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• Blog / MIT Life

  it’s thanksgiving or something and other things happening in my life

  

  wampanoag nation. i acknowledge the painful history of genocide and forced removal from this territory, and i honor and respect the many diverse indigenous people connected to this land. american colonialism and oppression

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 26, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  quiz: what halloween candy are you? based on your college applicant personality

  

  has a good penguin department and idk maybe I’ll major in that not ... ... Whatever’s in the top ten of the U.S. News & World Report rankings ... write about something that gives a good sense of who I am and what I value

  • by Rona W. '23
  • October 22, 2019
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Alaska, part I There...

  

  , August 2nd! Snap to it! AND NOW BACK TO YOUR REGULARLY SCHEDULED READING ... to vacation together during the summer before I and each of my two ... leaving for school in the fall, and since it's unclear when we'll have the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 28, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sketches from the Independent Activities Period Yultide Day 1

  

  on all the rest and socialization. In record-setting news, I slept for ... and how to raise better children. In other academic news: for the first ... 1, and also the sequel to "Sketches from the Fall Semester

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • January 25, 2018
• Blog / IAP

  IAP & Snowmageddon Infinite amounts of pancakes, international adventures and poutine, and icy apocalypse preparation

  

  local/national news has stated and restated, a blizzard swept through the ... writing and casual vlogging. But my friends and I have managed to get out ... meanings for IAP: 1. Infinite Amounts of Pancakes My friends Jamal E. '14 and

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • January 27, 2015
• Blog / Athletics

  cleats on feet, smile on face thoughts on injuries and spring season

  

  Spring season has started, and guess who got to lace up their cleats and practice for the first time in eight and a half months? You guessed ... collision in our scrimmage against Harvard left me with a broken bone and a

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • April 23, 2024
• Blog / How to Human

  Take Care of Us asking for change

  

  one of their names in the news. And it's absolutely sickening that I ... with every day that comes and I want it to change. For those of you who ... students are going to travel, regardless of break or not, and the only impact

  • by Cami M. '23
  • April 12, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  11.125 educating myself on education

  

  . wow. First up, 11.125: Understanding and Evaluating Education CI-H HASS ... -centered classroom activities and student-led classes, to explore issues in schools and ... -college math and science classes. Topics of study include design and

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • March 26, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Going Social Thinking about MIT Admissions and social media.

  

  cap and gown and preparing to walk at my high school graduation. Pomp and Circumstance bellowed off the bricks nearby. Over the din, a friend shouted that his older brother had something called The Face Book, and that

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 14, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  First day of school The first day of school

  

  , my backpack would be loaded with paper and colored pencils, and I ... own film series) and afterwards slept like a rock. This morning, I woke ... classes (Course 2) and filling in the rest of my schedule with classes in my

  • by Melis A. '08
  • September 6, 2006
• Blog / Events

  I’m still here. Promise.

  

  -credit class that meets twice a week for an hour and spend the rest of my time ... ! Yay! Go check out Luis's Blog and say hi. Next, Mystery Hunt! Yes I ... , metapuzzles, and some data about teams involved in the hunt. One of my absolute

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 22, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Walking in Tim’s Shoes Trust me, those are some pretty big shoes

  

  good news. And that’s pretty much how, one week after starting classes ... down enough to send a coherent response and spent the next twenty ... out to be a lot more complex and thought-through than you originally

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • September 27, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  Disappointment I know how it feels...

  

  within a day after I received news about the scholarship - and I'm happy ... Six and a half hours ago, this was me: Why? Because I, like Elizabeth, am officially done with finals!!! I left campus about 2 hours ago, and

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • December 21, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  72 Hours Three days can be a long time.

  

  Navy. The good news is that I now know what I'm doing after I graduate ... tell you about today? ICE. And I don't mean solid water. From the subject listing and schedule: 10.490: Integrated Chemical Engineering Presents and

  • by Derrick B. '08
  • November 8, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Prof. Manolis Kellis: Combining computer science with biology An interview with Manolis Kellis, Assistant Professor of Computer Science, who was honored as one…

  

  with him today and asked him what it was like to receive such a distinction, he seemed genuinely surprised that I had even heard the news and immediately attributed his achievements to his unbelievable colleagues and

  • by Melis A. '08
  • September 16, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Decisions, Decisions…..*sigh* Is (Fill in the Blank) University the right school for me?

  

  college search process. She is the first in her family to attend college and ... uncertain about the process of identifying schools and how to apply to college. Nevertheless, Big Cuz Q stepped in and has been providing some advice on the

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • April 22, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Checking In A brilliantly exciting recap of the last month.

  

  our senior bloggers Bryan, Sam, Mitra and Jessie. They've been a huge part of building this community, and I'm really, really going to miss them. Thanks guys, for sharing so much of yourselves over the years and

  • by Ben Jones
  • June 13, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I’d Like Your Help With My Letter to President Obama… What I'm up to in 21W.747 (Rhetoric) class these days.

  

  I'm in a cool HASS (Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences) class this semester. A very cool HASS class. It's simply called 'Rhetoric' and we study ... box, every political speech, and in the vast majority of conversations

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • December 1, 2011
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Square Root Day Your daily dose of nerd humor.

  

  kind of joke. (In related news, Pi Day is only eleven days away. Get

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 3, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Lego Heroines interview with the amazing Maia Weinstock!

  

  the deputy editor for MIT news and also helps manage MIT’s social media ... thank her. She has been busy interviewing around the U.S. and even in ... saying, ‘Here’s this cool LEGO picture, and by the way, you can follow this

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • April 4, 2017