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• Blog / MIT Life

  The Meaning of August It's time for classes, moving, colorful dorm rooms, and new bloggers.

  

  What does August mean to you? For me it used to mean that school was ... that I want to take, classes that I find interesting. August is exciting ... haven't seen in 3 months are coming back to campus. This is what August

  • by Evan B. '10
  • August 15, 2007
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  what’s in the box? why is spring cleaning a common phrase but not fall cleaning hmm

  

  "]thanksgiving was a few days ago, and in the world of this post it is still ... one box in my room which you could call a fire hazard. it’s stuffed to ... discount), and a whole bunch of us met up to go watch. it was really

  • by Janet G. '27
  • December 1, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  For Applicants Admitsphere.org, four hens, two ducks, best wishes and high regard from Mac-town, Oregon

  

  I know it's late in the college application season--the deadline is ... offer advice/tutorials for younger students. Their ambition is "to become ... shouldn't need to buy an expensive book or pay an independent college

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • December 27, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Summertime Happenings A summer of research and relaxation in Boston

  

  like to do sometimes when no one is watching) since winter break so to ... apartment that she was to live in for the next three months. It’s nothing like ... is so conveniently located more than makes up for the little quirks and

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • July 4, 2014
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Choosing between a career and motherhood A reflection on the ideas expressed in the 9/20/05 NY Times article, "Many Women at…

  

  business is not an option for most people, though it is a convenient way to ... repercussions on the job market. First of all, it is very competitive to find a ... just to have you leave a few years later. I know how important it is for

  • by Melis A. '08
  • September 21, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Living in the Past The one where people drive up just to visit me.

  

  people to come just by buying a bunch of these cannoli and advertising them ... Boston was. Well, obviously, the answer to that is "visit MIT," so we took ... ." "The Stata Center was built to look as if it's perpetually falling down

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 13, 2005
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  food diaries pt. 3 amazing restaurants around MIT

  

  . It's open 24 hours a day, which is awfully convenient for students who ... [/caption] This place. Oh man, this place. Would it be presumptuous for me to call ... is right in the middle of Chinatown, so I've walked by it countless

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • August 8, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Activities, humanities, question-ities Will you have time to be in an extracurricular at MIT? Yes, you will.

  

  may not have the money to buy it, but, hey, I do have this shiny credit ... your bed to be, although the highest you can get it is about 3.5 or 4 ... friend. :-D] I know it must be kind of confusing to reconcile the fact that

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • May 14, 2006
• Blog / People & Identities

  OUTRAGED. #ican'tbreathe

  

  , and it’s so disturbing to see people act like it is. None of my black ... . The underlying white supremacy was one and the same; and it is still the ... country as racially traumatized as this to heal with a president who is only

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • May 31, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  [Guest Post] Things to do while waiting for decisions by emily '22, alison '23, felix '23

  

  mine is make a plan to lessen that 😌 Try out every pen in your house and ... Make a 100 layer crepe cake Buy some semi-temporary tattoo ink and ... backpack for a week Try to get over your fear of how ugly the titans are and

  • by kellen manning
  • February 1, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Introduction to D-Lab Saving the world - just one of the many things you can do at MIT.

  

  science and engineering. As important as it is, international development ... impossible not to notice the tremendous amount of resources that MIT is pouring ... creating more classes and UROPs dedicated to these issues. This entry is

  • by Paul B. '11
  • October 15, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  that time of year… ...when every day feels like 48 hours instead of 24. When's summer?

  

  the strength to capitalize properly no more (nor the energy to invest in ... things that have kept me going. And a big one is listening to this video ... fill in where you're used to hearing cars, or horns, or construction. It

  • by Selam G. '18
  • April 20, 2017
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  (un)Empty Nest Welcome Back!

  

  that is starting to change. Shhhh, listen! Put your ear to your favorite ... . Hopefully you already knew that, or at the very least figured it out from all the great summer blog posts. MIT encourages students to do research

  • by Dave McOwen
  • August 26, 2010
• Blog / People & Identities

  A Part of Me or apart of me?

  

  and challenging her reflection. But it is only when they agree to ... to some extent is true, but mentally it’s rather light. Facts sort of ... , but it doesn’t anymore. This is like Badeline. Badeline learned to

  • by Paige B. '24
  • September 22, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My first real internship

  

  as it turns out is the perfect place to build top secret atomic weapons ... only problem with these awesome devices is that they require you to cool ... ? Why is that important?" Well, it turns out that superconductors have

  • by Chris M. '12
  • May 16, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Don’t stop me now! I am a satellite, I'm out of control.

  

  Protein Odwalla Bar for energy, ten dollars in case I pass out and need to ... DID YOU KNOW? According to the MPAA, the 1995 Mel Gibson classic "Braveheart" is "rated R for brutal medieval warfare." By the time you read this

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 17, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Moving Forward I, and the outstanding staff in the admissions office, re-affirm our pledge to uphold the…

  

  the talent, the hope, and the courage that energizes this campus. It is this energy that inspires all of us to reach higher, and to go further ... students to be incredibly engaged and think that nothing is impossible. The

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • May 4, 2007
• Blog / Events

  BLOOD MOON FEST IS REAL!! "the blood moon rises and the blood moon falls but the wave of whimsy it…

  

  the blog and immediately told me that we had to make it real. Despite ... the dorms[/caption] A few days later, I decided to buy pre-made red ... . A few brave souls took it upon themselves to paint some of the Simmons

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • March 22, 2025
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Under the Dome A full day of free fun at MIT

  

  buy you a burrito.’ Ok. Hmmm. So maybe Chris has it right after all. It is all about the free food. **So if you think you may be going too ... Ok, so you know how Chris is always talking about free food? Well, I

  • by Kris Guay
  • March 22, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Retreat! Retreat! 24 wonderful hours of sister-time in the MIT mansion!

  

  Boston suburb used for conferences. It was amazing to hang out with my ... . Sororities at MIT are quite large, with about 80-100 members, so it is generally difficult to schedule events that everyone can attend. The turn

  • by Melis A. '08
  • October 1, 2006