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• Blog / Challenges

  I’m still here (and MIT’s still hard) The little comment that wasn't. (This isn't edited. It sounds awkward at times. Deal.)

  

  thereof are not my friend right now.) And at the start of the first class ... I started writing a brief response to some of the comments on Chris ... it was a portmanteau of my first and last names and could therefore

  • by Keri G. '10
  • January 12, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  sitting down no more sprinting

  

  , Jenga-ed into the trunk of my roommate's parents’ car. The morning of ... , rearranged the two sets of closet/bed/desk, and halfheartedly unpacked t-shirts before going out for Korean food with friends. Immediately, the rush of MIT

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • October 12, 2023
• Blog / Events

  Fall Formal My Saturday evening.

  

  One of the most common misconceptions about MIT is that the Institute ... misconception not only because of all the prospectives students I've talked to about MIT's supposed lack of fun, but also because I used to think the

  • by Paul B. '11
  • September 24, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Regional Meetings begin Texas, Puerto Rico, and Florida are first up.

  

  first regional meeting of the year, Thursday night in Orlando/Winter Park ... happens at these meetings? What should you expect? First, the admissions ... for you? We will of course talk about admissions, including the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 5, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Deep Breath what's next for all our applicants

  

  . The first answer, of course, is to keep on keeping on. Keep doing well ... 's great about you Chris. You're just a bit soft. Just the right amount of ... going. Over the past month I've tried to unpack for you some of our

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 11, 2011
• Blog / Announcements

  To our prospective students and their families on taking care of ourselves and the people we love

  

  lives of many people around the world, including our prospective students ... public interest, the educational trajectories of our prospective students ... moment for many of the students who have been looking forward to visiting

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • May 27, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Summer on the West Coast A visit to the west coast to see what life is like on the other…

  

  country to visit the great state of California!  Growing up on Long Island ... .  Herbert actually gave me a tour of his lab and the JPL campus, and it was ... -JPL research.  The program that Herbert took part in is one of the Caltech

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • August 19, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  Tetazoo is not a Hivemind Haha... just kidding... unless?

  

  for the entirety of the scavenger hunt take some pictures It’s a good ... and writing in the middle of it all, that I realize how much I love ... I finish performing in my first MTG production (post about that coming

  • by Powers '23
  • November 24, 2019
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Folding with Flair Adding a third dimension to boring old paper

  

  cardinal was one of the first origami models I folded purely from a crease ... saw the light of day (mostly because I forgot about it until last ... because of a book I’d found in the school library. It contained a variety of

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • August 4, 2023
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Get The Scoop The dish on ice cream around MIT.

  

  Without fail, if I could only eat one food for the rest of my life ... went at the end of last semester before it was time for us to take our finals. One of the nice thing about Tosci's is that they have some pretty

  • by Bryan
  • January 27, 2006
• Blog / Advice

  greta gerwig’s barbie and insecurity aka moving to college

  

  rekindled my love of the movie and feel inclined to revisit it. Now I know I’m far from the first person to talk about Barbie, and its importance to ... my feelings of self-doubt and attitude towards the “real world”. So

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • September 19, 2024
• Blog / Personal Projects

  Poemtober! the only thing harder than writing is not writing

  

  really like a lot of the poems that came out of these. It was interesting ... when I look back over the stuff I wrote in Oct., I really like a lot of ... of the fallen trees – their ancient, winding roots torn from the earth

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • November 17, 2018
• Blog / IAP

  Kiss the Frog Charm School and Nerdy Pick Up Lines. What can I say?

  

  the first day of classes is Tuesday, YIKES! But I didn't get through ... , a snapshot of the dinner table (me, my mom, and my three younger ... faculty and staff from all around MIT help members of the community practice

  • by Bryan
  • February 3, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Work Hard, Play Hard Me trying to find a balance between work and fun

  

  and just kind of doing nothing but chillin. However, on the other end I ... friends/free time has changed a lot since I got to MIT. One of the biggest changes between high school and college is just the amount of freedom you

  • by Ben O. '19
  • July 6, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Info Session Courtesy of Ben Jones

  

  here so it looks like we get to skip the Intl admissions part of the ... 1865. It wasn't in Cambridge at first, it started right across the river ... genome guy? yeah, that's him) you will spend the first three minutes

  • by Snively '11
  • March 28, 2008
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Coffee in the Pagi-nation [joint post] breaking cruel rituals

  

  2024’s,[/annotation] some of the admissions officers were talking about ... , transcripts, and letters of recommendation. In light of COVID-19, the ... were navigating the exhausting world of “virtual events” and found that

  • by Paige B. '24
  • November 11, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  I’m laughing out loud cheek. muscles. cramping.

  

  It's pre-finals week. Today is the last day of classes. Projects are ... Facebook wall, linking me to the first trailer for Sherlock Season 3 (EEEEEEE ... series of e-mails from my bff Sophie W. '14. Background: at the end of each

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 11, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Tangential Learning Isn't the point of research to delve into what you don't know?

  

  might've had your mind blown. He's the type of Guido that made a ... constraints on the typology of human language. In particular, our latest project ... number of men ride horses at great speed and fire long-rifles into the air

  • by Emad T. '14
  • July 19, 2011
• Blog / How to Food

  IAP Cooking a journey of uncooked pasta and cold pho

  

  First day of IAP![annotation note="and in an effort to reduce the amount ... pretty much lived off of avocado toast in the morning and Maseeh dining for ... amount of time making pasta,[/annotation]and ended up dropping the turkey

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • March 10, 2024
• Blog / About Decisions

  Decisions, Decisions

  

  five questions: On a scale of 1-10, with 10 being the highest and 1 ... the expense of my social life/sanity? Also, how much do students tend to ... 's opinions on the types of people at MIT - I know there are a lot of different

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 28, 2005