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• 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
• FAQ / Academics and research

  What is the HASS Requirement?

  ; for meeting the world's great challenges; and for sustaining the Institute's capacity for innovation.  MIT SHASS is home to research that has a global impact, and to superb graduate programs, all recognized as
• 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 / 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 / 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 / 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 / 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 / En Español

  Fitting in at MIT as a Latino family weekend 2014, day 2 and what I learned

  

  students to have fun at. And it gets bigger and better with each year. 2013 ... I won't keep you in suspense, I feel like I fit in pretty well at MIT as a Latino. And a huge part of it is thanks to the ardent strides the

  • by Erick P. '17
  • November 18, 2014
• 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
• Blog / Community Projects

  Another Type of Mens et MANUS There are 20 students in iHouse. We were in 17 countries this summer. Beat that.

  

  QUOTE: "My advice to a high school student interested in science as a career would be to forget all the stuff they tell you in the textbooks ... considering a career in science would be to close the science textbook for a

  • by Chris S. '11
  • November 15, 2009
• Blog / Study Abroad

  The Other Side The view from another cambridge

  

  just finish the work in time to submit things. Additionally, I'm taking a ... walk to the department so you can get a taste of what it's like to study ... say anyways.  When I applied to the Cambridge- MIT Exchange (CME

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • March 31, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT Regular Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  ; You may log in using the same username and password that you use to log in to your MyMIT account. There are no interim screens, so you should be sure you are ready to receive your decision online before logging in

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 14, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Saturday at the water park

  

  , and our friend Mark, who used to live in our suite and now just lives on ... worlds. Actually, it's a story about going to a water park. But the reason my boyfriend and I ended up at the water park in the first place is

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 8, 2005
• FAQ / Academics and research

  What’s the School of Science like?

  The six departments in the MIT School of Science are consistently rated among the best in the world. They include: Biology, Brain and ... % of the content of our universe? How does our brain—a complex system of
• Blog / Admissions

  The Waiting Game hit submit time to quit

  

  really hope to God that I get the yes. After rapidly typing up an essay, I ... "You're good to submit!". I was kind of doubtful seeing as how quickly I ... brainstorming in August to constant drafting throughout September to numerous

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 1, 2019