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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  the threek post! my lovely lovely year on maseeh three

  

  , planned largely by our friend Aleks (a.k.a Garbuz). The Threeks all went to ... some vocal warmups before getting to the main event: my rendition of ... genuinely one of the best things that has happened to me!! since we didn

  • by Angie F. '28
  • May 27, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  Hello world. All your blog are belong to me.

  

  , perhaps it is simpler to introduce myself as part of the team of people that ... the digital ooze, my job is to help make the Internet go for the ... 'd like to do is figure out some shiny new toys to add to the already shiny

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 31, 2009
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Today A Trader Joe's monologue

  

  shake it off. I also enjoy the people. The walk to Trader Joe's is ... if she waves to every passerby, or just the ones she is curious about ... Today, I woke up and walked to Trader Joe's. The elevator was taking

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • April 23, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Winter is coming. actually, it's already here.

  

  cooking for yourself is dragging yourself out of bed each Sunday to get ... post). Until then - adieu!  2013 is getting off to a great start. ... Confession time: I'm one of those West Coasters. The ones who get

  • by Michael C. '16
  • January 16, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  Common Misconceptions and Un-Expectations a list of things i've noticed

  

  the fun things about going to college is having to relearn and adapt to ... /B/C/No Record. I think this is one of the best things about MIT since no other ... just got to come to find out. The Tunnels The MIT tunnel system is one of

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 5, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  “What the hell is water?” Thinking about and understanding your own context…

  

  .” This is all to say that in order to best evaluate applicants it is ... , or context as it is more commonly referred to.  DFW explains “The point ... In his 2005 commencement address to the graduates and assembled

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • August 27, 2024
• Blog / About Decisions

  why i chose mit the paths not traveled

  

  stellar humanities program (which, by the way, it does) or a vague gesture ... these experiences with the overbearing hand of hindsight, to claim that ... admitted to. And if I hadn't chosen MIT, I probably would have chosen the

  • by Rona W. '23
  • April 21, 2023
• Blog / Athletics

  That wasn’t skiing, that was falling with style! Guest post by Katy Kem '16

  

  Washington to get to the Tuckerman’s Bowl. The hike up is worth the ski down ... I managed to get myself through the start gate. I have no memory of ... coming back for more with a grin on your face. The song that best describes

  • by Joel G. '18
  • April 5, 2016
• Blog / Challenges

  Days in lives that aren’t mine in a parallel universe

  

  to the kitchen. Ben is cooking breakfast. "Good morning, CJ." "I don ... lunch. It's not the best lunch, but it's what works. Then I go to class ... one else is up until half past ten, and Sam is the first to wake up. I

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 22, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Waxing nostalgic, in a zen kind of way I've heard of zen. This is not zen.

  

  switched it to P/D/F, but it's okay - by the time I graduate, I'll have taken ... in all your pictures, and to know what a Roth IRA is and how to ... There is a car alarm going off somewhere in my neighborhood. The

  • by Keri G. '10
  • December 31, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Meaning of August It's time for classes, moving, colorful dorm rooms, and new bloggers.

  

  August being exciting. This, I think, is the point where I break to throw ... , you have to convince the person moving into your room that they like the ... I'm going to paint on top of the "elephant" and "armadillo" - which is

  • by Evan B. '10
  • August 15, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Happy Holidays! The bloggers' holiday pic.

  

  Just a quick note to say happy holidays from all of us to all of you. We hope your vacations are fun and safe, and that your 2006 is super. :-) P.S. All questions to date have been answered in the previous entry...

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 19, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Nemo Found the effects of cabin fever

  

  ventured outside behind Baker House, only to get knocked over by the blizzard ... 't seen much snow until coming to MIT. Nemo is by far the most amount of ... to work this afternoon, the river is still frozen over and there are

  • by Connie H. '15
  • February 9, 2013
• Blog / Challenges

  Thoughts for the New Year, part 3 is third time the charm??? questionable

  

  the sailing class next semester, so maybe I'll get this to 50% before I graduate. Turns out varsity fencing is THE BEST and I never want to leave so ... the qualifications to get those jobs. Cons: I will be a broke

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • December 31, 2019
• Blog / About Decisions

  Things to Do While Waiting for Decisions Like elevator music, except without the awkwardness of standing next to a stranger whose priorities…

  

  can get it off your mind completely; after all, you're on the MIT ... . Learn to cook a new dish. (Like those spam recipes you get in the ... , Sunmi, if you're American in - Me: I'M IN THE SHOWER! GET OUT!

  • by Jess K. '10
  • December 2, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  What’s on a desk? That which we call a workspace by any other name would look as depressing...

  

  what I think is either Indiana or Illinois. By the time you read this, I ... picture that the arrow points to is one from my freshman year, taken with my ... happens to have a sister who is a professional sculptor. So while the past

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • December 21, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  The Ethicist

  

  some students abused his time by never actually submitting the letters to ... out if an Admit Pack is coming their way. Sure, it takes the fun out of ... these students' names on a website. This is not ethical (also, the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 13, 2005
• Blog / IAP

  Is this real? The party called IAP continues.

  

  I'm sure this isn't the best way to spend my time, I somehow can ... , Technology, and Society (STS) Program. And by the way, if I had to choose a ... appear to be how much of it is still scripted and staged. Despite the Tech

  • by Bryan
  • January 19, 2006
• Blog / Prepare for MIT

  tunes of interphase! or, how to leave home and look cool doing it

  

  stuck in my head-- This is the place Sit down, you're safe now You've been stuck in a lift We've been trying to reach you, Thom This is the ... EDGE/x is: it’s a two-year academic support program run by the Office of

  • by Angie F. '28
  • September 17, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  It’s the FIRST DAY of CLASSES!!!!! A summary of the first half of the day/how I'm feeling, with many exclamation points!!!

  

  , there can be multiple ways to get to the same point, and you have to be ... robotic arm, so you have to do way more math to figure out where the tip of ... of June, I went to China for the Masters of China Studies Visiting

  • by Selam G. '18
  • September 7, 2016