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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  When MIT Gets Tough, CAAAATTTT Everything was terrible, and then I cat

  

  past weekend, I rushed my mom and sister to come visit me at MIT because I was feeling particularly stressed out and at a loss for how to deal ... inspires me to get my stuff together. I caught up on my work, I eat and sleep

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • October 7, 2014
• Blog / Life after MIT

  What Do You DO All Day? A guest-author entry by Joan Horvath '81.

  robots to explore other planets. The high point for me was when I was on ... for years to friends of mine - Doug Adrianson and Hope Frazier, both ... likely to be, or perhaps a sense that maybe it's best not to know. As for

  • by mitblogs
  • March 19, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  Deciding to Live on Campus a 4 month long emotional rollercoaster

  

  -19 restricted MIT campus. To clarify, I don't actually need to live on ... requirements. I actually just want to live on campus. Wild, right? The whole ... find it worth it to come back to MIT unless I could live on campus. I

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • August 26, 2020
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  We’re Linux! "Aha, Linux beats paper!"

  

  entry, I'd really appreciate it if you took a moment to vote for it online ... Congratulations to the future class of 2013! I'm looking forward to ... . And now, here's a cute little something to brighten your day

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 16, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  You Prep, I Prep, We All Prep How to prepare--or at least, how I did.

  

  standardized test on your own--this worked well for many people. If you want to ... ’ve been thrown into a pit of tigers to fend for myself with a toothpick ... to gal for SAT tests, they are my forte in the world of arbitrary

  • by Selam G. '18
  • May 13, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Blog Graveyard skeletons in my google docs

  

  the many reaction coordinate charts I had to draw for 7.012 last ... for a lovely plush paragraph to surround it one day. Some of these ideas ... ’s because I found a newer shinier idea to latch on to or because I couldn

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • February 12, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  Beauty and the Geek Some of the greatest companies in the world recruit at MIT. Apparently, so do some…

  

  for American Idol 2, but I don't think he got to appear on television as ... stereotypical to be advertising an open casting call for "geeks" at MIT, but this ... on my blog (readership roughly equal to that of the Washington Times

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 1, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Sneak Preview (to next) Weekend let's just pretend I managed to backronym CPW in the title

  

  somehow forgot to submit the event on the left on time, it's not on the ... excited about CPW! There are far too many events for a single person to attend without the aid of a time machine, so to jump on the blogger

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • April 3, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The 2011 Brass Rat! Can I turn this in in lieu of my blank lab report for tomorrow?

  

  past - please scroll down to the end of the entry for a complete listing ... (more on that later!) with our student ID) Someone (it turns out to be ... interesting thing to note is that we have 13 people on the Committee, rather

  • by Chris S. '11
  • February 9, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  I LOVE MUSICALS!!! wicked just dropped and I am LOSING MY MIND

  

  meaning to write for a long time... MY LOVE LETTER TO MUSICAL THEATRE   ... never dared to share and suddenly bring them to life on stage. It’s as if someone pressed pause on the world to let the emotions and struggles of a

  • by Kanokwan T. '25
  • November 29, 2024
• Blog / How to Human

  The Fringe that Stole Christmas hair @ MIT, and several hair-raising puns

  

  , often compared to a baby duck. Here I am on my first day of school some ... school boys on campus for a UROV competition in June of 2010. At this time ... the back. I didn’t notice until I went to Puerto Rico to surf on spring

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • December 25, 2018
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A poem for every day of August or nearly; I wrote 25 in all

  

  called it — and I thought, why not? We met on Sundays at 10 pm for me in Denmark, 1 pm for those on the west coast. One poem per week, with different ... rushed on, I found myself enjoying poetry. I signed up for Advanced Poetry

  • by Amber V. '24
  • September 5, 2022
• FAQ / Life and culture

  Did an MIT grad start Khan Academy?

  posting tutorials on YouTube. Three years later Sal left his job as a hedge fund analyst to start Khan Academy, a nonprofit educational organization created to provide a free, world-class education for anyone, anywhere.
• Blog / MISTI

  An American in Copenhagen but my luggage went to Amsterdam

  

  ; the machine is kind to me, has free seltzer and coffee in the break room ... my two suitcases. I’m going to be in Europe for the same amount of time ... , on the plane to [annotation note = "actually Reykjavik, after Seattle

  • by Amber V. '24
  • June 14, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Hit in the Face: A Snively GuestBlog Snively's point of view. Only this time it's actually his point of view, and not…

  

  for what’s to come. Then, before you know it, blasted in the face by the ... blogger, but I have to wait for either Laura, Evan, or Jess to move out of ... rushed to help by giving me a chance to guest blog for her, which is what

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 14, 2007
• Blog / Personal Travel

  i rode a train across america it took eighty-five hours

  

  coffee for you. Come on down to the lounge car, Cardi B! Come on down ... blue: I’ll be on the Lake Shore Limited from Boston to Chicago, then ... train track maintenance, I’ll be sitting on a bus for a stretch of my

  • by Rona W. '23
  • October 7, 2019
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  on the question “where are you from?” and the answer: neither here nor there. alternatively, about being a missourian.

  

  seconds ago and recognizing people I follow on Instagram only for them to ... hadn’t met before.  When I returned to campus on August 23rd, the cycle ... , peculiarly, where I went to high school. For whatever reason, the inquiry of

  • by Teresa J. '26
  • September 30, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  On Supplemental Materials Further information about application supplements.

  

  "undergraduate application materials" on the envelope. You do not need to be a music major for this to be considered (most people who submit the ... "undergraduate application materials" on the envelope. You do not need to be an art

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 24, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The good advice The many different flavors of advising at MIT.

  

  to mention, are copious sources of free food. Advising for ... 's supervisor asked him to work on a project for his Aero/Astro master's degree ... moment, I am dedicating myself to writing entries on a couple of under

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 9, 2006
• Blog / MISTI

  Springtime for Interns in Germany Watch out, Europe: I'm going on tour.

  

  'm heading off for a free trip to Thompson Island, courtesy of MISTI again ... was at the MISTI Gala Dinner for all interns going to foreign countries ... go to review sessions for 2.006 exams or Dance Troupe rehearsals and

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 27, 2006