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• Blog / MIT Life

  Books write our life stories Philosophy, astronomy, religion, neurology - and my plans for the future.

  

  Milky Way form?” and my approach will be to measure and calculate the ages ... begin. I started with my bookshelf, since that seems to be where clutter ... some point, I took a break to refill my mug, pausing on my way out the

  • by Anna H. '14
  • April 30, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  What is the value of college? Food for thought in your college search

  

  responsibility to articulate the transformative impact that they should be having ... guided by service to our mission, which I tend to summarize as utilizing ... work are committed, first and foremost, to helping young people reach

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • May 21, 2025
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Leadership @ MIT (from a froshy perspective)

  

  MIT, freshmen get to do things! Freshmen get to be the president of ... drowning? Well, to be honest, it sometimes happens (it sometimes happens to ... learn from this that our abilities are greater than we thought them to be

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • May 3, 2019
• Blog / How to Food

  How to Survive in a Cook-for-Yourself Community and why meals plans are terrible

  

  of the post offers ways to feed yourself in a non-dining community for ... no leeway for off-campus adventures. To be fair, for people who eat ... try to go to grocery stores as rarely as possible. By the end of the

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 10, 2017
• Blog / About Decisions

  Hesitations about Choosing MIT our experience

  

  lot of ppl are concerned about choosing MIT due to it being more ... ?” boat. We don’t want to treat this blog as a way to directly advise you ... regret coming to MIT, or if you feel Y, you will definitely love being at

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • April 28, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  And So It Ends, And So It Begins May 1 marks the end of this admissions cycle and the beginning of the next.

  

  here at MIT. If you're here in the fall, drop by 3-107 and say hi to us ... leaving MIT to get her PhD. She was one of about 7 people in the world to be ... worked out that way. There are just so many projects that I had to put on

  • by Ben Jones
  • April 29, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Guest Entry: A Yankee in Cambridge Math, exchange programs, and why we love MIT.

  

  thought it would be nice to get away from that for a year. This isn't to say ... going to others for help, it was nice to basically be forced to go to ... to get some kind of perspective on what's out there should start by

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • May 1, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  The College Circle of Life Nance starts waxing about some deep stuff.

  

  weekend to be exact - I sat in a dining room table in the East Flatbush ... she'd be seduced by the allure of the Ivy League. I was positive that ... response. Lesson Three: Be prepared to discuss issues around race and

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • June 8, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  Fears and Hopes how to move forward

  

  don't know how to feel. We will be sitting quietly in Lobby 7 all day from 9am onward to be with one another, listen, and share our hopes for the way forward. In the afternoon we might open up to discussion, feel

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • November 9, 2016
• Blog / UROP & Other Research

  On UROPs Research at a private research institute? Naaaaahhhhh, couldn't be!

  

  my new phone everything was very small and hard to tap. I was way past ... just be me (and the other student that was new to the project) reading ... was working for the Game Lab? I don't know, but I'm excited to be

  • by Mimi S. '22
  • January 21, 2019
• Blog / About Decisions

  I asked people at MIT what they were doing for Pi Day 2025 something is rising... 3/14/25 at 6:28 PM ET

  

  ? (looks at Frank) Didn't that one girl say there's going to be a guest ... , approximate as spheres. I didn’t want to be late to the Blood Moon Fest, so I ... was able to ask her a couple questions along the way. As a professor

  • by Jebby B. '25
  • March 7, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Things That Happened! Since I've been gone~

  

  , I’m being given a lot more path-critical items to do, and as I ... ) to really be working on path-critical items for our project, and to know that I have enough experience and skills to really be of use. On

  • by Selam G. '18
  • March 6, 2017
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Lego Heroines interview with the amazing Maia Weinstock!

  

  projects before the Women in NASA set “I kind of wanted it to be this fun ... name a living scientist. I wanted to help counter that a little bit by saying, ‘Here’s this cool LEGO picture, and by the way, you can follow this

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • April 4, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Cute! an MIT mood meter – Are you smiling today?

  

  opposite way and seeing people look up to the screen and smile... and make ... (and will be coming back soon! c:) But now for the cute... the other day ... Infinite and tracking the intensity of smiles passing by. Students walking

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • April 16, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  nice moments on campus things are okay, actually

  

  that make the grind of MIT bearable, and make me glad to be on campus even in covid times. Knowing that at the end of the week I'll be able to ... such pure joy, just from being able to take a break and take it all in

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • April 10, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  MIT Dorms: MacGregor House Because really, sometimes you just need your own space.

  

  imagine, it's terribly convenient to be able to run downstairs if you run ... the suite to study or party. Our suite lounge happens to be a place to ... (there used to be one in the 80s, but it closed down), but in the meantime

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • April 20, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Post-engagement, pre-Bahamas An exciting week!

  

  both powered to world records (Daedalus and Decavitator) by MIT aero/astro professor Mark Drela. Professor Drela happens to be Adam's academic advisor ... 'll be able to find more people to join your pset group. Comparatively

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 2, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Fall Travel Day 7: Philly Part 4 of my Fall Travelogue.

  

  to Budget where my rental car was supposed to be waiting for me. I ... gave me some good feedback on my presentation - two things to be exact. I ... to make is that Susan Hockfield was the best candidate by a landslide

  • by Ben Jones
  • September 26, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  actual conversations i definitely had last night happy new year i guess

  

  : is this the way you expected your college life to be A: i mean, i guess ... construct invented by big time to sell more time B: sometimes i feel like i ... i could just A: choose to be happy, if i wanted to A: like, just stop

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • January 1, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Studying For Finals Study study study study study

  

  average final grade of 17%) and am about to be thrown into another. Finals ... the solutions, that way I have something to look at if I get stuck. This ... can't do this anymore. I'm heading back to the dorm. I'll be updating

  • by Snively '11
  • May 17, 2008