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• Blog / MIT Life

  We Brought Something? Um, no. No, we didn't.

  

  Colin '10, Nina '08, and Timur '10 waiting for it to snow. A couple of hours after I left them to go back to my room, snow it did. It wasn't much, but it was nice. Two hours later, it looked like there were rain puddles

  • by Keri G. '10
  • December 4, 2006
• Blog / Residential Life

  last fall / last fall it's senior year and i still haven't learned anything

  

  is almost as if it is impossible for me to last a week without creating ... —and it is frustrating to feel like I haven't learned any lessons at all ... , three years in. When is it okay to try new things, and when will it

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • September 10, 2022
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Fariborz Maseeh Hall The Phoenix Group would rise from the the "ashes" of Ashdown...

  

  population to the glorious size it once was (sometime back in the 90's). Their ... was a rich sense of community that developed out of this house and it was loved by all who graced its halls. One day in 2006, the MIT

  • by Cydnie T. '12
  • October 18, 2010
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  we named 2124 cities of the world fridays with 4W

  

  [annotation note="it’s a 4W tradition to celebrate the birthdays for all the ... would not want to do this again unless it is improved. That is, for the ... I. October 2021. It all started last year when Jonathan H. ’25 asked

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • September 29, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Knife fight with a biker gang Best blog entry EVER. If you think I'm kidding, let me just say: Gory photos…

  

  barely answer, since it was taking all of my mental capacities to open my ... , okay? it doesn't really make sense to me either...) and when I fainted I ... you get the state police, who redirect it to Cambridge, who dispatches

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 18, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet the Admissions Officers: Ben Jones Name: Ben Jones; Job title: Communications Dude, MIT Office of Admissions; Hometown: Baltimore, MD

  

  a human connection to an application, it makes them search even harder ... . They are all so different and yet you can look at any one of them and say ... collectively create - impossible to describe, must be experienced. Another of my

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 1, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  How I got mugged in the frozen foods section. So, MIT is kind of like a turkey and provolone Subway sandwich.

  

  can get to come home next year and just veg and be with the fam. But ... Potter, and I had to get Dumbledore’s help because I was hiding in a broom ... organization, and we needed his help to keep Voldemort from getting in because

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • January 5, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Visualize whirled peas

  

  -Pakistan conflict and how it continues to affect even South Asians in the United States, and how it related to the promotion of unity and understanding on ... interviewer have told us, it is my job to summarize your application on the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 12, 2004
• Blog / IAP

  small changes feeling big my winter in Armenia

  

  Every IAP, I travel. I can't help it. There's this wanderlust gremlin in me that's always eager to experience new places. Access to global ... 't have access to them growing up. I dreamt of seeing worlds beyond my own

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • February 17, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Movies Emeritus out with the old, in with the older

  

  Before I say what I have to say about video, remember: Blogger ... have something to read next week in addition to furiously refreshing ... elsewhere:     While it is incredibly dated now - though not

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 29, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  All About the MCATs All about the MCATs and what you need to take to prepare for it!

  

  it would be really difficult to sit still for 8 hours (yes, the test ... little too late, but hopefully it can help you all with forming your ... semester of your freshman year. It's a lot of memorization but it's great to

  • by Melis A. '08
  • June 25, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  BoA & Restricting

  

  , here's what I can tell you. We're not going to reject you because of the ... , and if they do, I'd trust that. Or, if they recommend paring it down to restrict it to 500 words, I'd take that advice. I wish you all my best as we

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 25, 2004
• Blog / Admissions

  Your Friendly Neighborhood Dream-Destroyer "How Could You Work There?"

  of as. So, I thought it'd be helpful to tell you all a bit about how I ... wanted to be when it came to making a college list or completing an ... can). And know that we are not hired to be dream destroyers - we

  • by DJ Rock
  • May 30, 2019
• Blog / MISTI

  An American in Copenhagen but my luggage went to Amsterdam

  

  , walked forty minutes through the sun to my hostel. It was good sun, albeit ... for a couple hours. No one can find my luggage, though they assure me it’s ... when it is in fact only mid-range cheap.  I get to my room. I’m allergic

  • by Amber V. '24
  • June 14, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  MIT’s Tribute to Boston Lights from the Green Building.

  

  I'll let these pictures speak for themselves, but I thought this was a lovely gesture and wanted to immortalize it on the blogs. Much love to everyone affected by today's bombings. Photo credit to the MIT

  • by Anna H. '14
  • April 15, 2013
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Minecraft: Discuss Open thread.

  

  't anything else to this post. Minecraft is a fun silly game in which you can do ... video game which allows players to build constructions out of textured ... decided to make a super-retro 8bit blocky construction / run away from

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 14, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Thanksgiving in England Celebrating a North American holiday in Britain.

  

  to be honest, instead of thinking, "Wow I've been in England for 2.5 months already!" I've been more along the lines of "I can't believe it ... invited as well as the students who went over to MIT last year. Cambridge

  • by Cambridge
  • November 24, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  ‘Twas the night before the 8.01 final and all through the Haus, everyone was studying like nothing else. Including me. Just not…

  

  - it is for a class) had been moved to the East Campus courtyard ... running around campus, finding places to sit and study physics. Yesterday, on my way to the Student Lounge off the Infinite, I saw that this hack

  • by Keri G. '10
  • December 17, 2006
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Post-Finals, Pre-Graduation almost done...

  

  friends and I rented a car and drove the ~2 hours to Cape Cod. It was cold and rainy but we had a blast anyway -- it was just nice to be off ... car and drove to Montréal. It's a 5-hour drive if you take a straight

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 5, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Scratches On My Mind A brief introduction, so you'll know why I see MIT the way I do.

  

  never considered majoring in it. I came to MIT with every intention of ... War. Ok, that's about it for me. I look forward to sharing my ... Yeah, I know. It's a weird title for a first blog entry. But bear

  • by Derrick B. '08
  • September 20, 2007