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• Blog / MIT Life

  The Sorting of the Frosh (MacGregor Style) We don't have a Sorting Hat, but this is how MacGregor does In-House Rush

  

  ), and, after some housing algorithm magic, a couple months later you are assigned a dorm, a room, and possibly a roommate. Fast forward to today ... stay in the dorm you are temped in or try and lottery into a different

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • August 24, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Quad Life four girls become roommates, hilarity ensues

  

  located in Baker House. Don't sweat it!) The year got off to a rocky start ... I was confused when I was put into a room with three strangers at the beginning of this year. Two of the girls I had heard about in a very

  • by Connie H. '15
  • May 13, 2012
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Comfort Matters A unique application process

  

  offense to the 10-250 chairs, they're a nice purple shade but they just aren't ... feels cold and uninviting. I'm sorry chair, I just don't like you. I have ... 's utilized for a bunch of classes (including many for freshmen) and is

  • by Snively '11
  • January 10, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Yay, weekend!

  

  Floor. I took a picture of people dancing, but I'm not such a great ... lights of Black Bemis and talked, which is a popular quiet-night activity ... - because they have stories, and they have useful advice, and a sense of

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 11, 2005
• Blog / Athletics

  We’re So Back a collage of preseason

  

  is a span of two weeks in the summer before the semester starts, where ... -student. No school – just a soccer practice at 8 am and another at 2 pm, mid ... ="aligncenter" width="442"] We had a team meeting to kickoff the start of preseason. Here

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • September 2, 2024
• Blog / Announcements

  MIT Regular Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  always a straight line. Your future isn’t something MIT creates for you, it ... and Catan, topology and tango — they are united by a shared standard of rigorous academics, high character, and a strong match with MIT’s mission to

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 14, 2023
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT Regular Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  not always a straight line. That your path isn’t something MIT sets you ... is another record high: about a 2% increase from last year, with both ... and pastoralism — they are united by a shared standard of rigorous

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 14, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Reaffirming our support for transgender students in light of the military ban and our ROTC program(s)

  

  passage of ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,’ we faced a similar clash between our ... implementation of this order is still under review, its prospect has caused a lot ... eventually serve in the military or in the MIT ROTC program. MIT has a long

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 3, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Wooo Summer The goal as usual is to do ALL the things

  

  classes will be a bit dryer to teach (and learn from), but I'm excited ... . I really have learned a lot during my freshman year at MIT.  I learned ... really does not like me.  But I'm done with math and science general

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • July 15, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  [Liveblog] MARC 2025 A sciencey science conference, feature Anika '26 and me

  

  Foundries. It's also a (heavily subsidized) ski trip! Because MARC isn't only ... a lot like the Overlook Hotel from The Shining, and now I can't unsee ... a keynote talk from Deirdre Hanford, CEO of Natcast. Natcast isn't

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • January 14, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  Questions Omnibus, Part 2

  

  process a hundred times and I'm out of nails. Could you please give me some ... decisions from colleges, but I don't think a few months is too much to ask for ... -Pakistan test matches, Six Nations rugby, why people shouldn't cheer for

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 7, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  November summary: books, playlist, gratitude

  

  I'm on the train home to Philadelphia. Currently: four women run my ... looking forward to it. A few things that happened in November: I spent a day giving math problems to seventh-grade girls. A friend from high

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • November 25, 2015
• Blog / Events

  The Great Debate Can MIT brainpower, with the help of the LHC, finally put the matter to rest?

  

  sexy. And if that isn't convincing enough, look what happens to a human ... -100 in a quest to solve one of the greatest conundrums of our time: latke ... represent. The latke, essentially a potato pancake, is traditionally eaten

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • March 8, 2011
• Blog / Summer

  The 9-to-5 grind (or the 9-to-6:30 because that's when the free dinner is, and a girl's gotta eat)

  

  What really happens during a 9-to-5 job? Is it possible that people really just sit in front of a computer for 8 hours a day? Do you work on ... working at a large tech giant, and the perks were an added bonus to the

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • September 4, 2018
• Blog / Hacks

  The Stars Look Very Different Today Planet Earth is blue, and there's nothing we can do

  

  a wee bit very overprotective. The program satisfied her need to have me in a rigorous academic environment and my need to be really, really far away from home for a bit. One afternoon that summer, while about

  • by Keri G. '10
  • January 14, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Eric Lander, spring rolls, and the New York Times two of those three are related

  

  number 1, and thanks to the obscene amount of tuition I'm paying MIT I was ... minutes early with a few friends, and also why our entire row was fangirling ... : What does a biochemist do? He stuffs the butterfly into a blender

  • by Michael C. '16
  • September 6, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Rush, rush Why you should live on my floor, with special guest star Paula Abdul.

  

  there (not just from a viewbook or description). After that, you get to ... all your stuff and move to a different dorm. The day after REX ends ... pastimes to relieve stress is smashing fresh coconuts with a mace, so we

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 31, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  Trail Notes

  

  it in a big way, I wouldn’t have come to MIT." As the poet Jessica ... triumph of nature. For just a few months, the landscape alters dramatically ... valleys and mountaintops alike with a sharp, consuming pink and rivers grow

  • by Sara N. '28
  • October 6, 2024
• Blog / Events

  The Boston Festival of Indie Games In which I geek out on campus with a bunch of gamers

  

  —basically anything that doesn’t involve a screen. Ice cubris! It’s like Tetris ... is. I’m a true proponent of the idea that gaming brings people together ... . (But actually it was awesome, and much like a baby-PAX – a video game

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • September 16, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT ‘10: Daniel Guillen Our football coach gets a surprise in Daniel Guillen '10.

  

  best a student-athlete could ever hope to receive. Guillen, a four ... well. "I feel this is a great opportunity and not just because of the ... Wednesday. "I'm going to try to make the best of it." The 5-foot-10, 180-pound

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 29, 2006