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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  When MIT Gets Tough, CAAAATTTT Everything was terrible, and then I cat

  

  about a test that I ended up not being in the right state of mind (let alone the sleep deprivation) to take, and I did not know what to do with ... Her name is RORY (like Loralai from Gilmore Girls!!) and she is adorable

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • October 7, 2014
• Blog / Challenges

  head above the water (intro post) an inner dialogue about my first month of classes

  

  When I tried practicing for the swim test, I realized how long it had actually been since I swam. This pool wasn’t like the neighborhood pool where I could slowly ease into the shallow end of the pool feet first so I

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • October 9, 2021
• Blog / About Decisions

  Class of 2017 By The Numbers with apologies to iron maiden

  

  %, it does not mean that the chances of a given applicant who scores ... stuff that's left behind. Or think of it like a shadow. A shadow is not ... 't. It shows you the shape of our decisions, not the basis on which they

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 3, 2013
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Hint of fall A Sunday adventure

  

  , yellow, orange, and red is present. I forgot the Head of the Charles is this weekend! The HOTC is a huge crew regatta and the Charles was full of ... . This is the exact moment that I made a critical mistake. I stood on a

  • by Taylor V. '19
  • October 21, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Overnight Program Come play with us!

  

  , sunburn I did. Anyway. This entry is a PSA for the Overnight Program, in ... the food must not be that bad.)   Sit in Killian Court ... what life is really like here. Meet people. Check out the dorms.  

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 24, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  What pretty hair… This entry is about my dorm, hair dye, pork dumplings, and, of course, Alain Boublil.

  

  a while. Conner 2 is the adorable youngest daughter, outfitted in a ... parents' favorite child. Then Conner 3 is like is the red-headed middle boy ... becomes quite popular at school. Being a deskworker is the single greatest

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 7, 2005
• Blog / Classes

  four weeks in the life a google calendar time capsule

  

  ="aligncenter" width="500"] is this not the most relatable thing ever[/caption] Ring ... retreats (which usually happen in-person, but is virtual at the moment ... , which is a struggle because I am not a course 6. Ack. Writing blogs

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • February 4, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  Turning on the Light A note to the MIT community.

  

  It's hard to wrap my head around the chain of events that unfolded within the last couple of hours. As emails flooded my inbox around 10 ... going on. The idea of a shooting occurring on campus was impossible in my

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • April 19, 2013
• Blog / How to Food

  Yet Another Blog Entry My expenses for the semester in pie form, topped with a scoop of IAP.

  

  Student Center, where the selection is smaller and the prices are higher ... practically all of last semester. The punchline is that I love it. The past week ... 's explanation of physics is straight-up incomparable. The first fourteen pages

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • January 13, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  2 More MIT Students Become Rhodes Scholars ...but no bloggers this year.

  

  & Engineering. "It is a role that becomes Matt, because he is not ... -Johnson's ultimate goal, however, is not solely to enlarge Emerge Global, but to extend ... On Saturday evening, the Rhodes Trust announced the 32 Americans who

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 24, 2008
• Blog / Life after MIT

  An Alumni Barbecue I love living in a place with so much history!

  

  because everyone who has ever tried to finish the mural has not graduated ... A few weeks ago, I organized a 140+ person barbecue for the many alumni that have lived on my hall, going all the way back to the MIT class

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • October 6, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Radio Radio

  

  station. The answer is yes! WMBR 88.1 FM, former winner of Best of Boston ... an offer to buy them. Since the purchase of call letters was not yet ... 's schedule is on tonight and every Wednesday throughout the spring at 6pm

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 2, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  You construct intricate rituals function loses form and form loses function

  

  wanted the answer to, is "do I have enough energy to go to tea time today ... recruitment too, and somehow, we've all converged to similar answers. Now is the ... , without the actual function. But the phrase itself is misleading, and I

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 3, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Chapter Closes To open another

  

  dawning on me with weight, the fact that my freshman year is over. And it ... them. They’re done. Summer is on the way. But I was just thinking. And this is likely the last night my roommate and I will share a room. He

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • May 24, 2014
• Blog / How to Human

  a farewell to my phone which hurled itself repeatedly into the icy arms of death

  

  friend asked. “It would probably cost about as much as repairs. Not the ... doesn’t have a physical fingerprint-sensing button, and the digital one is ... my pocket. Both my hands were occupied holding the rest of me aloft, so

  • by Amber V. '24
  • November 14, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Application Now Available here we go!

  

  You can now log onto MyMIT to access the application for freshman admission to MIT. MIT has its own application – we are not on the Common ... additional is absolutely not required or expected. But, sometimes students want

  • by Kris Guay
  • August 20, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  College students do eat real food! ...sometimes. I now present: the culinary adventures of Laura and April.

  

  I may not have alluded to this before, but my roommate, April, is really domestic. The other day, our GRT, Chris, took her to Target. When she got back, she showed off the things she bought. "Look, I finally

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 8, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  I had a terrible week Also, I think that making puns about the President is Obaminable.

  

  . If MIT is the Disneyworld of misery, then I rode all the rides this ... thing about MIT, #262, is that you quickly learn to not take surveys ... alliterative statements, this is probably profound. Take the example of a mass on

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • October 26, 2009
• Blog / People & Identities

  someday fate of friends

  

  moment is worth giving yourself over to, so is the passage of time. I live ... similar it is to the love I have now. Love is closing my eyes just to ... ’d do if I dropped out of school now—the answer is to be with my friends

  • by Kai V. '25
  • November 10, 2024
• Blog / Community Projects

  [Joint Post] Build a robot boat with MIT Arcturus! Q&A with Arcturus captain Audrey Chen

  

  either. It’s not an exaggeration to say I joined for the vibes and stayed ... Hi all! You may have encountered Arcturus, the robo-boat team, at the Activities Midway or on Instagram. Arcturus is revving up recruitment this fall

  • by Amber V. '24
  • September 9, 2022