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• Blog / Residential Life

  river and rainwater a rainy walk home

  

  I can across the Harvard Bridge. There's a speedometer halfway across ... rusty old bike is 19 mph; I wonder how fast I'd be able to go on a sleek ... has become such a constant in my life recently, and I fear I'm starting

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • September 29, 2023
• Blog / About Decisions

  Decisions, Decisions….. Don't Panic!

  

  know how MIT is. You might think to yourself "oh but I know so much about ... can do the job as well. You're in charge though; it's your life. Make ... with nerds from the future here at MIT). As I'm sure you already know

  • by Chris M. '12
  • March 13, 2010
• Blog / Events

  Hayden Christensen Comes to MIT, Looks Pretty Pictures of the top of Hayden Christensen's head inside!

  

  , I give you HAYDEN CHRISTENSEN AT MIT IN 15 MINUTES! (and pictures ... in order to do that, I have to teach you quantum mechanics. It'll just ... . How much effort do you put in trying to stay true to real-world science

  • by Jess K. '10
  • January 17, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  The Interview…Part 1 ECs are some of my favorite people in the world and you'll like them too.

  

  something like a teacher when you talk to them. And this is how... I know ... special. Meeting with an EC can be a lot of fun. I've heard great stories ... , musicians and everything in between. Some are teachers, teaching in schools

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • September 18, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT’s FPOP for Entrepreneurship a week of connecting incoming freshmen with MIT startup founders

  

  ...   So there I was, messaging a few friends about things and in one ... that invest money in startups in the hopes of greater returns. I mention how I really want to do part-time work for a VC firm this fall and he

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 29, 2016
• Blog / Challenges

  i’d like to write a happy post a sestina

  

  'd paint you a walk along the river, in this nimbly crafted post; I'd tell you how I love this place, about its gentle paradise, all in prose that ... write. I'm hoping to come back soon, but, in the meantime, please accept

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • April 6, 2022
• Blog / Classes

  Pirates and Pi and Rats and Pie and Rats (except there are no rats) 3.1415926535897932384626433832795… idk the rest.

  

  there has been in a while. I was outside writing this blog in Killian Court, but the sun was causing too much glare so i’m in the library right ... ’t think i ever read…) for weeks about an event in lobby 10. Thursday I saw

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • March 23, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The HackMIT 2016 Puzzle Just Launched and it'll (probably) take you all across the Internet

  

  . "Sounds good, how do I start the puzzle?" you might ask. Well, if you ... MIT 2014. You can also read about some interesting past HackMIT projects in ... undergraduate hackathons in the nation, is opening up its internet doors for

  • by Erick P. '17
  • July 16, 2016
• Blog / Events

  It’s Almost Here! The sun? Orientation? Only time will tell.

  

  I think the last time I saw the sun was Saturday. In a strange turn ... encourages leadership development. Next week I have a personal UPOP meeting in ... …or is it Seattle? Anyway, grab your umbrella just in case. While the

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • August 26, 2010
• Blog / Events

  A Brief History of Thursday I met Kip Thorne.

  

  sometime during high school, but in 9th grade, I was still intent on ... do black holes have angular momentum?” and “Can I time-travel?” and ... audience that I have ever seen in 10-250, one of MIT's biggest lecture halls

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • May 9, 2009
• Blog / Events

  freshman blogger, sophomore student a reflection on some new and old things

  

  and challenges, just a little shocked at how much it actually hurts.  I ... are some recent tidbits of my life~~ I’m falling in love with pink ... recovering from."]gifts.[/annotation] In hindsight, I suspect it’s because I

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • September 21, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Regular Action Deadline Update Submit your MIT Part 1 and 2 by Jan 3, 2013 at 11:59pm EST

  

  As I mentioned in my earlier post, I wanted to follow up with more ... moment! To submit Parts 1 and 2, log in to your account on MyMIT. You can ... the same stuff I just wrote above. In a few weeks, after we've conquered

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • January 3, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Your college application motivation soundtrack for September imagine a movie montage, but for politely asking teachers to say nice things about you

  

  . You can go back to 2012 to Qiaochu's post about his life in the cloud; back to 2014 for my post on how I read applications; Nisha's post in 2018 ... with some of the current bloggers in our messenger chat, I emailed the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 1, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Summertime Things to do with your 100 days in the Summertime

  

  things to do with their time. I know that after such a long school year ... and surf your friends' profile pages for 14 hours each day. (I know, I ... summer! You can resist. You have many more options of things to do with

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • July 22, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Emergency Application Extension for students affected by the storm

  

  dense, can exceed 10 pounds per square foot in weight. And because of a ... celebration, in excess it can be catastrophic. Millions of people are without ... hurricane, dumped heavy, wet snow across the region, exceeding two feet in

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 31, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2.007: Where even your smallest part matters The 2.007 competition has come to close!

  

  into place. April 27 (I know because it's recorded in my journal ... car on the table by itself and seeing how many points you can score. My ... , which guaranteed that I would play someone who was unable to score in

  • by Melis A. '08
  • May 18, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The good advice The many different flavors of advising at MIT.

  

  So in case anybody's unaware, I finished my project at the lab at the ... archives!" Boo hoo. I've read and tagged them all in four days. Don't be a ... traditional advising, and I turned out just fine. In a more practical sense

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 9, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  A slightly snarkier guide to visitors How to not be the kind of MIT visitor who drives me up the wall.

  

  interrupted by herdlike groups of tourists each morning, I thought it would be a ... you visit. All in good fun, of course. :) Step one of the "don't look like a tourist" guide is not to stand around like a moo cow in front of

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 12, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Events That You Should Come To! totally biased, but hey, it's my blog

  

  This is going to be my third CPW, and all I can tell you that you ... Dinner! I live in this really small living group on campus (smaller than frats, sororities, and ILGs) called iHouse - in fact, there's only 20 of

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 5, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  last concert

  

  they can hear themselves). i thought it was cool that our final setup ... equipment; i think i got better at event planning in the process i won ... have no idea what to do with my interest in music now that i’m no longer

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • May 26, 2023