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• Blog / Challenges

  passionless had a crisis, got a tattoo

  

  you are It's time to go And you're the only one left Dancin' while they ... treating New Year's Eve as a reason to make a charcuterie board and talk to ... believe in what Lorde has said about how people don't change day-to-day or

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • December 7, 2025
• Blog / Classes

  Pigeonholing boxes = semesters, pigeons = classes

  

  to help prevent burnout and introduces some variation in your life ... class. This is due to a few reasons: Firstly, I have never had a semester at MIT where I didn’t want to be taking the classes I was taking. This

  • by Paige B. '24
  • October 13, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Island Paradise That's where I live. No, seriously.

  

  into the room at all. So this year I was determined to get the beach ... one day. At this point I was getting pretty discouraged. If you're ... come from?! I want it back!" And just to refresh your memory as to how

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 10, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  diversions from what is otherwise a never ending trello of things to do

  

  convenient way to keep track of the bajillion things that i want to get done at ... life is getting a little too hard and i want to remind myself of all the ... sadly in my wordpress at this current moment, but have not had any time to

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • November 1, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Missing Documents Deadline check your MyMIT account now

  

  have applied to us Regular Action, please log into MyMIT and confirm your ... office to track completion of your application (that's what your My ... Hi all- I’m taking a break from reading applications to give

  • by Kris Guay
  • January 18, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  4 Jack Bauer, eat your heart out.

  

  I'm working desk for 4 hours tonight to get a head start on my 10 ... to get a move on early, even if it means tooling the night before a three-day weekend. In the meantime, I'm going to be your very own Kiefer

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 10, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Trip Report: IvyPlus some reflections from an admissions conference

  

  appoint officers, on down until you get to the general admissions infantry ... to or support is even tougher to get into, because it seems more ... is not to get MORE students to apply to MIT, it's about getting the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 13, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Unfolding of Language Your high school English teacher may hate it, but "gonna" really is a word.

  

  language eroded some more, so that by the time you get to, say, Spanish (which is descended from Latin), you're down to simply "año," and you need ... awesome. In content, anyway. The author tends to ramble on a bit, and seems

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 9, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Admissions process reflections from a crusty Junior Try not to bite all of your fingernails off.

  

  time gone??? I feel like just yesterday I was in your shoes, nervously ... a list of 14 colleges that I was planning on applying to, but I had ... assumption that if I didn’t get into MIT then I’d worry about the other ones

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 5, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Academic Marathon If Mollie's boyfriend can complain, so can I.

  

  a message if you're going to be there!) to cheer on Team 97 ... really need to go get caught up on work so I can have fun this weekend ... dangerous. Inviting anyone literate enoug to read a sticker on your shirt to

  • by Laura N. '09
  • March 15, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  The return of Questions Omnibus It's time to answer your questions...

  

  It's time to answer your questions ... . Please remember that you must also arrange your own transportation to and ... over the coming weeks. If you're super excited to talk to someone, you

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 21, 2007
• Blog / Events

  Interview with a Mystery Hunt Winner An interview with Kat '10, a member of Palindrome, last year's winning team and this…

  

  just happy to see fresh and current MIT student faces, but after getting ... for finishing the hunt first is getting to write next year's puzzle) I ... . My favorite thing about going to a place like MIT is that you tend to

  • by Jess K. '10
  • January 21, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Knife fight with a biker gang Best blog entry EVER. If you think I'm kidding, let me just say: Gory photos…

  

  .S. When I first read the title of your post, I thought you were going to ... you get the state police, who redirect it to Cambridge, who dispatches from who only knows where. You need to call the MIT PD to get the campus

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 18, 2007
• Blog / Personal Travel

  childhood and disney world trips

  

  getting excited to take photos with characters. I didn't allow myself to get ... , who gets excited to see Lightning McQueen, whose favorite movie is Cars ... twenty minute drive from Disneyland, I had plenty of opportunities to go to

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 25, 2022
• Blog / Study Abroad

  Last night in Haiti I have about three hours to sleep until we have to catch our flight out…

  

  point to get back before dark, since some of our professors were concerned ... -Au-Prince when we get back to Boston. Tomorrow we'll leave, but the street vendors ... It's hard to know exactly how I'm feeling on our last night here in

  • by Jess K. '10
  • May 1, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Odds and ends and Canada A study break, plus some other highlights of the week

  

  slices of bacon, which was equivalent to a 6-unit course in Not Getting ... 's study break should be Canada. Come to Foo at 22:47 and donate your ... , it's a time for residents to get together, enjoy free food, live up to

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • November 12, 2008
• Blog / Life after MIT

  An Entrepreneur’s Story How billionaire entrepreneur Pat McGovern '59 got his start.

  

  savings from my paper route and went down to the local hardware store to get ... organization in Philadelphia, and I ended up getting a scholarship to M.I.T. I ... activity. He said: "No. If you want to do it, do it on your own." Over the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 22, 2006
• Blog / Classes

  a recipe for making yourself extremely hosed or, what i'm doing this fall

  

  Teaching Labs where you get to teach in other countries to summer internships ... you are hosed. You'll be able to tell that you're hosed when the work ... one day on your schedule to the next, and the next, and the next, until

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • October 2, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Don’t Eat the Hot Glass Five things you can’t eat in the MIT Glass Lab for “health and safety” reasons…

  

  [/caption] Do you dare to reach forth and scoop a spoonful for yourself? If you’re ... protesting that the glass must be jam-packed with the energy I need to get ... them at the Glass Lab, I ensured that I’d be the first to get my hands on

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • November 24, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Latest Innovation at MIT Guest Blog: Social engineering with the Black Student Union's Co-Chair, Rasheed A. '17

  

  Head) came up to shake my hand, saying, “Thank you for your leadership in ... the future of MIT.’ Your presentation to Academic Council was one of ... We often think of innovation as tied inherently to engineering and

  • by Selam G. '18
  • May 9, 2016