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• Blog / MIT Life

  “Hello! I would like to schedule a meeting with Senator Markey.” Exciting spring break plans

  

  solar astrophysicist at Harvard. The AAS has a whole website on how to ... to present my research at AAS conferences, and membership turns out to provide valuable access to new opportunities. In this case, I realized that

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 7, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Our new video And yeah we’re kind of jazzed about it

  

  By now many of you have seen our new promo video on the website. And ... video to be featured right on the homepage. Its part of our overall communication strategy to showcase a constantly changing mix of videos -- from old

  • by Kris Guay
  • February 7, 2012
• Blog / Uncategorized

  some small distractions to help with many weighty things

  

  tomorrow/Saturday at pi time). but we're not going to talk about any of that ... good that this world has to offer. this post is that place. here are some ... . like, actually, this man is losing his damn mind in a way you have to see

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • December 18, 2020
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  happy lunar new year the year of the tiger

  

  have to wear red daily to ward off bad luck. Somebody else asked me today why birth years are unlucky. I do not know why, although according to a Google search, those in their ben ming nian (birth year) may encounter

  • by Rona W. '23
  • February 2, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Sabar drums, Rwanda, and the C.I.A Can you guess what all this stuff has in common?

  

  ? me either I just googled "hard math") To fulfill this, you're required ... 's impossible to rank the events by awesome, I've ranked them chronologically: 11 ... only wants you to be able to use maths to solve all sorts of problems

  • by Chris M. '12
  • September 18, 2008
• Blog / How to MIT

  How to Overcommit Responsibly sidequesting like a pro

  

  to stretch yourself thin. You’ve all seen the graph- social, academics ... , and it’s important to understand the mechanics of the game you’ve just ... , this can also be a good refresher. Some of the following is specific to

  • by Anika H. '26
  • October 6, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  My Stomach Overrides All Priorities culinary procrastination

  

  or forget to check Google Tasks, as I am wont to do: "Feed Kristina ... from the somewhat ambitious "Find a UROP to turn into a thesis!" to "Keep ... in my browser to do just that, I was seized by the sudden necessity to

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • August 22, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  What’s Making Me Happy: Week 3 Independent Video Games, X-Men, and Interstellar

  

  " website, is going back and redoing two weeks of bundles, allowing us to ... it's a good time to stock up on cheap games! The Boston Festival of ... , are happy to hear *X3 SPOILERS* the death of Xavier, Cyclops and Jean

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • May 18, 2014
• Blog / Community Projects

  Vroom Vroom! Hey! I know him!

  

  building something scary that does something awesome and it's fun to see his ... in his Facebook profile that led me to believe something big was going ... to Pika. Epic win. Total miles today: 5.65. These amused me, but I

  • by Snively '11
  • June 29, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Admissions Statistics 2007 Numbers, numbers, numbers.

  

  admitted Early Action? Luckily, I can refer most folks to our website, where ... 'll update the freshman class profile page closer to Registration Day. Here's a ... Admits 1,553 Early action Applicants 3,493 Admitted 390 Deferred to regular

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 8, 2007
• Blog / Advice

  Exploring Classes a guide

  

  a number of different course planning websites (and apps!) to choose ... factors to consider: staying on track with HASS classes, completing major requirements, finishing up the GIRs, avoiding schedule conflicts, and trying to

  • by Alex M. '21
  • August 29, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Theory of Actual Reality

  

  up: the Pacific Northwest and Bay Area, starting Sunday. I forced Ben to go to 3.091 (Intro Chemistry, solid state version) today, to see for ... musicals (not to mention a brief mention of MIT). Soon after, we were wading

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 22, 2004
• Blog / MIT Life

  Snowed In at the Fraternity the blizzard is real.

  

  for Tuesday and Wednesday. My Momentum competition was pushed back to Friday (whew! more time to prepare). You saw blizzard coverage on the MIT ... were making up words to sound cute. But apparently blustery means

  • by Erick P. '17
  • January 28, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  What should I be doing now? Tips for regular and early applicants.

  

  If you are applying to MIT this year (early or regular), here's an update on what you might want to be thinking about: For Regular Action Applicants Schedule your interview now.* The deadline (December 1) to schedule

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 28, 2006
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Harvard Square Photoblog Complete with funny captions. At least, I think they're funny. You be the judge.

  

  mile from my fraternity house (according to GoogleMaps), I got here by a ... around downtown Boston to do a little shopping (which had the added benefit ... down Boylston towards Skullhouse. All was going well - I was nearly to

  • by Paul B. '11
  • July 26, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Review of “Shopgirl”

  

  has a future. Mirabelle is forced to choose between Ray and Jeremy, two ... to see "Shopgirl," a movie based on a novella by Steve Martin. Claire ... someone you see everyday and have been introduced to on numerous occasions

  • by Melis A. '08
  • November 5, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  New Year Resolutions in Fall An ambitious list of things I wanna do that probably won't get done

  

  With the school year coming back around, it only feels necessary to pretend it’s December 31st and start making a list of things I want to ... challenge myself with:   Visit 15 new places to eat in the Cambridge

  • by Richard O. '28
  • August 31, 2025
• Blog / How to Human

  Procrastination in the Time of Corona i have so much time and so many ways to procrastinate my work

  

  finish up a website that would be super useful to kids stuck at home right ... free time and loneliness. While I generally try not to literally do ... hard to continually motivate myself to finish my outstanding psets and

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • March 24, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Our loving, our friends, and our labor This entry is based on Aaron Copland's opera "The Tender Land."

  

  was actually pretty cool, though. Through this website, we got to ... -day week and here's what I've done tonight: 1. gone to a two-hour group meeting for my UROP (the turkey one) just to get free apple pie 2. discussed

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 22, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  intention via YearCompass

  

  Every year, I try to set aside a chunk of time to reflecting on the ... Google Calendar, any event that evoked a strong emotion, I wrote down. This was a really fun exercise to do because I genuinely forgot that so many

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 1, 2023