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• Blog / MIT Life

  Time Difference Written at 36,781 feet over Des Moines.

  

  sure they put your baggage on the next flight, and you're going to need ... So you're flying to college. Or you're flying anywhere alone, and you ... think about all the new people you're going to meet in the next five hours

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 21, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The 2009 Brass Rat My highly biased and personal opinions about Ring Premiere.

  

  it's impossible to recognize, which makes its inclusion pretty much ... to customize the ring to reflect their time here. At the end of the freshmen year, about a dozen students are appointed to the Ring Committee (by

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 20, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  So many problem sets

  

  prospectives on here might be curious to see what problems on problem sets are ... according to b) C-C connectivity and c) C-H connectivity (Y = methyl, E ... you would for –Me.) c) Use these values to make a graph of potential

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • September 19, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  I Hate the First or at least, I used to

  

  of a pink shag rug, and every piece of laundry that I still need to do ... relief and calm when I kicked my feet in the water was one I needed to ... boring. But all this means is that I need to decide what activities are

  • by Paige B. '24
  • September 14, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Guest Entry: A Yankee in Cambridge Math, exchange programs, and why we love MIT.

  

  style is flexible enough to suit your diverse academic needs (spoiler: it ... (including myself) value: you need to ask for help, research opportunities, etc ... perspective to help you make sense of the decision that, though it won't make or

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • May 1, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What can you do with a bad grade in quantum? What is my life going to be? (Avenue Q, anyone?)

  

  , with open notes and as much time as I needed, and scan my answers back to ... 't think much about it afterwards, but woah. That meant the world to me ... needed to refer to notes. Together, we would diagnose what's going on. I

  • by Anna H. '14
  • January 4, 2013
• Blog / Challenges

  residential exploration, but without a residence on burton conner culture continuing to thrive

  

  reopen in a year and we needed as much attention as possible. Burton Conner ... their floors. much to our surprise, we received a ton of responses!! i was ... of Burton Conner. REX, which was from August 29 to September 1st, is

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • September 8, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  ZOMG CPW and other acronyms C.Y.G.W.T.S.F? I.F.C,I.B.Y.C!

  

  be setting foot on campus, many of you for the first time, to experience what a little bit of MIT is like. Can't sleep? Curious about what to ... freshmen class about CPW last year to give you an idea of how things will go

  • by Chris M. '12
  • April 16, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  “Hello! I would like to schedule a meeting with Senator Markey.” Exciting spring break plans

  

  'll transfer you to her voicemail. Me: Okay, thank you! I left a message, and am ... to present my research at AAS conferences, and membership turns out to provide valuable access to new opportunities. In this case, I realized that

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 7, 2014
• Blog / How to Food

  Dining Hall Alchemy The art of turning cereal and chicken tenders into slightly tastier cereal and chicken tenders

  

  are buffet-style, allowing you to get as much food as you want from several "stations" around the dining hall. Indeed, an easy way to level up ... . In doing so, I'm often surprised by how much the salad bar has to offer

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • May 11, 2025
• Blog / Challenges

  I had a terrible week Also, I think that making puns about the President is Obaminable.

  

  th left much to be desired. I will elaborate on the details of “much” once I finish therapy. *Recently, someone I was talking to managed to ... , vernacular magic. Anyway, back to how much my week sucked. Three weeks, 13

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • October 26, 2009
• Blog / How to Human

  i wish we’d grown up on the same advice alternate paths

  

  fulfill me in different ways, and i need all three to be really happy me ... don’t actually need the money; in reality, the money needs you to give ... needs to happen within the monolithic institutions in academia or profit

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • January 18, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  Financial Aid Tracking + Evie Pix Some quick updates.

  

  are amazing and are giving the admissions crew some much-needed cheer ... Hi folks, First I just wanted to give mad props to the kind folks who ... : A new enhanced portlet will be launching in the next week to 10 days

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 1, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  The Ides of March

  

  scientist that does not include, at some level, some comparison to Einstein ... generation of scientists and engineers who need role models, who need to see ... . David is off to the CUNY Honors College next year. The STS awards

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 14, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Fortune Favors the merits of not working too hard

  

  talking to my dad about my job - this job - and how much I loved it. I told ... want to achieve anything in life, you need to both work hard and be ... run-up to the S&L crisis. Here's what Lewis had to say about the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 5, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Making Your Dorm Room a Piece of Art! [by Elise '14]...and how MIT'll help you!

  

  matched in a way that made them very easy to stack. All you need is a ... cable access to ~60 channels). There’s really so much more I ... [by Elise Ruan '14] Going to college and moving into a dorm

  • by ARTalk
  • November 24, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Summer on the West Coast A visit to the west coast to see what life is like on the other…

  

  , I didn't have much (any) exposure to the West Coast, and it was ... and artists and tons of little shops.  However, once we got to Santa ... you need to knock over some boxes off a table, but that didn't go so

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • August 19, 2013
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  From East to West: An American’s Cross-Atlantic Voyage The start of my MISTI UK experience

  

  once I got to the flat, where there was stable Wi-Fi. The Ride to Faire ... not like to, either." Not only does Bristol have rich [annotation note ... knights from London to Bristol, where I currently reside in a castle. I

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • June 10, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Targets shooting things and hitting them

  

  's quiet enough to shoot without needing ear protection. The class is nine ... , a black rectangle, above the muzzle. To aim the pistol, you needed to ... 't need to be there to guess how it made me feel to see so many holes

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 28, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  This one goes out to the parents It's been a while since I've written specifically for you.

  

  financial aid forms (thank you so much!), and even drove me to the post office ... to meet two parents (hello!) who follow the blogs. They tell me that ... those who leave comments are applicants, I would love to hear from some of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 15, 2007