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• Blog / MIT Life

  A Home, not just a Haus fighting the good fight

  

  no longer going to be all that I had dreamt about. People on the train ... handing in on time, there are no more days where I have to worry about ... summer time. I try to believe that stress doesn’t change me, so the bubbly

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • June 12, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  Why I haven’t posted in forever In picture form, no less.

  

  another one. But I've run out of actual lines on the sheet, and had to ... tunnel. The reason all of these things need to be done by next Thursday is ... I am taking 5 minutes out of my life just to let you all know why I

  • by Laura N. '09
  • March 13, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  If you give a girl an assignment… ...she's going to ask if she can blog about it.

  

  people refer to it – “The-one-with-the-guns-instead-of-swords” or “The-one ... getting a glimpse into the humanities here. So here we are, about to embark ... ’ve got that out of the way, let’s cut to the chase. I'm going to save you

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • March 2, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  QuestBridge 2014 FAQ

  

  , as well as the word "QuestBridge." Faxes can be sent to (617 ...  you'd like to add. Note your full name and "QuestBridge" on ... financial documents? A: Fax them to the MIT Financial Aid Office at 617

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • October 21, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Houston-area Suburbia kid Makes Trek to MIT Campus Preview Weekend with Mother By: Kevin, '11

  

  I was with the better half of my umbrella that tried to fly away on a ... welcoming. I started to feel a bit better. The weekend went on as I struggled ... 't talked to anybody on the ski team or inquired about where to put my drumset

  • by Bryan
  • April 22, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  There’s More to Life Than Tooling You can, for example, write your mechanical engineering thesis and an original musical. At the…

  

  The most exciting series of words you can ever hope to hear out of an ... , since she's always loved musical theater, began to throw around the idea ... thus that Hack, Punt, Tool, the musical, was born. Julie even managed to

  • by Anna H. '14
  • May 9, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Internet is Weird My first attempt at using eBay, or, how I'm trying to profit off of sad…

  

  Mollie to update every link on the site and categorize every blog entry ... . As he signed his name on the back of the card, he explained to me that ... justice to how...I don't even have the words. Seriously? That kid was

  • by Laura N. '09
  • May 15, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  The Genesis Embrace me Blogosphere!!!!

  

  share I walked up to MIT on July 7th, 2008 Made sure my shoes were shiny ... …..Is this thing on? Hello blogosphere! So, now that you have read the ... in this forum? Absolutely not! I welcome all students to the table to

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • September 17, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Things That Are 20 DID YOU KNOW? 1988 was a leap year.

  

  hot sauce manufacturing company, to obtain a perfect score on Pacman ... in California. * The first mass demonstration against the communist ... for launching such bands as Nirvana and The Shins. * Rain Man, Die Hard

  • by Jess K. '10
  • July 7, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Of Dancing and T-Shirts (Guest Entry) Who had fun at CPW? I did!

  

  was one of the last ones to check out on Sunday. I had to take the ... , dumping the gajillions of photos I shot before 3:30pm on Saturday. I can ... the background. I got my plane buddy Philip '12 to pull Tim the beaver

  • by Snively '11
  • April 22, 2008
• Blog / Travel

  clownazoo part 2 this post is two years late

  

  procrastinated a little bit. In total, we ended up spending around 9 hours on travel and trying to free ourselves from the predicament. ... In case you have not seen part 1, I posted it near the end of my

  • by Anika H. '26
  • August 1, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Photograph-athon Because anything can be a catchy title if you add -athon to the end!

  

  had the tact to resize their photos to something on the order of 10^2 by ... conclude that nearly everyone who entered the contest is fated to become an ... parse it in the imperative mood. As in, “Welcome MIT families to our

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • April 29, 2009
• Blog / Events

  DME SoccerBot Championships 2006 (Or, How Does Justin Timberlake Live With Himself?) All we are saying is give Pluto a chance.

  

  weBabble would be on their way to the championship. Toxic Algae had ...   It was an epic battle, a tournament to the death. Tens of ... tirelessly to craft the most agile bots, by covering their wheels with

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 30, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  I Hate the Last but at least, I'm trying not to

  

  Paige, On behalf of the Admissions Committee, it is my pleasure to offer ... walk down the hall and knock on my friend's door and ask if they want to ... ends. Take on Me (Acoustic) by a-ha (0:00) starts to play in the

  • by Paige B. '24
  • May 22, 2024
• Blog / Hacks

  Laser Graffiti I found something cool on the way home.

  

  laser pointer to draw graffiti on the tallest building in Cambridge. He ... spent about two hours there this evening, then walked home. On the way ... of the windows were black. But this was on the side of the building

  • by Anna H. '14
  • August 28, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW roundup Meet the Bloggers, dinner with a physics professor, and a photography contest for those of…

  

  , however, accurately reflect the views of the author. Much to my disappointment, nary a single spambot showed up to the CPW Meet the Bloggers night ... the same time. Well, I eventually decided to settle for the spamless

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • April 20, 2009
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Coffee Talk Random things I love about MIT #1

  

  essentially millennia-old technology. MIT is in on the concrete re ... subjected to load and which eventually causes it to fail. Based on their findings, creep could be reduced to the point where concrete could last for

  • by Dave McOwen
  • September 13, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Life as a Talent Scout I could be the next Randy Jackson.

  

  , Battle of the Bands, I went to check out a potential band for the competition. So on the way there, I stopped at Burger King on the way and tried the Cheesy Tots. I don't even want to know how many years of my life I

  • by Bryan
  • February 28, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Your CPW Host The host assignment meeting was tonight.

  

  hosts on hand, so we may be able to accommodate some late registrants for ... . Take a look at the schedule -- the bulk of events are put on by student ... the student hosts who have returned from vacation (hundreds of them

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

  I can’t feel my face Snowmageddon 2018

  

  completely on basketball, and have extra time to do all of the things I put off ... you don’t like MIT… I think you’re on the wrong page. Maybe you ... cold. Why-is-the-air-trying-to-kill-me cold. Something known (rather

  • by Taylor V. '19
  • January 5, 2018