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• Blog / MIT Life

  A Day in the Life of an Over-Scheduled Frosh Another hosed blogger? ShOcKiNg

  

  since not doing it on Sunday will throw off my work flow for the rest of the week. That’s okay. I can’t always be on top of it.   I wanted ... planned on waking up at ten at the latest, but both me and my roommate slept

  • by Powers '23
  • October 21, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  [Guest Post] How to Revise a Paper in 5 Easy Steps Claire H. '20's urop experience TM

  

  brought up on my screen. Some were easy typos to resolve, but some of them ... lights came back on, I must’ve looked like one of those people who wander ... back to me, it was nearing the middle of Week 3, and I was on my way to

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • December 9, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Year 2 at Hogwarts Holy Hell, I'm a sophomore

  

  . Literally dozens of opportunities for you to explore new research or get a job ... sense, because the plot of the robot’s motion on the computer (distance ... out laundry bags. There are hundreds of companies on campus. Trust me

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • September 22, 2014
• Blog / Classes

  bucket lists, grocery lists, and a li(s)tany of other things this is actually just an excuse to make people list-en to me talk about minecraft

  

  been what he calls “Zedvancements.” On top of the standard advancements ... absurd amount of people using it (as Vincent H. '23 can attest to), I’m on ... on my laptop every so often. It might mean finally centralizing all of

  • by Teresa J. '26
  • November 3, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Introducing the Class of 2013: Trevor ‘13 The sixth in a series of articles about the incoming MIT class.

  

  made a game of adding the numerals he saw on houses -- 349 S.E. Main ... Continuing our series Introducing the Class of 2013: Trevor '13 ... valedictorian Trevor Zinser reacts as an impromptu tower of paper cups collapses

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 10, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  But What Are They Really Looking For? My thoughts (advice) on navigating (surviving) the college application process.

  

  will be you must move on and should make the most of the school you do go ... things are becoming clear to me. This time of year my life has long been full of finding out about the lives of those who are applying to MIT and

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • November 11, 2014
• Blog / Events

  Oh the Places You’ll Go! Did you know Dr. Seuss was a SigEp?

  

  . When hundreds of families descend on the MIT campus once again - it'll be ... The land of 85% humidity, cheap food, and scooters that can ... hum of the air conditioner, the lazy sunlight streaming in through the

  • by Chris S. '11
  • May 27, 2008
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Boston, through the lens of my children Visiting Boston at 37 years of age was ...

  

  hours of driving, four nights in hotels (the cost of hotels in Cambridge is outrageous and is borderline criminal), and a whole new outlook on ... Spongebob charms and a shiny new pair of white Crocs. Archer was the bag man

  • by Snively '11
  • October 19, 2025
• Blog / Personal Travel

  childhood and disney world trips

  

  bouncing at the thought of seeing animals alongside going on fun rides. We ... rollercoaster that features a loopty loop and lots of fast twists and turns. I ... 'm not sure why. I think it's a fear of vomiting on one. Granted, I

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 25, 2022
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Where are we going?

  

  of time thinking about and working on things that will impact future ... . Our housemasters of several years, Prof. Julian Wheatley and his wife Marjorie, will be leaving for South Asia at the end of this school year

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • November 13, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Freezing My @$$ off at CPW By: Andrea '11

  

  loved how every time I met a new person it went sort of like this: Me ... saw my pictures on Facebook, and a lot of them are of my host’s ... about food.... The amount of free food on campus was INSANE! There were

  • by Bryan
  • April 16, 2007
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Pimp my sukkah. I really can't think of a better blog entry title than that.

  

  I was on. Looking back, I think it's kind of like the Borg ... : Pimp My Sukkah. Hello everyone! FYSH (first year students of Hillel) is holding a fantastic event TODAY in our Sukkah on the Kresge Oval. We'll be

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 5, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  The After

  

  is.Every year, the same group of friends I met in Maseeh gathers on ... In a couple months, I’ll be back in Cambridge after 10 years of ... work on psets, a lot more talking with people, and probably the same

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • January 26, 2025
• Blog / Classes

  Ridiculous things I’ve been up to in which i wear an exoskeleton

  

  a new laptop around the end of July, following the advice in the ... picked Manjaro, a distro based on Arch. I wanted the glory of the AUR, but ... when I do. I got a new pair of shoes, since my old shoes were tearing at

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 10, 2020
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Belonging Who belongs at MIT?

  

  going to be brief -- the new freshmen remind me of bouncy balls and are all excited and happy to be at MIT... and they are full of questions, so I've been sapped of most of my question-answering energy... that or I

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 29, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  summer scraps life updates

  

  I am sitting, alone on the second floor of a brand-new cafe, with smooth grey walls and crisp, square wooden tables. The smell of fresh paint ... , throwaway books on the shelf that spans the far wall. My table trembles when

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • July 30, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  My First Visit I... got lost on the tour, actually...

  

  certainly cannot substitute for the real experience of being on MIT's campus ... Institute of Technology. The context of my trip: New York City is a few hours ... I realize that some of my readers may not have had the opportunity to

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • October 10, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  What are French House residents doing this summer? Writing code, making models, reading, buying comic books, eating brownies, playing Guitar Hero 3...

  

  Physics of Living Systems in brand new Technology Square next to MIT in ... to help develop a mathematical model of the electric properties of ... property to keep track of how composites containing carbon nanotubes hold up

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 26, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Maybe I’m Amazed ...but not until Season 13, at least.

  

  season of the Japanese show and have to switch to a new season of the show ... yentls" and "making fun of other people on camera". I mean, what better way ... eavesdropping on conversations, I noticed that most of the discussion back in this

  • by Sam M. '07
  • February 19, 2007
• Blog / IAP

  Different Perspectives IAP from the minds of a few different people

  

  especially useful for anyone planning on doing MISTI Israel. In one of the ... New Hampshire and learned how to ice climb! It was a lot of fun, and I ... brainpower) to spend on each of them. That being said, I'm really heavily

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • January 26, 2014