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• Blog / Life after MIT

  The things that can change your life…

  

  , but in the end decided to stay at EC. Then came hall rush. We had ... anyone at first. Right before we got to where Walcott changes into Bemis ... " advice about life at MIT, only one tidbit of which I remember clearly. "If

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • December 9, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Ben’s First Annual Q&A Kidding about the annual part. Catching up with my blog comments... finally!

  

  ," to which I responded "SAME THING BABY!!" and laughed at her like a ... as how we look at it in reading and selection, there is absolutely no ... lot of help from the whole world. The Pakistani Students association at

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 20, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  You’re 18, But You Aren’t Invincible Impressions of my first month at MIT -- both sobering and exciting.

  

  I've been at MIT for just over a month now. It hasn't quite sunk in ... calling home once in a while. There are things to do at all hours ... operate, events with free Bertucci's, hallway colloquies at four in the

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • October 1, 2005
• Blog / How to Food

  Come together (and eat)

  

  at MIT. The way it works is, there are a few dorms with dining halls. I ... hall", not "the dining hall", because if you have a plan at one of these ... 're tooling problem sets with your friend at Baker, you don't have to walk all

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • August 15, 2005
• Blog / Events

  I’m only happy when it rains. You can't take pictures in Boston. Don't even try.

  

  free Shakespeare production that they put on every summer down at Boston ... way, we stopped at The Wrap, a local Boston fast food chain which give ... , the class didn't prepare me at all to analyze this production, but I did

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 23, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  How to do everything wrong and still get into MIT Perfect SAT scores and #1 class ranks are so last millennium.

  

  the back cover, it said that Pinker was a professor at the Massachusetts ... get a full ride. The best way to get a full ride at OSU is by being a ... the performing arts at my high school. I made all 8 shows in the

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 15, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  And So It Ends, And So It Begins May 1 marks the end of this admissions cycle and the beginning of the next.

  

  here at MIT. If you're here in the fall, drop by 3-107 and say hi to us ... introduce yourselves! We met lots of folks at CPW who were regular readers but who had never commented. If you don't mind, comment at least once - just

  • by Ben Jones
  • April 29, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Food, glorious food In which I learn that Simmons Dining is not, in fact, the best that Boston's…

  

  it makes me sad."]more recently[/annotation]). Despite having been at ... out and eat at some actual restaurants near MIT. Plus, Simmons Dining ... ="The name of the restaurant does not help at all..."]almost like a drug den

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • April 6, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  PE classes are…great!? catch me at the 2028 summer olympics

  

  junior year of high school I would look at major requirements and think of ... graduate, with at least 1 in each department along with various other rules ... class is located in the T Club Lounge, also known as a random room at the

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • April 3, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Honse. Nnnyeeeeeeiiiiiigghhhghhhghhhhhh!!!!! 🐎

  

  I'm taking a glass sculpting class this semester! And not to brag or anything, but I am incredibly skilled at making glass ponies. [caption id="attachment_113647" align="aligncenter" width="768"] The master at work.[/caption] For

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • March 26, 2025
• Blog / Rural and Small-Town

  [Guest Post] Small-Town and Rural Students take on MIT and Boston By Vaneeza R. 25'

  

  specifically from rural and small-towns to experience life at MIT and gain ... other before spending the next two days together. At dinner afterwards, we ... about the students’ lives at their schools, and we got to tell them about

  • by Nicole Cooper
  • March 20, 2025
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Memories I know this feelin', yes I know it very well (Thutmose)

  

  at the end of your college application journey? What's the point of ... building was unnecessary. My time at MIT was not just a phase, but a

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • January 25, 2025
• Blog / Athletics

  Unveiling the New Varsity Weight Room let's get buff !!!

  

  After a seven-ish month renovation, the new Varsity Weight Room is now open! Accessible to all those who participate in a varsity sport at ... note="don’t get me started on when there were two teams lifting at the

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • November 23, 2024
• FAQ / First-year application

  What if I’m having a hard time completing the recommendation requirement?

  recommendation from people who can write well on your behalf, or to at least have ... knowledgeable letter on your behalf. A few sentences at the top of a letter
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  I Hate Superman. (I Love Superman.)

  

  other superhero just by looking at them. I thought he was stupid.  During ... discovers that he has multiple forms of cancer and at best one month to live ... grow so much during these months at home. I’d have a job, I’d make lots

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • July 16, 2024
• Blog / Classes

  Doesn’t Feel Real getting from one place to another

  

  of these walks, I reflected a lot on my time at MIT and my relationship ... disability affect your time at MIT?” “It didn’t. Well, I mean. I couldn’t let ... . At MIT, with these flowers comes the optimism of students. They signify

  • by Paige B. '24
  • May 24, 2024
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Uncanny Valley im gonna make you shit your pants

  

  Uncanny valley is a phenomenon where an eerie and unsettling feeling arises when looking at something human-like. This is why humanoid robots ... hasn’t been explored much with scientific rigor and simply remains at

  • by Anika H. '26
  • January 14, 2024
• Blog / How to Human

  home

  

  , I think, is universally agreed upon to be an age at which you ... gawking at the height of the buildings. It feels strange to be in the center ... I’m most certainly trying to find my place and I’m not at all sure how

  • by Shorna A. '25
  • November 4, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  Strands literal and metaphorical >:)

  

  get my haircut at an actual salon, since she thinks that if I bleach and ... looked at me slightly expectantly, and I finally answered - “Six years ... freshman IAP, and I’m bad at remembering to condition it. After I left home I

  • by Shorna A. '25
  • September 10, 2023
• Blog / Athletics

  walking into the MEng thoughts about a 63-mile trek

  

  This past Sunday, at 4 AM on the side of U.S. Highway 1 on Badger ... [/annotation] and stopping at least five McDonald's; a tragedy that would cost us 125 ... 's alright now, fortunately."]we lost Jonathan at mile 32 to some hip flexor

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • September 8, 2023