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• Blog / Challenges

  The Tech profiled Lydia about resilience @ MIT "I’m building my vocabulary and I’m building my mind and I’m building myself as a…

  

  "Meltdown" about the difficult time she was having at MIT. It was a beautiful ... hundreds, maybe thousands, of people, not only across campus, but among ... purpose of the blogs is, and always has been, to give MIT students a place

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 17, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  My “Normal” High School What it was like going to an ordinary high school

  

  number of things that they are worried about. Grades, SAT scores, the amount of extracurricular classes taken, etc. etc. etc. At times it seemed ... organization for lost orphaned baby whales in the middle of Africa, speak Spanish

  • by Ben O. '19
  • January 16, 2016
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  We were worried An insider's look at a February tradition

  

  , surprisingly) sat in the second row; seeing her doubled over at one of my jokes ... others began to do the same; then, after looking at a wall of problems, we ... Two weekend ago, I spent my Saturday at a wonderful show called the

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • March 2, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  Burton-Conner Floor Rush and Rooming How does it work?

  

  Burton-Conner is one of the dorms here at MIT. You can check out our ... ALL the floors, not just Conner 3. At the end of the evening, freshmen ... flooring cycle (generally at the end of the year). So that's Burton

  • by Snively '11
  • August 30, 2008
• Blog / IAP

  As the City Slumbers thoughts while walking in a park

  

  kids at the playground, and a trio of middle school boys in neon orange ... different culture around sprinklers. At least most of us do -- the fenced ... I was at the park near my grandparents’ place today, picking up

  • by Amber V. '24
  • January 21, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  perception but who *are* you?

  

  graduate community at mit econ before this year, but had seen lots of faces ... study. Why don’t they instead look at …” Whenever people ask me big ... along the lines of “Oh, economists don’t really study that, we study…” or

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • September 18, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Changes that I’m making this semester wow it's already March isn't that crazy or what

  

  first 1.5 years at college because nothing seemed that interesting to me ... robotics, which got buried down in my conscience by the stresses of adapting ... [annotation note="Fundamentals of Programming. Its new number is 6.101, but I

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • March 6, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  Days in lives that aren’t mine in a parallel universe

  

  of friends. The sun starts to set at around 6, which was when I ... fact, Eric and I moved from campus to here together. The four of us at ... I wake up at 9 AM, and it's the first time in a while that I've been

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 22, 2020
• Blog / Classes

  every class i went to during the first week of fall all *checks notes* twelve of them

  

  I went to a lot of classes in the first week of the fall semester ... ="attachment_79090" align="alignleft" width="193"] look at all those purple blocks ... Intelligence, and if there's a class I'm investing a lot of effort into this

  • by Rona W. '23
  • September 11, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  Mid-May Update Q&A: Athena tips and hints

  

  installed) to download a licensed copy of Eudora. Also available at that ... week of rain. :- But... I bet by now, all you '10 folks have your Athena ... solutions out there. You can get instructions on how to set one up at http

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • May 19, 2006
• Blog / Residential Life

  All the 2023 i3 videos megapost

  

  As a part of MIT’s unconventional housing assignment process, rising ... and culture of their residence halls. In the ’90s and early ’00s, these ... with the advent of YouTube/Vimeo/etc they are now posted online

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 3, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  [Guest Post] GetSimmons! Writing is hard, so here's a video game instead

  

  the same dorm touch, they merge into one! Note: The order of dorms ... to Threes by Asher Vollmer. You can also play the game at the original link here. (Very) rough counts of windows by dorm (all counted by

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • December 21, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Meeting our new president! my very brief foray into professional journalism

  

  attendance. My attendance at what, I did not know. At 7 pm yesterday, we ... of us speculated back and forth -- would we know the person already ... presidency? I was extremely excited to find out. I showed up at the Welcome

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • October 20, 2022
• Blog / Announcements

  Fall 2018 Transfer Decisions Are Now Live may the 4th be with you

  

  decision at apply.mitadmissions.org—the same site where you submitted your ... those of you who were admitted: welcome to MIT. For those who weren ... fine. Remember, college is mostly what you make of it, here or anywhere

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 4, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

  Dear High School Senior I know you're stalking us

  

  purpose of me writing this blog post is to give you some ideas on how to spend your time instead of freaking out about upcoming admissions decisions. Here is a list of things I came up with. (PS sorry it's all

  • by Fiona M. '20
  • November 17, 2016
• Blog / Challenges

  MIT honors Officer Sean Collier (photoblog) photos from today's memorial service

  

  Collier's brothers were among those who spoke at the ceremony: Security ... surrounding Briggs Field: Helicopter flyby: Thousands of people packed ... demonstrate the values and character of Officer Collier. And his family has

  • by Michael C. '16
  • April 24, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Stephen, I’m Putting You On Notice!

  

  education, I felt compelled to try. So Stephen, a few of us here at ... besides reading applications to MIT. One of the things I enjoy doing in my ... is one of my favorite television shows. During one recent episode

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • April 30, 2012
• Blog / Uncategorized

  The Cloud i live there now

  

  I just restored my laptop to factory condition to get rid of an ... Chrome as of 2010; I distinctly remember this not happening before) My ... (stored by Spotify) My other other documents, including all of my

  • by Qiaochu Y. '12
  • February 8, 2012
• Blog / Community Projects

  Coming up with entry titles is harder than it seems Reasons 9001 and 9002 to get "absolutely pumped about CPW," as Cam would say.

  

  Hello beautiful folks of the interwebz, It's been a while! Much has ... surprise care-package from my mom (contents: Best of Mr. Bean DVD), to name a ... more pressing matters at hand today: 1. Yesterday was Monday* 2. Today

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • April 6, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Where do Trees Come From?

  

  like this one. Photo courtesy of publicdomainpictures.net And of course if you wait a few years they get quite large... Photo courtesy of ... some class at MIT as an impartial observer and take notes on how the

  • by Kim D. '09
  • February 10, 2010