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• Blog / MIT Life

  This is why we can’t have nice things harmless things that irritate me

  

  arrives, only for it to go out of service Happened to me too many times ... you're trying to register for a PE class, but the server breaks because ... People walking shoulder-to-shoulder down the Infinite There’s always

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • October 29, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Davidson Fellows scholarship program A great scholarship opportunity from the wonderful folks at the Davidson Institute for Talent Development.

  

  needed for future research from several years to less than a week. Jamie ... competitive for another wonderful opportunity: the Davidson Fellows scholarship program. Sponsored by the good folks at the Davidson Institute for Talent

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 1, 2007
• Blog / Challenges

  and i am afraid of falling a long winded chess metaphor

  

  hungrily gaze upon the little pieces on the screen as they hop from square to ... dedicated myself to the black and white pieces on the board and learned the ... tears and my nose a horrid, stark red. "You seem to put on a brave face a

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 21, 2020
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Every August a million small moments

  

  late nights psetting.  It wasn't unusual for us to spend more time ... This is the third rush to happen since I graduated MIT. And most of the time, MIT is not at the forefront of my mind. I've got code to write

  • by Piper '13
  • August 30, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  There’s antimony, arsenic, aluminum, selenium… ...and hydrogen and oxygen and nitrogen and rhenium...

  

  for everyone to enjoy while, as the name implies, breaking from their ... for you. =P Now that I've actually been to classes, I can share them ... !) just in time to help the 213 suite put together a study break. Every

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 15, 2006
• Blog / Personal Travel

  A Heartbreaking Lunch of Staggering Genius I'll write about campus dining some other day.

  

  waited for the bus from NYC to Boston in a cramped doorway whose grimy ... character-building stories are for bloggers who secretly want to be Charles Dickens on the weekend so I'll skip right ahead to exfoliating the

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • July 30, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  books I read in 2024, ranked and thoughts on the best ones

  

  have ever read—for its emotional impact on me, but also for expanding ... , calling to the surface a sense of pacing and beauty—on the sentence level ... , cowardice, pride), as opposed to feeling contrived for the sake of having a

  • by Kai V. '25
  • January 13, 2025
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Repainting the Smoots A Wacky MIT Tradition

  

  , fast forward all the way from 1958 to 2023. How did I end up here on this ... .   Um, duh. So at 10 pm, I scooter on over to the bridge. There ... only light on the Harvard Bridge coming from the streetlights and the

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • October 27, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Thursday liveblog Updated whenever I get a chance.

  

  on their way for tonight's event. 8:20am: Ben starts spreading the word ... arrived! 11:13am: It has started to rain. Lots of umbrellas on the campus ... :45am: I talk to Steven's mom on the phone from Tennessee. Hi! 1:10pm

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 12, 2007
• FAQ / Testing

  What tests do I have to take?

  If you are planning on applying to MIT and would like to see our testing requirements, please visit our Tests & scores page.
• Blog / Events

  The Newest Member of Our Family What could possibly be more exciting than prefrosh?

  

  Boston today to help her pick out a little companion for the new semester ... kitten except for little Brittany! Kayla hasn't decided on a name yet ... !!! I did not get one (although I was very tempted to do so), but Kayla E

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • August 17, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  While You Wait… ...why not play Brawl?

  

  . Although I've yet to see the hack for myself, as I've been working in my room ... For those who don't yet know, two important, possibly life ... , March 15 (Pi Day + 1). Best of luck to all of you! 2. Super Smash Brothers

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 9, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  RA Selection Day 2

  

  student today in my subcommittee, and we had great group dynamics. For lunch ... paired on the same subcommittee today. In other news, while we were in ... Technology faculty yesterday approved a new course of study for undergraduates

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 17, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  We Were Deferred

  

  . Early Action decision day was on a Wednesday for us. We honestly can ... , we had a 0-45 min wait time for our bus depending on how ready ... . Logged in. Waited for our screens to load. It was all too familiar

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • December 30, 2017
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  bloggers.addAll( newBloggers); System.out.println("Hello, World!");

  

  written several novels, and is currently working on another one for her ... previously appeared on the blogs to talk about stories in the age of the ... EECS classes sprinkled to taste.” He has also appeared on the blogs

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • September 14, 2014
• Blog / Uncategorized

  another day of summer ♬ ba-ba-da-ba da-ba-da-ba ♬

  

  people organizing my floor's video. My friend sends me some clips for me to ... day for the past week, probably because of the abundance of natural ... analytics and research for the MIT Center for Information Systems Research, a

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • June 18, 2020
• Blog / Classes

  Things I enjoyed reading in 2021 another year another book post

  

  enough for them. Next thing you know, they’ll be wanting to go back to ... ultimate reason for existence?' To which YISUN replied, 'Self ... you don’t have any good ideas for what to blog about, try harder to see

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 20, 2021
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Getting Stronger the never ending cycle of trying and failing and trying again

  

  to my collection of positive things I could look back on when I was ... glasses had started to slip down my face. My legs were on fire as I ... on the pain while I lift, to focus on the muscles working underneath

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • November 13, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  At The Ends Of Tunnels unlike a tunneling particle, I actually had to expend lots of energy to surmount obstacles

  

  -level gist of it is pretty simple; on a low level, we had to build in tons of ... logged out of the Athena machine I'd tied my existence to for the entire ... relocated him to an extremely comfortable pillow. On a much more impressive

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • December 21, 2011
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Cambridge, Boston, and MIT in the Snow Santa and Poseidon in a winter wonderland.

  

  Here’s what I woke up to on Friday morning: massive snowflakes, falling sideways and sticking to everything. I wasn’t brave enough to take ... some photos from friends who were more brave than I was (click for larger

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 10, 2016