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• Blog / MIT Life

  Happy New Year! from post-blizzard New Jersey.

  

  , Good luck to those finishing regular decision apps! And Happy New Year ... “Snowpocalypse of (dec.) 2010" hit. New Jersey was smack dab in the middle of it

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • December 31, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Oh, sweet freedom? One girl's tale of how to (try and) fend for herself in college. Tire swing…

  

  to my parents, living on your own is the first step on the pathway to ... others having similar reunions. My mom tried to get a sense of what life ... noodles until we get scurvy and staying up until 4AM day after day

  • by Keri G. '10
  • October 23, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Some comments on topics of interest

  

  kid. I had 14 (by year, this broke down to 1-3-8-2) and I had a life ... classes to get into an in-state school. Believe it or not, AP mania hasn ... interesting way to get my county-required humanities credit than the school

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • January 7, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Chocolate Tasting Nuts, olives, and 99% cocoa

  

  to tasting, though; you're supposed to let the chocolate piece melt on ... hosted chocolate tasting last night. I went to a similar event in IAP 2004 ... , and water = the 3 food groups?) They encouraged us to rub and smell

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • February 12, 2006
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Standing Out [by C/3C Christopher Benson, '10] Before AFROTC, this abstract concept of "leadership" seemed very generic...

  

  wonder how I am getting paid to do this job... I should be paying them." This quote came from an F-15 pilot who stopped by to speak to the AFROTC ... and interviews that I have done since getting to MIT. From gaining other

  • by ROTC
  • January 3, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  spring! semester! so apparently i'm doing a lot of random shit

  

  /watch documentaries and to write two questions about the content that show your critical ... is nice. Also, I love that we get to work in groups since I haven ... suuuuper chill—you basically get to eat Chinese snacks and learn about

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • March 3, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  The long view days, months, years

  

  ." On Monday I had an appointment with MIT Medical, to get the irregular ... to try: be blindfolded for 24 hours, inspired by a blog post I read. It ... said. "You're the only person with an actual job that I talked to about

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • March 27, 2022
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Winter Storm Warning Brr, it's cold out there. And snowing.

  

  EVENING TO 5 PM EST MONDAY... TODAYS SNOW AND FLURRIES IN SOUTHERN NEW ... FORECAST FOR SOUTH CENTRAL NEW HAMPSHIRE WITH 5 TO 10 INCHES IN THE ... Issued by The National Weather Service Boston, MA 7:49 am EST, Sun

  • by Laura N. '09
  • March 1, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Night at da Opera A Jolly Splendid Time!!

  

  original Lysistrata, written by Aristophanes in 411 BC. This new version is ... [/caption] After the opera, we went to get tacos from El Jefe’s across the street ... trip options, we agreed to go to all three [an opera, a concert, and a

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • March 1, 2025
• Blog / Challenges

  chances the point is to let yourself be helped

  

  one else to bear witness to your failures—and to avoid having to point ... postdoc who acts as your mentor, meeting with you weekly-ish to go over ... There’s a clear, one-to-one correspondence between the semesters at

  • by Kai V. '25
  • November 26, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  Application Reading Season Kickoff We are indeed looking for human beings in every sense, not just looking for numbers.

  

  each other. I've been inspired by this statement since I got to MIT. It's incredibly refreshing to see that the rest of the office is inspired by it too ... preparation for the meeting, we were all assigned the same three applications to

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 25, 2004
• Blog / Life after MIT

  The After

  

  latter). I see the drive and ambition we had as students directed to new ... . I’ve loved getting to be a part of my friend’s next steps in lives ... work and still get to work close to (but not too closely) every day

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • January 26, 2025
• Blog / Personal Travel

  childhood and disney world trips

  

  getting excited to take photos with characters. I didn't allow myself to get ... , who gets excited to see Lightning McQueen, whose favorite movie is Cars ... twenty minute drive from Disneyland, I had plenty of opportunities to go to

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 25, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Events We’re Pumped For! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  

  heading to the tunnels. If you're interested in learning more about/getting ... pretty good description. There's nothing more to add, except to stop by the ... CPW is a very exciting time and it's hard to believe that it

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • April 11, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Vast Oral Tradition Bela Bartok, a fluorescent rabbit, and Helen Keller walk into a bar. Stop me if…

  

  Stoots. Be sure to hire him for your next major concert. I try not to endorse ... all our slides for our 10.28 oral presentation "by this evening." So, to ... 't really get it either. After the presentation we all got to go right over

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 10, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Look at Unified Engineering and the Aero/Astro Department Back in business.

  

  that my full attentions will turn to a course 8 degree. Hey hey don't get ... designed to encompass all the fundamentals of engineering while exploring ... to my entry #2 about bottle rockets. The pains, and gains, of being a

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • January 30, 2007
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Everybody LOVES a math joke Math jokes for a Monday chuckle!

  

  Judging by the facebook group "I Wish I Were Your Derivative So I Could Lie Tangent To Your Curves!" with 42,000 members, everybody loves a ... ...here's one she loves to tell (copied from an article in the American

  • by Melis A. '08
  • November 6, 2006
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  holidays in boston a photodump for you to procrastinate with

  

  of holiday-themed things around campus/Boston to remind us all to have at least a little holiday joy and optimism (whether or not you're ... Christmas decorating by covering our skylights with red and green paper and

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • December 16, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I DECLARE BANKRUPTCY!! and also my major and also indecision

  

  --take a subject with a name, learn a bunch of new operations and ways to do ... already covered by 10B except for one. If I get bored and take the extra ... major has been so hard and fueled by indecision--I've had to [annotation

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • April 20, 2025
• Blog / IAP

  The Abstract The adventure density has been high

  

  I owe you an explanation for my absence (and you'll get WAY more details than you could ever want, don't worry). To summarize, here's a map: After my last final on December 20, I flew home to London for winter break

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 4, 2014