Search

Search Results

• Blog / Athletics

  Exploring MIT’s sports facilities there's so much to see!

  

  the clouds, I was woken up this morning by birds, and we’ve now mostly ... little adventure? I’ve been wanting to do a blog showcasing MIT’s many athletics facilities for a while now, so I think this is the perfect time to

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • April 4, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  First Day of Classes! Today, the MIT Class of 2014 begins.

  

  is addressed by the faculty and MIT President Susan Hockfield. Would

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 8, 2010
• Blog / Events

  Student holiday! lots going on!

  

  graphic identity or my dorm room, I'm a huge MIT history fan. Seeing the MIT ... heart, that I have to come back later to see more. (It's also pushing me to finish my blog post drafts…) I head out of the Museum and go past

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • September 23, 2022
• Blog / About Decisions

  Decisions Released TODAY @ 6:28 p.m.

  

  hours and a couple minor things may change. (This is also why I gave you ... attend instead are also awesome. I know this because, like 99.99 percent of the rest of the world, I didn't attend MIT and I'm still

  • by Chris LaBounty
  • March 14, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  One Wheel To Rule Them All one small step for boy, one large step for nerdkind

  

  . Normally, I like to write rags-to-riches posts in which students struggle ... a prefrosh, mistaking me for another 2013, I was ready to cruelly reject him as I do all strange Facebook friend requests, but he seemed nice

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • January 10, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Admitted Student Spring Meetings… ...the event when I decided MIT was for me.

  

  Okay, I admit it! I decided to come to MIT without the benefit of an ... all the questions my mother and I had about MIT. It was an afternoon well spent. I am thrilled to say that even though we do now have CPW, in

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • March 17, 2010
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Not a Real Entry I wrote it in the imaginary plane.

  

  Last night, I was lying on my mattress somewhere near the precarious ... -seeking, daredevilish, almost-falling-out-of-bed sort of way. I remember vaguely ... as early as 2 AM (!). And then I woke up and it was 7:13 AM on Tuesday

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • February 10, 2009
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Attack! My war diary.

  

  aren't expecting. I plan on doing a bit of that myself actually, so ... our snowballs. After the buckets were full and I'd grabbed my camera (I tried to place myself into the mindset of a war reporter, covering

  • by Snively '11
  • January 4, 2008
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Law & Order: MIT Alum Unit Going to law school after MIT, and a profile of the first sitting federal judge…

  

  I'm often asked about MIT students going off to law school. For some ... an attorney for McGuireWoods, LLP. And I have two more friends entering law school this fall. So when I saw this article in Technology Review, I

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 24, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  Dear Prospective 2020s Passing on advice that good people have given me

  

  – I use them often to reroute my train of thought away from worry or overwhelmedness – but I also find a lot of solace in kind, honest words. So that's what I can offer, because that's what has helped me most this semester

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • December 16, 2015
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  bloggers.addAll( newBloggers); System.out.println("Hello, World!");

  

  This summer we (Matt, Kris, Chris, the ‘15s, and I), after a rigorous ... decisions were not easy. If you applied and didn’t make it this year, I highly recommend trying again next summer. I got in as a sophomore, the second time I

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • September 14, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  what’s on my desk: messy person edition not sponsored

  

  Katie Zhao’s new novel, [annotation note = "Katie and I have the same agent, and I actually got to see her at Boston Book Festival last month ... containing a draft of [annotation note = "I meant to revise this throughout the

  • by Rona W. '23
  • November 19, 2019
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Listen to “MIT Is…” with Cynthia F. ‘18 on the MIT Trashion Show, escaping the MIT bubble, and UROPing at the Media Lab

  

  A few weeks ago, I posted our inaugural audio thing where I talked ... , and action team. As I said then, we had been (and still are) kicking ... Twitter, Instagram, and tumblr, among others. You can think (as I do) of

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 4, 2015
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  A Day at Stanford University wait, what?

  

  worry about getting run down by bicyclists who are, as far as I can tell ... maaaaybe I exaggerated some of those things. After all, this is based on a ... break, I decided to visit some of my Stanford friends and spend a day in

  • by Allan K. '17
  • June 3, 2014
• Blog / Events

  Let There Be Prefrosh! And let them build ALL the things!

  

  Just one year ago, I had arrived at MIT as a prefrosh, ready to start my new life in Massachusetts.  I came here early to do a pre-orientation program (FPOP) known as FUP, where I got to do all sorts of cool community

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • August 22, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  Skies over MacGregor Views of campus, Boston, and the Charles River from ten stories up.

  

  This summer Random Hall was under construction. When I was in town I ... with tiny slits where the windows open. Again, the views are beautiful. I tried to take photos when I was in town, starting with some evenings

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • August 21, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  0 Days Since Last Fire Alarm Oh noes! Simmons Hall on fire!

  

  MIT thinks that it catches on fire. On more than one occasion I've found ... stop blinking before heading back into the dorm to resume whatever I was ... knows more about this than I do, but the gist of it is that Simmons has

  • by Snively '11
  • October 29, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  Admitted Students Parties Go to one in a town near you, and send in your pictures/reviews.

  

  all of the Admitted Students Parties. Today, I'd like to highlight a few ... a park in a beautiful ridge line neighborhood (I wish I could be at ... review here, I'd love to hear about it! And if you take some digital photos

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 24, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Spring Break and Study of Cities Abroad Students in the Department of Urban Studies and Planning enjoy a subsidized spring break abroad…

  

  the Euro. This spring, the class is heading to Amsterdam, and I think I ... other countries, and credit is awarded upon return to MIT. As I recall ... the opportunities available to the student body as a whole. But now I

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • November 23, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Advising and freshman formalities

  

  Yep, I'm officially Course 11. A few interesting things have happened this week. - Thanks to a freight derailment in Idaho, I spent most ... time was had by all. I invited a fellow who is actually an alumnus of my

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • April 20, 2006