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• Blog / MIT Life

  REXachusetts Institute of Technology your guide to the daily confusion

  

  . According to MIT's Dormitory Council: Residence Exploration, or REX, is a ... . For the rest of you, REX is a great opportunity to find out about the ... , REX is a time to enjoy yourself, meet as many people as possible, first

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 1, 2022
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  by bike, by train, by wind, by rain getting around different cities

  

  in a place where only driving made any sense. Now that I've been ... .[/caption] In Copenhagen, Denmark, everybody bikes. A guide for a MISTI walking ... taxes, which can double the price of a car. I’m not sure how this

  • by Amber V. '24
  • August 15, 2022
• Blog / About Decisions

  random thoughts about choices why mit? why not mit?

  

  one concern i hear from a lot of people on-the-fence is of mit ... say mit is only as hard as you want it to be. that is a lie, but so is ... . some might say that you can't make a bad choice here, and that may be

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 29, 2022
• Blog / Uncategorized

  the umpteenth post about balancing art and tech version: slightly jaded

  

  “I think I should have a midlife crisis a little earlier,” I said ... ’s. [I’ve been planning for a while to have a midlife crisis and switch to 21E. It may happen slowly, where semester after semester I take a few

  • by Amber V. '24
  • January 30, 2022
• Blog / IAP

  IAP trip to the natural history museum! turns out nature's history is pretty cool

  

  ! It turns out that even a museum you've seen "like four times" can blow ... Glass Models of Plants". They're a large group of extremely detailed and ... of 50 years by a father and son, Leopold and Rudolf Blaschka, working

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • January 27, 2022
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  to the skeletons in my closet an open letter to you

  

  , [annotation note="hello cami here. this is? a different kind of blog. ranty blog ... a blog that explains it step by step i figured id just cut to the part ... it may be. this was just a therapeutic release because this has been

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 27, 2021
• Blog / CPW

  Who’s psyched? I’m psyched! It's gonna be stitchin'!

  

  Last year, about this time, I was typing a blog entry much like this one, under similar circumstances. There are a few key differences ... 'm actually getting a paycheck and have health insurance. Difference 2 - I am

  • by Snively '11
  • April 6, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  When I used to run A reflection on sitting still for a semester

  

  ), and it felt weird to write on a blog about my MIT experience under a ... it was because I had a crush on this girl and running was ‘my time’ to ... outrun anything. I would be untouchable. I had a lot of friends raise

  • by Powers '23
  • December 16, 2020
• Blog / Announcements

  PSA: anyone in the world can stream this MIT class about coronavirus for free this fall the new subject will be broadcast to the public beginning tomorrow, sept 1

  

  up for classes. I'm co-teaching an a first-year advising seminar on ... some of my advisees and helping them pick their classes. A number of them signed up for a new discovery subject being offered by Course 7

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 31, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Guest Post: Taylor Pons from the First-Gen Program #FirstGenPride

  One of the coolest parts of my job is that I actually get to spend a ... ’s a guest post from one of those awesome people who make the MIT ... crowd. At MIT, the First Gen Program is a tight community, and it always

  • by DJ Rock
  • April 14, 2020
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  what we’ve been up to recently a short list about winter break

  

  attempt to not fall off the face of the blogs, here is a list, in no ...   Retaking the GRE ten days ago (and doing a little better than the first time ... really liked a lot of the songs, and dance numbers. Memory was amazing, and

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • January 12, 2020
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  How to be Tim The Beaver anyone can wear the mask.

  

  . Find a partner! Being Tim is Hard Work, and you need someone to guide you ... some time-  beats me why there weren't more people pumped about wearing a ... how to keep cool inside the suit. 3. Complete a quiz to show you know

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • November 4, 2019
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  road trip here in my car I feel safest of all I can lock all my doors…

  

  I really like driving. I wanted to go to college in a city with ... because I like riding in cars. Sophomore year I got a Zipcar membership (only $15 for a 1-year subscription, and cars typically hire for $12/hour

  • by Abby H. '20
  • February 21, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  extraordinary and everyday beauty the city in fall is my city

  

  I got up a little early this morning thanks to the time change and ... say is honestly pretty reasonably-sized for a grocery store). As I left ... time I had a half-dozen, I felt like I just had to blog them (in addition

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • November 4, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT Early Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  by a shared standard of rigorous academics, high character, and a ... arts to make the world a better place. We deferred 6,210 applicants ... can be a difficult decision to receive. Take a deep breath, shake it off

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 14, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My 7 Favorite Places to P-Set! Eat, Work, Repeat.

  

  Without a doubt, I think every student here can agree that problem sets take a significant portion of their time throughout the week. Here ... my favorite place largely due to the mall of food just a staircase away

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • November 10, 2017
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Mocktails happy new year new you

  

  It's 2017 now according to the Gregorian calendar. I'm a frosh.5 (RIP PNR). I am currently about 1700 miles from MIT, physically where I was a year ago when I spent an entire day writing essays for a number of

  • by Abby H. '20
  • December 31, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Memory down résumé lane Serif or sans-serif?

  

  It totally hit me today when I stumbled upon a copy of the Tech and ... adjusting to my new schedule and new classes (also more on that in a later ... up in the Z Center. Here's a throwback to last year's career fair

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • September 20, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  deconstruction end-of-semester atmospheres

  

  i woke up naturally at 9am this morning to a sunny day, feeling ... a haircut at this place my brother recommended--the guy there said he ... then up boylston from the library back to mass ave, picking up a sandwich

  • by Allan K. '17
  • May 17, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  2020 Admitted Student Gatherings Get a vision of your future at MIT

  

  With Campus Preview Weekend just a few weeks away (sign up here if ... if there is a party near you! Here is a little taste of some of the events scheduled this week. For a full, detailed list of events and

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • March 17, 2016