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• Blog / MIT Life

  What are French House residents doing this summer? Writing code, making models, reading, buying comic books, eating brownies, playing Guitar Hero 3...

  

  to brush up on my French in order to take a French class in the fall. I ... To give you a flavor (well, many flavors) for what MIT students do ... as you reply to this email? I am currently replying to you as I eat a

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 26, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  My Winter Break Reading List "Take a look, it's in a book, it's reading rainbow"

  

  anticipated, but some), I'll be reading a few books to pass the time. Some of these books have had their residence on my bookshelf for a long time. Some ... change in living organisms in response to biomechanical principles. A

  • by Bryan
  • December 28, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Classes 2.0 what i am/am i doing with my life

  

  really feeling like I have a grasp on the material to feeling like the ... , but to hear a gang leader’s opinion on nonviolence is something else ... Here’s to a basically mid-semester check-in to what I spend my time

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • October 27, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  Samuel Maurer’s Day Off MIT moves pretty fast.

  

  it ended in a Red Robin in Central PA rather than Rice to Riches, New ... in New York City. Ruthie scored some tickets to The Colbert Report because she is lucky and I am not, and since New York is only a 4-hour Fung

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 12, 2007
• Blog / Hacks

  I feel the need, the need for speed!

  

  have never, ever, been on a rougher or more jolting coaster than the New ... before, because 5th East was going to Six Flags New England, courtesy of ... Harry Potter fame) tried to kill the Great Dome with a curse, leaving a

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 17, 2005
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  [Guest Post] MIT THINK Scholars – A High School Research Program! From one side of it to the other

  

  full circle since my experience as a finalist — in addition to being on ... in the US with a research or innovation idea, we encourage you to apply ... was a ~little~ hard to see. Around that time I first heard of neural

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 31, 2020
• Blog / Athletics

  Save a tree… ...eat a Beaver. MIT makes me fill out lots of paperwork. Get it? Beaver? Oh…

  

  forcing upon me. As a new MIT athlete, the first thing I had to do was ... . I'm tired just thinking about this. Moving on to....FEE results! The ... are required to take it. You sign up on-line, access the required

  • by Laura N. '09
  • August 2, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Put a Ring On It 2013 RING PREMIERE!

  

  with which every MIT student hopes to graduate (aside from a diploma, of ... on my UROP. I distracted myself briefly with a 30 minute nap and a trip ... standing on?" Props to our amazing RingComm: RingComm And now, all I need

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • February 11, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  How A Blog Became A Community ...in which The Nance waxes philosophic about The Nance Effect.

  

  Happy New Year to everyone! As you may have noticed I've been absent ... The Nance Effect has become a true on-line community. What does that ... communities to join. Remember, you are not attending a college simply to study

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • January 9, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Hardest Thing Ever FOP, family, and how I'm doing so far... plus some findings on frisbee and free…

  

  America, breathing, stretching, dancing, hiking, subsisting on a half ... thermos) and what to leave behind (record player, books, a little cactus I originally was hopeful enough to think I'd bring carry-on). The hardest thing

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • September 4, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  How to Foil a UFO Abduction 1. Control your thoughts.

  

  a 500-something on one of the sections. And he seemed to be doing fine ... for 3 hours on a Saturday and pay someone to let you take a test." I ... orange books that tell you everything from how to do a 360 with your car to

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 26, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Exploring Boston Frozen yogurt quests into Boston

  

  going for a run along the river when she saw me) and we got to catch up on ... and tries to pick on the other cats.  She is new.  She is very tiny ... Avenue (living in East Campus, the closest dorm to classes, we have a

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • March 31, 2013
• Blog / Athletics

  cleats on feet, smile on face thoughts on injuries and spring season

  

  roller coaster. As a junior, it was a bit tough to sit on the sidelines and ... would’ve been looking at a surgery that would leave me unable to put weight on the foot for three months. Nevertheless, I was in a boot for two

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • April 23, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How MIT students are trying to change education by biking across America.

  

  week (more on that soon) and am here to spotlight an incredible project a ... Francisco for the summer. After talking to a number of groups working on ed ... " to education on just a couple of schools or just a couple of

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • June 10, 2013
• Blog / Athletics

  Exploring MIT’s sports facilities there's so much to see!

  

  -your-rain-jacket-everywhere weather). What better way to enjoy this good weather than by going on a ... thing lately. From touring MIT frats and sororities to touring our new on ... ="113940" image2="113941" image3="113935" /] Finding a new tour guide Ashley has to

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • April 4, 2025
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Dream Machine Wooden slabs and oil paintings

  

  leisure. We moved the couch to a new corner, but that left its previous ... You know you’re in a sad place when you’re so desperate to ... a blog you’ve ignored for almost 6 months (!!). So welcome to my sad

  • by Joel G. '18
  • September 21, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fall 2024 🍂 aka, things settle down.

  

  to learn this new cool thing.” -a good sleep schedule is the ... get to know people I really resonated with. -Going on a duck tour with ... that. Every week, I’d mentally dread the labs, given that they were on a

  • by Fiona L. '27
  • February 21, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Awesome Diva adventures When high school summer programs collide

  

  paired with a mentor in the Boston area to do an original scientific ... year I had applied to be a counselor, but I landed the job of AD. My boss ... office has got your back. Need to register a six-week lecture series as an

  • by Kate R. '14
  • July 6, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  spring! semester! so apparently i'm doing a lot of random shit

  

  because it’s a CI-H. I, uh, I needed to take one of those or I’d be put on a ... —you basically use drumsticks to drum on a yoga mat to hype songs. As you drum, you ... takes a maximum of 30 minutes every night, and I memorize the dialogue on

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • March 3, 2020
• Blog / IAP

  IAP & Senior Spring ... I'm almost done?

  

  to take advantage of the fact that New York is a cheap bus ride away ... activities rather than taking the month to rest. But it was a good busy, a ... is based on Alison Bechdel's graphic memoir (subtitled A Family

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • February 7, 2016