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• Blog / Uncategorized

  Lost in other people’s stories My brand of escapism

  

  decisions. The story makes all the choices, and you get to just sit back and ... place with an enormous amount of freedom. You have to make so many ... I listen to a lot of audiobooks. In 2023, I listened to 28.6 days

  • by Allison E. '27
  • October 28, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  Friday Afternoon Props Props to ten people/committees/inanimate objects that deserve props.

  

  of over 100 freshman across nine floors, rarely needing to sink below third choice for any student. 2. Megan '08 for introducing me to the song "Sunshowers" by M.I.A. "I bongo with my lingo and I beat it like a wing, yo" 3

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 2, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Multi-Day Weekend at MIT

  

  runners!) go right by the Phi Sig house. It's really pretty cool. I need to ... ; Questions Omnibus soon) while at the same time, beginng to work with -- gasp ... ) in Phoenix next month (more on that to come). This weekend is a four

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 15, 2005
• Blog / Personal Travel

  A Brief Retreat How a short trip to Block Island left me revitalized

  

  sinking feeling that I was able to shake off by taking a few swimming ... any excuses, I've been looking for ways to recharge myself and face the ... up last weekend, when my family and I took a trip to Block Island, a

  • by Emad T. '14
  • July 31, 2011
• Blog / Class Projects

  Mind and Hand My first CNC project

  

  hard it is to make a circle on an etch-a-sketch! CNC lets you design ... my schedule, but now it's time to show just what I've been busy with ... , meaning that we learn to *gasp* manufacture and machine things. MIT has

  • by Snively '11
  • October 10, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  laser-powered happiness 6.UAR showcase, part 1

  

  , you could probably make a thesis out of what you want to do," and then I ... learning how to make your slides something other than sans-serif black text ... ’t want to make my slides pastel pink and full of hand-drawn chibi mice, but

  • by Alice L. '24
  • December 5, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fanboying at the Career Fair SpaceX, CubeSats, and free stuff, oh my!

  

  celebrities, trying to impress them, make friends with them, prove that they ... looking for new friends to make. DropBox, Facebook, Google, Apple, Space ... imagine that they all convened at one place to throw a huge concert, and

  • by Allan K. '17
  • September 21, 2013
• Blog / About Decisions

  Stressful Times in my opinion, the best advice, ever.

  

  to "make it happen", in the words of my unified professor.   ... I'm going to confess something. A bit more than two years ago,  I remember asking my parents to bless my application. I'm pretty sure that I

  • by Ana V. '15
  • December 11, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Emergency Application Extension for students affected by the storm

  

  affected by the storm will be unable to meet tomorrow's Early Action deadline ... still require you to submit the application by the old deadline, which is ... The MIT Early Action application deadline has been extended to

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 31, 2011
• Blog / Challenges

  Ups and Downs Currently down.

  

  Not gonna lie, my happy-to-sad ratio is a little sad-heavy at the ... -established, widely-accepted, and straightforward procedures, which makes me all the ... , when I make mistakes occur at lab, I mourn for about ten minutes, then

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • July 12, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Sidebar: Visiting MIT this summer

  

  ; other Boston area colleges frequently visited by our guests. All times listed are for the information session, to be followed by a tour, unless otherwise noted. Generally plan that a session/tour combo will last 2 to 2

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 21, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2600 Years of the University college life since 600 BCE, as told by Prof. Shailendra Mehta

  

  intimidated by the great scholar. Just last week the king had stood up to honor ... research by allowing them to pursue ownership of inventions made with federal ... MIT Office of Digital Learning designed to facilitate awareness, deep

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 21, 2016
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  1 of the 101 Quincy Market, Mike's Pastries, Giacomo's, yummm

  

  to do before I graduate and one was to get through this list. Last weekend, I made a little more headway on this goal by tackling Item #51: Eat ... motivated me to venture out to North End two Fridays ago and - for the first

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • September 24, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  Early Action Decisions Details for retrieving your EA admissions decision on Monday evening.

  

  MIT account, make sure to create one so you can find out your admissions ... We have just sent out this email to early action applicants: Subject ... , 2008 We are pleased to announce that MIT Early Action admissions

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 10, 2008
• Blog / Announcements

  Be a Blogger 2021!

  

  's a pretty good gig, to be honest. Your application will be read by a ... . This application itself was designed mostly by student bloggers to help ... are people's spirits. So: my banana plant is almost too large to fit

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 1, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  Winter Break and New Year Resolutions In which I try to express how wonderful being home is

  

  IAP, TA-ing a class (blog post to come) and continuing one of my UROPs from this past semester (the MITx supplemental video-making one), I figured it'd be a good time to get back into this regular vlogging routine

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • January 10, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Another Cat Post We have kittens and people are sad - thus, there shall be pictures of cats…

  

  not want to talk about that yet. Instead, I am going to show you some ... little bit with making people feel better. Although it might feel like you ... ) And there you go, lots of pictures of cats. I hope this helped to cheer

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • September 25, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Travels Winter break is here!

  

  only 8 weeks long and amazingly short compared to MIT's semesters. Many of the CME students are taking advantage of our 6 week winter break to ... goes on. Personally I decided to go back MIT for 2 weeks and then going

  • by Cambridge
  • December 4, 2007
• FAQ / Academics and research

  What kind of things can I do during IAP?

  to organize, sponsor and participate in a wide variety of personal and ... almost any form, from how-to sessions, forums, lecture series and films, to ... materials Beekeeping 101 Make it: Pinball Ikebana: The Art of Japanese
• Blog / Events

  Incoming freshmen, come to the Activities Midway tomorrow! Find a group where you can continue your hobbies and try something new.

  

  will also be performances by several dance groups. Added bonus…come to ... service? Want to get involved with these activities at MIT? Then, come to ... Johnson Athletics Center. You will have the opportunity to see almost every

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 30, 2007