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• Blog / Miscellaneous

  on the question “where are you from?” and the answer: neither here nor there. alternatively, about being a missourian.

  

  Price Rd. to get onto Olive Blvd. and I couldn’t help but think about how ... the roads I was just starting to get intimately familiar with, in spite ... are you from? what are you thinking of majoring in? It got to the point

  • by Teresa J. '26
  • September 30, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Q&A Part II Why the Media Lab is cool. Bonus: A great "You Know You Go to MIT…

  

  decide, it goes to person #2. And so on. A lot of dorms have "In-House Rush ... 're assigned to your floor, you all sit down in a big group and just work it out ... provide kids with the tools to develop their own fun and innovative toys in

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 25, 2005
• Blog / Events

  FUP!!! I spent my first official week at MIT as a FUPPER!!

  

  at MIT a week early to participate in FUP, or the MIT Freshman Urban ... that it's possible to participate in community service at MIT.  One of ... and put effort into making the world a better place to live in, even if

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • August 29, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  May we offer you a drink of water? Because you're just so thirsty for what I have to say and all.

  

  't know how I had time to bake brownies, but I fit in somehow! They were oh ... , yikes!) I went to an all-girls Catholic high school in the south side of ... was accepted to The Institute. I do often like to speak in analogies

  • by Ana V. '15
  • September 25, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Trip Report: IvyPlus some reflections from an admissions conference

  

  latter, in the sense that we compete to admit and enroll similar, though ... process out there, but it is still useful to learn how other places do ... appoint officers, on down until you get to the general admissions infantry

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 13, 2011
• Blog / Challenges

  work-life balance (without a life)

  

  everything, i'd end up doing nothing. in practice, i enjoyed having lots to do ... frowned upon to willingly do work outside of work? i get why it's bad if you ... sees me replying to a message after hours, she tells me to get off slack

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • August 10, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Life Tokens the currency of joy

  

  importantly, though, when you land on these squares, you also get to pick up a ... ,000, even $50,000, equivalent to the payday salary of a “computer designer” in ... /when I turn 80, how much money would I give up to have the memories and

  • by Allison E. '27
  • July 6, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Quick and dirty I freak out a little about graduate school applications, then answer some questions.

  

  I couldn't figure out how to calculate the standard error of my GPA ... lounge how much free time they have in the average weekday. Mark '07 ... to major in course 4 and course 5, respectively.

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • November 10, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Friday vacation An atypical (but more entertaining than average) day in the life

  

  means that I get to wander around and run errands and do fun stuff (like ... curl my hair before class, but today I had to bust my rump to get into ... UROP. Basically, my lab is moving to a new building in a few weeks (more

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 30, 2005
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  snippets from a semester minus academics, of course

  

  conner floor went to some random town in Maine for three days. our Airbnb ... to get used to. i loved the choreography and had a great time getting ... get to perform at OVRDRV, Boston University's dance showcase, and Dance

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • December 21, 2021
• Blog / Class Projects

  The Semester I Played With Chocolate and Ants for a Technical Class Inflatable Chocolate Balloons + Ants as Architects

  

  There is a class here at MIT called How to Design (Almost) Anything ... together. I found this video on how to make balloon bowls using sugar ... spray to help it release and I dipped the balloons multiple times to get a

  • by Jamie C. '19
  • October 7, 2018
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Call For A Good Time a weekend of coffee shop networking

  

  , culminating in skydiving. Needless to say, he had a good time. This story has grown near and dear to my heart in my lifelong quest to become the ... : Yeah, I put up a letter addressed to stalkers in my public folder, and

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • August 2, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  61 Photos from my Time at MIT from freshman to senior year

  

  First Day. (credit to L.S. '18) I will never get tired of the wonderful ... D. '21, our hallmates, and I all went to Tasty Burger in Harvard ... , in the interest of learning to eat independently and healthy, I bought

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 3, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  zero knowledge ^ not you after reading this post!

  

  seem absurd at first glance and obvious in hindsight, so you get used to ... give both balls to my friend, one in each hand, leave the room, and give them the option to either swap the balls or keep them in place. then i re

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • April 25, 2022
• Blog / Events

  2015 Brass Rat finally unveiled!!!

  

  calls it the Brass Rat). Basically, every class gets to choose a committee ... ~Ana Remember that awesome movie, Back to the Future? Well in the ... in the future. ~Kirsten Also on the bezel is the green building, how

  • by Ana V. '15
  • February 24, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  The Ides of March

  

  reception, I stood as a representative of the first university to get ... and university level, thanks in part to programs like STS (started in ... . David is off to the CUNY Honors College next year. The STS awards

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 14, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Finding My Way Around MIT (Guest Entry) CPW was so hugely difficult to take in all at once that it's hard to…

  

  by Rena Katz CPW was so hugely difficult to take in all at once that it's hard to sum it all up in one blog post, much like it's hard to ... living in developing countries and how people could help. She talked about

  • by Paul B. '11
  • April 20, 2008
• Blog / Events

  4 comfort songs for your first day shake those jitters!!!

  

  my head. Nerves tightened. I couldn't quite get myself to bed. The ... accompany excitement. When I'm wrapped up in feelings, I turn to two things ... dancing alone in my room to some tunes. Here are 4 songs for you, with

  • by Kanokwan T. '25
  • September 3, 2024
• Blog / How to Food

  Gluten-free at MIT Oh hey, that rhymes!

  

  at MIT. Can people opt out of the meal plan in order to make their own ... hall: "I live in Baker now and I have to pay for preferred dining, so I ... food allergies that this entry didn't answer. I'll get to them. Really. I

  • by Keri G. '10
  • April 2, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Parks and Relocation a finale and a premiere

  

  -of-age movies. When I decided to take a gap year, I wasn't sure if I'd get that "fresh start" feeling that students always get in the fall, but the drive ... encapsulate the feelings I get whenever I have to say goodbye to a chapter of my

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 21, 2020