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• Blog / MIT Life

  and i’ve come to terms d to the phi! phi to the e! d! phi! e!

  

  our duty to ensure everyone is accepted and welcome...it makes it a lot ... being able to sit in a lecture hall again and walk from class to class ... to post this update since I kind of left off on a somewhat unsure note

  • by Cami M. '23
  • September 7, 2021
• Blog / Athletics

  A Series of Embarrassing Events, Part 2 Neither zumba, nor yoga.

  

  , acknowledging that I wouldn't be able to attend that morning; Ashley has a rule ... session. The MIT PE department lets you make up an absence by attending a session of a class that you have taken previously; I decided to attend yoga

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 16, 2013
• Blog / Announcements

  A reminder that there is no advantage to applying Early Action to MIT As always, you should apply when you feel ready

  

  on in the world, it is a confusing time, and I want to make sure it is ... Action. This is a longstanding policy. There is no reason to rush your ... been unable to [annotation note='As a reminder, we are suspending our

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 21, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Missing Document Deadline Extended to Wednesday

  

  documents to this Wednesday, February 1st, at 5 PM ET. This is a mighty good time to login to MyMIT and make sure everything is in! To recap, you may ... .687.9184 Fax is the most reliable way to get us a document. It is automagically

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • January 30, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Becoming a Mad Scientist a required class for all meches!

  

  Have you ever wanted to see how accurate you can make a GPS? Have you ... gun bullets? Or maybe the power of a single footstep? Want to know the ... a semester to pursue any research question we can imagine. This is a

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • June 24, 2024
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Two Truths and a Lie Because we all definitely love playing icebreakers

  

  Anioke) to make a Lego robot.  Behold Wall-E’s ancestor!! After FPOP ... If you've never played two truths and a lie before, all you have to do is guess which of the three things I'm about to say is a lie: 1. I

  • by Erick P. '17
  • September 17, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How to Fail: Part 1 Dealing with failure and trying to move past it.

  

  at chemistry or biology, or a physics genius when compared to my ... knowing how not to have a breakdown. It means being able to look at failure ... school and work achievements. I talked to a lot of people whenever I was

  • by Selam G. '18
  • April 21, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  You Can Plan a Pretty Picnic ... but you should also research the weather.

  

  in Zambia. To make a long story short, the only road to Mwape (the ... two weeks) was completely flooded, so we were unable to make the trip ... I think it is different now. It is one thing to understand a fact or

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • February 5, 2007
• Blog / Events

  This School’s Big Game: a fun way to think too hard (how MIT Mystery Hunt works, now in Up-Goer Five)

  

  you try your best to answer a game-problem.) To make sure they are well ... 3 fun can make a good story even though nothing about it was good. To ... hard to make a Big Game that is just right for everyone, not too big and

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • January 25, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  As I Was Saying… My second internship entry AKA "How I copy and pasted my way to a new…

  

  , GEL students are challenged to make their internships a more meaningful ... . About a week later, I wrote an initial report to describe not only how my ... company had a project ready for me to start work on the second I stepped in

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • July 26, 2011
• Blog / How to Human

  real things on tangibility, mistakes, and community

  

  need to make with a certain color. once, i accidentally left a box of ... the weight of. there's a distinct lack of permanence when it comes to ... it's rare to find any real gems there. when i was a kid, i had a

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • February 5, 2025
• Blog / Athletics

  7 / Pressure is a privilege Training for my last hurrah, the US Championships

  

  . Last season was intended to be my last. But a last-minute injury in the ... wasn't how I wanted to end my career. I took a long break away from the ... out to a Swiss skater, who I met at an international competition a few

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • February 15, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  Win Sam Stuff! That, amongst other things.var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www.");document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='" +…

  

  next year, I got back from work yesterday and spotted a tour group making ... videos that, unfortunately, have very little to do with MIT. But, through a great series of connections that I've managed to make, I think I've found

  • by Snively '11
  • June 21, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Symphony 9, Op. 95 “From the New Blog” I'll to pay you to hang out with me and watch me type.

  

  that Gwen Stefani, in addition to designing a bizarre new line of ... follow me around and make me look cooler. I'd like to dedicate this entry ... $60, and even a set of overlaying stickers, to convert a normal keyboard

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 26, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  the mortifying ordeal of being known embrace the care that lies within you (my attempt to soothe pre-decisions anxiety)

  

  ."]PhD[/annotation] programs.  Well, I don’t really have to make a decision until if I get in, but choosing to apply is to make that decision a possibility.  It ... can be a valid way to make peace with yourself, I’ve come to realize

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • December 14, 2023
• Blog / About Decisions

  ignorance is a virtue

  

  . similarly, looking at my grades is a choice i can make. i don't have to look ... too much. or, when a deadline for a decision is coming, i don't have to ... backburner until i have to actually have to make the decision, waiting for more

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • March 8, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Love Affair: 11.027 & New Orleans [by Janet Li '12] Spring break in NOLA.

  

  encompasses a variety of different specializations, ranging from urban design to ... ’s what makes it such an interesting city to study. As rebuilding ... everywhere in NOLA, from the decadent parade floats that seem to be a year

  • by ARTalk
  • March 27, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Build awesome What to do if you like to build stuff.

  

  for inspiration? Let me introduce you to a few really wonderful ... yourself. You certainly should add MAKEblog to your RSS reader, and MAKE magazine makes a great birthday/holiday gift. Example project: Batometer

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 11, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  We Saw a Sea Turtle !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  

  she was done laying her eggs and decided to rest up a bit before making ... ’d walk along the beach for a stroll, hoping to find one. We did this for more than 2 months to no avail… One of the nights we wrote a poem with

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • August 14, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  1st Year at MIT Everything there is to know about my first year here

  

  and into the next year. I have a ton of plans to make sure you guys know ... a lot to make sure I could keep up with the class, and because of that ... the club I think I was able to make a very good group of friends there

  • by Ben O. '19
  • May 28, 2016