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• Blog / Extracurriculars

  My First Week as an EMT It was quite an experience

  

  quickly tested. It started about 1am that night.  I had been getting in and ... the bowl, and I put in a new bag. I helped her back to her room, where ... get help with managing missed classes. They are going to encourage you

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • March 7, 2014
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Narrative of Discovery Most people would be hard pressed to tell a story that has both James Watson…

  

  mouse person to a fish person" and how a trip to Germany during a ... Most people would be hard pressed to tell a story that has both James Watson and Richard Nixon in it, but at MIT, anything is possible. The MIT

  • by Laurie Everett
  • February 1, 2007
• FAQ / Life and culture

  What are the housing/dining options?

  might prefer to live in a cook-for-yourself (and often, your friends ...  approach to housing, we give our students options about where, how, and what to ... undergraduate experience, and all first-year students live in on-campus residence
• Blog / Hacks

  Hack Safari I sneak around taking pictures and videos at night.

  

  If I were to show you the following series of pictures, how would you ... installing solar panels on the dome in order to conserve energy while the T wastes in one day what MIT works an entire year to save." "Somebody

  • by Snively '11
  • April 28, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Testing requirements FAQ We've been getting a lot of questions about our testing requirements; here are the answers.

  

  [note: As of August 2006, this entry is out of date in regard to ... calling with questions. In an effort to answer these questions, here is a ... submit one of the following: SAT I, ACT, or TOEFL, in addition to the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 22, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Delivery! "Ring delivery" is more like "ring takeout," actually, since they don't bring a brass rat…

  

  good week to get my thoughts all organized. (And to realize, whoa, I ... theater to grab her ring. Behold our dorky blogger love, immortalized in a ... Avengers that weekend. Do you know how cool it is to hear Tony Stark rattle

  • by Emad T. '14
  • May 20, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  We Started the Fire It wasn't always burning since the world's been turning.

  

  cavorting days as a young'n, and not like how I half think I'll be back in ... to party even harder after the test was over. Getting that perfect ... , I was actually surprised to find that I could get credit for them

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 14, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Some Funnies An Appetizer

  

  Body: Memo to future self: I probably won't remember this in the ... myself to get off the internet. The monkey was writhing around on the ... ! </Monkey Story> In Talking to a Physics Major Another night

  • by Snively '11
  • February 19, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Guest Blog: A Guide for the Hopeless and Drenched thoughts from mark '15

  

  who study and work hard to do well in school. It definitely isn’t easy ... a writing class and wanted to share his experiences and insights with ... to do for the rest of your life. For some, this moment appears

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 29, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  In the South for prospective students; in the mail for incoming students Travel & email.

  

  , where I got to meet many fantastic students. After wonderful meetings in ... ://www.mit.edu/~yourusername. A username can also get you an MIT certificate, giving you access to ... cannot change it. Do you really want to answer to "hotdog88" in three years

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 9, 2007
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  The [REDACTED] Family Dinner 🥟 family matters. very tasty family matters.

  

  last time, although forgetting to ask for names in a Google Form isn’t a high bar to overcome. My [annotation note="unfortunately, I couldn’t get ... ="a convenient place to find EVERY MIT PERSON EVER"]search.mit.edu[/annotation], I

  • by Fiona L. '27
  • November 4, 2024
• Blog / MISTI

  Manage Your Future

  

  . This experience has sparked my interest in getting a job related to International ... to work in their chosen field. In 2010 & 2011, we sent 66 Management students to 9 different countries to intern in companies such as

  • by MISTI Program
  • November 30, 2011
• Blog / IAP

  Bad Ideas Month word of the day is oops!!

  

  enough time to get my fill of goofing around before the hell of spring ... . And though I had no idea where to host my event, or where to get the wood, or even how to use any power tools whatsoever, I was confident that

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • March 3, 2025
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  My Disappointment Is Immeasurable And My Day Is Ruined A story about cream soda

  

  to how prevalent creme soda is as a flavour in South Africa. I grew up ... factory in the Himalayas. Sabu proceeds to burst into a song about how he ... Office gave a presentation about adjusting to life in the alien environment

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • September 15, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Guitar Hero… on the oscilloscope! The secret fifth digital instrument revealed

  

  scopes are superior to analog scopes in many ways – but how they measure ... -shaped controller in time with some music to simulate playing a guitar. The notes are ... -Y mode allows you to visualize how “out of phase” (i.e., out of sync) two

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • May 14, 2024
• Blog / Events

  East Campus REX Events! welcome to the wild wild west

  

  . In particular, the people wearing the cowboy hats are around to give ... ), on 8/25 from 6-8 PM: People will teach you how to cook and will also ... ’re definitely not going to be here in case you were wondering LaTeX seminar

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • August 20, 2018
• Blog / Challenges

  Don’t Waste Daylight; Don’t Lose Sleep I've almost survived a whole semester.

  

  't know what I thought would happen to me: that I'd freeze? That I'd get ... knew they would be. I came to MIT completely unprepared. My background in ... everyone at MIT does (according to the fantastic pressure survey in the Tech

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • December 10, 2012
• Blog / Blog Projects

  Welcome Back! a fresh coat of paint, and a fresh batch of bloggers

  

  have we. Let me explain how. How (and why) we redesigned In 2016, we met ... on in admissions, and we never set aside the time, or the money, to ... -practices in most help center software, and now we have more places to talk about

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 13, 2018
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  World of Wires [by Emily '15] Are you living in a computer simulation?

  

  fair amount of theater in high school, but I had no idea what to expect ... to move forward in production. In fact, the full show of World of Wires will be performed in January in New York. So, if anyone happens to be

  • by ARTalk
  • January 9, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  Decisions, Decisions

  

  the expense of my social life/sanity? Also, how much do students tend to ... academics like I am. thus, i don't really think I will fit in to a 'nerd ... considering staying in CA and going to berkeley or something (silly, misguided

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 28, 2005