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• Blog / MIT Life

  Spring Break! *frantically waves arms in the air*

  

  't really like home that much I decided to stay at my boyfriend's home in DE ... entire week free from classes! Back in high school spring break was in the middle of April, but here it's at the end of March. Most other colleges

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • March 20, 2009
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  In the News An NYT article on gifted education.

  

  says he is convinced, depend on "exposure to the unusual, to the diverse ... , this time a long and insightful article in the Sunday Magazine. Take some ... Times has seen fit to devote more inches to the topic of gifted education

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 21, 2005
• Blog / Classes

  every class i went to during the first week of fall all *checks notes* twelve of them

  

  I went to a lot of classes in the first week of the fall semester. According to my iCal, I have spent nineteen hours in class in the last three ... class last year before dropping it. It is pretty much the same as what I

  • by Rona W. '23
  • September 11, 2022
• Blog / Events

  Telethon Fun…Squared The amount of fun experienced at an event grows exponentially as a function of bloggers…

  

  from Indiana - most of the callers wanted to talk to admitted students ... , it was pretty much anyone's guess as to how the conversation would go ... you decide to come here next year: most of the events at MIT have free

  • by Paul B. '11
  • January 17, 2008
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  up, down, and out some moments from the last month

  

  _grid images="65637,65638" /] There is so much beauty in the world when my eyes ... surprised me; where, despite the odds, my heart is full to bursting, bringing ... 'm over the moon right now, this good thing just happened. But it is odd to

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • June 5, 2021
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Soup Dumplings, Fever Pitch Yesterday after work I headed downtown for the evening. First stop was one of my…

  

  Cafe is the best place in town for soup dumplings (very, very yummy ... ). After dinner, it was over to the Boston Common Theater, Boston's largest (and most expensive) movie theater. When I walked in, I saw a big crowd

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 27, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  MIT Dorms: MacGregor House Because really, sometimes you just need your own space.

  

  As part x in a y-part series (which is to say that all the bloggers ... excellent when you just don't want to go outside in the winter, but you also ... store Adam's planes. This one, in A Entry, is more a place to eat

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • April 20, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  To Those with Dreams Deferred in which Selam of Pi Day Past rants about how things are arbitrary

  

  Aquarius or Year of the Horse is Not Important and you don't need to base ... factors, but most importantly, don't let yourself get in the way of your own ... discovered yet. After all, mathematics is not inherently tied to the workings

  • by Selam G. '18
  • December 17, 2016
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Undecideds VII: Decided? T-minus one day until the reply form postmark deadline.

  

  detail to the most minute. Nothing is too ridiculous to be included on ... questions! I'm happy to do answer questions, and most of the bloggers are on ... Keuhne: "[In many ways, picking a college is a lot like marriage: the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 30, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Belonging Who belongs at MIT?

  

  't know what the most parsimonious common denominator is yet. So, just to ... suggestions as to the application process? How was it when you applied? How is ... . I was pretty much the anti-model applicant (my story is here, if you

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 29, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  When I used to run A reflection on sitting still for a semester

  

  how much I fucked up in the first half of the semester, and one month of ... touched by the world and everything in it. It's absolutely shocking to be ... startups in order to be a course 6. I like my soul for maybe the first time

  • by Powers '23
  • December 16, 2020
• Blog / Residential Life

  it’s not the same, but it’s still home back at MIT

  

  time to take in everything around me. For the most part, campus looked ... ="incidentally, this is the second time I've been on the same flight to MIT as a friend without planning it in advance"]happened to be on the same flight as a

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • September 7, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  (Q & A)^n

  

  , I hopped in a Zipcar and went out to the suburbs to a party at the ... is not an activist campus in the sense of protests and picket signs and ... is not taught in high schools (with the rare exceptions), so nearly

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 3, 2004
• Blog / Academics & Research

  You’ve got questions; I’ve got (some) answers Answers to your questions.

  

  to university in the states and MIT is one Im looking at. Well ... 't done much within the field, but it is something that interests me. Based ... make claims as to whether or not someone is a good candidate because in

  • by Bryan
  • October 10, 2006
• Blog / Uncategorized

  The Good Stuff yeah, man

  

  that most people never get to the good stuff! Most of what gets taught in ... good stuff is beautiful - some of the most beautiful stuff in human ... like math. The story I hear too often is that they loved math up to a

  • by Qiaochu Y. '12
  • September 22, 2011
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Extracurricular Information We discuss life over lunch.

  

  last night, which is hilarious to me because he's very much the artsy ... want to take them. MIT is similar in that our drop date is in November ... this is going to work out. Here's how the schedule goes right now

  • by Jess K. '10
  • September 17, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Lecture Notes: Biology of Culture highlights from Brian Farrell's open lecture at the Harvard Museum of Natural History (spoiler: contains…

  

  in the flower evolved in order to attract insects to pollinate it is ... this aesthetic sense also exist in the lower forms? Why is it aesthetic ... experiments in 24 forests across Japan. The macrobiome is as important as the

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • October 3, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Answering some questions The entry on commencement was just getting unwieldly.

  

  /meters, approximately (or, exactly sizes, if known)? Is it possible to find in Internet ... wireless access in all rooms? According to the mit wireless access map, it ... in the dorm, so you can use it as much as you'd like, too. In Mac

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • June 9, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  [Guest Post] Why did I come to MIT? by River A. ‘26

  

  learn how to face them. And you have to have fun in life. The fun is what ... ≧◡≦ , my name is River. Just like most people, I had dreamed of coming to ... ….why did I come here? 1. tO eXplOrE It is often said that “college is the

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • February 2, 2024
• Blog / Athletics

  So you want to be a student-athlete? Finding the balance

  

  competing in my sports. I want to share my perspective on the pros and cons of ... interscholastically forces me to stay healthy. Another benefit to competing is the sense ... member of a team in college is of real importance to me. Is it to you?

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • August 29, 2011