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• Blog / MIT Life

  Spring Break A week in Iceland.

  

  quick post about that experience, written as I continue to deny the fact ... ". On the second day we drove to the village Vík, where our hotel for the ... a glacier lagoon and returned to Vík to stay in a cabin on the beach

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • March 30, 2016
• Blog / How to Human

  Money! Money! Money! Life is like monopoly, except you're not a pewter Tophat and it costs WAY more…

  

  on reuse, and if you get email pushed to your phone, you can get some ... something that you have on your side whereas abundant money isn't so much. To ... fledged frosh and other alliterations! Want to eat ice cream on toast for

  • by Chris M. '12
  • July 22, 2009
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  summertime! and the livin's easy?

  

  Tick list. Oomf. I need to get on that. I know I'm on top of the things that I need to be on top of, but I still worry about accidentally forgetting to ... sent out to my friends, I thought: oh! this would be a cute blog so that

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • July 15, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Painting with the Colors of the Wind reflections on the first MIT semester

  

  expertise I wish to take (#22). Enjoyable on-campus jobs are very much “a ... We need to sing with all the voices of the mountains. We need to ... ’m on a plane flight home. Dire Straits’ "On Every Street" hums through

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • December 23, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Finals away from finals Recharging on the other coast

  

  sunshine and warmth to the other coast, especially on cold, icy New England ... to go on the last day of classes, a week early. And after my last class on Thursday, fly away I did. I ran back to my room, packed my bags, and

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • June 7, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Avoid spelling errors! The most commonly misspelled words I see on MIT applications.

  

  on Microsoft Word to proofread your essay -- you'll want to take a keen ... thought I'd give some tips on how to avoid simple spelling errors. Most ... misspelled words I see on applications. And, thanks to GoogleBattle, I'll tell

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 25, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How To Make (almost) Anything

  

  -land without anything to tether me down to things that actually exist. So to hedge my bets, I've set out on a crusade to learn more about regular old ... week we cover a different fabrication technique on our quest to make

  • by Joel G. '18
  • September 25, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  Accidents Happen My mom was right.

  

  more important in science: getting results or finding new questions to ... just create new ideas. Well...she was right. Physicist Joseph Henry said ... around us, but they only take root in minds well prepared to receive them

  • by Bryan
  • June 19, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Some Things I Wish I Knew Coming In in retrospect,

  

  figure out why. Get to know your PI(s). You want to get your name on a ... [annotation note="and if you look to your left, you will see a biochemist ... it to make it to yours? If you happen to be in the market for advice

  • by Abby H. '20
  • August 16, 2019
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Bed arrangements in dorms, and beauty on campus

  

  'm always happy to answer your questions. I'll demonstrate this by answering a ... Correction from my previous entry: I'm told that you can paint your ... -issue. However, there are a few freshman doubles on every hall. In these, the beds

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 8, 2005
• Blog / Athletics

  dance dance revolution lessons from ddr

  

  you put so much on your plate that the clutter makes it hard to ... : there are four pads on the ground, each corresponding to an arrow ... , and the player’s job is to step on the pads at the same time that the

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • May 30, 2023
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  One Month of Baby Steps my feet hurt

  

  me is saturated with newness. I’m still adjusting to making new friends, taking new classes, and handling the new responsibilities that come with ... Hi, I’m Kathleen. I’m a first-year student and a new blogger here at

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • September 26, 2018
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Day 2: Hiking up a volcano at 15,000 ft (~4.5 km) Altitude sickness and Embarrassing Spanish Attempt #3

  

  TelefériQo takes passengers on a 2.5 km (~8000 ft) journey to the Cruz Loma ... girls were lying on their backs, refusing to get up - and the guy from ... recommend attempting to summit a volcano at 15,700 ft with only one day of

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 4, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  What My College Essays Were [Not] Unsolicited advice about writing.

  

  did this.) It is okay to still include it on your application. (I did ... expressed concerns about my essays, my parents literally said to me, “your SAT ... ; your mileage may vary. I will also try to offer general advice. I hope

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • November 12, 2015
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  A bevy of beautiful Brass Rat bezels A tour of the past 8 MIT class rings.

  

  committee's first decision was whether to use the beaver or the Great Dome on ... animals. We turned to [William Temple] Hornaday���s book on the animals of ... background on this important aspect of MIT tradition, I want to use today

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 13, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  So many problem sets

  

  prospectives on here might be curious to see what problems on problem sets are ... gets updated from its old value to the value on the right of the arrow, i ... according to b) C-C connectivity and c) C-H connectivity (Y = methyl, E

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • September 19, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  seattle (again) home and away

  

  go to the curb on thursday mornings, and pays the bills on time. somebody always finds things to do together on weekends. this is a nice ... , visiting seattle or looking for a couch to crash on for a few nights. we

  • by Allan K. '17
  • August 15, 2017
• Blog / Challenges

  choosing the abridged version

  

  was appropriate to put on the mit admissions blog; feel free to contact ... are staying on the east coast b) it wasn’t clear to me if they would be ... just say no to everyone and try working on projects on my own for a year

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • March 20, 2023
• Blog / Athletics

  MIT is a jock school the secret is out

  

  to be clear, this isn’t one team carrying everyone else on their back ... to win their second NEWMAC championship Take that in: your MIT friends ... academic experience, and if you’re an elite athlete who also happens to be

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • May 11, 2025
• Blog / About Decisions

  Why I came to MIT A few reasons I chose MIT, and I few reasons that would have made me…

  

  to lab tonight at 7:30 to change the media on my COS cells... and if ... you were willing to knock on enough doors and really fight for a ... to have a favorable view of your intelligence as an undergraduate and

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • March 7, 2006