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• Blog / MIT Life

  Friday A day in the life.

  

  (Keep asking questions! I'll answer them next entry.) 9:30 AM: Woke up. Wondered why anyone would ever be awake at this time. Wondered why ... give you an idea of how much pain this is, Next House makes shirts saying

  • by Jess K. '10
  • September 9, 2006
• Blog / Announcements

  Fall 2020 Transfer Decisions Are Now Live may the 4th be with you

  

  : welcome to MIT. For those who weren't: keep on trucking. I transferred, but if I hadn't, things would have been fine. Whatever happens, we wish you ... we could not. As a former transfer student myself, I know that this

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 4, 2020
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  You don’t know what a robot is? I dig Roger Ebert. Roger Ebert digs MIT. Thus, I dig MIT.

  

  about, I would most likely fall to earth as well." --"So who knows if it ... Roger Ebert is my favorite film critic; I think he's got an honest face, he truly cares about movies, and I usually agree with his reviews

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 18, 2005
• Blog / Life after MIT

  What MIT Grads Do With Their Free Time Want to see the fireworks up close? Simply turn an old car into a boat…

  

  don't find this kind of thing at other schools. In fact, I couldn't make ... - complete with photos. I am sad to report that the story doesn't have the happiest of endings. I think Amrys summarized it best with this quote: "Never

  • by Ben Jones
  • July 6, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  setting things on fire and playing with flames

  

  I had a funny realization. I found myself setting something on fire 3 ... ignition taught me something new. For the Spinning Arts club, I went to one of our weekly fire jams. I've been fire spinning since freshman fall

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • May 18, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  Not About the Name First impressions

  

  About a week and a half ago, I arrived at Logan airport to start this ... level of anxiousness climbing, I stepped into a taxi with a fellow ‘15er ... even before getting here that emphasize how well-known it is. There are

  • by Ana V. '15
  • September 3, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Stories That Made Me My identity in books

  

  I am a huge reader. I love hearing stories and telling them. I love reformulating them, retelling them, carrying them alongside me. I love storytelling so much that it's become a pillar of my identity — it's why I chose

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • November 19, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  Seattle was gorgeous until the smoke came in

  

  , on the ferry to San Juan island.[/caption] I can't express how tragic ... I've never been to Seattle before. One of the things I love about college is how many opportunities you get to live in a new place for a month

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • September 22, 2018
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  ripping shirts and other clothing mods

  

  Clothes are so fun! I love tailoring my outfits to whatever is ... here are some projects I've done over the past year -- most of them quick ... me how to use it! [carousel image1="96638" image2="96642" image3

  • by Amber V. '24
  • February 1, 2024
• Blog / About Decisions

  It’s All About The Process Take a moment, then get back in the game.

  

  those who were not admitted, I know how hard you worked and I know how ... admitting the class of 2010. I am very proud of the Admissions professionals at MIT. So much so that I am proud to say that many are more like

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • March 17, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  The interview life Recruiting for MIT on the west coast, plus answering questions.

  

  anything you want at MIT", but is it really feasible? I would tend to say ... I know I just wrote an entry about grad school interviews, but my mood has done a total 180 since then, so I feel I'm justified in talking

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • March 3, 2006
• Blog / Study Abroad

  Studying At Cambridge 101 An Expert's Guide To Tackling The Revision Process

  

  is how I prefer to do it. Go through all of the notes and summarize ... this point everyday that I realize how much of the day has been wasted ... coursework. The supervision work I talked about last week is only graded for

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • April 8, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Song of Myself All we need is music (sweet music).

  

  . Exactly how good is MIT's music? Well, I've performed in the Concert Choir ... high classical style, I had to learn how to improvise on piano and do ... Oh, I was going to answer a bunch of questions today, but it turns

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 27, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sorry 6.003 Wherein my senioritis starts getting just a little ridiculous.

  

  , you will gain fifteen pounds more than you would have gained not ... , you know that I have 6.003: Signals and Systems on Junior/Senior P ... twice during your last two years at MIT. I also have a 6.003 p-set due

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 7, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Here’s a Plan let's burn off the pi(e)

  

  about now, right? How about forcefully regulating your heart rate by hitting the gym? Besides, after this humongous pie I'd say it's time for a ... that I highly recommend for its numerous benefits, such as the fact that

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • March 9, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Summer of Learning Because MIT classes don't spend too much time on hacking into computer systems

  

  learning session will go like this. Me: *Hmm, I wonder how Windows handles ... than the people who wrote them" - Dan T. '85 (my boss) I chuckled and agreed but little did I know what I was getting myself into. Eight weeks

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • July 29, 2013
• Blog / Athletics

  Beat the heat in the Z Center Pictures of the MIT gym

  

  This morning I went for a miserably hot run along a busy road by my house and I decided that I really missed the Charles River and the Zesiger Center. A few of you were curious about the facilities, so I thought I

  • by Melis A. '08
  • June 11, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Back From Vacation Tales of swing sets and answers to the various questions in my inbox.

  

  will begin looking at candidates during the week of May 8. How can I ... I'm back! Here are the answers to some common questions that have ... Center (ARC) and not by Admissions, so I'm not really an expert on those

  • by Ben Jones
  • April 18, 2006
• Blog / Athletics

  An Adventure on the Charles In which Kate fails spectacularly, except at storytelling.

  

  Tonight I was in an MIT admissions webcast, which was targeted towards the Midwest region but was really open to anyone. Basically, I sat ... statistics and stuff. If you were watching, you may remember that I went off

  • by Kate R. '14
  • October 7, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Junior Year: The First Week (Originally titled "Junior Year: The First Day" but I procrastinated too much)

  

  other. We'll see how that holds up as I go through the course. 9 ... stuff - and how it connects to the work I've done this summer - it's sadly ... In comparing the beginnings of each of my academic years, I

  • by Emad T. '14
  • September 9, 2012