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• Blog / MIT Life

  I Moved Off Campus A story told by cat gifs

  

  .  What changed? Me. I changed. Who was once a headstrong, ready-to-take-on ... Last year, I made a HUGE decision. I decided to move off of MIT ... during IAP due to work, but I'm back, and we are going to have a great

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • February 2, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  What is Simmons Hall Like? part of my freshman year experience

  

  visit my friend on the same floor, I had to go down a level, walk to the ... On my 18th birthday and going away party, we had a huge cake with an MIT Logo on it. Next to my birthday cake were two robotic arms (the ones

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 16, 2016
• Blog / Events

  This…Is…BLODGEBALL! Everything and anything you ever wanted to know about us.

  

  -of-the-year blogger get-together be held at SkyZone (i.e. playing dodgeball on a court ... like a 4-year-old. I realize that I could write a whole entry on how our ... pool groups, I had my FlipCam a-rollin' to document that sometimes it

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • September 9, 2011
• Blog / MISTI

  Wouldn’t it be Nice? ...actually, I'm kind of glad that I'm not older.

  

  comprehension came while we were on the beach, and a man came up to us and warned ... nobody came into work on Friday, because there's WORLD CUP SOCCER to be ... supervisor actually just said to me, "We have a small problem this afternoon

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 19, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Toons and Tasty Burgers adventures in chalk and tasty-burger-tasting

  

  ...later! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11/10/2013: The burgers were fairly tasty. On a scale of 1 to 5, where ... . This marks the end of a very good start to what will be a very good ... , which I haven't been able to do for a while. If there's one thing I

  • by Allan K. '17
  • November 11, 2013
• Blog / Challenges

  Together. thoughts on today's tragedy.

  

  This was supposed to be a happy post. It was supposed to be one of ... ice cream, Tetris hacks, and a campus-wide show of unity to welcome ... sports, the marathon - a sport that doesn't even have a side to cheer for

  • by Michael C. '16
  • April 16, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  Questionable Views Questions and views, and questions about views. The views are not necessarily questionable, although you…

  

  allowed to live in a single room?" There are actually two people in the ... sitting on the bed is Ace, April's friend who came to watch us do all of the ... means people are forced to "crowd" a room by turning a double into a

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 18, 2005
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  The Spirit of Competition [by MIDN Brendan McCord, '08] Every year, the Army, Navy, and Air Force duke it…

  

  coordinated a flanking attack of the enemy. They fought valiantly to repel our ... of being in the Navy, when push comes to shove I knew that the guys on the other side of the court were definitely on our team. We are a group

  • by ROTC
  • October 31, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Get It Done Keep On Keeping "On"

  

  in a play, and organizing a student rock concert to raise money for the ... love to do - great. But sometimes you need to just take a nap in the ... is...a deep and profound understanding of the word "on." Go out there

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 10, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Recap: SHASS Lightning Talks @ CPW some projects in the social sciences and humanities at MIT

  

  new admits at a reception to discuss classes and undergraduate research ... excited (maybe a bit too excited) to talk about the Institute's considerable ... from DUSP, which conducts its own talks once or twice a year to let

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 28, 2016
• Blog / How to Human

  The Complexity of Simplicity Not as paradoxical as it sounds

  

  's simply a tab on a lever that punches out a precut piece of aluminum. It's hard to imagine a simpler mechanism. And yet, to get that simple took an ... 'm averaging 12hrs a day in lab with at least another 4 spent on work for that

  • by Chris M. '12
  • December 8, 2011
• Blog / Events

  MIT Calling Yo Snively - I lied. There are actually 2 admits in Oregon BESIDES you -…

  

  action telethon! 54 MIT students total came to chill out and check up on ... , during which Christina and I called our parents to congratulate them on ... , and I'd like to congratulate you on your acceptance! That's right! I was

  • by Jess K. '10
  • January 19, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Waitlist post Some Q & A about the waitlist.

  

  aiming for a class of about 1,020 students this year. Based on our ... uncertainties, we also keep a waitlist of students. How many people are on the ... spot on the waitlist. Not all of those students will choose to remain on

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 20, 2007
• FAQ / First-year application

  I’m a non-traditional applicant. How do I apply?

  college or in a non-degree program prior to applying to brush up on their ... There are many applicants to MIT from many types of backgrounds, and while we consider them all in their context, we need to know some common
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Randomness

  

  got me an answering machine or a "so-and-so isn't home." Regardless, it was pretty fun, and there was a lot of free pizza and stuff to drink ... my fifth stack of homework in today on time. Yeah. I'm going to sleep

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • January 27, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  First day of classes What some MIT freshman schedules look like.

  

  MIT before choosing a major. In order to provide some real, concrete ... my "friends" (names removed to protect the innocent). Here are a few ... .00: Introduction to Psychology (HASS, with Prof. Jeremy Wolfe) 22.A06: Nuclear

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 8, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  See her picture(s) in a thousand places In which I understand what Bruce Campbell feels like

  

  . Guy: 'cause you're on Mitra's Blog. Sam: Heh. You know I have a blog now, too? Guy: Really? Sam: Yeah, you just have to go back to the admissions ... that this entire enterprise is nothing more than a spinoff of the

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 3, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  A Mentor to Remember – Patrick Winston (1943-2019) Celebrating Professor Winston

  

  he wanted us to take away. On that day, there were many other slides but he spent a great deal of time talking about how important it was to prioritize togetherness (especially in a place like MIT where it is easy to

  • by Caroline M. '18
  • July 24, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Parental Advice Sometimes you just need to get out of the way

  

  to grandma, and a certain jolly old elf that lives at the North Pole.  He always eats his vegetables now. Try as I may, to put my kids on the ... help us to determine if a student is a good match for MIT like creativity

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • September 11, 2011
• Blog / Challenges

  Twenty thousand paper cuts and twenty thousand leaves

  

  large. Twenty thousand leaves. Each one used to be on a branch, only a ... . So I went to Amazon and complained and they said they would send a ... 's phone either. Two. On a weekend night three weeks ago I had a sudden urge

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 13, 2020