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• Blog / MIT Life

  Summary of the Semester I'm a senior and it's super weird.

  

  castle I plan on expanding. I want to buy her a crown. Making Time for ... to be a real person. Like a real person who pays bills. But then I paid ... Do you want to see a picture of my cat? Of course you do! SHE'S SO

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • November 9, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Day in the Life (2)… [Mathematics] Studying math at Cambridge and MIT.

  

  of individual motivation and tenacity to make it through the year ... continual assessment, and are given maybe a few days to prepare for tests, and ... undergraduates apply to study a specific subject, and there is only a little

  • by Cambridge
  • May 4, 2008
• Blog / MISTI

  EECS student Michael McGraw teaches STEM concepts in Regensburg, Germany As part of the Global Teaching Labs program, student Michael McGraw taught Physics, Biology and…

  

  friends I made. MIT's Global Teaching Labs program allowed me to make a ... to learn about power distribution and to gain a sense of the how the ... was a huge boost to my speaking skills. Hearing the words spoken often

  • by MISTI Program
  • May 8, 2015
• Blog / Challenges

  This Post Has a Happy Ending dealing with obstacles @ MIT

  

  available (as in trying to drink from a firehose). (context: MIT)” I drank ... my last blog post in a desperate attempt to preserve inspiration, and ... incredibly difficult for me to complete my work.” Then I’d solve a problem or

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • October 30, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Calculating a Quantitative Snapshot of Fall Semester Skip to the end for a picture of peas

  

  – perhaps misguided – attempt to sum it all up in a quantitative manner ... , followed by a break, followed by two more days of work, followed by a two day ... to be read each week for 20.102 as well as a final 45 minute group

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • December 20, 2015
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Day 0: from DC to Quito A rough morning, a long nap, and a kindly neighbor

  

  January 10 On the plane from Panama to Quito What a goofy ... so, we went to the lobby to check out and get a cab to the airport. I ... at which the rest of the world was moving. After listening to a very

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 4, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Temporary Band Entry Title And we hope we passed the audition.

  

  that the money was actually being put to good use by a student group ... might also not be so smart, so we decided that a good place to start might ... down the Infinite to the tune of S'weight, which was requested of us by

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 1, 2005
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  [Guest Post] Next Haunt 2024: The Haunters what it takes to scare MIT students

  

  staff members reply back to my request for a behind-the-scenes guest post ... that goes into making this happen every year, from the puzzles to ... to talk about some of the processes that went into making sure

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • November 27, 2024
• Blog / IAP

  firsts of first year 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1…

  

  skated outdoors Went to [annotation note='during IAP with Concourse, a ... ']Learned how to use a hair stick[/annotation] Got stuck in a slinky Embarked on a solo quest to visit an [annotation note='Tomás Saraceno

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • December 31, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  Sometimes, I am invisible and other female experiences

  

  I wanted to say, “Fuck you!” but I didn’t know if he would make a ... to several similar events already. A couple friendly vendors had ... customers around me, but not to me. I can’t help being a 5’3” young

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • July 18, 2016
• Blog / About Decisions

  Things to do while waiting for decisions on Saturday Clicking the "refresh" button repeatedly between now and Saturday afternoon is NOT an option.

  

  before reaching a level of sci-fi hardcore known only to a select few. Next ... how you aren't allowed to do that. -Leave a comment on the blogs that ... things to do, check out a post Jess made a while back. She's better at this

  • by Keri G. '10
  • March 13, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Reg Day collisions People should transfer to other colleges once they dump you.

  

  I graduate and don't get to be a rockstar blogger anymore. Ack!) So ... are more likely to go a little something like this: (A friend sent me that and I had to share. Tensor! Ha! Get it? Don't worry if you don't, a

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 18, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  I GOT TWENTY DOLLARS IN MY POCKET (because I got a press pass to SpringFest 2013, of course. photos inside!)

  

  mean the memories of the seniors I was talking to.  Since I'm a freshman ... As Matt wrote earlier, today was SpringFest 2013!  Or, to put it in technical terms, a really dope* concert with Macklemore and Ra Ra Riot. *note

  • by Michael C. '16
  • April 27, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW 2006 Day 1 Campus Preview Weekend has begun! [photos]

  

  : Registration began at 9am with a huge influx of people. It was great to see so many familiar faces! Mitra helps to check in one of the first students to ... breakdance by Imobilare. The Indian fusion dance troupe Chamak also gave a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 7, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Sabar drums, Rwanda, and the C.I.A Can you guess what all this stuff has in common?

  

  's impossible to rank the events by awesome, I've ranked them chronologically: 11 ... MIT is an acronym, or as I like to say "L.E.A.M.I.T.I.A.A"(did you catch ... "Intro to World Music". The class is taught by Professor Tang, who is an

  • by Chris M. '12
  • September 18, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Do you have jobs? Can I have one?

  

  applications to MIT, they should make sure to submit materials in a timely ... they're also incredibly selective. I'm beginning to be a little more ... in the end they want to know the same things: who you are as a person

  • by Kim D. '09
  • October 8, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  18 and Counting Congratulations, Professor Diamond!

  

  was awarded to MIT Professor Peter A. Diamond, along with Dale T ... committee are mysteries to me, but if I had to hazard a guess, it'd be to Tim ... 18 is a fine number, especially when it counts years. It's an

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 11, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Anyone else OCD about saving space?? This blog is about things on my computer.

  

  make 3D models. Basically, we modeled a cafe on AutoCAD and sent it to a ... install a billion types of software. Over the last few weeks, I've had to ... -D; Note: every line has 10 segments, each segment has to be moved a

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • November 4, 2010
• Blog / Events

  Let There Be Prefrosh! And let them build ALL the things!

  

  Just one year ago, I had arrived at MIT as a prefrosh, ready to start my new life in Massachusetts.  I came here early to do a pre ... service projects.  However, this year I decided to apply to be a mentor for

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • August 22, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  New ZigZag video podcast & behind the scenes An inside look at the new video.

  

  would be like to be a first semester student on campus. From there, we ... sent out an email to a dozen random (and awesome) freshmen that I know ... for the filming and who were excited to participate. So, a few weeks

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 15, 2007