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• Blog / MIT Life

  readmission what'd i miss?

  

  working in industry, I jumped at the chance to take a break from school ... actively cultivating a social life (so much harder when you don't live in a ... one that left MIT. I'd like to think I'm more comfortable in public (and

  • by Allan K. '17
  • January 19, 2016
• Blog / Challenges

  Hospital State of Mind The things I hate about being stuck here

  

  and doctors are nice and have your best interest in mind. But hospitals can also drive you cRaZy. I'm in the hospital, and have been since ... being in a hospital while also managing being a student at MIT:   1

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • December 6, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  This Day, the Year I Applied what I learned in college about application struggles

  

  what the message in the email said. And I wasn’t lying when I thought ... transfer in the spring. I’d have a plethora of extracurriculars. I wouldn ... go to bed early. This is all pure speculation, of course. But in the

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • November 20, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  QuestBridge 2015 FAQ All the questions!

  

   This is a blog entry specifically for finalists in the Quest ... use your QuestBridge application for that. In the Part 1, when you come ... in November/December/January. Am I still eligible for the Match? A

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • October 21, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Tuesday on 16th Street A Day in the Life

  

  in my family we are cheap af. It is summertime in Denver. The ever ... used to see him when I made solitary adventures downtown on Fridays in ... around the city so I go get a smoothie. These women in sundresses order

  • by Selam G. '18
  • June 11, 2015
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Do You Wanna Build A Snowman? And thanks to an awesome friend, I built my first one!

  

  ’s nighttime when my eyes open, and the middle of the day when I go to bed. In ... .m., making my way through the sixth season of Sons of Anarchy in the Destiny ... something about snow. Now, I saw snow for the first time in November 2013

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • January 25, 2015
• Blog / Events

  Battle of the Boot storytime with Yuliya #1

  

  else in my boot. I was quite certain of that. But I still needed to check. The women’s bathroom in Simmons shone with a clean metallic glow. I ... vitality. In my stall, I tossed the boot as far as possible. I also prepared

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • January 23, 2015
• Blog / Events

  IAP Jealousy (Hey, Jealousy)

  

  -making and there's so much more happening that I wish I could participate in ... can throw a #sorrynotsorry at me.) One day a week, we meet in the ... difference. It's not all about the mind in January. Hillel sponsored a

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • January 13, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Mondays and Tuesdays and the Spaces Between A few days in my words and a break in someone else’s.

  

  Right now I am in Florida, at a campground just outside Miami, where ... gets larger in the window, nighttime Boston like a wet spiderweb beneath us. We are flying back from Thanksgiving break with my family in Myrtle

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • December 27, 2014
• Blog / Events

  A Castle, a Jack, and a Beanstalk hacking culture @ MIT

  

  . Relatives flew in from everywhere, and were seen passing through East Campus ... . Numerous posters in the Infinite advertised concerts, dinners, and movie ... tell, so scroll through pictures (and links) below. In conclusion, I

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • December 18, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT EA Decisions To Be Posted Saturday, 12/13/14, at 15:16 ET

  

  , visit decisions.mit.edu and log in with your MyMIT username and password.   In order to verify that you will receive a decision on the 13th, you should visit decisions.mit.edu and log in with your My

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 5, 2014
• Blog / How to Food

  Dining at MIT How to not starve

  

  fundraisers in Lobby 10 Making good friends who cook for themselves Creating a group and cooking for yourselves on rotation Free coffee in select ... overwhelming number of options that I nearly drowned in at the start of this year

  • by Joel G. '18
  • October 29, 2014
• Blog / Events

  Doggy Birthday Meet Simmons Hall's smallest - and furriest - new resident, who just turned 8.

  

  for Tai Shan, the giant panda born at the National Zoo in 2005, whom a ... appointments who live in dorms alongside undergrads or grad students. (Maseeh ... Maseeh and Burton Conner, to have one on the premises. In honor of

  • by Chelsea R. '15
  • September 20, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Leonard Nimoy at the Boston Pops He told me to live long and prosper!

  

  Leonard Nimoy. “That greeting originated in Boston,” Nimoy said, to cheers ... . Leonard Nimoy is famous for his role as Mr. Spock in the original 1960’s Star Trek TV series. He grew up in the Boston area, where (in his words

  • by Anna H. '14
  • May 31, 2014
• Blog / Hacks

  An Olympic Hack Floating rings above Brigg's Field?

  

  Simmons (I just moved, again), I noticed something floating in the air ... ? Woooo Sochi 2014! If you're interested in previous hacks, MIT hacks have their own lengthy Wikipedia page, in addition to a chronology at

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • February 9, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT EA Decisions To Be Posted Saturday, 12/14, at 12:14 PM ET

  

  the 14th, visit decisions.mit.edu and log in with your MyMIT username and password.   In order to verify that you will receive a decision on the 14th, you should visit decisions.mit.edu and log in with

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 6, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Answering Your Questions: EA Deadline Week How can we be helpful?

  

  below in the comments.  I will try to update this post with FAQs ... period, but I strongly suggest you submit your application well in advance ... teachers and schools.  Your recommendations do not need to be in our

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 29, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  We have nice things on the walls And I have pictures.

  

  towers in New House), and the top floor of House 5. There are around 27 ... own bubble wrap to it. This is on a wall in the same part of the house ... letters back to their MIT family. We tack them up on the wall in the kitchen

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 10, 2013
• Blog / Study Abroad

  From One Cambridge To The Other A year away from the Institute

  

  British. In between correcting our pronunciations of Sixth and Herb he ... did this mean getting to spend some time in Europe but it also meant a ... the world can be enticing. So, in the true fashion of MIT students, I

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • August 12, 2013
• Blog / Personal Travel

  I’m sitting on a bus and am SO sleep-deprived.

  

  , for an 11:15am flight. I made it in plenty of time. Got on the plane ... …and woke up an hour later, to find us in the air. Realized that I slept ... sitting in a little metal box, up in the air, with a bunch of strangers, my

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 15, 2013