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• Blog / MIT Life

  This is wondrous strange. Why didn't the ostrich cross the road? Because a girl had no pants on.

  

  ago, of course) and it was sunny, warm, and breezy, so I decided to bike up Massachusetts Avenue to see just how far it goes into Boston. Turns ... . One ostrich egg is equivalent in mass to about two dozen chicken eggs

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 25, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Twenty-One Days Abroad in Twenty-One Photographs a curated photo dump of an IAP in Spain

  

  is one of the largest public parks in Madrid. According to its tourism webpage, the park is sometimes referred to as "the green lungs of the city ... , and then reassembled in the Parque Del Oeste. It is now open to the

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • February 8, 2017
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Tech is Hell we are happy, tech is hell

  

  it is essential to know the night. The absurd man says yes and his ... it up again toward the summit. He goes back down to the plain. It is during that return, that pause, that Sisyphus interests me

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 13, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MARC 2025 (not a live blog) Featuring Andi '25!

  

  they’re similar to ice skating where you push to the side, but it was ... deciding it was far more interesting to go frolic in the snow. I don ... building 36 freight elevator, which is why we left it on the first floor

  • by Anika H. '26
  • January 16, 2025
• Blog / Announcements

  MIT’s COVID-19 precautions and their impact on admissions relevant news and next steps (updated 4/14); new blog posts below 👇🏼

  

  also appreciate that it is the prudent thing to do from a public health ... answer is no, you are not required to take AP exams for classes in which you are enrolled. You may find it useful to do so for your own learning

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 6, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  it’s only a matter of time a post for the deferred

  

  someone or something." The point of this is to say that it is hard. Your ... it gets better, and allowing yourself to accept that is important as ... them as well. Each of their stories is unique, and each provides its own

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • December 20, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  GUYS IT SNOWED!! yayayayyaayy

  

  (Wednesday, 12/6), but in the last fiveish days leading up to Wednesday it ... melted. It was a little disappointing, but we didn’t really expect it to ... spark of hope!! Then, I’d check the weather again an hour later, and it

  • by Allison E. '27
  • December 7, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  7 Reasons MIT Is Special reflecting on the Institute at the end of four years

  

  Final year at MIT is done! I don’t miss it… yet. But the realization ... Admissions and commute to campus every weekday. But it’s a summer arrangement ... ’s why I stayed at the Institute, and why I’d recommend it to other nerds

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 15, 2018
• Blog / Classes

  fall ’19 catalog is out! and a summary of sites we use to plan semesters

  

  for lack of better things to do. michael from 2E is part of the dev team ... and nothing more or less. it is the epitome of what online university ... absolutely inferior, and is harder to read for lack of icons, and boasts

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • April 25, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  October Questions Omnibus 2 Wow, lots of questions to be answered...

  

  . After that time, it is appropriate to send any documents again, by fax or ... us. It is the best way for us to be able to evaluate you fairly ... of said year) is it neccesary to take a fourth english course? It

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 30, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  everything is actually going okay and i think that's pretty cool

  

  order to graduate. i am taking it because i need to graduate. there is not ... getting to hang out with them. in that respect, it is less fun, but more ... -conscious about how often i make blog posts. my ideal is to make a post once a week

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 30, 2021
• Blog / About Decisions

  what we mean when we say the people why we like “the people”

  

  , but this doesn't need to be true nor is MIT benefited from it ... encourages creation. it is the mother of makerspaces, the home to hundreds of ... what they know Whatever it is you want to do at MIT, there's someone

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 25, 2023
• Blog / IAP

  I Am Prettylatebuthere’sanIAPpost on MIT's independent activities period (ft. friends!!)

  

  , you have to at least look into it, right?” the first place i looked was ... cool. it was also fun to go to a meet farther away and travel with the ... i “no-heighted” (did not clear a single bar). it was still fun to

  • by Angie F. '28
  • February 24, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  everything, all at once thoughts on science, ambition, and obsession

  

  want to live a calm life and do a little science while I'm at it. We had ... science and ambition, for me, necessarily need to be opposed? As it turns ... , here I am. At some point, also, it occurred to me that ambition could be

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • August 2, 2022
• Blog / Events

  This…Is…BLODGEBALL! Everything and anything you ever wanted to know about us.

  

  edu. Not going to lie, folks. Being an admissions blogger is the bomb ... + Dodgeball = Blodgeball (credit to Emad). And far be it for me to deny an ... pool groups, I had my FlipCam a-rollin' to document that sometimes it

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • September 9, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  chugging along a week in my life

  

  to do is set up some positive controls and put it in the plate reader ... parallels to do laundry), but the fact that each load is $2.50 makes it all ... (!!!) which is EXCELLENT so far and i'm so excited to finish it.   sunday

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • November 22, 2023
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  the summer before senior year you've changed...

  

  papers to read, but it felt like they were in [annotation note="which added ... is what [annotation note="had to count on my fingers an embarrassing ... this is a relief to me; I am very grateful that I did not have to find my

  • by Abby H. '20
  • July 9, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Houston-area Suburbia kid Makes Trek to MIT Campus Preview Weekend with Mother By: Kevin, '11

  

  , couldn't I just give it to him, would he take it? Now??? Why yes, Ben ... was pretty surprised to. But... there was enough loud music energy ... idea for an activity while at MIT that all I had to do was write it up

  • by Bryan
  • April 22, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  As if course numbers weren’t enough: Learning your A, B, Cs, and OEs Different majors at MIT, and why I chose mine

  

  , more accurately, it means that this person is double majoring in ... evolution of course numbers can be found here. It’s actually pretty fun to ... wrong with it.) I learned how to use a power drill and table saw at the

  • by Melis A. '08
  • November 11, 2007
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Where I Call Home california california cambridge!

  

  , but it seems that every time I see them, the harder it is to say goodbye ... TV to yell trivia answers at an Alex Trebek from the past. It was ... sniff at my hair. It was the feeling of comfort and love that seemed to

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 25, 2019