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• Blog / MIT Life

  The Finals Blog but not the final blog unless something terrible happens to me in the next 48…

  

  server in case BRB'd friend cared enough to keep reloading the page in ... serving free hot chocolate to weary travelers passing by on their path to ... I decided to thaw away the stress of college application season by

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • December 19, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Lilly Chin The Spiciest Memelord

  

  --which is indeed, as heavenly as it sounds. It was introduced to Beantown by ... so readily frequented by my floor that we have a stash of Beantown coupons attached to one of our refrigerators and an entire system for

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • April 27, 2017
• Blog / How to Human

  existential cubes a daily encounter with Ernő Rubik

  

  delight slip by. Every day, I do my best to squeeze as much joy as I can out ... scootered over to Walmart with one goal in mind: acquire a Rubik’s cube. We had nothing else planned for the day, and decided to try something new

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • July 14, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A Day at the Forge blacksmithing!

  

  towards yourself to make a curve. Then you do that again, in larger scale, to make a hook. Repeat that on the other side, so you have two hooks ... . Everything else you have to hammer by hand. Iron bends more easily when it

  • by Amber V. '24
  • August 19, 2022
• Blog / How to Food

  Guest Post: Where to Buy Food: MIT Groceries Guide Because eating textbooks gets expensive.

  

  loading groceries into your backpack, make sure to put more durable items in ... to buy and how to make them delicious. ... entry by Elaine L. '18 This entry was originally published on Elaine

  • by Erick P. '17
  • September 3, 2015
• Blog / Challenges

  Spreading yourself too thin At MIT, the saying goes that you can work, sleep, or play, but you have…

  

  and employers who make it easier. But, if you want to work, sleep, and ... The beginning of a new term is always accompanied by a mix of anxiety ... you begin to spread yourself too thin? As a prospective MIT student

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 10, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Great Gatsby In all its pixelated glory

  

  from the MIT Alumni Association's page that caught my eye... The Great ... by the Book, which can be found on the second floor of Hayden library. If you're a little sad that you can't actually be on campus to enjoy

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • September 17, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Most Importantly, No Reddit This is actually how people lived.

  

  to work, I quickly ordered a new adapter online the following day. It ... envy). Or maybe it was a testament to how many plugs HP makes (so many ... about three weeks – I’d plug it in, but the battery wouldn’t begin to

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • October 19, 2010
• Blog / Challenges

  and i am afraid of falling a long winded chess metaphor

  

  start a match, before quickly scrolling to the bottom to play chess ... , every bad test grade, every rook lost to a nasty fork makes me feel as if ... hungrily gaze upon the little pieces on the screen as they hop from square to

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 21, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  This is just a tribute I wrote a really long, funny entry. And then my browser window reloaded.

  

  week, champion skiier by weekend, that's my Adam. Events about which to ... administered by the medical school. I hopped on the CT2 bus last Friday to go buy ... Ohio. 2. Pop vs. soda website. Also a story: When I came to MIT as a

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • April 2, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Deep Breath what's next for all our applicants

  

  . So I'd like to begin by giving a shoutout to my grandfather, who, in ... . You don't need to "do" anything beyond that. But also remember to make ... . Maintain, yes. But take the time to make those memories that you will have

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 11, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  And it’s all beginning…

  

  you, but it's important to make an informed decision about it. An ... decision will allow you to make a stronger contribution to it. Let me try an ... passive way, by taking what was given to you instead of understanding your

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • August 22, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Al Kwon ‘08: Researching drug delivery Al Kwon, a Junior majoring in Biology, talks about some of his really exciting work…

  

  medicine for my taste. There are times when I seem to make no progress and I ... . Being able to meet others and making a difference in their lives seems ... winner of Charles Stark Draper Prize (considered to be the “Nobel

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 12, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  i am overwhelmed. what happens when a pandemic, recession, racial reckoning and recruitment season join forces?

  

  -or-break moment- the last chance you have to make use of your CPT before you graduate by getting an internship at a firm that would be likely to extend a ... to make life for international students even more difficult. Great. My

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • October 29, 2020
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  AROTC Day in the Life Notes from Cadet O'Brien, MIT '12 / Course III

  

  quickly into the woods and out of sight. Time to take out a bunker.... At ... here at MIT. AROTC allows you to be pretty flexible in how involved you ... training), one military class, and one leadership lab. But I'm not here to

  • by ROTC
  • March 9, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  What should I be doing now? Tips for regular and early applicants.

  

  If you are applying to MIT this year (early or regular), here's an update on what you might want to be thinking about: For Regular Action Applicants Schedule your interview now.* The deadline (December 1) to schedule

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 28, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Finding Time for you know, things that aren't psets.

  

  've been up till 3 AM in the Hayden Library (an awesome place to study, by ... - you know, normal people stuff. I've slowly been able to make more time ... here anyways, so it just wouldn't make sense not to pursue them at MIT

  • by Joe B. '18
  • October 4, 2014
• Blog / Events

  REX at Simmons Hall 2015 water balloon wars, pancakes, roofdeck parties, and a trojan duck

  

  through hard times. We even have a play put on by students to provide useful ... have worked hard to make: Sunday, August 30th  Cardboard ... Flag Making Feeling like an artistic knight? Prepare to claim victory

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 31, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My first real internship

  

  predicted to be the maximum. Physicists are understandably intrigued by these ... can exploit to make higher and higher temperature superconductors. At ... Quick, what does an atom bomb, the plural form of a famous Texas

  • by Chris M. '12
  • May 16, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Time-sensitive matters

  

  @MIT website. During CPW, I had the opportunity to check out the brand new ... Lots of questions waiting to be answered, but for today I'll just ... the benefit of the doubt. Eric (MIT Class of 2009) helped out first by

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 1, 2005