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• Blog / MIT Life

  I O Europe Help me, blog stalkers, you're my only hope.

  

  this week, but I was just never really in the state of mind to finish ... that I'm biased. So I went there and I saw all the names on the list, and ... I went to station 8, which was the station for normal chemical

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 16, 2007
• FAQ / Academics and research

  What are GIRs?

  the School of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences. During your first semester, most of your program will involve the GIRs, which will lay the foundation for study in your major. In your second semester, you might add
• Blog / Admissions

  Your Profile On The Web: Can It Hurt You? Responses to questions on Facebook and other internet profiles and how they can affect college…

  

  as potential MIT '11s gear up to begin the admissions process. Below is a copy of our correspondence: Do you believe what students put on the ... inform decisions, either in regard to admission or in regard to the

  • by Ben Jones
  • July 11, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Countdown To Mail Drop I'll update this post over the course of the day as we get closer to…

  

  and then call the post office for pickup. So to summarize, we're on ... later entry and instead use this one to give you progress reports over the course of the day. I'll update this entry whenever there's something to

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 9, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  On my way…

  

  , and I have a few things to finish up here before heading home for the ... Turns out that Anthony isn't the only one who loves Amtrak. I called them yesterday and their very friendly customer service people helped me

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 23, 2005
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Dance at MIT!!! [Collab with Ben O. ’19] hip-hop? contemp? bhangra? lion dance? MIT's got it all

  

  least once, to join in on the dance line that seemed to move effortlessly ... /urban team I auditioned for, which is hilarious to me now that I’ve been on the ... -Carribean dance team created to increase the presence of Afro-Carribean art on

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • January 30, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Work Hard, Play Hard MIT students actually have lives, occasionally.

  

  grades with time to do other things besides study? And I got the impression ... was the first university in the nation to be named a Heartsafe Community ... volunteers running around teaching people how to save a life. The Fray couldn

  • by Jess K. '10
  • April 8, 2007
• Blog / Uncategorized

  dress your wounds and stay in bed self care!

  

  tattoo. I read some articles on tattoo care, and the tl;dr was not to get ... with desert flowers on my calf. I cut up a sock to cover it from the sun ... was solid. Then I set the dragon on my anvil and limped over to the

  • by Amber V. '24
  • January 18, 2023
• Blog / About Decisions

  Should I include my ethnicity on the MIT Application? As a minority, how many times have you heard some off-handed comment about someone of…

  

  you were admitted on the basis of your merit. So should you report your ... rumors to the contrary, being Black, Latino, Native, or any other minority ... the vast majority of our applicant pool. We need to capture as much

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • August 16, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Musings on Colorful Balls (CPW Guest Blog!) from Ramya '14!

  

  Wesomeness." (The C didn't want to join the little acronym party, because its still ... Wesomeness that is MIT...As I would do right now if I had the chance to - high ... have pictures on them. This tendency results from my inability to focus

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 13, 2010
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  [guest post] time passes from spirit island a board game that i picked up 3 years ago is now my life

  

  looking at all the games on that shelf earlier, when i wanted to play a ... hardest spirit to do this with, on the day that i changed my minecraft ... bought horizons on the day it came out, traveling south to a target past

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 31, 2023
• FAQ / Transfer

  Am I eligible to apply for transfer admission?

  many students we can accept. Students who at the time of entry to MIT ... year of college, the earliest you can apply to transfer to MIT is during your second term of study. Students who at the time of entryto MIT will
• Blog / Life after MIT

  what i talk about when i talk about running with apologies to murakami

  

  where to be on the court? How do you set up plays? Volleyball was better ... to circle the track with this song on repeat in my brain. In high ... bridge, and then run back on the Boston side. It frustrated me to no end

  • by Chris S. '11
  • January 21, 2025
• Blog / Community Projects

  [Guest Post] Because Racecar, Friendships, and Family By Monica C. '25: "What I’ve learned about being an engineer, friend, and teammate by…

  

  time on the team, requiring us to learn how to build a custom gearbox ... first be a good engineer. 2) Learn on the job Nobody tells you how to ... This is a blog by Monica C. ‘25 about her experience on the MIT

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • July 31, 2025
• Blog / Life after MIT

  11 Reasons Why Senior Haus is Awesome Twelve, if you count me once living there. That's pretty awesome, right?

  

  ! Nice to meet you! I'm Keri Garel, class of 2010, and in the blogger world ... of the Sport Death shirt that at this point it's probably cheaper to ... through the gate... (click any image to enlarge) Why should you visit us

  • by Keri G. '10
  • April 17, 2012
• Blog / Challenges

  senioritis i wish i had no work today

  

  day i arrived on campus freshman fall, to the day i flew to san ... twitter? best lectures i've been to all year, but i'm dreading the final ... pattern is "wow the class material is interesting but i don't want to do

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 31, 2022
• Blog / About Decisions

  the perfect choice doesn’t exist not the same river, not the same you

  

  elaborate on the answer after i've given it. it's just that i'm not going to ... . with respect to the on-paper details, acme and widget are very similar ... the embodiment of my resume, and copy-pasting the same application to

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 22, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  at the South Asian Youth Initiative a New Haven adventure

  

  ’s different but I love it.  We decide to go to the Barnes & Noble we saw on ... [/caption] We walk around to the Wellness Center on campus. It has a lot of ... see on the train. The Harvard people again! meant to be 🤩   ~7

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • February 22, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  crazy party weekend from 2019 to now

  

  weekend was my last ever cpw, so i decided to revisit some of the same ... this mashup of ennodu nee irundhaal and permanent. the first few seconds ... minutes later were so perfect, and that was when i knew i wanted to join the

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • April 18, 2023
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  North to Peru Not too far from Norway, just south of Mexico.

  

  of the two dozen folks who went to Peru for the weekend went hiking on Saturday, but I had to rest on account of (a) the fact I was feeling a bit ... who avoided going on the hike decided to simply walk around in the

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • October 12, 2010