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• Blog / MIT Life

  My First Semester at MIT a thicc recap and a look into our conversation

  

  . Every day, I am grateful that I get to spend time around them and spend ... only do you move on to campus earlier and get more time to get acquainted ... of the week. Me: You're not gonna mention ZBT? R: What is there to

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 18, 2019
• Blog / Class Projects

  What I made in my documentary class three videos and many, many lessons

  

  weeks go by and I try to get ready to start working on this assignment. I ... , taught by Professor Vivek Bald. Learning to make videos was a goal of mine ... to convey to your audience in a 90-120 second segment of video, a clear

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • January 5, 2023
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Hodge-Podge Random things from a random guy.

  

  you get to put your gown on and wait to graduate. I found about a gazillion ways around this system, and thus managed to get 9 beach balls and 2 ... commencement they make you give them your cap and gown, which they proceed to

  • by Snively '11
  • July 14, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Back to School If you go to school in Missouri City (TX), I might see you this week!

  

  coming week, I'll get to meet more new people - maybe even youu :) Along with a fellow MIT student, Alessondra, I get to visit some of the middle ... me to write this entry. I've spent the last 24 hours alternating

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • January 23, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Reason to Celebrate My advisor is a genius.

  

  everyone else I know does keep up. Friend: Your UROP advisor is a genius. Me ... people refer to the recipients as a Genius because they are awarded a ... . It's pretty awesome, not gonna lie. It's also kind of crazy to be able

  • by Bryan
  • September 24, 2006
• Blog / IAP

  (another) postcard from GTL spain and an unexpected crossover with the Edgerton Center

  

  thing that helps is to pick your head up, to stop staring at the sidewalk ... : as if someone was shaking me by the shoulders, urging me never to take ... be left with a heightened appreciation for the 4 years I get to have at

  • by Veronica P. '27
  • February 1, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  [Guest Post] Experiencing Psycho in Full G(l)ory Sharon L. '21 joins the blogs to talk about movies and art by and large

  

  feel so tense. It was about as close to an epiphany as I’ll ever get, and ... to attend.   The evening started off by meeting Stacy De ... experience in class with people you’d never otherwise meet. Getting to see the

  • by Abby H. '20
  • November 3, 2018
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  home is where the whiteboard is a tradition, continued untraditionally

  

  My dorm, East Campus, is a space made to be shaped by the people ... , I just think it's pretty cool how I get to live with a whole bunch of ... weather started to get colder and people started to get hosed and burnt

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • December 30, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Back to Life, Back to Reality Did you know that you can make an equation out of anything?

  

  " Needless to say with all those tests and psets, I'm having a math overload similar to my organic chemistry overload last year. **FLASHBACK** Last ... FORWARD TO TIME PRESENT** So this week, it wasn't organic chemistry as much

  • by Bryan
  • October 27, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  sunset/sunrise swiftly flow the days

  

  resigned myself to the fact that I was not going to get any information until ... late, refreshing the New York Times election tracker, attempting to work ... gentle pinks and purples, and I knew I had to get outside to watch the

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • November 18, 2020
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  What is weather? ...and what is rain?

  

  adapting to the hot and muggy New England summers, it suddenly became cold ... weather works when you’re not in California? Every morning I've resorted to ... new and scary. On the flip side, the transition to the fall climate has

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • October 9, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Warmth, Happiness, and Baked Goods (guest post) The best way to spend your time off.

  

  the secret recipe to get into MIT. Here it goes. Check off 4 out of 5 ... . Unfortunately, there is none. You can certainly can try to help your chances. You ... join a special program to study in France and get a side of buttery

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • July 25, 2016
• Blog / Events

  Steer Roast 2008 We Sport Death like it's never been done before

  

  . If your initial reaction to that was "...um, what?", then I'll fill you ... ; instead of getting a band or two to perform, we hire a dozen bands to play ... the time to get out the DVD, here's a YouTube video of them wrestling at

  • by Keri G. '10
  • May 5, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Introducing the Class of 2013: Merritt ‘13, Carlos ‘13, Edward ‘13, and John ‘13 The final edition of a nine-part series of articles about the incoming MIT class.

  

  graduate school, Garay plans to get a jump start by attending a summer ... Cross student going to M.I.T. in the Fall By Jarett Henshaw Published ... studying astrophysics at M.I.T. had to get him to explain exactly what that

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 31, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Welcome to my home Feel free to chill in here

  

  dorms at MIT, you get to pref who you want to live with, what floor you ... around you. This year, I was lucky enough to get all my preferences ... week. Thankfully my tests are spread out, allowing me to focus on one

  • by Celena C. '12
  • October 4, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Process of Psetting And the technicals of technicals

  

  , if you can manage to share your misery with enough friends at the same ... The imperative of an Admissions Blogger is to write about life and ... last four whole days) has been consumed by psets, it seems only

  • by Joel G. '18
  • February 23, 2015
• Blog / Events

  17 Days "Hey baby, I motion for an one-on-one unmoderated caucus!"

  

  request] Kudos to you and your eagle-eyed observation skills! Indeed, I was ... entails being able to tread water for ten minutes (hey - you also get to ... high school, I always felt that PE was something tedious to get through

  • by Chris S. '11
  • November 12, 2007
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Making my Ring Delivery Dress and some reflections

  

  by a kind passerby[/caption] And then met up with more friends to take ... about how I was going to make my dress for senior prom. I had never used a ... desire to be quirky with a nonstandard prom dress. Unfortunately, my senior

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • May 21, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Young Guru & the Metropolitan Opera The Arts at MIT

  

  , and it can all feel artless. But then you might look to your left, and ... day soon get your art on again. (Maybe when you graduate, the cynic in ... Program. Every spring we go to New York City.     Arts

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • April 15, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What’s my age again? Spring semester so far

  

  over Killian Court, to read The Machine Stops by E.M. Forster, an ... , was. By the end of the story I had inched halfway around the table to ... , suspiciously asking the class to introduce itself and not talking about protein

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • March 3, 2012