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• Blog / MIT Life

  Seattle was gorgeous until the smoke came in

  

  I've never been to Seattle before. One of the things I love about college is how many opportunities you get to live in a new place for a month ... almost didn't want to eat them.   But as much as Seattle is

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • September 22, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  The Freshman Application Is Now Live for prospective members of the Class of 2020

  

  ; The freshman application is now live on MyMIT. Our online application ... not yet know what you want to major in, which department or program at MIT appeals to you and why? At MIT, we seek to develop in each

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 18, 2015
• Blog / Challenges

  new information about my life just dropped [ from the archive ] roses, thorns, and buds

  

  health for most of 2024, but finally managed to catch a break in the new ... about comics. It was not chill in the sense that, making comics is so much ... hosted on MIT’s campus – read Janet’s blog in the hyperlink to learn more

  • by Teresa J. '26
  • February 21, 2026
• Blog / IAP

  The Space Between In which I attempt to explain IAP. (Hint: it's not a Dave Matthews Band song.)

  

  fall semester, my natural, MIT-conditioned response is to rattle off the ... this entry: what is IAP? The one-sentence, in-a-nut-shell version that I ... working on my UROP in the Langer Lab - I actually wrote most of this entry

  • by Paul B. '11
  • January 7, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Second Day of Class Course shopping and such.

  

  I'll remember to look at (like on the wall, or in my pocket most of ... during the pauses in my days since getting back to Boston (the river is ... primary reason is that I enjoy the feeling of spontaneity in a day. I enjoy

  • by Chris S. '11
  • September 10, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I never want to finish my P.E. requirement MIT PE might be the best thing that's happened in my whole (short) athletic history

  

  the class, I had barely stepped foot in a proper gym. To me, the ... the most rewarding part about my PE class is that I found a form of ... , pretty much the only thing I knew how to do was fall over and gawk at the

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • November 16, 2015
• Blog / Challenges

  Why So Serious? On Keeping Life in Perspective

  

  green grass in Killian. (Photo credit to the wonderful Preeti '15) Most ... about myself in the process. After all, it's only when we're pushed to our ... . Enjoy the little things in life. Whether that be getting to the T stop

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • March 25, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Delayed Reaction A day in the life.

  

  ’d be the person who answers your frantic phone call and then tells you to check if your computer is plugged in. It turned out that I wasn’t able to ... of physics is trying to figure out which angle is which? I mean, you

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 7, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  a farewell to my phone which hurled itself repeatedly into the icy arms of death

  

  about ancient in terms of repairs. The first shop I went to didn’t have a ... -offs, might think to take my phone off the floor. Maybe I should invest in pants ... big crack in the bottom of my drawer, waiting for inadvertent hands to

  • by Amber V. '24
  • November 14, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  In Their Own Words (Part 3) Thailand and Israel and Columbia, oh my!

  

  "Professor" in the US.) My lab advisor is Dr. Piyajit Watcharasit, and her ... this dichotomy in which you have the power to either save the world or ... -sized, in fact, at least, in terms of cyclotron. The final machine is about a

  • by Paul B. '11
  • July 8, 2008
• Blog / Community Projects

  [Guest Post] Because Racecar, Friendships, and Family By Monica C. '25: "What I’ve learned about being an engineer, friend, and teammate by…

  

  that the most important thing is to listen. This might seem obvious, but ... indicate to you how the car is operating, how much the driver is slipping ... from the design stage to two annual competitions in May and June, where

  • by Gloria Z. '26 MEng '27
  • July 31, 2025
• Blog / About Decisions

  In Search of Answers Seeking recommendations, rather than providing them...

  

  parents face. For me to weigh in on the merits of an individual applicant ... institution)? If you have, I’d love to hear about it in the comments section ... about the difficulty in selecting the students who will ultimately be

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • October 13, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Semester Two Hosed, feeling, writing, love and hatred and whatever else

  

  this class. It is indisputably the most time consuming, soul draining ... , others I published elsewhere, and the rest I kept to myself, on napkins and ... pillow to the second it hits the pillow again, I am moving. For the sake of

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • February 26, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Design in Boston [By Doug '14] Events that showcase the creative capital in and around Boston.

  

  . When it comes to the internet the key is to have it respond to you ... -space-with-a-soul-with-fpac/ Design is everywhere. Like most things, you just need to know where to look ... changed my major to 2A and decided to concentrate in product design. I was

  • by ARTalk
  • November 5, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  symptoms of nostalgia emo-posting

  

  quickly realized that hair is a nice way to keep your face warm in the ... fall is exhausting because the end is in sight and you're actively making ... take long showers. I can watch cable TV on an actual TV. My car is in the

  • by Abby H. '20
  • December 2, 2019
• Blog / About Decisions

  Admitted Students Parties Update Stories from the parties today; more stories, and questions answered, tomorrow.

  

  's Admitted Students Parties. Tomorrow, I hope to answer questions. So, in the ... question! First up is Fangfei, who went to the Long Island Party: MIT has ... think so. And Ryan went to the Party in Philly: I went to the admitted

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 31, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  This is why we can’t have nice things harmless things that irritate me

  

  bus the most. It's like every bus in the general area is conspiring ... [/annotation] to most of the places I need to go. I guess this is one of the things ... don’t need to have a “We’re off to see the wizard” moment in the middle

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • October 29, 2022
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  MIT Dorms: Burton Conner House Why is BC awesome? Because three bloggers live there. Plus, lots of other stuff too.…

  

  treadmill looks like.) This is the Porter Room. Back in the day it used to be ... checks in and out. The front desk is also where you can get your mail, find ... dorm collection, or borrow the pool cues/ping pong paddles/etc to use in

  • by Laura N. '09
  • May 14, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  And now for the feature presentation… ...IN STEREO.Don't ask. It's an LSC thing. I don't really get it myself.

  

  off. The drive fits, but it doesn't take much for it to slide around ... scotch tape and then used it to secure the drive in place. So far it's been ... , on to very old pictures: The last lecture of 3.091 is pretty famous

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 28, 2006
• Blog / People & Identities

  Fortin’ with Mimi Let’s. Talk. About. Queer stuff.

  

  So, in Massachusetts, there is a law called “An Act Relative to ... discriminated against in public areas based on gender identity. One of the most ... are some groups to check out: Rainbow Lounge The Rainbow Lounge is a

  • by Mimi S. '22
  • September 18, 2018