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• Blog / MIT Life

  MIT Dorms: MacGregor House Because really, sometimes you just need your own space.

  

  people in other entries, so the entry culture is more indicative of your ... As part x in a y-part series (which is to say that all the bloggers ... opened in 1970, and it basically screams "70s architecture"), but it's home

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • April 20, 2006
• Blog / Class Projects

  The Best and Worst Places to 💩 on Campus

  

  in stalls, if you can hear the person next to you fighting demons as ... , strength of air dyers) I also asked if there were a full mirror in the ... interactive maps. Then, I took each entry in the list, grouped them by common

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 9, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Early Action Update The latest on app tracking, app numbers, etc.

  

  , which would be 800 more than last year's 5,684. The increase in ... seen an increase in applications despite the fact that the number of high school graduates in this country has leveled off." [read more

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 18, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  Decisions, Decisions….. Don't Panic!

  

  contrary, if you don't get in it's a good indication that this probably wasn ... 's gonna be happy to be here or not. Their job is in some ways to look out ... for everyone. So in short, if you don't get in, don't worry. It doesn

  • by Chris M. '12
  • March 13, 2010
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Guess who can legally drive alone in Maine now? Learning to drive on hard mode (i.e., in Boston)

  

  National Park in Maine. We planned meticulously for the trip – booking the Airbnb months in advance, creating an itinerary of trails to hike, and even ... friends objected. “Don’t people drive on the left side of the street in

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • January 19, 2025
• Blog / How to Human

  Dishwashers, parents, space: what do these things have in common?

  

  use of a dishwasher is the last frontier in an immigrant household, an indication of complete Americanization. The dishwasher is a rare kitchen appliance in most countries outside of the US and apparently many immigrants

  • by Melis A. '08
  • October 9, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  A Cautionary Tale of Two Students You may be surprised by how many first year students at MIT believe that they…

  

  Indulge me for a moment. How many times have we seen the movie in ... dishonored him by stepping on his sneakers in a crowded auditorium. Why do I ... Hollywood fantasy. NEWSFLASH... NO ONE MAKES IT AT MIT/COLLEGE (OR IN LIFE

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • November 22, 2006
• Blog / How to Food

  sourdough start & restart & starter this is and is not a metaphor

  

  novel hobby, in certain circles, to have begun a sourdough starter during ... then he fell quickly. Was that too fast? Did it indicate something was wrong? In the leadup to bread day, I shifted my nervousness to the bread

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • June 19, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Lessons from Loomis and Whitney a math month post

  

  between points and lines that Andi alluded to in his post on duality (though ... perhaps some thoughts about life at MIT too. If you're not as interested in ... some thoughts about life at MIT :). The math in the first part is some

  • by Paige B. '24
  • April 23, 2024
• Blog / How to Human

  positive and negative energy revisiting midnight gospel

  

  interviews. in the third episode, darryl, the interviewee, is an ex-convict who spent his time in prison practicing spirituality and magic. when i first ... says things like: “The reason that meditation is so important in magic

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • February 5, 2023
• Blog / People & Identities

  dating while asian to love & be loved freely

  

  In high school, the boys didn’t like me. A friend suggested that perhaps it was because our school was 80% Caucasian and in the heart of Portland, Oregon, the whitest major metropolitan area in the country. And it

  • by Rona W. '23
  • August 30, 2021
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  An unexpected discovery, from a few centuries ago It takes more than four years to get to know a place

  

  This is my fourth year in Cambridge. But earlier this week I learned ... grocery run. It was wine and cheese night in my suite, so I was preparing an appetizer of brie sprinkled in candied walnuts, wrapped in puff pastry, and

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • September 20, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How hard is it, really? Let down

  

  indicators, MIT does its best to make sure you end up in a physics class that ... took a physics class in high school but it was more hands on and not AP ... continued through IAP in January, something I didn't want to do. The first

  • by Snively '11
  • April 9, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Keep it simple, stupid I try to choose classes for the fall. Things get messy.

  

  have cool things to talk about. I'm sure you're all excited. In the ... -epiphany where I kind of sort of maybe started thinking about majoring in 2A ... .900 because not only am I interested in the subject, but it fulfills two HASS

  • by Laura N. '09
  • August 9, 2006
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  what i’m doing this fall leadership tingz

  

  in mind for this semester. We've been having exec meetings through summer to prepare! Coming in, I had absolutely no idea how weird managing ... ="Information platform for organizations and programs in the MIT community"]MIT Engage

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • September 2, 2020
• Blog / Events

  Flu shots optimizing literally everything

  

  Last Thursday, MIT Medical had a walk-in clinic at Walker, where MIT community members could walk in and get a flu shot. I was initially a bit ... get the shot because I’ve had really bad experiences with injections in

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 8, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Jupiter’s Moons, Doge, and a Tub of Icing how to CPW from Yuliya the Undecided HS Senior

  

  Tuesday before CPW, caught my attention in particular. In it, Yuliya the ... ever. In summary: because CPW. But here is more (from April 8, 2014): I ... of lectures entitled “FIREHOSE” (in reference to a popular descriptor

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 6, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Electrophoresis Boogaloo What it sounds like, plus some brief things that came to mind

  

  In just the past few hours, I've realized a few things, mostly about ... doing well enough" sentiments kick in. However... ...I learned about a different way to look at it. One of my friends in Denmark and I had a chat

  • by Emad T. '14
  • September 16, 2012
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  I can tell that we are gonna be friends (part 1) I'm talking to you, Alan Guth.

  

  indicate: 1) Whether I'm more interested in experimental or theoretical ... random proctor and explained the situation; he suggested that I was in the wrong building, which irked me (in the wrong building for my first final

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 2, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Dorm Companion #2: Cat The Boston Globe discusses MIT's four cat-friendly dorms.

  

  allows cats in four of its 11 undergraduate dorms, a rare amenity that ... experiment at MIT several years ago has now taken hold in the campus culture ... lowing pets in dorms, and drawing attention from schools across the country

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 9, 2008