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• Blog / MIT Life

  Jon and me how I came to see the world

  

  audience and his far-flung fans. Maybe that was the case for you. It definitely was the case for me. I was 12 when Jon Stewart began hosting TDS ... Stewart was one of the people who helped me pick up the pieces and start to

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 11, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Eastward ho! Don't US people normally go to Canada or Mexico before they cross an ocean?

  

  day for me: I show up at 8:30, my supervisor and I talk about what we ... about an hour south of Tokyo for a company called Toray Industries. Haven ... email calling for cover letters to apply for the job. This is how MISTI

  • by Stanley G.
  • July 20, 2013
• Blog / Athletics

  So you want to be a student-athlete? Finding the balance

  

  spots on the hockey and lacrosse teams for any other opportunity at MIT ... ups and downs of MIT athletics. Playing hockey and lacrosse keeps me ... encourages strong relationship building skills. Practice for most sports begins

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • August 29, 2011
• Blog / Events

  MIT International Or how a local Model UN conference broke molds and expectations by going abroad

  

  jumped up tenfold - from scarcely enough participants for a single ... Time to state the obvious: the world knows MIT pretty dang well for ... around for three years, the Model UN culture has thrived at the Institute

  • by Emad T. '14
  • February 11, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Introducing the Class of 2013: Trevor ‘13 The sixth in a series of articles about the incoming MIT class.

  

  Franklin High 'regular guy' bound for MIT by Betsy Hammond, The Oregonian ... , too, with a penchant for chess and crossword puzzles. He's headed to MIT ... stacked up an academic record prompting Harvard, Stanford and MIT to court

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 10, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Singing with a Local Filk Group [by Susan Shepherd '11] At MIT, I discovered that my "unusual" hobbies weren't all that…

  

  —the people who read hard sf books, who dressed up for the midnight showings of ... [by Susan Shepherd '11] For me, one of the greatest things about MIT ... 's easy for you to learn about neat stuff through the grapevine. If you

  • by ARTalk
  • April 14, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Political Process For the civic-minded

  

  him and Ted Kennedy speak to make up for it or something - Caroline ... voting, despite being aware of current events, I never participated for ... make a life's goal in which I attend a rally for each presidential

  • by Karen F. '11
  • February 14, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Answers To Questions Fall 2007 Here are answers to the questions posted in my blog over the last month or…

  

  open up for transfers each year. Last year several hundred transfer ... . Generally speaking, sometimes it takes awhile for things to show up on My ... few answers up for info on January scores, but since the transfer

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 31, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  July Questions Omnibus 1 Your questions & my answers.

  

  Daniel wrote, "Any idea what date the application for '07 will come ... registered for MyMIT and live in the US, you should receive your application by the end of the month. As for the online application -- which is how most

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 6, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  what’s the point? on impact, art, external validation, and remembering to be kind

  

  in three days as an emergency back-up for[annotation note="every year ... that I just don't believe. If you think about it for a few more moments ... in sophomore spring, that for me the meaning of life, in essence, is

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • April 21, 2024
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  My 2023 Libby Wrapped I have a problem with audiobooks

  

  Wrapped is unfortunately a little underwhelming, since I use Spotify for < ... ’ve put an amazing effort into ~keeping up with the times~ by building digital collections! You can borrow almost any audiobook you want for 2

  • by Allison E. '27
  • January 3, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  an album a day the only new year's resolution i've ever completed

  

  listening to music: looking for new songs/albums, actually listening to them ... . having rediscovered my love for reading, I decided to embark on the ... read, I see a lot that I remember vividly and still love: The Wind-Up

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • January 2, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  21M.285: The Beatles the most enjoyable class i've taken at MIT

  

  had written "Come Together" as a campaign song for Leary! Getting sucked ... fascinating, so when I was looking for a [annotation note="the art requirement ... I ended up rearranging my schedule so I could take it. The class is

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • December 3, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  the last twenty days burning out before the semester even starts

  

  blogger, I was [annotation note="REX stands for Residence EXploration, where ... "]REX[/annotation] chair for Next House. This was a stressful time—along with a co-chair and ... decided, would have to be easier. I had a twelve-week internship secured for

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • September 12, 2021
• Blog / Athletics

  Discover Exercise and Wellness FPOP a wholesome college experience

  

  not for anyone who participated. That hurt for a couple of days—"If I ... stayed up in my life (with the exception of New Year’s Eve in Ukraine and ... appreciate the breadth of MIT offerings for athletes and beyond. The main

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • August 21, 2017
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  MIT.01: Intro to the Institute, part 1 And maybe a problem set

  

  probably best saved for another blog post; the important thing is that I did ... ? Eternal freedom. No homework. Staying up past midnight every night. The ... this unusual freedom were rife with extravagant eating, curling up in

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • September 8, 2013
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Unpacking Surprises to sum up 4 years at MIT

  

  September and I’m not at MIT registering for classes and trying to squeeze in ... science in K-12, but for a number of reasons (including the architecture department’s minimalist but colorful website), I decided to apply. And for a

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • July 7, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Welcome Home Like what we've done with the place?

  

  couch, and put my feet up on his desk. The downside, I guess, is that I ... communications industry. We've been proud, and grateful, to call it our home for ... yourself to risk playing the alchemist and trying to cook things up to make

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 11, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Totally awesome Incoming GEL students win big in the OnStar Student Developer Challenge

  

  This is an entry I’ve been meaning to write for about a month because ... made sticky notes,” said Marie, who added that the premise for the ... possible responses from users. In the end, they came up with 173 categories

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • May 21, 2011
• Blog / IAP

  Why I’m Baking Cookies Tonight. IAP is a beautiful time to do lots of something or lots of nothing. Or…

  

  , but 6 weeks is enough to get people excited for classes to start up ... help design my class ring, and have a UROP, and blog for admissions ... Conner, work a few hours at night calling alumni and asking for money, and

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • January 15, 2010