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• Blog / Academics & Research

  I hurt myself again And again and again and again.

  

  exams I took last week, and since it is the best grade I've gotten on an ... whatever), and repeatedly getting caught on the laces of my badass new shoes ... recurring issue in for the last couple of years, probably made worse by my

  • by Keri G. '10
  • March 9, 2009
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Survey says… A LOT of freshmen report that they were leaders in high school!

  

  War, according to his bio on the GEL website. Diane, who supervises ... goal of the GEL Program is to develop leaders, not recognize them and ... confident in their the ability to “function effectively as a member of a team

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • January 25, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  Defying Gravity

  

  sweat* I know you are counting down (consciously or unconsciously) to the hour of the decision release. Many of you will be glued to your computer on Wednesday or do things to distract yourself from your computer. I

  • by Linh V. '13
  • March 12, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Challenge of Public Health Sometimes science and engineering only come so far.

  

  to your legislators. Follow the news. Become involved. This is their ... very, very little money for a family). Adding on to this is the fact ... his wife. The only option now is to enroll him in Medi-Cal (state

  • by Chris S. '11
  • August 4, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Hosts

  

  our best to find you a host that matched your personality, interests ... our hosts will be before we get there? I know you're just matching us up at this point, but it'd be nice to know. Here's the scoop: we spent a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 3, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  5 Halloween Costume Ideas for MIT Students but they're pretty bad

  

  Is this you? Are you an MIT student who can't get in on the October fun because you're drowning in problem sets? Is midterm season killing ... get to go up to them and say, "Boy, that really was the bee's knees

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • October 15, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  This doesn’t suck It's not particularly great, either. But you could go to Germany!

  

  way. And I was going to write a blog entry saying basically, "Anybody ... to say that. It's true! But upon further inspection this evening, the ... , Mozart reportedly remarked, "Finally, here is music one can learn from

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 20, 2006
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Hello from Palo Alto My California not-so-vacation.

  

  together, and we're getting to know each other pretty well by now) and catch a shuttle across the bay to Berkeley. Dinner is pizza and beer at the ... quick lunch, then come back here to soak up the internet. And be lazy

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • March 1, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Right NOW Making Things

  

  to myself. There's endless work to do here, but the best work is done ... the half-formed ideas, and usually, by the time I return to them, they ... something along the lines of this: "When you're young, people are sorted out

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • May 2, 2013
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Independence Day Fireworks in Boston Hobbits watch beautiful fireworks from comfort of dorm lounge.

  

  went out to the deli to get turkey meat and an exciting new cheese ... enough adventure for the day. I wanted to photograph the Charles River for ... floor. The rest of B entry had gone out to Memorial Drive to watch the

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • July 5, 2013
• Blog / Rural and Small-Town

  I have never been trick-or-treating, (until now) and how trick-or-treating relates to geography...???

  

  , across cornfields and city streets, people still find the same ways to ... people that, they look at me shocked, jaw to the floor like a scream mask ... door-to-door didn’t make much sense when “the next door” was half a mile

  • by Nicole Cooper
  • November 4, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  The Waitlist This is not an easy entry to write so I'll just keep it short. No…

  

  This is not an easy entry to write so I'll just keep it short. In a nutshell, we're not going to be able to admit anyone from the waitlist this ... fewer applicants this year - fully intending to use the waitlist in order

  • by Ben Jones
  • May 10, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  About That Email an error, and an apology

  

  that, in the footer to each email, we include a line explaining to the recipient why they received the email, to help them distinguish desired email from spam. The footer to that email, as all emails before it, should

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 5, 2014
• 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.

  

  thing about DUSP is the ability to pursue a joint program of the MCP and a ... entrance to the program the following year (as a senior). So as a senior, you ... to complete the requirements for both degrees at the end of five years

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • November 15, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  If strangers meet life begins you shall above all things be glad and young

  

  enough friends, to keep me happy. But Orientation is one of the few times ... moment to notice the Green Building, standing taller than any other ... saw the entire campus, from west to east, east to west, and all the

  • by Paul B. '11
  • August 23, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Art Imitating Art well, at least blogs.

  

  your house, the car is at the shop, and you don't have any firearms. What ... enough to cripple the living. I took a gamble by thinking death metal could ... article: Kill Zombies With Your Rock Band Drums The wait to use your Rock

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 5, 2010
• Blog / How to Food

  A Late Recap of IAP 2020 externing at Microsoft, baking butter mochi, and more!

  

  without knowing what day of the week it is, you can spend all your time ... alongside the nine-to-five intern life.) Without further ado, here is my ... loved getting to know over the course of IAP! Maya and I worked together

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 6, 2020
• Blog / Athletics

  Scootah Hockey a sport of tradition, friendship, and raw athleticism

  

  guarded by a vigilant goalie with the power to apprehend nearby pucks and ... in this way for five nights, and then the final bracket was revealed to ... whom rides on a noble steed--those scooters that you used to sit your

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • May 13, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  World’s Largest Collection of Brains The new Brain & Cognitive Sciences Complex opens tomorrow.

  

  opportunity to collaborate in ways that promise progress on some of the ... define diseases. The hope, he said, is to find patterns in the brain scans ... Friday, MIT plans to dedicate what it bills as the largest collection of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 1, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Freebieasy Because "Freebie" is already an entry title.

  

  using Python and MATLAB. The awesome description: We get to build virtual ... &A video...). Send me your questions (either by posting the comments or e ... , "Twice a year all of the bloggers essentially get a freebie post. We each

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • September 22, 2011