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• Blog / MIT Life

  Guest Entry: Engineers Without Borders Environmental engineering major Tiffany'12 fills in on international development

  

  Sorry I haven't blogged in a while -- I've been hosed with the deluge ... individual shower system unit in MIT's famous D-Lab. The “D” in D-Lab stands ... . Anyways, you can actually step into the unit, look up at the showerhead, and

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • April 14, 2011
• Blog / Challenges

  I am lethally bored in the airport boooooo

  

  I am coming to you live from the coveted Boston Logan International ... move out by noon. Not realizing this until after I booked my flight, though, I realized I had a very unfortunate amount of time between move

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • May 22, 2025
• Blog / Events

  Flowers in your hair

  

  I'm flying to San Francisco for the long weekend -- hope you kids in ... having a book signing to promote his latest book "I Hope They Serve Beer In ... discounted tickets. I can't find an email about it, sorry. are: Vagina T

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • February 16, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  how to meet curious people

  

  year here, I joined a business club because I was interested in ... there, and I realized that if I actually pursued a career in this ... nobody in 18.032. Due to a mandatory recitation for another class, I would

  • by Rona W. '23
  • April 19, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Just 41 Pictures I Took in 2017 Yultide Day 2

  

  22, I went to see My Little Pony: the Movie in theatres at 10:30pm on a Friday night. I was one of two people in the audience. In my defense, I saw it so I could tell my 7-year old sister about it. Also in my defense

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • January 26, 2018
• Blog / Challenges

  on success, meaning, and time existential musings about big questions with no answers

  

  feel like you have succeeded. So how should I be defining success in my ... 've hit success. So how can I possibly know that I'm making decisions for the right reasons? How do I know I'm not "sheeping" along in life

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • December 15, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  14.11: Putting Social Science to the Test—Field Experiments in Economics A new class on experimental social science, including: race discrimination, gender differences in behavior, persuasion,…

  

  Social Science to the Test - Field Experiments in Economics. From what I ... semester it's being offered. I think the website is enrollee-only, so here ... and can teach us and how to conduct them. The class has three major

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • February 5, 2006
• Blog / MISTI

  quiet moments out in the rural English countryside

  

  excited to see how it impacts the environment. i can go on and on about ... ’ve never been able to pick one place. i can see myself living out in the city ... this summer, i’m living in a small, cozy house out in the medieval

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • July 19, 2023
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Memories I know this feelin', yes I know it very well (Thutmose)

  

  (and can still find) in these pages. Now that I have seen so many more ... you all. When I left MIT in 2018, I "graduated" with the first class I helped admit. It felt poetic, in a way. I embarked on a new career as a

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • January 25, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Orgo and physics and math, oh my 57 units of academic fun fun fun. Now with humanities!

  

  , so I guess I'll find out how much I've learned pretty soon. [In case ... of how to prepare for MIT tests in general. Although I had been ... the fact that I was taking classes I was genuinely interested in, plus a

  • by Paul B. '11
  • February 26, 2008
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Eating Disorder Awareness Week – The Secret I Kept by julia p. '24

  

  and I am a physics major in the class of 2024. This week is eating ... For as long as I can remember, the world has been a scary, anxiety ... down. In hindsight, I know that this was just anxiety about something

  • by Cami M. '23
  • February 23, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  July Questions Omnibus 1 Your questions & my answers.

  

  . ------------------------------------- Visali wrote, "Can you explain why MIT is very selective? I know that it's the one of the most selective colleges in the US. I know applicants have ... every student we admit we know can do the work in both MIT's science

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 6, 2006
• FAQ / International applicants

  What if I’m waiting for my green card?

  current citizen status. In our first-year admissions process, you're considered an international applicant if you're not a United States citizen or United States permanent resident (green card holder). Applicants awaiting
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Spring Think Some spring break reflections and thoughts

  

  I feel just about as welcome as I do in the United States (assuming I ... MIT in Barcelona, Spain. Several friends and I planned this spring break trip wayyy long ago (back in the fall!) and now we’re actually going! How

  • by Selam G. '18
  • March 27, 2017
• Blog / IAP

  incoming how i’ve been spending my iap yes get ready for like 8 of these in a row

  

  .01L so I can take 8.02 in the spring so I never, ever have to touch ... hellhole that is Massachusetts. In this time, I've been trying to keep ... promises in the beginning of the year that I have not kept. I said I would

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 16, 2020
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Ode to a Package of Dial Soap Substantial entries will come soon!

  

  to see how much I've grown In brainpower and stamina for sleepless ... shopping there And when I was about to buy soap, I Reached for the three ... -bars Of soap can last me for five semesters But I say, that's the magic of

  • by Chris S. '11
  • December 6, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How MIT students are trying to change education by biking across America.

  

  parents' deep interest in education, a number of trends in education that I ... family and I were climbing Mount Everest in February of 2012 with an alumni ... failed to come together in the summer of 2012, and I headed out to San

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • June 10, 2013
• Blog / How to Human

  Free Flu Shots Better than free pizza.

  

  MIT sucks. About two weeks ago I stayed up until 3 AM baking a cake in ... asthma, diabetes, and heart failure. More than 200,000 people in the United ... ,000 people a year in the United States and 250-500,000 people worldwide die

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • October 24, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Summer Syllabus in Retrospect goals, guidelines, reading list

  

  can now see the summer as something whole and fully past. Back in May, I ... . Evaluate on these three measures: i) how much fun you had ii) how much ... rituals, not routines. I spent the summer mostly in Cambridge, with trips

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • October 1, 2015
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  What MIT students do on Friday nights Who needs clothing, when you have duct tape?

  

  out what, and how much, to buy. I don't know about you, but I never did ... even thought, hey, everyone will be wearing duct tape. What can I do to ... food in comparison to all the great things about MIT, I'm a cross country

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 23, 2005