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• Blog / MIT Life

  Hits from the ‘90s ♪ Why can't we be friends? ♫

  

  that matter, I have an account for just about everything, but by no means use all of them. They're just good to have in case of an emergency. That ... twitter. Facebook, I do use, as many of you have discovered. I get about 2

  • by Snively '11
  • July 2, 2009
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Exponential Decay This entry probably isn't about what you think it is.

  

  readership of each entry decays pretty rapidly. The ten most recent posts have ... main page, you can find it two places: the personal archive of the blogger who wrote it, or the general information pages accessible by the

  • by Paul B. '11
  • November 20, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  My First Visit I... got lost on the tour, actually...

  

  I realize that some of my readers may not have had the opportunity to ... certainly cannot substitute for the real experience of being on MIT's campus ... Institute of Technology. The context of my trip: New York City is a few hours

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • October 10, 2008
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Remember the Fourth Another reason why I'm happy I chose MIT over Stanford.

  

  My most vivid recollection of a July 4 celebration came from a book that I read in middle school. The Westing Game, by Ellen Raskin. Basically, the book is about a bunch of strangers coming together to live in

  • by Chris S. '11
  • July 6, 2008
• Blog / Events

  When Friday Arrives… A glimpse into my social life, among other things.

  

  , especially considering they were all written by actual MIT students. Of course ... week of spring classes has come and gone. I spent last night finishing up ... novel) and, of course, finals. Easier said than done? Yeah, just a little

  • by Paul B. '11
  • May 10, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Summertime, and the livin’ is easy Unless, of course, you've decided to do something with all that free time.

  

  I said I'd do it, no? Many of these websites won't have information ... . YOU DO NOT HAVE TO DO ANY SUMMER PROGRAM TO GET INTO MIT, by the way. I ... some of you may want to look into, what with summer often involving large

  • by Keri G. '10
  • November 13, 2006
• Blog / Events

  “It’s just so effortless!” Apples and ziti and pies, oh my!

  

  some pictures too. As Sam mentioned, our floor, Conner 2, goes kind of ... ...I probably slept instead. I'm not much of a baker, anyway. There was plenty of ... whole lot of food: Teamwork at its finest! April browns the meat, Rick

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 28, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  USA Wins 2nd in International Math Olympiad Three MIT '09s won Gold Medals.

  

  the contestants. Each pair of problems was solved by more than 2/5 of ... On July 6, the world eagerly watched as London was named the host of ... 're evaluating Class of 2010 applications), Torino, Italy, will host the 2006

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 18, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  RA Selection Day 7

  

  finally got around to reading a bunch of articles from the MIT News Office ... remember" is lead author of an upcoming paper announcing the discovery of three stars that have the largest diameters of any normal stars known

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 24, 2005
• Blog / IAP

  IAP trip to the natural history museum! turns out nature's history is pretty cool

  

  of 50 years by a father and son, Leopold and Rudolf Blaschka, working ... of different unusual classes and events that you can sign up for -- but it's also cool because there's so much more time to do the kinds of

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • January 27, 2022
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  [joint post] unsubscribe a post about fortune cookies

  

  Florez Fund is a grant run by MIT’s School of Humanities, Arts, and Social ... might be exasperated by, and the person on the other end of the line was ... couple dozen left in the mailboxes by the end of the semester. What a shame

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • July 7, 2022
• Blog / Events

  This is the end I couldn‘t decide whether to put "They‘re beautiful, aren‘t they? The stars" here, or to…

  

  certainly countered by a lot of negativity, to be sure. One tends to start ... pictures. Awwww By the end of the day I was exhausted and ended up just ... 've graduated!!! Holy smokes, four years of MIT and now it's over. It seems like

  • by Snively '11
  • June 19, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Week in the Life Hello, Google Calendar.

  

  runs. Calendar: Hello, readers! Anyway, it's the beginning of the new ... " meaning "sick of" and not "finished, because I have landed my dream job, see ya next year"), so I sort of just wandered around and chatted with

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • February 10, 2016
• Blog / How to Human

  i saw twenty one pilots at td garden in boston live music is very much alive and here to stay

  

  overwhelmed by work and school and the thought of having to get good grades for ... I wanted to share that with you all. trigger warnings: talks of ... barricades, I was hooked, and I knew I had to go to concerts for the rest of my

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 28, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Flood, an Ark, a Third Word I Am Missing Sophomore year starts out a little wet, and what is a community, really?

  

  excited by things like robots and engineering and sometimes, slaying one of ... it. By the end of the week, I was much more comfortable in my room in ... hours, maybe. But as for this particular piece of the internet, I haven

  • by Selam G. '18
  • September 21, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Ben’s Second Semi-Annual Q&A More answers to your questions.

  

  national exams are ranked by province with the best 100 candidates in each province being published in the local newspapers. There is no other way of ... interview-related questions. "One of the requirements of MIT is that I should

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 28, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  “What Should I Bring To College?” (partly) answered my everyday carry

  

  I like to pack light. Maybe it's some combination of old hiking habits, suppressed middle school memories of having my roller backpack ... you're looking for a more exhaustive list, these blog posts might be of

  • by Michael C. '16
  • December 23, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  I’m laughing out loud cheek. muscles. cramping.

  

  entertainment here is a picture of a baby ocelot held by my boyfriend: ... It's pre-finals week. Today is the last day of classes. Projects are due, one of my friends slept for one hour last night, I have to submit a

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 11, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What’s my age again? Spring semester so far

  

  , was. By the end of the story I had inched halfway around the table to ... The start of the semester was comically reminiscent of the first day of third grade, when after a few minutes of reading from a picture book

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • March 3, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Shelby’s Amazing CPW Adventure A CPW Guest Entry by Shelby '13

  

  photo of me outside of 77 Mass Ave. (So this is where my application went.) I was instantly stunned by the campus and the intriguing architecture. I was especially awed by Simmon's Hall, aka "The Sponge." After

  • by Snively '11
  • April 29, 2009