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• Blog / Challenges

  sophomore accumulations because i miss show and tell

  

  This week, as classes began to die down, I told a friend: "the only ... be the year when things 'get real', at least as a Mech-e, and I found ... to your second year than the "sophomore slump", and certainly much more

  • by Veronica P. '27
  • May 6, 2025
• Blog / Events

  Pluto Flyby and how MIT was involved

  

  Horizons team at NASA launched a space probe to the Kuiper Belt. Nine and ... made its closest approach to Pluto. It sent back a preliminary photo of ... Binzel, a New Horizons mission co-investigator, is also professor in MIT

  • by Erick P. '17
  • July 15, 2015
• Blog / Events

  Study Break!

  

  and get money for all these cool projects and we have a study break ... problem was just absolutely hilarious to me at that point in time. Luckily ... our GRTs or the members of a particular suite are given $15 to prepare

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 6, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Hawk Flies High Spontaneous jazz improv at 77 Massachusetts Avenue.

  

  was in the presence of a true artist. He wasn't there to busk or beg, or ... his tones. I was in New York, 1940. 52nd Street. I took a gulp of my ... out who this guy is. As he sat down to expertly roll a loose

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • August 7, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Life Update It's been an amazing year!

  

  what's been going on in my life so I thought I'd throw together a giant ... had to name one aspect of myself that has changed the most in the last ... out. With no one to provide monthly reminders of what a well kempt hair

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • August 21, 2012
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  I Picked My First Apple apples, part 1

  

  MIT sponsors an annual trip to an apple orchard in Stow, MA for ... to pick half a peck of apples, a hayride, a bottle of cold apple cider ... 're triploid."]Mutsu[/annotation] thrown in there. I like a tart apple. They had

  • by Abby H. '20
  • October 16, 2019
• Blog / MISTI

  Jump into a new comfort zone!

  

  opportunity to successfully complete my project. In addition to authoring a ... continuing work in research and achieving a doctorate in my field. I hope to ... applications both in medicine and in fundamental polymer chemistry. MISTI was a

  • by MISTI Program
  • October 19, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Highlights From The Past Week A post on birthdays and bad (but oh so good) TV.

  

  to admit this in a public forum but the only other show I make time to ... last week... the new Alias season began. In general I don't have time to ... particularly awesome this week 4) We had our first followup meeting to my

  • by Ben Jones
  • January 14, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Fall Travel Days 8,9,10,11,12: PA, NJ, and Home! Part 5 of my Fall Travelogue.

  

  in my in-box. Hope you guys had a good weekend! It's good to be back. ... to one another, so sticking the Masterman visit in the middle wasn ... the shots, not the traveler. :-) I got to see a lot of the city that

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 3, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Procrastination For Finals 2 T minus 53 hours...

  

  , past finals week A sweet escape, take me away Take me away, to better ... , to better grades Take me away, warm summer days There's a place that I ... away, past finals week A sweet escape, take me away Take me away, to

  • by Chris S. '11
  • May 17, 2009
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Alaska Where I am right now.

  

  I have decided that today I will operate under the assumption that I am in Alaska. Not because it's cold or anything, just because it's a change of pace. Your thoughts on Alaska are welcomed.

  • by Snively '11
  • October 28, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Hosed Hosed- adj. Bogged down with work (From the glossary of the 2007-2008 How to Get…

  

  a taste of things to come. Item 1: How hosed am I? According to the ... head off to a team meeting. Come to think of it, I've been so busy this ... the degree I will be awarded: A Bachelor's of Science in Engineering as

  • by Laura N. '09
  • December 7, 2008
• Blog / Classes

  Rate My Setup a guide to my room in Simmons

  

  Since the end of August, I've been living on-campus in Simmons in a ... involved soldering a bunch of components to a [annotation note ... Tech is still getting printed and distributed to the dorms, so I was able

  • by Alex M. '21
  • November 17, 2020
• Blog / Classes

  .nano pixels developing a love for pictures, reverb

  

  before. In roughly 5 degrees weather, I headed to 1st Avenue, actually a ... mean to use a camera well? In some time, I think I’ll make the next leap ... note="Definitely did not sit in front of a computer for hours, feeling

  • by Waly N. '24
  • July 2, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  Happy Holidays And some final thoughts before the new year

  

  ’m getting to see how much everyone has grown. However, Reflecting back, I ... was crazy. Time for holiday cheer. But no time to get lazy. 2nd ...   ★ To think That one year ago, MIT said “Yes, you can go

  • by Erick P. '17
  • December 30, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  One Art variation on a poem of Elizabeth Bishop

  

  [/caption] I'm falling behind in this fall semester, and running hard to try and get back to less busy, but it's hardly a disaster. —And in the end if ... ) will teach you something new. To be busy, then, is hardly a disaster

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • October 22, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  Class of 2020 Wait List Decisions We're sending out wait list decisions today.

  

  admitted students choosing to enroll at MIT (also known in admissions ... effort you have put in to letting us know how much you love MIT. As someone ... 't end up getting in), I'm actually glad that I ended up where I

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • May 11, 2016
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  MIT = Home the excitement of a freshman

  

  lifts to reveal a fascinating life. I have found my perfect match, my ideal college, and now I get to grow here. The speed of the transition ... either. I still have not unearthed a pattern in the numbering of its

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • September 14, 2014
• Blog / Events

  Halloween Tag In which I do a YouTube thing for a (bonus) Halloween vlog

  

  college life sometimes. My dad decided to send me a surprise Halloween ... to don costumes and wander around to all the MacGregor GRTs to get some ... wayyyy too early (anything pre-December is too early in my book, in case

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • November 1, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Early Morning Construction and other bexley woes.

  

  my window. Said it was coming down anyhow and didn't want anyone to get ... more than a spattering of sawdust. So these were the events leading up to ... : ----------------------------- Construction in Back Alley Next to Bexley Dorm Hello, I'm wondering how long

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • July 5, 2008