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• Blog / MIT Life

  I’m a believer Bikes! They're totally worth it.

  

  OMG. Bikes are amazing. So, I'll admit it: I'm stubborn. I like to ... was totally wrong about bikes on campus. I've always walked to class ... , and who am I to refuse free stuff? First, it took me under 10 minutes

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 15, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Did the quadratic formula explode?

  

  In one of the 28 (and counting!) responses to my last post, Kelly ... of applications I still have to read. The other work (yes, other work) I have to do for the office. My silly notion that when I blog, it

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 16, 2004
• Blog / MIT Life

  REX Now An Option for RBA Freshmen Next House's freshmen, starting with the class of 2012, can now participate in REX. !!!!!!!!

  

  getting to the drive-in window where the lady says, "Here's your Big Mac ... .. can I have a look at those?" She says, "No." "Oh, and also, you have to ... means that you have to live in that dormitory for the year (unlike

  • by Jess K. '10
  • November 30, 2007
• Blog / Life after MIT

  The After

  

  , working in the machine that is Big Tech. My day to day involves a lot less ... product design, so thank you DPD for exposing me to my future career⚙️! I have been able to ship a few products that are out there in the real

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • January 26, 2025
• Blog / MISTI

  Summer at last and my last days as a teenager...D:

  

  Jersey, which is very close to home. Planning for summer 2011, I knew I ... , I have friends going to India, Japan, China, France, and Spain. As for me, I’ll be going to Beijing, China. I’ve been looking at MISTI

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • May 31, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Look Ahead The fight's begun but not yet won.

  

  knowing how to apply it to an exam question. (Prefrosh, take note of this.) We'll see how it all goes, but all in all I am very happy to be done ... to head back home for a week ago and see my family (Boston is amazing

  • by Paul B. '11
  • May 19, 2008
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Double legacy ...what my kids will be, since I'm marrying somebody from MIT!

  

  I are engaged, and we're planning to be married in September or October of next year. (We're hoping to have our reception at the Museum of Science -- because what better place is there for two MIT grads to have

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 1, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Boris Alexeev: Solving Graph Theory Problems Boris Alexeev spent five months working on a math UROP with Prof. Daniel Kleitman.

  

  the program, we spent two days presenting our research to a panel of judges and the general public, and I had the privilege of being assigned to a booth right next to Boris'. Despite spending more than fourteen

  • by Melis A. '08
  • November 28, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Our loving, our friends, and our labor This entry is based on Aaron Copland's opera "The Tender Land."

  

  -day week and here's what I've done tonight: 1. gone to a two-hour group meeting for my UROP (the turkey one) just to get free apple pie 2. discussed the finer points of Food Network with Alicia '06, who actually gets to

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 22, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  Open Thread: Admitted Early

  

  YOU GOT IN! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxiVYEjp0Ww&ab_channel=SaltTech We hope you are happy! Take some time to celebrate with those who are important to you; we'll have more important, cylindrical information for you

  • by Decisions
  • December 16, 2023
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Admitted

  

  YOU GOT IN!!!!! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tKMxRBYQs5k Feel free to drop a note yelling in the comments below, but also, and more importantly, remember to go celebrate and be happy with your loved ones.

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2023
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Admitted

  

  YOU GOT IN!!! Feel free to drop a note yelling in the comments below, but also, and more importantly, to go celebrate and be happy with your loved ones.

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2022
• FAQ / First-year application

  Can I request that my scores not be considered after submitting my application?

  Scores cannot be redacted from applications after they have been submitted. We encourage you to look at this blog post to better understand the rationale and details of our testing requirement.
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  MIT Talent Show ua innovation gets lit

  

  writing to comedy and, uh, culinary, which is a testament to the interesting possibilities digital events offer compared to in-person ones. First years Favour ... process from its inception as a one-page project proposal to UA Innovation

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • December 30, 2020
• Blog / Residential Life

  All the 2019 i3 videos megapost your annual Interactive Introduction to the Institute

  

  Class of 2023 has been spending their summer deciding where to live with the assistance of the MIT guide to residences. One major component of this process are the so-called Interactive Introduction to the Institute

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 30, 2019
• Blog / Classes

  First Midterm of The Semester Here I go...

  

  point my brain doesn't want to do any more work. I've checked to make sure ... that I can to prepare. I'm going to start the 15 minute trek across campus to get to Walker Memorial where the entire auditorium will fill with

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • March 1, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  Balancing Act… ...or not

  

  sometimes hard to maintain, and I live in perpetual fear of messing it up even ... out of my comfort zone in this sense by forcing me to deal with my fear ... right now, so I'll leave that for later. For now, I want to make a list of

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • September 28, 2018
• Blog / Challenges

  Staying in Touch Family back home or here in Boston!

  

  ’d ride down the block on my bike, wave hi to my aunt, and return back to my ... completely until you’re here in a dorm, in a town you’ve only been to during ... ago when my sister and mom finally got the chance to visit for a weekend

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • October 1, 2017
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Jigsaw Puzzle of Opinions Ramblings Of A Spring Semester Senior

  

  who I am. This all started when moving to Cambridge for a year caused a bit of a culture shock that made me want to better understand my personal biases and cultural influences. It wasn’t until I took a moment to

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • March 25, 2015
• Blog / Events

  twerking, MIT style need more be said?

  

  Welcome to another edition of MIT Students Can Be Artsy™, aka We Do More Than Psets! Really!™, aka Things to Do On Saturday Nights at MIT ... . (if you don't know what twerking is, I direct you to the Oxford Online

  • by Michael C. '16
  • December 8, 2013