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• Blog / Athletics

  So you want to be a student-athlete? Finding the balance

  

  I can enroll in IAP classes and participate in research, I cannot ... Hi everybody, I play ice hockey in the winter and lacrosse in the ... competing in my sports. I want to share my perspective on the pros and cons of

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • August 29, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Engineering Poetry we do that.

  

  Disorder” (or “I see everything”) I was tar-trap black in love with you. I ... The last post I made was about my summer, and I haven’t even written about August yet. If that doesn’t give you an indication of how fast time

  • by Ana V. '15
  • November 25, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  (beginnings in which I say hello, and explain that unclosed parenthesis.

  

  transform me in ways that I never expected, expose me to people I never would ... On December 17, 2011* at 12:17pm EST**, I was accepted to MIT. After ... generally alarming everyone within a half-mile radius, I promptly posted a

  • by Michael C. '16
  • August 28, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  It’s a puzzlement… ...or why I really love reading your applications!

  

  warm day in Boston today, I still had applications to read. However, I ... 'll go bed after I put in just one more piece, I promise." It's not a ... take breaks from reading so I used one of them to take a quick walk

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • January 16, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Admissions Videos Over the Years The 90s were, uh, different

  

  before, and you can see a more complete history here, but I thought it'd be ... I was going through some of the Admissions archives last week and ... , have some things not changed...) Our first video that I know of was a

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • September 14, 2017
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  One More Look At Our Snow Globe Life with moving parts

  

  then the Institute-wide snowball fight happened. And maybe I can get ... Hi guys, Here's another look at blizzard weekend on campus. Sadly (I ... -less life. :P Nemo just getting started in Boston -- dedicated joggers

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • February 10, 2013
• Blog / Hacks

  As though we weren’t hosed enough…

  

  ...we've been graced with a fire truck on the Great Dome! In case you can't tell, that inscription says "MIT Fire Department". The CPs appreciate good hacks too. I got this far-view shot that includes these two

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • September 11, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  MIT Reunion Weekend MIT alumni return to campus.

  

  catch up and celebrate. Reunion Weekend is a very exciting time here! I actually was out of town this weekend, so I can't blog about the Reunions. Instead, take this time to read up on a few MIT alumni that I have

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 12, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Ruth says update your blog! FIRST is cool. So are rebuses.

  

  all day to tell me, because she knew I was involved in FIRST in high ... receive 1/2 off of all meals in the house dining halls. You can read more of ... see when you walk in the door. But just in case you can't read, the

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 19, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Power Tools at 2 AM A typical MIT experience.

  

  considered trying to move to East Campus for awhile, but in the end I decided ... I've been on campus for over a week now, which basically means that I ... activities. In other words, Orientation is in full swing! This also means that

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 2, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Supposedly Fun Thing That I’ll Probably Do Again On July 4th, I reenacted The Old Man and the Sea, minus the old man…

  

  I said, 'Why pay for a yacht when we can just make a giant flotilla of inflatable rafts with a hot dog grill in the center raft?' and [name I don ... in kindergarten that I could do anything if I tried, so I ignored

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • July 7, 2009
• Blog / Life after MIT

  From Markets to Math Class

  

  algebra class to confirm that I’d made the right decision in leaving Wall ... I blogged last week (also here, and Kirsten did so here) about the "treadmill" that MIT can be: Sometimes it's hard to take a step back. This is

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 12, 2012
• Blog / Athletics

  Teatro ZinZanni Another trip to the circus -- is my boss trying to imply something?!

  

  's) In the interest of full disclosure, I should report that one of the ... On Thursday, I attended Teatro ZinZanni, "a bewitching evening of ... live music and a gourmet five-course dinner - set in the nightclub of

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • August 5, 2006
• Blog / Personal Travel

  New York A break from Cambridge.

  

  in Internet Explorer. I'll try to fix this soon, but in the meantime, I ... 15 dollars later, Ben '10 and I were on a last-minute, cheap-as-anything-in ... to Not Choke” sign in the faces of boba-slurping patrons. I love the

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • March 26, 2009
• Blog / Events

  Happy Things Yay!

  

  though. I always miss all the good stuff in the Midwest - last year while I ... I've never tried in an earthquake) if my bike hadn't gotten stolen ... my bike, but I haven't seen it in any of the normal places I go, so I

  • by Karen F. '11
  • April 18, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  GUYS IT SNOWED!! yayayayyaayy

  

  after I sent them pictures 🥲), but photos can’t capture the amazingness ... last.  In fact, I’m really just amazed that we were all awake to witness ... despite my two previous failures, I can now say that I officially a PE

  • by Allison E. '27
  • December 7, 2023
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Where is the banana… ...and why is that man chartreuse?

  

  turns to the camera in the corner comically) Did I just walk into a kid”s cartoon? ARTHUR: (bristling) If I were in a cartoon, I”d probably be named ... "refined"... or as refined as a name for a pet human can sound. I call him

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 11, 2006
• FAQ / Academics and research

  How good are the academics at MIT?

  it's how problems are solved in the real world, by small teams of smart ... MIT is one of the best places in the world to be a student ... , currently on our faculty and all of them teach undergraduate classes. In fact
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Signs of Life communication in a covid world

  

  occasion, I’ve used Zoom or FaceTime to get a sense of realness in my ... ="53276" image3="53274" image4="53275" image5="53273" image6="53277" /] I’m in the ... past five years now, and it’s finally settling in that I don’t even know

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • May 24, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Joy of Building a chronicle of my failed attempts to create things that work

  

  of skeleton code for me to fill in, all while I went to lots of office ... impressive) feat. I took ownership and pride in this work, a very, very toned ... , hey, I produced that! With some help, but yeah that was me! And then in

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • March 3, 2017