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• Blog / Events

  The Deep Breath Before the Plunge THIS IS . . . wait, this isn't Sparta. Wha-? Aw, shoot, I took a…

  

  's campus tournament! So have some fun, get closer to your dorm-mates and ... : Dear Undergraduates, Have you ever wanted to make a difference? Have you ever wanted to show people that you have some power? Have you ever wanted

  • by Snively '11
  • March 8, 2008
• FAQ / First-year application

  What’s the difference between Early Action (EA)/Regular Action (RA)?

  -binding) vs. RA, and thus no advantage or disadvantage to applying for either round, aside from learning your decision earlier. Every applicant has to ... that time, you may be admitted, denied, or deferred to Regular Action
• Blog / Classes

  [Guest Post] This is Junior Lab, not Junior Theory By Jorian B. '25

  

  first time, but much easier the second so this is your chance to do paper ... which have a very good time-in to usefulness-out ratio, AND has the ... . Some common phrases to describe it are “stressful,” “time sink

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • September 1, 2025
• Blog / How to Human

  best places to sleep on campus for when your bed is far far away

  

  appear in your notebook but you have no memory of writing them. they are ... to you maybe you are learning through osmosis? 2. Your empty ... a study is being conducted on main campus (worst → best) 1. Your 9am

  • by Amber V. '24
  • November 20, 2022
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  [Guest Post] 10 Reasons I Joined Rocket Team

  

  times graduated members have compared the problems in their jobs to things ... I’m still learning in college is how to spend my limited time and ... involved I could be was how much time and effort I was willing to put in. 3

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 11, 2021
• Blog / Events

  Time Traveling and Teleporting

  

  The Time Traveler Convention keeps getting bigger and bigger. Now, three of the media outlets I most respect have covered it -- NPR, The Economist, and, this morning, the New York Times -- on page 1 of the national

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 6, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  MIT Dorms: Really Random 19 pictures. Don't open on a dialup.

  

  " /> Say Hi to the friendly deskworker... if you're lucky, she'll let you in. WooHoo!! You're inside and want to know what time it is. But ... , probably because I had to much work. Do you always wait for the longest day

  • by Sam M. '07
  • May 13, 2006
• Blog / How to Food

  dinners with friends my wallet is crying

  

  live in my room in east campus, but i'm trying to spend more time in et ... apartments and such. i dunno, back in the philippines being able to pay your ... hotpot place, the first time i've been to any hotpot place, and i was

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 2, 2023
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Dance at MIT!!! [Collab with Ben O. ’19] hip-hop? contemp? bhangra? lion dance? MIT's got it all

  

  answer I have for you guys is… the first time I heard a song I started to ... ’t think I’d have the time for both. I’m really happy that I decided to do ... around the rink.  I have always loved to dance. Music and motion have

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • January 30, 2020
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Running away with the field Junot Diaz is sort of a big deal.

  

  : And Time Magazine To: [email protected] Professor Diaz is away but if you're ... Ysabel de Leon Assistant to Professor Diaz Um, how hot is it to have your ... (I've come out of blogger hibernation to post something too awesome

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 10, 2007
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Getting Stronger the never ending cycle of trying and failing and trying again

  

  you’re some kind of pro, but it was a pretty big deal to me, at the time ... you have to go back up after going down, the wobble of your knees when ... , because you’re not equipped to face the disappointment of not doing it. But

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • November 13, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Metabo lite s Why the Broad Institute is inspiring my exercise goals

  

  committee. More likely though, it is due to my sluggish 40-something metabolism. I’m on a mission to figure out what the heck is going on here, and to use my personal trainer to help me start burning up some calories

  • by Kris Guay
  • May 27, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Tribute This is not the best joke in the world... actually, maybe it is.

  

  that I need to have written by tomorrow, I spent the afternoon in the ... Princess Leia" and "When You're Good to Jabba" and "City on a Cloud" and "One ... good that I'm actually, for the first time, going to include spoiler

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 13, 2005
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Watching Birdwatchers And getting into summer programs.

  

  instructions to "start scanning", which I took to mean "point your binoculars to ... conditions that, to quote Davie, "change your understanding of what it means to ... favorite time of day: when the sun is just about to set, and everything has

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 3, 2012
• Blog / Events

  Why yes, I’m with the news I need a good fedora

  

  . "Sure! I'll take a ride back, why do you have to go to Boston?" Turns out ... improving the environment. They will have the opportunity to express their ... can't very well write about something I don't have access to. So I

  • by Snively '11
  • August 7, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  November summary: books, playlist, gratitude

  

  Socrates. So much for philosophy. books/making time to read/coping with life ... effect, spending this much time with people one-on-one has led to much ... with good weather and good grades. None of these songs have anything to

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • November 25, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  What I want to be when I grow up Did I go with the baseball announcer idea? Or the Daily Show script writer? Read…

  

  job at the time. During primary school, I remember wanting to be a ... the time were really cool. I also wanted to be a novelist. One year the ... . Later life goals have less charm. In fifth grade I wanted to be President

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 6, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Epilogue An open letter about blogging, growing up, and the end of my first year at…

  

  profession? Sorry to those of you who have actual careers like car-washing and ... could leave you here, but once again I have something to show you. Two ... Dear reader: It's time that I confess one of the most soul

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • May 21, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Day in the Life A photographic biography of a Friday

  

  else on MITblogs, appears to have been born with a last name). Sympathy ... -full Linguistics recitation class! At last, I have conquered my life's goal: to be ... time to steam inside a thermally-overachieving kitchen while cooking

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • December 6, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Nisha’s Video Game Review cloud is judging me for this

  

  during the school year because I have no time. As a result, I have a ... dent because I've been attempting to partition my work time and my free ... then suddenly it's midnight and I have to go to bed to wake up early the

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • July 29, 2020