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• Blog / How to MIT

  Gallivanting with Gilles or, how I learned to stop worrying and love the MIT Mailing Lists.

  

  one of the first things I saw was a listing for a car: We are ... often find occasion to derail the discussion of extracurriculars and ... best-kept secret about being part of the MIT community. For this reason

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 4, 2010
• Blog / IAP

  (another) postcard from GTL spain and an unexpected crossover with the Edgerton Center

  

  that’s all you need.' — paraphrased from the instructor on the first day of MIT's pistol class [annotation note="unfortunately I was on the waitlist and did not make it beyond the first class, so I do not remember his

  • by Veronica P. '27
  • February 1, 2025
• Blog / Events

  Cultured C-Show 2011

  

  in the future. (4) I learned that the ratio of Dunkin' Donuts to ... story of an inception attempt that failed in the face of true love; they ... A couple of noteworthy events took place yesterday: (1) I discovered

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • April 2, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  REXit FOMO....or JOMO???

  

  Today is August 31st, the final day of REX, but I’m writing this from the comforts of home in Seattle, more than three thousand miles away ... a plane in less than 48 hours heading back into the land of problem

  • by Alex M. '21
  • September 4, 2019
• Blog / Events

  Why Leadership? (guest post) Inclusive leadership and vision-building at LeaderShape 2018.

  

  it was received and intentional. This program is the first of its kind ... the big dreams that brought you to campus in the first place. LeaderShape breaks you out of your daily routine and gives you a hard shake by the

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • January 21, 2018
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Alpha Delta Phi To Be The Best of Men

  

  in the wrong direction, I saw Random Hall for the first time. As I ... -racial... If you identify as a child of a single-parent... If you are first ... humanities... The statements spanned all spectrums of human life, from income

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • October 20, 2013
• Blog / Residential Life

  What’s Happening at McCormick? Guest Post by MC^2's REX Chairs

  

  first 6 letters of the alphabet, we made sure that REX this year at Mccormick represents the culture, sense of community, and overall fun you ... Hi!  We are the REX chairs of Mccormick (Adina G. ‘22, Camellia H

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • August 27, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  California, Here I Come… I begin my Fall Travel by heading to the West Coast

  

  to Sacramento for the first central meeting of my California trip. Over ... young woman came all the way from Hawaii) and a terrific group of Educational Counselors (ECs) too. The Seattle/Tacoma group of ECs obviously

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • September 28, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Silent Dance Party If we had the chance, we'd ask the world to dance.

  

  than a sledgehammer, its collective love of the song "The Way I Are" by ... .e. events in lieu of blasting dance parties - one of which was the "silent dance party". Later that evening Jamie of the 133 suite sent out an email

  • by Jess K. '10
  • September 17, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  A blog post about blog posts Superstar blogger emeritus Mollie gives us some of her favorite entries [now its own post!].

  

  cannot afford the costs of the travel [...] Since I cannot make it, what ... archives. You have probably not read anything before the summer of 2006 ... own entries the best. If you know of a particularly trenchant entry

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 9, 2007
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  DRAW TIM (the beaver) behold the artistic talents of MIT staff

  

  ,"[/annotation] which is a direct rip-off of my pal Valerie's recent Zine projects. The leader of this icebreaker chooses an object or a character that the ... : "Don't look at any pictures of X or the actual, real-life X. Then, draw X

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • April 5, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  1 day in the life of an MIT student

  

  questions I was asked was "Can you name all of the Beatles' first and last ... The unabridged version of a semi-recent, semi-typical, but memorable ... go back to sleep. It had been a late night of work for both of us the

  • by Ana V. '15
  • November 12, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Application: August 19 In a few short weeks, the MIT 2012 Freshman Application will be posted.

  

  Doc of the various deadlines and requirements for all of the ... -come, first-served basis. An article in the New York Times last year summed this ... possible jump on the nerve-racking process of applying to college, as if they

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 1, 2011
• Blog / Classes

  What I’m taking this semester! senior fall

  

  to Film Studies [21L.011] Archery, for the first quarter of the ... .1200[/annotation] was fun! But I digress. This is the first upcoming semester that I ... of the Communication Requirement in your major. Not only do you learn

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • September 4, 2024
• Blog / IAP

  Different Perspectives IAP from the minds of a few different people

  

  first of which is a swim class, so I can finally get the swim requirement ... IAP is a wonderful time here at MIT, where the month of January is ... doing activities that interest me. I decided to spend the first three

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • January 26, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  NIGHTMARISH THOUGHTS fear of technology

  

  Hello all, I interrupt the great back-to-school flow of these blogs ... ordering an e-book reader (the brand of which I will not specify but you ... NO.1 MOST FAVORITEST THING ABOUT THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. It's an

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • August 22, 2011
• Blog / Events

  Weekend Adventures Part One the first of several "a day in the life of Cyd" posts

  

  know what the daily life of an MIT student (i.e. me) is like. So i decided to chronicle my weekend! This will be the first of several "a day in the life of Cyd" posts and I can imagine them being lots of fun (for me

  • by Cydnie T. '12
  • November 23, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Hey look, I’m famous…or something

  

  where I find it sort of exciting to be in the Tech, assuming that I'm not ... wonder how long that will last. Though I remember that the first time I was ... East Campus, home of the Emergency Pizza Button and the Motorized Couch

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • October 18, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  things that went well reflections on my first semester

  

  ’t think about physics at all for the first half of 2020, and then I got to ... It’s almost the end of 2020, which is terrifying. And hopeful, of ... point of the above, but this was such an important and new experience. Not

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • December 25, 2020
• Blog / People & Identities

  in this coming year we run and rest and make and keep up the relentless pace

  

  parts. I loved the camaraderie of people all grinding to finish their part of the project — there were vital sections of the project that I never ... . Seeing everything come together was so rewarding. I love the feeling of

  • by Amber V. '24
  • January 5, 2024