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• Blog / MIT Life

  Kevin’s Room Portrait of an MIT Student

  

  expecting to get in. Other places he applied to include Caltech, which turned ... Sciences) class in which he gets to create multiple design sketches, capped off by a final design project that brings them to life. He’s also

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • November 26, 2016
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Hydrate Happy Sent by the magic of mobile technology

  

  blissfully unaware of Bevi’s existence, prepare to have your day ruined as I ... -aggressively tell me to get better at dispensing water, but to our surprise, the QR ... want to pound my head against a wall, and it costs hundreds of dollars

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • July 3, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  Introducing Two New MIT Students… ...classes of 2026 and 2028 respectively.

  

  ecstatic to hear, "Your Epidural is in." Upon seeing Miles for the first time ... encounters with your younger or older sibling. Yes, I really want to hear about all of the not-so-nice things that you did to your kid sister or brother

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • February 14, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Newly Admitted Student Events… ...coming to your neighborhood.

  

  hometowns for students admitted to the Class of 2015. If there's one in your ... check the listing on your MyMIT account for the most up to date ... Applications its time to start meeting you all! Kim was kind enough to let me

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • March 17, 2011
• Blog / Summer

  MNL → BOS → SFO we live in a so(ci)e(ty)

  

  tricycles, it was always possible to get from point A to point B in an hour on ... most reasonable option to get places. The size of the Bay Area also ... that I get to expense things, so it doesn't feel like I'm buying things

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 1, 2022
• Blog / MISTI

  We open in Venice We next play Firenze, then on to Pisa (lots of laughs in Pisa), our next…

  

  , or your computer will probably implode. I'll have everything back to ... going to get unless you took 15.655: Power and Negotiation in MIT's world ... -looking hallways have been fenced off. But the 12 euros also gets you entrance to the

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 18, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  My mom is here! ...and she's critiquing my cheerleading skills.

  

  school geometry by cheating off my dad. She came to 18.02 (multivariable ... (read: cheap; there were no cheap tickets from Columbus to Boston last weekend) and decided to create her own Parents Weekend this weekend. She

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • October 21, 2005
• Blog / IAP

  Belated Guest Entry by Carin '13 - a little late perhaps but incredible nonetheless

  

  listed…. So if you’re coming to MIT (or you currently go here) and you’re ... My time in Germany sadly came to an end two Sundays ago, when I ... over to England to visit a childhood friend. I've spent the past week

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • August 2, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Thanksgiving a different way All the cool kids call it "Friendsgiving" now, right?

  

  managed to get in some fun (mostly while feeling guilty about doing so ... , Thursday and Friday, to make a four-day long weekend. This year, breaking tradition, we got the full week (to allow for on-campus students to pack and

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • December 2, 2020
• Blog / Advice

  Advice I give others that I don’t follow myself (yet)

  

  that your past self did, without having to do them again. You can admire ... to be like that now. It doesn’t necessarily mean you’re becoming worse ... has to be perfect. Sure, quality beats quantity, but the quality of your

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • July 23, 2020
• Blog / Life after MIT

  What Do You DO All Day? A guest-author entry by Joan Horvath '81.

  me, I'm trying to get everyone so familiar with what scientists and ... place called a library to get information. It was, of course, uphill both ways in the snow to get to the Institute back then. After a stint in

  • by mitblogs
  • March 19, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Really, I don’t feel like thinking of a title right now Now there's a title cop-out you can only use once. Good thing I saved it…

  

  found each other online and chatted a little before getting to MIT. By the ... by her room to say hi so we could finally meet in real life. We haven ... As much as I hate Twitter, I think I'm going to follow the trend of

  • by Laura N. '09
  • May 11, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  I’m a pedestrian! I’m a motorist! Pedestrian! Motorist! Read on, my children, and you shall see of our midnight ride to IHOP.

  

  to identify the source of this wisdom. Ruth, you're not allowed to play ... down in the parking lot with their head in oncoming traffic to get the ... To begin: "If it weren't for my horse, I never would have spent that

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 14, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  fun. the band, but also the form

  

  classroom on Tuesday morning and had to run to get there. I went to an extra ... spent. That after this streak of work, I’m going to crash. You hate your ... thing I have to report to old friends: I’m doing better now, I still get

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 11, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  24 Hours From sleeping in a homeless shelter to waltzing in La Sala

  

  , then read it again. Kirstyn sat out in the hall, on her laptop. To get to ... to bed; "you're a sweet girl," she said, "I'll see you next time! I ... place, report suspicious activity by cell phone to MIT Police 617

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 24, 2013
• Blog / Events

  Fall Formal My Saturday evening.

  

  to get busy for me and my fellow waiters. We spent the next hour almost ... 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 / MIT Life

  Finally, a free minute

  

  fact, all that hard; it's a lot harder to get into law school or medical school than it is to get into PhD programs in biology. And because not as many people apply, it's a lot easier to get into top-flight science

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 5, 2005
• Blog / Uncategorized

  168 Hours and how to spend them

  

  to, very objectively, determine whether or not you’re overcommitted. It ... secure in getting my stuff done now that I know I have enough time to do it ... fiction about the way that reality is going.” blast in your ears.  I go to

  • by Shorna A. '25
  • March 21, 2023
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Mathisms and other linguistic quirks of the nerd incubator

  

  18.701 to 701, I keep thinking you’re talking about biology ... escape the trivial. 8/10 epsilon Example: “It’s getting warm, I’m going to open the window by epsilon” Translation: “I’m going to open the window a

  • by Allison E. '27
  • November 15, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  Missing Application Materials? What to do if your MyMIT tracking shows missing documents.

  

  action needed to be taken by you. You are at no disadvantage of your ... more you need to do. I assure you we will have your scores in plenty of ... action. We do not expect to have finished processing these materials until

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 10, 2010