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• Blog / MIT Life

  Far and Away I was going to get philosophical, but then I thought about Hugh Jackman.

  

  think it was edited from a two-hour movie down to the point where it was ... that it turns from day to night within about 5 seconds when Magneto lifts the Golden Gate bridge from its foundations to advance his renegade

  • by Sam M. '07
  • May 29, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Watch this! An MIT blogger alum deservedly gets a moment in the spotlight.

  

  Feel free to use the comments section below to talk directly to or ask ... in it. Mollie was a blog legend; her entries are still as relevant ... will not link to here.) The folks at PBS's Nova have been producing a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 23, 2010
• Blog / Challenges

  Hospital State of Mind The things I hate about being stuck here

  

  can also drive you cRaZy. I'm in the hospital, and have been since Wednesday. It is driving me crazy. I started talking to my squishible monster ... I hate going to the hospital. Yes, hospitals help people. Most nurses

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • December 6, 2015
• Blog / Hacks

  some things my eyes saw recently (this is exactly what it says on the tin)

  

  use blackboards in Stata! (If you haven't seen it, more background on ... didn't have to pay storage costs. Still, damn, it was hard. I've never moved before and now I understand why it is said to be so horrible. I

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • May 24, 2019
• Blog / Personal Travel

  chasing the aurora a celestial hunt

  

  this big was 20 years ago! I am going to view it now! ☀️" "This is ... next many years in the US!" "WOW GUYS you can see it with your bare eyes ... trying to book the same car at the same time. It was insane. Cait and I

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • May 13, 2024
• Blog / Classes

  i’m catching up a blog about all the things i wanted to blog about but couldn't find the…

  

  free time I did whatever I could to step away from it. Now that it’s all over, I can finally blog about all the things I wanted to blog about but ... carpet, but it’s been incredibly therapeutic to be physically producing

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • May 20, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Testing the Waters There comes a time in every man's life when he has to make a choice.…

  

  the ropes. If you can't make it up for an overnight visit, there ... to partake in. All of the dorms have their own unique feeling to it, so it's absolutely possible to find the right one for you (mine is

  • by Jess K. '10
  • September 22, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Look Ahead The fight's begun but not yet won.

  

  knowing how to apply it to an exam question. (Prefrosh, take note of this.) We'll see how it all goes, but all in all I am very happy to be done ... to mention the $100 million gift that made it possible!), is that the

  • by Paul B. '11
  • May 19, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Waitlist post Some Q & A about the waitlist.

  

  "yield"), we admitted 1533 students. However, it isn't possible to exactly ... ? It is impossible to know. We will have no idea how many people we will ... tricky. It is hard to know who will choose to come and who will go

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 20, 2007
• Blog / Events

  The Deep Breath Before the Plunge THIS IS . . . wait, this isn't Sparta. Wha-? Aw, shoot, I took a…

  

  owns. If you wish, you can then command your armies to attack, defend or move. While it only takes 2 minutes a day to do this, you can get as ... turns into the game and I thought it would be appropriate to fill you guys

  • by Snively '11
  • March 8, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Decision Day Eve Making your decision by May 1.

  

  information: Students can request an extension of the May 1 deadline in order to ... said NO to MIT: First: thank you. It's been a real pleasure getting to ... a wise man once said, for us, it's more than a job. It's hard not to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 30, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Your CPW Host The host assignment meeting was tonight.

  

  CPW. It's going to be fun. One of my favorite things about CPW is that ... about Campus Preview Weekend. Can't wait to see you then! ... back from his trip to Italy) If your assigned host is back from Spring

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 2, 2006
• Blog / Hacks

  A couple of hacks from a couple of hacks CPW tends to bring out the best work from the esoteric pranksters

  

  many upperclassmen can relate to.... And of course, what would a circus ... marvel that was the trapeze artist: It's hard to tell in this photo, but ... see if you can spot it: They looked right at home amidst Stata's alien

  • by Chris M. '12
  • April 30, 2012
• Blog / Events

  Cake Concert, Wing Dinner, and Senior Ball An action packed 2 weekends: Cake, a wing dinner, and Senior Ball!

  

  my camera to the concert (which was held in our gym). It turns out that ... find someone who lived nearby to stash it so that I'd be able to get in ... women. It was wonderful to see all my sisters and friends perform; some

  • by Melis A. '08
  • May 7, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Schools of dreams

  

  student and person she is. It occurred to me that we admissions officers ... applies. The inability to offer admission can leave you thinking that ... school I'd write about because I refused to apply to it, despite it being

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 17, 2004
• Blog / MIT Life

  people keep leaving their things in my room and other stories from sophomore fall

  

  outside to take a break and get some fresh air. It was, however, raining, so ... point, the rain is falling, things can't really get worse from there. It's comforting, in a way – when things can't get worse, it means they can only get

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • December 17, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  Rush, rush Why you should live on my floor, with special guest star Paula Abdul.

  

  decided to make it our major in-house rush activity. It was pretty ... ), which you can read about in everybody else's blog. Basically, during the first week of orientation, you get to go around and visit all the dorms

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 31, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Dating At MIT: Episode 1 So two of my favorite '09s have just started dating each other...

  

  and (b) I can blog about it. (By the way - while I may write ... you are. He: Prove it. She: You stopped kissing me the other day to say ... So two of my favorite '09s have just started dating each other (it

  • by Ben Jones
  • April 26, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  Froshmore oh to exist in a state of ~liminality~

  

  infinitely better than it was last year (like going to bed three hours earlier ... weird.  Drawing has been a lifelong passion for me. It’s a release, my peace, an outlet to make myself feel whole and sane. I’m excited to

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • October 2, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Opening doors How being an MIT cheerleader can help you get a job.

  

  to MIT can open a lot of doors when it comes to summer internships ... freshman year. It's sort of another "how to do everything wrong" story ... to do it in high school, but I was afraid I'd get homesick and wasn

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 23, 2005