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• Blog / Academics & Research

  All Hail the Working People Living down the 40-hour work week.

  

  TV, and the company of old friends, I was definitely not looking forward to the alarm ringing at 6:45 AM. I drive an hour to work – which ... suburban Coach bus that will take them to work. Inspiring!) I’m interning at

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • July 31, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Hawk Flies High Spontaneous jazz improv at 77 Massachusetts Avenue.

  

  One clear Thursday night long ago I was playing ultimate frisbee on ... night. At first I attributed it to the loudspeakers that blast rock and ... unmistakable weavings of a live saxophone. When the game disbanded I followed the

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • August 7, 2009
• Blog / IAP

  IAP in Review: Week One IAP should stand for Independent Awesome Period.

  

  A couple of days ago, I was working on an entry talking about all the things I was planning on doing during IAP...and then I got distracted by, well, IAP. Oops. :) So, here's a quick recap of what I've done so far

  • by Paul B. '11
  • January 12, 2009
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Remember the Fourth Another reason why I'm happy I chose MIT over Stanford.

  

  that I read in middle school. The Westing Game, by Ellen Raskin ... of July fireworks/celebration, because I've never really been in the States during Fourth of July. (or if I was, I was in little-town Maine for

  • by Chris S. '11
  • July 6, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Win Sam Stuff! That, amongst other things.var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www.");document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='" +…

  

  Waaaaaaaah! You've moved on to '13 already!? I don't feel loved ... applying. I know it's fun to complain on the internet, I do it all the time ... next year, I got back from work yesterday and spotted a tour group making

  • by Snively '11
  • June 21, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes.

  

  agreements and the threat of prison I can't tell you a whole lot about it, but I can give you a basic feel for what I do. I'm given bags of action ... anything else I need, I assemble all of the action figure bits into a full

  • by Snively '11
  • May 27, 2008
• Blog / Events

  The State of Things Deflated, that about sums it up.

  

  exhausting. I don't think I went to bed before 5 every morning. From BBQs to ... exploring of campus, I'm not sure my body can handle much more of this. Let me describe my last couple minutes for you. [background] I've just woken up at

  • by Snively '11
  • April 13, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  Reflections Some thoughts on the admissions process, both to those who were admitted and those who…

  

  I know that it's been a long year, and now that you've had a week to process the decisions, I thought I'd offer some thoughts on the process ... your applications, I know how much energy and care you put into them. For

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • March 28, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  You’re Not Alone Even if you think you are.

  

  My Mondays are horrible. I'm thinking about bringing a camera with me ... :00 - 11:00 AM: The last two thirds of cell biology lecture (I miss the first ... : Astronomy Lab Last Monday (actually it was Tuesday morning) I was on my way

  • by Derrick B. '08
  • October 17, 2007
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  The Rapids My last day at work was bittersweet. And if there's one thing I've learned from…

  

  with bittersweet. Trust me when I say that I deal with all kinds of insanity at that place on a daily basis. (I'm a lifeguard at a waterpark, for ... Old Navy? Psh. I have to argue with parents to put lifejackets on their

  • by Laura N. '09
  • August 12, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Play it again, Sam You wouldn't be saying that if you were in lab with me.

  

  get at MIT, with all the work they have to do? Well, yesterday I broke ... . Luckily, the average was 47 with a standard deviation of 25, meaning that I ... still passed. However, shortly after getting my test I exclaimed, "Shoot

  • by Sam M. '07
  • May 11, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  EA Telethon! Yay for the class of 2010!

  

  Whew. I just spent the last 4 and a half hours calling up as many of the Early Admits to the class of '10 as I possibly could. And it was seriously a lot of fun. First of all, I finally got to meet Alia and Mike

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 27, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Life or something like it Apparently this blog is supposed to be about my life. So here's some stuff about…

  

  Sometimes I secretly wish for exciting things to happen to me so that I can write some sort of blazingly exotic blog entry full of ... allowed to drop a class without penalty, was last Wednesday, so I'm in all

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • November 30, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Beard, The Name, The Response, and EC Why does it say E.Jones on my door when I am B.Jones, and why is…

  

  Okay, here's that "real entry" I promised yesterday. First some pic explanations... The Beard. As you've probably noticed in the picture above, I ... this: I challenged the other admissions officers to a "no-shave" reading

  • by Ben Jones
  • January 28, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The Room Where It Happens my two year tale of student governance, up until the bitter end

  

  For those of you who don’t keep up with the blogs, I’m Sabrina M. ‘19, and I just finished my second year at MIT. Until recently, I was the ... . You might notice, as you read this, that I switch between House and Haus

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • July 13, 2017
• Blog / Blog Projects

  ASK US (the MIT Bloggers) ANYTHING! YES

  

  ask! Seriously, you can ask us anything [annotation note="I know this is ... (Class of '25, he/him)Hi everyone! I’m Andi, a 6-2 (Electrical Engineering ... ) minor from South Africa. Some fun facts about me: I am left

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • April 18, 2025
• Blog / Personal Projects

  in Black Valley Hostel journal of my third day in Ireland

  

  , so I’m not complaining.   I’m in Black Valley Hostel, a ... with beds below $70. Tomorrow I'll hike as much of the Way as I can, then ... ="alignnone" width="226"] my hefty yellow bag[/caption] I only caught the late train

  • by Amber V. '24
  • August 9, 2023
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  A Guide to Farmer’s Markets We found lychee in a hopeless place.

  

  I love food. This is no secret. Here at MIT, I cook for myself during the school year with Spanish House, in a big cooking rotation. I cook every other week. I enjoy competing in the unofficial game of try

  • by Selam G. '18
  • July 10, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  Guest Post: The Power of Intuition when making important choices

  

  is only a week ahead, so I thought I would share some of the things I ... university to attend. If this is you, I hope these words help decide. A couple of weeks ago I had to decide what I would do over the summer. On one

  • by Erick P. '17
  • April 21, 2015
• Blog / IAP

  IAP in China through MIT’s China Development Initiative A week-long mentorship program in Xiamen, Fujian

  

  adventure. I broke my big toe into a bunch of pieces, then flew home to ... Medical. After the x-ray, MIT Medical forgot I was there (I realized something was probably wrong after I had been sitting alone in the x-ray room

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 17, 2014