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• Blog / MIT Life

  Things that are hard. Though not as hard as this.

  

  best color in the box. From the ages of 3-10, my life goal was to be quarterback for the Detroit Lions, though I was eventually was forced to give ... Reformed Church (though I was technically born in Detroit, the not

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • September 17, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Do you have jobs? Can I have one?

  

  in the end they want to know the same things: who you are as a person ... thing that has been paying off for me is the time I spent in UPOP (MIT ... After I finish my M.Eng (Master's of Engineering) thesis in the

  • by Kim D. '09
  • October 8, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Sentimental Objects (part one) random trinkets from freshman year

  

  ’t just go to for the food. But in all seriousness, this event is super fun ... We are very sentimental people. Not like the keeps-every-birthday-card-in-a-cute-box-sentimental type. More like borderline-hoarders-that-have-to-assess-the

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • September 29, 2017
• Blog / Life after MIT

  That rings a bell Made of brass?

  

  , only for it to ultimately reappear under the couch.) I don’t know how ... /herself) having gone to the Institute. After several study and work abroad ... continued to travel frequently, even working in South Korea for a year and

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • January 21, 2025
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  The Double Edged Sword On Time Magazine's article titled: "Are We Losing Our Edge?"

  

  article is that the US is no longer the superpower when it comes to ... there's tremendous economic pressure to suck you away from what is perhaps ... , is a senior majoring in chemistry at Princeton, but when recruiters

  • by Bryan
  • February 17, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Cute! an MIT mood meter – Are you smiling today?

  

  need to get that happiness barometer up. The best part is walking the ... I saw this installation in the Infinite Corridor. (You can see me ... face. This mood meter is part of the MIT150 Festival of Arts, Sciences

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • April 16, 2011
• Blog / Athletics

  How I got recruited to play D3 soccer at MIT the college sports recruiting process

  

  , and I was lucky enough to get in!! I officially committed the spring ... before showing up to pre-season. The journey is not the same for everyone ... The college recruiting process can be a confusing world to maneuver

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • February 16, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  On the Road Again Adventures in Texas!

  

  account - feel free to follow me @MikeyMIT. So far it's been mostly text ... along the way. (As for the other stops in Texas - Dallas/Ft Worth, Houston, and El Paso - Kim has been hanging out there!) Well, it's off to the

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • October 4, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Dear Mom, Vol. 1 If I told you my life was a circus, would you believe me?

  

  would write back in the days of old at WJ Bryan. To: [email protected] From ... some of these people are supposed to be in class right now, but the ... ELEFANTES! Love you, Bryan Now back in the 90s, I used to have to rely on

  • by Bryan
  • October 6, 2005
• Blog / Events

  The Newest Member of Our Family What could possibly be more exciting than prefrosh?

  

  . '15 drove Kerry N. '14, Jes P. '15 and I to the animal rescue place in Boston today to help her pick out a little companion for the new semester ... (they called her Brittany at the shelter), but I really like Arya, like in

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • August 17, 2014
• Blog / Events

  Orientation Wrap-Up Reason #457 why I love Orientation: I don't have to pay for food for a…

  

  So Orientation is pretty much also a week of free food. The saying ... been touched on yet. "/> Our CityDays project involved going to the ... advantage of our free rides on the T, we went to JP Licks. Susan Hockfield

  • by Bryan
  • September 4, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Tests @ MIT The class average is your friend.

  

  , my goal in life for the next 24 hours is to actually beat the class ... , compared to the massive amounts of grade inflation I experienced in high ... , considering that this show is always in danger of cancellation, I bet it

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 6, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Mid-January Updates The latest from Cambridge.

  

  . If you are in the regular action pool (regular action applicant or early action deferred), and you are in an American school, please try to ... , and you are looking to send us an update, I would recommend doing so in

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 18, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW: The Story So Far An update from the frontlines.

  

  (which you should all come to, by the way: the fun starts at 9:30 in the ... Come one, come all to CPW! I don't know about you guys, but the energy on campus right now is absolutely amazing. The Infinite Coordidor is

  • by Paul B. '11
  • April 10, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  ways of saying goodbye joint post with CJ '23!

  

  's laughing in the background So this is how it ends I promise to never go ... coming back again? Is it ever coming back again? Take me back to the ... , go on, go on If you were thinking that the worst is yet to come Why am

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • May 31, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  Who’s that new kid? ANOTHER one?? Are you KIDDING me?! She doesn't even fit on the page!

  

  to turn on the computer, change the height of your mom's office chair*, or tie your shoes. So every time one of the aforementioned tasks has to ... ." Photo printer is doing nothing but eating paper? "GET THE MIT STUDENT

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 10, 2006
• Blog / Events

  HST Forum 2006… for real The real thing.

  

  address at last week's forum. "David D. Ho, M.D. (HST '87) is the ... is also the Irene Diamond Professor at The Rockefeller University. "Dr. Ho was named Time Magazine's Man of the Year in 1996, and was the

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • March 28, 2006
• FAQ / Life and culture

  What is Battlecode?

  The 6.9610 Battlecode programming competition is a unique challenge ... intelligence. Student teams aim to write the best player program for the Battlecode real-time strategy game. This is a one-month hardcore coding skills
• Blog / Personal Projects

  a novel excerpt in honor of the friendly toast

  

  . Since my novel comes out in 2022, I’ll have to change the setting for that ... Today I found out that the Friendly Toast in Kendall Square, the location closest to MIT, is closing permanently :( Like many others, I

  • by Rona W. '23
  • September 3, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Inherent Asymmetry Around.

  

  I'm not going to grad school next year, but I am taking the GRE's in ... . From what I hear, MIT students tend not to do as well on the exam as they ... math is the same way. Don't know about other subject tests. Anyways

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • April 2, 2009