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• Blog / IAP

  Quick update from SB Where it is not below zero.

  

  In Santa Barbara right now, where I'm soaking up the sun and just getting some R&R before the new semester. This IAP I have just been up ... IAP, but this break I really wanted to just chill out. Just wanted to

  • by Celena C. '12
  • January 8, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Beginning of the End & the end of some beginnings

  

  in three or three-and-a-half years, four years feels just right to me ... together to finish my degree. In fact I can proceed at a comfortable pace. I ... Do you know what it's like to only have two classes left to graduate

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • February 1, 2010
• Blog / IAP

  101 Things About Tokyo (Pt. 2) I better get this up before I forget.

  

  I saw. 60. Want to know how to say "Yes, We Can" in Japanese? It has ... Sooo, I'm back in Boston. And, to be really honest, I miss Japan a ... cause big traffic delays to the train line in question. When a major

  • by Chris S. '11
  • February 5, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Alan Guth and Day 1 on the Navajo Reservation Warning: this post may blow your mind

  

  out." He turned to the other proctors. I took ten steps in the ... get some exercise. I was horrified at how quickly I became out of breath ... marched up to a group of proctors, and tapped one of them on the shoulder

  • by Anna H. '14
  • January 3, 2011
• Blog / Uncategorized

  The Crab Cave or: i moved to dc with friends

  

  , and learn how to yo-yo. Kylee Kylee is a Course 8 and a UROP in the ... everyone, I just wanted to come in with some quick updates about what's been ... that Sunday before we arrived. As a result, we arranged to stay in two

  • by Cami M. '23
  • June 20, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Nuns, fret not! Like baby alligators in the sewers, you too will grow up fast.

  

  seemingly obvious hole in the middle. So I know how easy it is to dwell on ... . What better way to get to know your hall? So a lot of you have ... this week (Wednesday, in chemistry), but it's my favorite class (and not

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 2, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  On being at college MIT, specifically.

  

  I live in Massachusetts. I am a freshman. I am in college. I go to ... ’t believe it! MIT is like this entirely new planet in which I am yet to ... , I expected to get lost at some point. Everything is so new! Psets

  • by Fiona M. '20
  • September 15, 2016
• Blog / How to Human

  Don’t Screw Up Your Username It's time to put down your AOL screen name.

  

  referred to by your username. "In some circles on campus, you may become ... name is Richardson, for instance. Just something to keep in mind. If you ... make alternate email addresses later, so in general it's better to choose

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • April 30, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  What’s cool about Nick’s room artsy people, walls, and East Side living

  

  out in order to pass inspection and avoid these fines. Meanwhile, in ... slightly different thing, because you don’t have to get each painting pre ... around on the white wall in whatever direction it wanted to go. No mistakes

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • December 3, 2014
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Toga, Toga, Toga On being in a fraternity (info for parents too)

  

  in high school, I was a pretty shy person. I was very quiet, went to ... other person from my high school, and he was going off to live in New ... Orientation and lasts for up to two weeks. - Over those two weeks, you get to

  • by Bryan
  • June 14, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  NACAC Conference Wrap-up from the national admissions conference.

  

  a blog is, and 2) how blogs can be used to demystify the admissions ... is greeted with generous aid packages. It was also nice to get to ... once a year they gather for a conference. This year's conference was in

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 26, 2005
• Blog / People & Identities

  living the sloth life regressing to my feral weeb childhood self

  

  fall, even in spite of my tremendous workload, made me want to spend time ... 'd done in many months. i wasn't sure what to do—i always prioritized ... hell as well—i locked myself in my room for a whole week to study. masha

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • January 2, 2022
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  RA Blogger Applications Due Wednesday 9/6 At Noon Extended deadline...

  

  As stated in the original post, they were actually due on 8/31, but I forgot to remind you, so I've extended the deadline. :-) If you wish to be considered, please get your application in on time! We will try to make

  • by Ben Jones
  • September 4, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  MIT Dorms: Burton Conner House Why is BC awesome? Because three bloggers live there. Plus, lots of other stuff too.…

  

  checks in and out. The front desk is also where you can get your mail, find ... dorm collection, or borrow the pool cues/ping pong paddles/etc to use in ... treadmill looks like.) This is the Porter Room. Back in the day it used to be

  • by Laura N. '09
  • May 14, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  To-Do List for Regular Action Applicants With the deadline a month away, there are things you need to be doing now.

  

  get very busy this time of year, respect their time! Try to get your application components to us in advance of the January 1 deadline, if you can ... If you are applying to MIT this year, here's an update on what you

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 1, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  interview: joy buolamwini hidden figure, poet of code, low-key actual superhero

  

  Tech and did my bachelor's in computer science, and I used to work in a ... recognition software]. I would end up borrowing my roommate's face to get the ... to decide and why, and what does that tell us about society? And so in

  • by Allan K. '17
  • March 5, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  Snow snow snow. I'm wearing bright colors so if I get caught in a snow drift someone will…

  

  Michigan, which gets some of the most snow in the US, right? Our standards ... going to drown in snow on my way to class. If I never post again, you now ... An email I just sent out to my sorority: from: Shannon to: Theta date

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • March 2, 2009
• Blog / Summer

  the first day of work lessons i'm learning

  

  . how do you know when to pause working? with problem sets, i'd stop in ... one. it's nice to have slack in your schedule. and by slack, i don ... referring to free space in a schedule, like a buffer period. but there's a

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 25, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  The Real Deal no impostors here

  

  deceit, and they're in over their heads. The key to getting past it ... the chosen few. They begin to wonder, in other words, if they were a ... in which people are unable to internalize their accomplishments." It

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 27, 2012
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Follow Me: A Video Tour of Campus in which you get to hang out with my friends and walk around MIT through…

  

  allergies and how to pronounce the word "Stata". If that sounds like a fun way to spend your next 21 minutes, then you're in luck. Boy, oh boy, do I have the video for you. Our goal was to make an accessible, virtual tour

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • February 23, 2017