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• Blog / MIT Life

  Jon and me how I came to see the world

  

  writing jokes about it. When I came here, and had to learn to tell the ... they) taught me to see it. When I do the best I can, reading applications ... thing to do is, however naive and unreachable that hope might be, it's in

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 11, 2015
• Blog / How to Human

  happy singles awareness day

  

  restaurant that day. I wasn’t opposed to the restaurant, although it was ... . My friends unanimously voted that this was a romantic scenario. “It’s ... courtesy of straightforwardness? Wouldn’t it be better if he had a chance to

  • by Rona W. '23
  • February 21, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  Home(sick) for the Holidays winter break was weird: time capsule 2

  

  character for just a bit. After about an hour, I trudged back into my dorm to ... as four months ago, almost like I’ve regressed to a past self. It’s not ... at home. I think back to just a couple weeks ago, with the freezing

  • by Allison E. '27
  • February 24, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Major, Course 6-9 computation and cognition

  

  you love to solve. It gives you plenty of practice, semester after ... I get a lot of questions about it's like to major in "Computation and ... to a three-week neuroscience-focused summer camp when I was 15. It was

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 28, 2020
• Blog / Athletics

  So you want to be a student-athlete? Finding the balance

  

  decided not to continue playing their competitive sports after high school ... a leader) of a team entails. From aspiring to be voted captain to ... member of a team in college is of real importance to me. Is it to you?

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • August 29, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  What it’s like being back

  

  visiting with my family and trying to do as little as possible before the ... just can't seem to take it all in, you feel like you Have Truly Found ... life and those who are new additions. It all comes rushing back to you

  • by Chris M. '12
  • September 10, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Go Read Some Science Fiction You'll see why in a bit

  

  needs and then re-liquefy it to use again later. Not shaken nor stirred ... , a beach. It could also vibrate in a pattern similar to a heartbeat to ... I love going to the MIT Media Lab. Being part of the MAS Freshman

  • by Erick P. '17
  • January 16, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Is Here! Welcome to MIT.

  

  thought to myself, well Jack, you better like this place. After traveling ... your way to campus, I thought I’d share a few words on my experience at CPW last year in your shoes. Well, I had never been to Boston before, so

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • April 12, 2018
• Blog / How to Human

  Spoofy Spooky Stories MIT is ~haunted~

  

  to grab our ankles without warning.  Naturally, Penny thought it would ... it’s true that many people here tend to overcommit themselves, this isn ... make the regretful decision to put this pset off until it's too late

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • October 31, 2021
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Tying up some loose ends On getting old and doing things I hadn't yet done in Boston. Also, hot dogs.

  

  didn't realize it was going to be freezing even though it's been fairly ... they seem like something I really want to sign up for.) It's a weird ... building 46, but it never came. After I finished my last exam this Tuesday, I

  • by Jess K. '10
  • May 20, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Let It Bleed There will be an answer, let it bleed.

  

  --however, remember that you're going to be taking it with mostly sophomores (and ... you don't need to take. So, here's how it goes. Physics: The GIRs are ... people don't take it their freshman year, put it off as long as possible

  • by Sam M. '07
  • May 5, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Senior Spring! What I did (and didn't) do over IAP...and plans for my last semester!

  

  make their own or just come and vote on their favorites. To me it was the ... and IAP, I did my best to take it easy. That’s the wonderful thing about ... , you can stay home. It’s whatever you need to be ready for another

  • by Alina G. '11
  • January 30, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Life or something like it Apparently this blog is supposed to be about my life. So here's some stuff about…

  

  class here. But it's kind of nice to know that I can until almost three ... the hallway after changing into my uniform. Sweet. Christmas? It was 60 degrees in Cambridge today, which makes it hard to listen to Christmas music

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • November 30, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Play it again, Sam You wouldn't be saying that if you were in lab with me.

  

  score, but I quickly followed it with "I stapled my finger!" After a few moments of panic, I had the sense to reach in and rip it out with one clean ... no idea what this could possibly stand for. It played some kind of sad

  • by Sam M. '07
  • May 11, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Announcing New Bloggers for 2010! A digital debutante ball...

  

  , in this case Chris Su - met to choose new bloggers who will be joining the team for the coming year. It was an incredibly tough job to do ... to land a job as a blogger than it is to get into MIT in the first

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 16, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Recap (Guest Entry) "a perfect introduction to MIT"

  

  thing I must mention is how infinitely cooler it is to visit the East ... Infinite. And of course...After that, I headed back to the student center and visited the Coop. There I found this:Do you get it? :)Then I went back to

  • by Bryan
  • April 19, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sketches from the Fall Semester random happenings, senior year edition

  

  subconsciously retained it to spit it out while blacked out. Now every time i drink ... boy in the (free) taco truck line. Then my friend registered him to vote ... 1. Lamborghini recently brought this magnificent display to campus

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • December 30, 2017
• 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 solution was to move the graduate residents from the magical dorm (here after ... was a rich sense of community that developed out of this house and it

  • by Cydnie T. '12
  • October 18, 2010
• Blog / People & Identities

  OUTRAGED. #ican'tbreathe

  

  , and it’s so disturbing to see people act like it is. None of my black ... UP! Whatever platform you have, use it to effect some kind of change ... open it up to anyone wanting to share their thoughts on this or any other

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • May 31, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Guest Entry: Engineers Without Borders Environmental engineering major Tiffany'12 fills in on international development

  

  semester, it's easy to forget that there exists an entire world outside of ... not being able to take a shower after a long day's work. Now picture ... of tests, homework, and projects that inevitably follows CPW. To

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • April 14, 2011