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• Blog / Admissions

  Reno/Sacramento wrap-up The latest from the West Coast.

  

  ) had to say about it: I've had to get used to people saying in disbelief ... Reno, and took a drive downtown: I drove on to my meeting with the ... Davidson Institute offers many programs of interest to the kinds of students

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 10, 2006
• Blog / Community Projects

  Friends, Carafes, and the Infinite Corridor What a week! Watch Tim play his instrument after a morning of camaraderie and cheap…

  

  (Note: to everyone who has emailed or commented with questions, I got your messages! I will reply in detail soon. Thanks!) This has been a ... ... ah, New England weather. More time to do homework? Something like that

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • October 16, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  The Aftershock In memory of Kate Hunter ‘20 (1997-2017), who will always be remembered for her big…

  

  ? Sad is when you get an undesirable grade in a class or your favorite TV ... death. There was guilt that the last text she sent to me promised to get a ... remembered for her big heart, bright mind, and beautiful smile. According to

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • January 18, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Bubble Bath Disastrophe (and Other Adventures) Spring break: adventures and misadventures, coming home, and MIT on the Colbert Report—twice!

  

  Getting Home Instead of flying, my boyfriend Cory and I took a bus from Boston to New York City and another bus from New York to Pennsylvania to visit my family. After we got off the first bus we wandered

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • April 3, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Stitch n Bitch: Quarantine Edition a tight-knit community scattered across the globe

  

  embroidery. She showed me an embroidery kit she had and encouraged me to get ... ="aligncenter" width="251"] Kidist and I getting pizza in the North End in October! She (infamously) asked me that night if I wanted my own pie. This is what I get for

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • July 21, 2020
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Thoughts from Science Bowl 🥣 a story about now-nostalgic times

  

  “Fiona, next round, you should use your thumb to push the buzzer, not ... your thumb above the buzzer, so you’re always ready to buzz in.” “Okay ... tiny. “Who’s your favorite supervillain?” We buzzed in to give our

  • by Fiona L. '27
  • March 30, 2025
• Blog / Challenges

  yet i maintain composure manu tenere “i hold by hand”

  

  upon hours of planning and effort to get the programs running this far ... to lead me through any steps. i was taking a phase two waltz class, at ... -fourths, which is one two three, one two three. you have to fit four steps in three

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • March 9, 2020
• Blog / Athletics

  That wasn’t skiing, that was falling with style! Guest post by Katy Kem '16

  

  I managed to get myself through the start gate. I have no memory of ... proud of myself. If you want to get better at something fast, do it six ... Washington to get to the Tuckerman’s Bowl. The hike up is worth the ski down

  • by Joel G. '18
  • April 5, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Deep Breaths Perhaps wisdom, perhaps not. See for yourself.

  

  / : -verb to calm down; to release oneself from inhibition, worry, tension ... as you right now. I'm about to submit the application to my top choice ... means as much as I'm afraid to press the submit button, in order to have

  • by Bryan
  • December 31, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  We met an alumnus from the Class of 1952 and fixed a window, and went bouldering.

  

  until I found a way to get back into the hallway. After receiving ... to go bouldering on MIT's climbing wall. As we rounded the corner, a ... unsuccessfully to fasten it shut. The climbing wall is run by volunteer staff, who

  • by Anna H. '14
  • May 16, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Waxing nostalgic, in a zen kind of way I've heard of zen. This is not zen.

  

  's where they get you. (Tricked me again, life!) According to my mom, you ... in all your pictures, and to know what a Roth IRA is and how to ... stops, only to start up two seconds later with the beeping oh god the

  • by Keri G. '10
  • December 31, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Introducing Two New MIT Students… ...classes of 2026 and 2028 respectively.

  

  ecstatic to hear, "Your Epidural is in." Upon seeing Miles for the first time ... encounters with your younger or older sibling. Yes, I really want to hear about all of the not-so-nice things that you did to your kid sister or brother

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • February 14, 2006
• Blog / Events

  The one-armed violin player and the Dalai Lama Emad's not the only blogger who got a press pass.

  

  get to comment on the subject at hand, EXCEPT for the Dalai Lama. The ... responded to his offer first and would therefore be receiving the Dalai Lama ... multiplied the length of my last name by 11. His second e-mail read "Also, you're

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 15, 2012
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Up The last of the post-finals, pre-internship adventures.

  

  to gain access to your...terrain. The next morning, Spencer dropped me ... to pack every minute of the weekend with something awesome. No summer seconds to waste. *Not my own. While I waited for my connecting flight in

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 27, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Semester Reflections

  

  together that much, since you really just needed to code your own solution ... the infinite, only to get ignored. In our next lab session, he asked me ... teammate was so shocked to find out that I have a twin that she wanted to get

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • June 5, 2018
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  I auditioned for a musical Oh my goodness, oh my goodness

  

  's a wimp. When situations get rough, she jumps on her bed to get as far ... audience as possible. Don't get me wrong: I love to sing. I'm no good at it, though, and there are very few people I'm willing to sing in front of. Late

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 2, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Blogger Wrapped 2024 Episode 7: The Apple Music Awakens

  

  internet to judge (and help you take a break from thinking about those previous two things)! The other bloggers were kind enough to let me make ... if you're interested: 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018. But without

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • December 14, 2024
• Blog / Classes

  Me and the Firehose on balancing classes, and choosing next year’s schedule

  

  .007? Leaving space in your schedule to pursue personal projects, such as through ... poster) 4.140 OR 2.008, not both — 4.140 is harder to get in to, harder ... want to get them out of the way.  Probably I will take 2.671 later, not

  • by Amber V. '24
  • May 30, 2022
• Blog / Class Projects

  MIT Brings You Unwanted Attention You want to be popular? Really?

  

  There are definitely perks to attending MIT. For example, at MIT I ... may laugh, but you'll laugh for a different reason if you're a student ... an MIT student, you are held to a standard that other people just aren

  • by Snively '11
  • May 17, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  an online drop request to your advisor, your advisor approves it on ... apparently like listening to Stomp Pop and Brostep?), I’ve compiled some ... – perhaps misguided – attempt to sum it all up in a quantitative manner

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • December 20, 2015