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• Blog / MIT Life

  Life Tokens the currency of joy

  

  ), buying a house, and eventually retiring. The goal is to collect as much ... family have dispersed, and our bodies are too worn out to do much. If/when I turn 80, how much money would I give up to have the memories and

  • by Allison E. '27
  • July 6, 2025
• Blog / Challenges

  at least it’s not covid sick day

  

  've gone to a medlink, if it was worse. how much worse, though? i don't know ... pass and started rifling through my emails. i thought, should i go to ... , from 11 am to noon. the other class i usually went to on thursdays, 6

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 23, 2022
• Blog / About Decisions

  CPW, making a decision, and saying yes/no The clock to May 1 is ticking.

  

  enjoyed CPW as much as I did. It was great to meet many of you at the "Meet ... enrollment deposit. If you say "yes," you don't need to send us money to hold ... Now that CPW has come to a close, the Class of 2013 is starting to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 21, 2009
• Blog / Events

  Dark Side of the Moon And everything under the sun is in tune, but the sun is eclipsed by the…

  

  need to go finish that up - but you all can expect an entry on my current ... it. I know I will be. Really bad photos to follow. Also, if you ... . *** Update circa 11:13 PM: As it turns out, it's actually really really hard to

  • by Paul B. '11
  • February 20, 2008
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Replay… Who says you can't go home again? Or at least go back to school...

  

  the rink will open soon and I want to be ready. Fortunately, once again ... prepared to take on my sophomore year having declared my major and settled in ... graduated and several times each year would come up with reasons why I needed

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • September 11, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  The Final Countdown

  

  them once again for helping you with your college process. If they need a ... outreach to students for the season. After this, I'll head back to the office ... travel season, we'll prepare to read your applications. I suspect we

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 20, 2004
• Blog / How to Food

  everything i cooked this summer it wasn't gourmet but it (mostly) tasted good

  

  I'm not a particularly good cook. I once managed to set spaghetti on ... would once again cook regularly, and managed to stick to that with ... green onion and cucumber, so I add them as garnish to pretty much

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • August 14, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  One Day at a Time or, springing into junior year, part 2: electric boogaloo

  

  outfit I need to figure out when to wear now, and my Brass Rat already sits ... ’s hands, as much as I wish it came easy to me. But, I’m trying to take it ... situation at MIT. He’d already heard (it’s hard not to be constantly plugged

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • March 17, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  Admitted Students Update Some things to do now if you were admitted to the MIT Class of 2014.

  

  package, come for CPW, or anything else that you need to make your decision ... year, military service, or other reason). Take as much time as you need ... available to admitted students, including: Campus Preview Weekend

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 18, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The First Time I Underpacked a trip to Istanbul, courtesy of MIT

  

  —I always thought I wouldn't be able to find what I needed at my destination ... college. Not even for a bit! (I'm starting to think I'm always more homesick ... opportunities MIT churns out every year to send my friends everywhere from DC

  • by Connie H. '15
  • March 25, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How do you know when you’ve chosen the right major?

  

  team. "Life can be much broader once you discover one simple fact ... Sometimes I get so engaged by a project that I forget to eat. Yesterday, I woke up at 7:35am.  Starving, I got a sandwich to-go at the

  • by Michael C. '16
  • October 17, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Gravity Rides Everything We are gathered here today to allude to rapidly accelerating bouncy balls and The Moon…

  

  important: music, and how I listen to far too much of it. ...what?! I'm not ... your parents what to expect over the next year. (She's visiting for a week, during which she keeps trying to clean my room. Thanks, Mom. I

  • by Keri G. '10
  • April 17, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Fall Travel Coming to a theater near you! (Or auditorium... or gym... or lecture hall...)

  

  This is my last week in the office before I hit the road to come see ... the recruitment, not the travel. I'm looking forward to the school visits and the big regional info sessions. I'm not looking forward to the

  • by Ben Jones
  • September 12, 2005
• Blog / Announcements

  We will not be taking anyone from the wait list in 2020 closing out the wait list for the Class of 2024

  

  patiently since Pi Day to tell them that, unfortunately, we will not be able to admit any students from our wait list this year. I am writing this blog post to announce that and explain why.  As you may know, the wait

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • July 30, 2020
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Marking time Somewhere between the end of classes and graduation...

  

  housing lottery, it's a good idea to pack a suitcase with about a week's worth of clothes so you don't have to unpack and then repack your temp room. It's also a good idea to pack light and buy as much as you can once

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • May 30, 2006
• Blog / Events

  150. We're in the news!

  

  need to check in for my flight home in six hours. My one-week-old brass ... past year consisted of things much bigger and better than the story of my ... my own to the collection: Thousands of people showed up on

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • May 20, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I’m Shipping Up to Boston and I lost my leg! Whoah oh oh..

  

  not to scream. It's not the drill - I have about as much tolerance for ... Tomorrow morning I fly back to MIT, and I'm writing to you with ... all the feeling there decided to concurrently take a few hours off to

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 31, 2007
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Julia’s Day Out Almost 10 things I've learned since living in Boston

  

  just do not like (hint: deflategate) it is just much safer to lie. My ... It was so exciting to be able to welcome the 1000+ adMITed students to campus these past two weekends. Many of you have explored our campus

  • by Julia Potts
  • April 11, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Life Coming Full Circle C’mon & zoom, c’mon & zoom, c’mon & zooma zooma zooma zoom.

  

  trying to embrace digital as much as anything, and PBS LearningMedia is ... architecture to media. And since then, I’ve been embarking on new adventures ... . Back in April, when I was still anxiously waiting to hear back from the

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • July 17, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  No Good Deed Goes Unpunished ...in which I introduce myself and set the tone for this "theater of the absurd."

  

  minorities and the college application process. Does that mean that you have to ... populations. I've come to see the Internet (and now blogs) with a strong fascination, mild skepticism and much trepidation. My blog will hopefully give

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • August 11, 2005