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• Blog / MIT Life

  Not About the Name First impressions

  

  About a week and a half ago, I arrived at Logan airport to start this ... commented, “Oh, MIT. My siblings went there,” and proceeded to talk to us ... into a metal detector, and used on an overturned beach to find coins with

  • by Ana V. '15
  • September 3, 2011
• Blog / Classes

  a gcal september never really used it until now

  

  things i have to do. i use it both proactively and reactively: i'll add events to gcal as soon as i become aware of them, and i'll also make action ... what i did at a particular point in time and when, as opposed to a list

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • September 29, 2019
• Blog / How to Human

  defining the future stop being vague

  

  current world is not good enough, and we need to strive for change, and we ... used to cling to regret—I wish I could go back in time and do MIT all ... post by discussing the future I imagine for myself and how I want to get

  • by Rona W. '23
  • May 22, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  36 Units of Class To make room for 12 units of Life

  

  waaaay too much and wrote about how we had to miss the annual dorm ... Lives, and eager to figure things out. For those that haven’t read it yet and don’t have time to (since it’s kind of long), the gist is we were

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • October 13, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  Back Home No Strings Attached

  

  and sore. Honestly, after so much MIT, I'm really looking forward to ... carousel and, to my delight, it was the first one out! My parents and I left the airport, drove to my grandma's house a few miles away, and spent

  • by Snively '11
  • May 24, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  One weekend in New York, two (very different) operas And I didn't pay a cent.

  

  out the door at 9:50, and made it to Astrophysics at 10:03. Our exam ... felt and continue to feel good about the exam. There was a calculation I ... along MIT professors and experts to guide our experience.  We can take

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 22, 2013
• Blog / Classes

  Tales of Two Parallels East Campus History class!

  

  fall, and I want to encourage people to take it! [caption id ... other by sight or name were quick to meet. I came in fresh from REX and ... tomfoolery that EC residents get up to and extrapolate them over almost 100

  • by Amber V. '24
  • August 25, 2022
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Yes, I am still alive My fourth of July in America's hometown

  

  last year. Can you tell which ones are related to me and which ones are ... , Mark, and I drove back to the city early yesterday morning, and Adam and ... , although she doesn't like riding in the car at all. And now I really have to

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 6, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Nate Silver visits MIT (or, do witches exist in real life?) No, he can't predict the outcome of your admissions decision. Probably.

  

  'll attempt to do him justice in a few lines.  He is: a prediction wizard and ... only a median and a mode; because no number would be mean to Nate Silver ... correlation to reality." (on why pundits' opinions aren't worth very much) Also

  • by Michael C. '16
  • March 1, 2013
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Listing It All Out you get a list and you get list and you get a list

  

  I spent too much time in lab and missed dining hall hours and was v ... headphones Come back to your dorm room and do a deep clean so that you can ... cream in the dining hall Go to sleep and forget that this day even

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • May 29, 2021
• Blog / Residential Life

  A man’s reach should exceed his grasp My roommate and I built a lofty heaven!

  

  drills, and everyone I talked to had done tons of robotics, and it felt ... , my roommate Anika '22 and I decided we wanted to loft our beds, as we ... freedom we're given to tinker/build/paint if we want to -- and also the

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • September 23, 2018
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Makibaka! Huwag matakot! black lives matter! junk terror bill!

  

  “suspected terrorist” for up to 14 days without warrant. And the bill is ... it. I can’t vote here. And I can’t go to the protests back at home ... the government, and then its students being told not to speak up? Is

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 8, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Some Perks Of Life At The ‘Other’ Cambridge [by Mirat Shah '08] Along with ~40 other MIT students, I am studying abroad at…

  

  often to formal dinners and other things. And a lot of the dining halls ... like pizza, bagels, and ice cream in winter. And I spent way too much ... [by Mirat Shah '08] My name is Mirat and I am a junior studying

  • by Cambridge
  • January 23, 2007
• Blog / Athletics

  The Craziest 3 Days of Soccer Ever broken records, halloween practice, and senior day!

  

  season!! We just wrapped up our regular season, and I wanted to share the ... our beloved leader, and we are so happy she decided to grace us with her ... that they must wear out to practice. This year’s theme was sports, and

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • November 4, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Astronomy in Paradise Lost I can't resist.

  

  and somewhere near the bigness of a star. There's no golden chain to be ... efforts at MIT, and TESS is going to revolutionize our big-picture of these ... "goldilocks zone" - not too close to the star and hot, not too far away and cold

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 27, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Tetazoo is not a Hivemind Haha... just kidding... unless?

  

  up for the freshmen and other hall newcomers. We have tasks to complete ... sprained me knee bringing around a blanket and asking strangers to join ... and writing in the middle of it all, that I realize how much I love

  • by Powers '23
  • November 24, 2019
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Day 1: Going North Leaving the light pollution bubble to go to class?

  

  when you have so much fun with the people in your family and feel ... is a college campus where events and famous people will often come to ... out to New Hampshire to do this? Wouldn’t it have been a lot warmer and

  • by Stanley G.
  • January 31, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  A Preview Of My Summer Project Screenshots of the new admissions site.

  

  , who has spent much of her August sitting on my couch and assigning ... new admissions site. I can't wait for this baby to launch! IMAGE #1 ... , regardless of author. You will no longer have to check each blogger's box to

  • by Ben Jones
  • August 17, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  snowfall as the snowflakes fall, they remind me of home

  

  , between storms, the skies stay clear and the temperature returns to one ... freshman fall, when I kept waiting and waiting for the snow to come. October ... is much more wet, and walking through the snow is much worse than

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • October 31, 2020
• FAQ / QuestBridge

  Can I submit the MIT application with my QuestBridge application?

  If you are named a QuestBridge Finalist, you do not need to submit an ... enough information for us to evaluate students for admission. However, you will have to submit our MIT QuestBridge Supplement, which will be