... extraordinarily busy (and short!) week that I will describe to you all in detail

  • by Sam M. '07
  • February 25, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  The Minerva Delusion the political economy of an educational scam

  

  remains relevant to continuing ed-tech utopianism. However, if you're ... students be? According to Minerva's website, their admissions process will ... 't get into Harvard supposed to get into Minerva? Even the most cynical

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 6, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Thirteen Things To Do Over IAP: #1-5 Concerning the half I spent at home

  

  time to shadow because you aren’t as limited by classes or other ... those available as opposed to having it automatically arrange your classes ... want to get a UROP for the spring? Should I take another technical class

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • January 17, 2015
• Blog / Life after MIT

  My Least Responsible Purchase I'm an impulse buyer but THIS was a bit much

  

  completion my real estate agent swung by to check on the progress.  She was ... 's website to see if I could afford one.  The math never worked :( In late ... about as close to winning the lottery as I'd ever get so I followed

  • by Snively '11
  • July 17, 2016
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Library War there's nothing about war in here, that's just my fave imaginary band name

  

  then wind yourself through a bit of awkward hallway to get to the library ... tap your ID to reserve a room for hours. Although I like to work with ... to EC if you're into that kind of thing :0)   Hayden is what I

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • October 15, 2018
• Blog / Uncategorized

  A Fashion Free For All like the hunger games but we love each other

  

  come in and get clothes for absolutely free. From formal wear to scarves to warm fuzzy socks, there was truly everything at this event. The moment I got the e-mail, I put it in my Google calendar because the

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 26, 2019
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Guess who can legally drive alone in Maine now? Learning to drive on hard mode (i.e., in Boston)

  

  I wasn’t about to let anything get in the way of my Acadia trip ... excuses, and this Thanksgiving trip was the catalyst I needed to get started ... having to carry my passport and risk losing it. I was going to live in New

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • January 19, 2025
• Blog / About Decisions

  to the 2019s in anticipation of pi day with love

  

  changed my life. Every so often I google them to see what they're up to. I have yet to be disappointed.  7. Some of them didn't get admitted to MIT ... quizzes you need to take: on college choices, your type of bae, and

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • March 13, 2015
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Goodnight Moon Or: The Senior Who Desperately Tries to Put Off Bedtime By Saying Goodnight to Every…

  

  my brain full of knowledge by 10:05am. Unfortunately, what I ought to ... getting my work done despite drooping eyelids and an intense desire to ... Netflix to brush up on my Spanish, googled instructions for how to make a 3

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • September 7, 2016
• Blog / Advice

  You’re doing it wrong Some constructive advice from the Director for filling out the application

  

  favorites below. Failure to follow directions: This one never gets old.  I ... applicants to find inventive new ways to complete the application both in ways ... directions is impressive, we are not actually impressed by the inability to

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • September 9, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Our loving, our friends, and our labor This entry is based on Aaron Copland's opera "The Tender Land."

  

  meeting for my UROP (the turkey one) just to get free apple pie 2. discussed the finer points of Food Network with Alicia '06, who actually gets to ... was actually pretty cool, though. Through this website, we got to

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 22, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Let the good times roll here is where my summer adventures take place

  

  ); probably won’t get there by the time I leave. So the purpose of the campaign is to basically get more investment into locally owned businesses and ... /wrong, etc. (…once we get to this point) Help craft the key messages and

  • by Cydnie T. '12
  • June 18, 2011
• Blog / How to Food

  How to Survive in a Cook-for-Yourself Community and why meals plans are terrible

  

  new Pilot 2021 optional meal kit plan. The appendix also compares it to ... try to go to grocery stores as rarely as possible. By the end of the ... Get a Pilot 2021 Meal Kits Plan The MIT Housing website claims this

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 10, 2017
• Blog / MISTI

  Wiimote Fun in Spain What I'm actually doing with my time over here, when I'm not learning Spanish insults…

  

  MISTI gave me a list of websites to search for people looking for ... cover your living and travel expenses to and from the country. Finally ... internship for me. After receiving my new, shiny Wiimote, I had to install the

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 25, 2008