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• Blog / MIT Life

  Low Balance A epic story of Chinese food, heartbreak, and loss. All because I have no TechCash.

  

  Verde's, the small grocery store on campus, and I go for Anna's. On four hours of ... one of the people on shift with me for money, but I can't pay them back ... maybe like the end of IAP. I'll get back to you on that.) Day 9. The

  • by Jess K. '10
  • December 18, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Where are you going, where have you been? The answer is "to a fast food restaurant to blog; to four countries in one…

  

  German music on trains through Italy, and one of them was by the great pop ... pictures, I had like 8 seconds of video left on my memory card, so I said ... DID YOU KNOW? One of the sister cities of Hiroshima, Japan is my

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 17, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  The Freshman Application Is Now Live for prospective members of the Class of 2020

  

  ; The freshman application is now live on MyMIT. Our online application guide, with an overview of each of the components of the application, including essays, letters of recommendation, required tests, interviews, and

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 18, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Fifteen Minutes to Clear My Head on my morning walk from Boston to MIT

  

  breathtaking: On the front steps of our frat house. Ok, not breathtaking yet ... take a picture. I had just taken a snapshot of something I see every single morning. I stepped onto the sidewalk and took another picture of the

  • by Erick P. '17
  • December 3, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  We are artists & writers extracting creative talent around campus

  

  foster all kinds of creative juice. I wanted to introduce one such example, and that is RUNE, MIT's journal of art and literature. Having partaken ... to continue doing. So what is RUNE as a club like? We are a group of

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • November 12, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Greetings from MIT Labs! Introducing MIT: The Game

  

  on an extremely awesome and extremely top secret project: MIT: The ... admissions staff, it allows students to experience all the best parts of an MIT education (burritos, roller coasters, and such) from the comfort of their own

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 1, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Hits from the ‘90s ♪ Why can't we be friends? ♫

  

  use all of them. They're just good to have in case of an emergency. That ... twitter. Facebook, I do use, as many of you have discovered. I get about 2 ... absolutely zero of them. Shock, I know, one of the faces of the MIT Admissions

  • by Snively '11
  • July 2, 2009
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  LAST! It's the end of the world as we know it!

  

  .S. in light of the dwindling time we have left here on Earth, I propose ... ’re thinking “But Chris, why on Earth wouldn’t shirk my responsibilities? What do ... . Yes boys and girls, the doomsday device built under the guise of solving

  • by Chris M. '12
  • September 10, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Exercises in Style with apologies to queneau

  

  which? Homeoptotes On a certain date, I carried a crate with a lot of ... part of the crowd of people you saw on your way. Two friends will leave ... 's gap longer than usual. Oops! As part of 21W.765 Interactive Narrative

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • September 20, 2022
• Blog / Hacks

  Laser Graffiti I found something cool on the way home.

  

  of the windows were black. But this was on the side of the building ... spent about two hours there this evening, then walked home. On the way ... always has a light on because graduate students never stop working. This

  • by Anna H. '14
  • August 28, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Like a freshman Getting a P+ isn't just for frosh anymore.

  

  contemplating the prospect of having a class on Junior/Senior P/D/F. You get to do ... first time. Last night I woke up at 5:30 to put the finishing touches on ... eventually turned out to need about two and a half hours of touching) when I

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 6, 2006
• Blog / IAP

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

  

  is. On top of re-learning my table manners, the Ballroom Dance Team ... the 6 credits required for our Bachelors. On top of not getting my ... today. Mitra mentioned that on Monday, we have registration day, and then

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

  Lazy hazy crazy Summer for me means lab and cooking. I'm not sure which I like better.

  

  I am just full of sweetness and light today. Lab-related good news ... in charge of my lab? I do this in person all the time -- I'll be ... my postdoc that I should do a handful of further experiments, then

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • June 4, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Firehose Warning: insomniac blogger on the loose.

  

  of my time immersed in the intricacies of addition reactions to alkenes ... chemistry), not to mention the peculiarities of second-order ordinary ... on the same day. Yes, I'm not very happy about that fact, but it

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 19, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Bachelor’s & Master’s in 5 Years An attractive option offered to undergraduates in the Department of Urban Studies and Planning.

  

  This will be the first in a series of entries focused on my ... heard that many of MIT's engineering departments have something called the MEng, or Master of Engineering, which is typically a one-year degree

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • November 15, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  What I Have Learned From The Early Decision Process At MIT Here are some of the things that impressed me.

  

  *Update as of 2015: Early action is available to both domestic and ... covered that. So let's get to the meat of the matter (or for you vegans out there, the shiitake mushroom of the matter). Here are some of the things

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • December 6, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  Trail Notes

  

  that I stand on the same ground as such giants, that both of us exert some force on this planet. It was – and MIT is – a rapid expansion of ... of affirmation for me. On days when I feel overwhelmed by the change

  • by Sara N. '28
  • October 6, 2024
• Blog / Athletics

  Row, row, row your boat aka varsity sports at MIT

  

  . The girls on my team are some of my best friends and I know they will be there for me no matter what. Although being on crew means I have kind of a ... part of a team, and getting out on the water every morning helps me de

  • by Becca H. '12
  • September 27, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  making meaning exit right in 0.1 miles

  

  a lot this summer. I've made a lot of progress on my research, and I ... job on IQ-TREE has been running for more than an hour. For my UROP, I'm exploring the role of a bacterial communication system called quorum sensing

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • August 30, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Summer Listening What's in your stereo?

  

  What all started as a blatant rip-off of Kris's post on summer ... , which determines a song's relative "summerness" based on qualities of ... else bummed by the lack of female representation on this list? For some

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • August 12, 2011