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• Blog / MIT Life

  Rewind the Tape b.good so you can find the golden ticket.

  

  with a nice steak. Our waiter didn't ask for her ID, and I was a little ... took us all to Jillian's for some fun and food. It's a pretty rare ... ended up leaving early and was able to escape the rain. Now I haven't seen

  • by Bryan
  • July 26, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  italy research in pompeii

  

  we stayed in Caetani Castle for a week. We hauled our luggage up the ... me two days of begging Admir for him to promise to open the doors over ... people. We were shown around the stables as well and were told it held up

  • by Anika H. '26
  • June 18, 2024
• Blog / Rural and Small-Town

  I have never been trick-or-treating, (until now) and how trick-or-treating relates to geography...???

  

  dirt driveway in our costumes, usually something my mother sewed for us ... pretend to be all surprised for trick-or-treaters and she’d hand each of us ... - but I guess I was the one handing out the candy. I dressed up as a black

  • by Nicole Cooper
  • November 4, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  Tour de Frat house tours of pbe, dke, and sig chi!

  

  total! A lot of my friends ended up joining frats freshman year, so I thought it would be fun to show what Greek life is like for them. (You can ... further ado, let’s embark on our Tour de Frat! Phi Beta Epsilon First up is

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • February 28, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  notes from a week of new classes the prettiest peril of higher education

  

  sitting across MIT's campus struggling to write for more than 30 minutes ... notes and posting them after, leaving three (3) different files for notes for every lecture, all with different amounts of material. On top of

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • February 15, 2025
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Nothing Gold Can Stay some reminders

  

  the time in the world for me to sit, staring at the ceiling, letting my ... drive from campus). In the midst of observing Ramadan and searching for a ... from the AC in Barker library. I woke up the next day to something

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • May 28, 2019
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Blogger Fam Takes the MFA Photodump of semi-artsy pictures ahead

  

  the Boston Museum of Fine Arts for us. It happened to be somewhat early (granted, my sleep schedule is messed up enough that I classify 11 AM as ... a pretty good job at. ...Better than Petey, who straight up looks

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • November 13, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Warmth, Happiness, and Baked Goods (guest post) The best way to spend your time off.

  

  are reading this post. If you are in high school, you may be looking for ... can spend July buffing up your technical skills in calculus. You can ... why? To get into MIT? The truth is that the algorithm for college

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • July 25, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  Cows, Cheese, and Myristic Acid, Oh My! (Almost) everything I learned about fat (and educational videos), I learned from 7.S390.

  

  experimental, part-edX class called Creating Digital Learning Materials for ... in East Campus for free, bond with Ceri R. ‘16, who was also taking 7.S ... sped up snippets of the reversed erasing clips to match them up with my

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • June 19, 2015
• Blog / IAP

  The Abstract The adventure density has been high

  

  I owe you an explanation for my absence (and you'll get WAY more ... : After my last final on December 20, I flew home to London for winter break. On January 2, I flew to DC for a huge astronomy conference. There, I

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 4, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Music Groups at MIT, Pt.2 [by Jessica Noss '14, Guest Blogger] Decision time...

  

  stay in MITWE, MITSO, and Techiya, at least for the first couple weeks. I ended up staying all semester, which turned out to be a very bad idea by ... conductor. He’s very fun, energetic, and he comes up with the most

  • by ARTalk
  • May 6, 2011
• Blog / Events

  Valentine’s Day Eve Day. What? Also. BEN FOLDS.

  

  IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR THE LAZY: You, email me, picture of you ... , you know, Ben Folds only got the thumbs up from 70% of the student ... selling serenades- for a mere 10 to 20 dollars, you could chose from a list

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • February 13, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  I Think I’ve Found Paradise (Guest Entry) Work hard, play hard. For the next four years.

  

  , thanks for putting up with my ludicrous dance skills. See you in the fall! ... , which I absolutely loved. I met up with my host, Brad ’08, and from the ... anticlimactically canceled, but I still went for a nice run with a couple of other

  • by Paul B. '11
  • April 18, 2008
• Blog / Events

  The State of Things Deflated, that about sums it up.

  

  describe my last couple minutes for you. [background] I've just woken up at 11 o'clock after going to bed at 6. I drag myself up, into the bathroom ... stay awake and died. The next thing I know I'm being woken up by my

  • by Snively '11
  • April 13, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Like a freshman Getting a P+ isn't just for frosh anymore.

  

  until November. No no, today I felt I like a freshman, hosed for the very first time. Last night I woke up at 5:30 to put the finishing touches on ... encountered my suitemate and moral compass Dizzle '09, just finishing up a 2

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 6, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Spectacle I was going to title this entry "Spectacle of Light," because I mention MIThenge. Then…

  

  a month that I get my act together and cook real food for myself, even ... for a whole day. Breakfast: I love Frosted Flakes. Really I do ... routine for the past 7 years, and I'm not about to stop now. (Although

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 13, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  let’s talk about financial aid a different kind of holiday miracle

  

  Financial Services (SFS) websites for the most up-to-date information ... . Not only is the entire process of applying for financial aid confusing ... the U.S. that is need blind and full need for all of our undergraduate

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • December 24, 2025
• Blog / People & Identities

  Campus and Memories low-quality pictures and some memories

  

  show for it but stagnation. I’m bitter. I’m sad. I’m angry. There were posters for events from more than a year ago hanging in the infinite. Worse ... .  I’m trying to be hopeful. I’m staying in Cambridge for the summer and

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • July 24, 2021
• Blog / How to MIT

  Laptops! It goes on the top of your lap.

  

  I've had dial-up internet for as long as I can remember. One of the ... started! There are two computer options for MIT: Desktops and laptops. Both ... Macs. Which Mac though? >Macbook Macbooks are great for your typical

  • by Snively '11
  • March 22, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  What Makes You Tick? To all the Early applicants.

  

  Seeing all the parents converge on MIT campus for Family Weekend ... 're still with them. This is especially true for all you high school seniors who are leaving for college a year from now. Your parents might be

  • by Chris S. '11
  • October 14, 2007