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• Blog / MIT Life

  Dorm Companion #2: Cat The Boston Globe discusses MIT's four cat-friendly dorms.

  

  four dorms. MIT is the only Massachusetts college known to allow cats ... . "Sometimes the custodian will hear it crying or scratching to get someone ... . "It's just great to have somebody who's happy to see you," she said.

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 9, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  A Post For Parents, Part 2 A followup to "A Post For Parents, Part 1."

  

  -making clock begins. It is difficult to make a decision if you don't know the ... scholarship is terminated if a student drops below the minimum. Is it tied to ... attached to the scholarship? This is important because it can really suck up

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • March 29, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Q&A Passing along some e-mails, and my responses to them.

  

  are very different. It would probably be much easier to start with ... !) which to me is the most important thing. Also, there are great ... -confidence and high self-imposed pressure is the worst thing about this place. It

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 21, 2013
• Blog / Classes

  bucket lists, grocery lists, and a li(s)tany of other things this is actually just an excuse to make people list-en to me talk about minecraft

  

  absurd amount of people using it (as Vincent H. '23 can attest to), I’m on ... many times I’ve idly thought about how cool it would be to know how to ... recorded as a P on your transcript, and a fail is sent to the backrooms

  • by Teresa J. '26
  • November 3, 2022
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Science is Delicious! Zen and the art of hot chocolate

  

  Just a few hours to go, and I know you're feeling the stress. We're feeling it too, believe it or not. I have to tell you that the selection ... that yes, it is true hot chocolate (chocolate + milk). What, you think

  • by Dave McOwen
  • December 16, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Tasty water, the Charles River, and other things that are not synonymous First post!

  

  It's a little-known fact that McCormick Hall is home to not only ... afternoon unpacking and finished it off by heading out to a barbecue with my ... outside, made it back to the dorm and spiraled around until I met my room

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • September 11, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  “Failing” at MIT for the record, this isn't

  

  ’re finally starting something new. Regardless, the end (or is it the beginning?) is the same: you come to MIT, most likely as a freshman, bright ... , “I didn’t even show up to class, but I passed.” But he does worry. It’s

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • November 2, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sights, Sounds, Smells, Tastes, and Feels of IAP photo dump

  

  ? After some googling, it seems that the construction of the two is ... to salty and sweet foods that, after not being exposed to it for a ... snow day of the spring semester. It took me a while to finish this post

  • by Erick P. '17
  • February 9, 2017
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  carly SLAY jepsen concerts > psets

  

  annoying song, and also the teachers had already done a video to it so we ... it on my shiny new Spotify account and listening to Favourite Colour in ... forehead," I told Chris. It was at the Roadrunner, which also happened to be

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • September 28, 2022
• Blog / Events

  RecomMITted On Ring Delivery and the halfway mark

  

  's motivated me to get through some hard weeks — "It's almost time," they said ... 've constantly reminded myself that I didn't come to MIT expecting easy. It was by ... art that it is. "Frightening, humbling, and empowering," as Anelise N

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • May 2, 2017
• Blog / How to Food

  LET ME COOOOOOOK 🍳🍳🍳 I am stupidly excited about learning this Basic Life Skill, and not ashamed to admit…

  

  that the summer is nearing its end, the cashier’s started to remember my ... “On a scale from one to ten, where one is ‘Eat to Live,’ and ten is ... /dinner together is a really good ~friendmaking~ tactic I plan to employ more.) That

  • by Fiona L. '27
  • September 16, 2024
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  beauty is overrated

  

  all or even most humanities scholarship is fluff; it’s just easy to be ... beautiful. There were moments I wished to be desirable, and I suppose that is ... value our relationship so much for that, but to paint it all as simply

  • by Rona W. '23
  • November 20, 2022
• Blog / Athletics

  The Five Stages of Grief (Jonathan’s Version) on a journey from New Hampshire to Next House [guest post]

  

  limits, and it is always nice to spend some good time with friends and ... drivers, who knows when you have to dodge; though it is a bit greedy space ... -related crimes."]Fatima.[/annotation] It is comfortable to be in a familiar place

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • February 4, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Once upon a time Who I was in high school.

  

  course 2, but how easy is it to take classes in neuroscience outside of one ... is to say, my high school journal) wherever possible. This might be ... that I always get carded when I buy beer. I went to the Massachusetts RMV

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 19, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I’m a physics major (for now) feeling scholarly, part 2/2

  

  was originally meant to be a one-off post, but in writing it, I found ... chance that I'll go to grad school, but it certainly won't be for physics ... being fluid dynamics, but even that is interdisciplinary enough that it

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • June 26, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  Immaterial Girl in a Material World There is an imposter among us

  

  easy it is to switch majors at MIT, and I’m grateful that course 9 ... be to invest all my energy into understanding the “artificial ... I’d previously had for the subject. It was partly due to my disliking

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • November 1, 2022
• Blog / MISTI

  DOMR My first crazy picture entry from Germany.

  

  foods is listed in kilojoules in addition to in calories. Hallo again. I ... . 2. My job. However, the computer is supposed to only be used for ... is the Koelner Dom. It was the tallest structure in Europe until the

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 8, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Making the hard decision a couple of brutally honest stories from friends here that had originally wanted to study…

  

  writing was more than a hobby, it is a passion equivalent to my love for ... less now, and it is difficult to do other things I enjoy during weeks ... passionate about STEM and writing/the arts in equal measure, it is possible to

  • by Ben O. '19
  • May 17, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Second Day of Class Course shopping and such.

  

  Google Calendar. It is slightly amusing to see fellow classmates toting ... works the best for me is, "well, if I can't remember the event, then it ... just means i have to prioritize earlier) I do keep a Post-It pad with me

  • by Chris S. '11
  • September 10, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  I auditioned for a musical Oh my goodness, oh my goodness

  

  I have to perform it. In February. This is going to be an adventure. ... audience as possible. Don't get me wrong: I love to sing. I'm no good at it ... of whom are from my living group. It read: "Please come prepared to

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 2, 2011