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• Blog / MIT Life

  Small talk How about that weather?

  

  , layered with ice, piled in drifts...I'm no stranger to snow. But snow before ... to me and plays football, I'll be sure to check. =) In my entry about Woodie Flowers, Nehalita asked, "Btw, how involved were you in FIRST as a

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 30, 2005
• Blog / MISTI

  MIT EECS students travel the world

  

  host: I worked in an Augmented Reality lab, where they research how ... The host: I worked in a small software engineering team that are ... . What next? I will definitely continue on with my major and would love to

  • by MISTI Program
  • October 27, 2011
• Blog / Events

  Ring Delivered celebrating halfway at the finish line

  

  In this blog post, I’ll share the saga of the Class of 2022’s Ring ... the new Brass Rat design. I went to the Class of 2022 Ring Premiere in ... while I waited in line. I ordered two rings: one [annotation note

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • February 22, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  I “less than 3” the Chorallaries My relaxing and enjoyable vaction draws to a close. *sigh*

  

  actually did this week and wondering how in the world I'm going to fit all of ... on Tuesday night. I spent the rest of the week showing her how the real ... panicked when I called her as I was leaving my house in the morning. But when

  • by Laura N. '09
  • April 2, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My 7 Favorite Places to P-Set! Eat, Work, Repeat.

  

  work on my stuff. I thought this would be helpful in both showing you a ... stand working in my room. I feel cramped and not as productive as there ... courtyard that is now occupied by the huge Christmas tree in the picture! I do

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • November 10, 2017
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Steve and Me remembering steve jobs

  

  thing he put up there was his treasured Mac IIsi. Later, I would come to ... of this was because I grew up on Macs, and so I've always thought in ... products, from my Macbook to my iPhone, are omnipresent in my life - Steve

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 6, 2011
• Blog / Blog Projects

  A Person Studying Persons… ...and why the Myers Briggs test is invalid

  

  in high school. I was mostly busy studying; I would make excuses to not ... (especially as they appear in the Tumblr studyblr community). I had long ago ... ”, which I vehemently disagreed with: In high school, ESFJs are the

  • by Selam G. '18
  • August 23, 2017
• Blog / How to MIT

  Schedules and expectations The do's and dont's of freshman scheduling, and what to brace yourself for.

  

  's home than your own. The point of this diatribe is that I would not try ... brain was really in Cambridge, even then. I don't regret my decisions at ... , super important in engineering! (On a side note, I passed out of 8

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 13, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  Walk Across Rhode Island 12 hours, 33 miles, a million aches and pains

  

  the trek. I didn't know how hard it would be, and somehow both the ... excited. I haven't gone more than 20 miles in a day in... ah... I'm counting ... couches in inconspicuous locations. Mine was right next to an elevator, so I

  • by Amber V. '24
  • October 14, 2023
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  A bevy of beautiful Brass Rat bezels A tour of the past 8 MIT class rings.

  

  design process begins in freshman year with the highly competitive process ... purchase the ring in a typical year; one company actually shuts down their factory for the one week each year of prime MIT ring-buying. Using imagery

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 13, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Brain Dump News and updates for admitted students from the last few weeks, in no particular order...

  

  CPW is Monday, April 2, 2007. That's in five days! I know you're all ... (i.e. how many admitted students will accept our offer of admission) is ... been no different, unfortunately. I posted the following in the '11

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 28, 2007
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  A fortnight of Boston summer +1 for using the word "fortnight" outside of an SAT or literature class

  

  problem, I would know the answer because I had done that question several ... MIT in general, I knew I had to get cracking on this list. The ... It’s funny how one month can entirely change your perspective on life

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • June 23, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  My Final Blogpost With a heavy heart, I say goodbye to the MIT blogosphere. The journey was all…

  

  tends to meander in all directions I’m clueless on how to summarize it. I ... And psych! Happy April Fool’s Day! I didn’t celebrate it in ... ’t seen her in nearly nine months, so I was shaking with all the excitement

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • April 1, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I’ll bet you got waylaid! Wherein Portland, Oregon rocks my face.

  

  8 semesters; that way I would eventually be in "ICE-nine." Oh man, I ... DID YOU KNOW? The airport in Portland, Oregon has free wireless. I ... entry to blog about my CLASS SCHEDULE for this term! In the meantime, I

  • by Sam M. '07
  • February 25, 2007
• Blog / Athletics

  the fear and delight of fire spinning do not this at home! I am a trained (semi?)professional.

  

  was the boldest decision I made in my life, but also one of the best. I ... !” speech, because I’d spend forever and a half gushing about how cool and ... and trying something new. I would consider myself practiced at about

  • by Anika H. '26
  • June 21, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What do you do with a BS in econ? Answering Karen's question about my degree

  

  ), but I should mention this option just in case. Most grads (I think) of ... seniors I know are in finance -- specifically, investment banking, sales and ... Do You Do with a BA in English?") What do you do with a B.S. in econ

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • March 9, 2007
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Urinetown I blame my absence on musical theatre.

  

  ...it sounded so different from how it did on Youtube. I still managed to come in ... would never, ever, perform in a musical during the semester. Rational Part ... : "It's only an audition! It's not like I'm committing to be in the

  • by Anna H. '14
  • May 13, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Every class I’ve taken at MIT RANKED!

  

  to code in this class, so I would definitely come in with some type of ... ! (Also, I clearly couldn't bear to put anything in the F tier lol. That ... love languages, and I tested into Spanish 4 because of my AP scores in

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • April 26, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  ‘Twas a good semester ‘twas :’( the end of Pass/No Record

  

  outside, staring in unbroken awe at the air. I don’t know how long it took ... how certain I was that I would dive head-on into the waiting classes and ... --it was the farthest I’d been from the MIT bubble in months. When the plane

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • December 29, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Keep it simple, stupid I try to choose classes for the fall. Things get messy.

  

  have cool things to talk about. I'm sure you're all excited. In the ... -epiphany where I kind of sort of maybe started thinking about majoring in 2A ... .900 because not only am I interested in the subject, but it fulfills two HASS

  • by Laura N. '09
  • August 9, 2006