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• Blog / Challenges

  Small Victories The view from a month into MIT

  

  , In Time ), and I have to decide how to spend it. MIT is a culture ... go to. It's now evident how much MIT throws at its students. I'd be ... new opportunities (I'm sure many of you are similar). In the past, I

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • October 8, 2011
• Blog / Classes

  On psets and projects and why "midterm season" is all the time

  

  based on how many people take them? With the latter approach, I'd say it ... archetypes, if you will: [annotation note="Because of how I chose to divide the ... , and one chemistry. They're all pretty similar, structurally. In fact, I

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 25, 2022
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Stealing from the Class of 2016 And you'll have to work to get it back

  

  in dorms, classes, councils, and recitations all have unique mailing ... during your time at MIT. By the end of my four year stint I believe I was ... group of PSETing MIT students at 2 in the morning to do when they discover

  • by Snively '11
  • September 27, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  From the eyes of a newly minted EC A flashback++

  

  So I'll admit that I haven't written in a while, and sadly, I have ... there or what it took to get in. As I started to fill out applications, I ... to the effect of I know every area code in Massachusetts and that is

  • by Bryan
  • March 31, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  When MIT Gets Tough, CAAAATTTT Everything was terrible, and then I cat

  

  I was feeling particularly stressed out and at a loss for how to deal ... about a test that I ended up not being in the right state of mind (let ... I GOT CAT I GOT CAT I GOT CAT I GOT CAT I GOT CAT I GOT CAT This

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • October 7, 2014
• Blog / Athletics

  A sporting chance

  

  Despite growing up in New York, I became a Red Sox fan when I was 8 ... a draw for me in the depth of intramural sports. I had been a varsity athlete in high school (cross country and wrestling), but I had decided not

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 22, 2004
• Blog / MIT Life

  GTL the secret to a successful summer

  

  Daiso Japan in Berkeley sells these for 1.50. I imagine they work ... a recipe for my amazing summer, I could only tell you what I ... ://www.buzzfeed.com/mjs538/40-amazing-grilled-cheese-sandwich-recipes) would be a good life

  • by Connie H. '15
  • August 4, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Don’t stop me now! I am a satellite, I'm out of control.

  

  entry, Mitra and I'll probably be in Hopkinton, Massachusetts, preparing for our first bandit running of the Boston Marathon. I've got my Super Protein Odwalla Bar for energy, ten dollars in case I pass out and need to

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 17, 2006
• Blog / Athletics

  An Atypical Saturday That followed an atypical week.

  

  certainly an unusual place. Case in point: no one really asks how your day is ... actually about how I spent my Saturday. I was invited by several of my ... looks like that. I hadn't been to a baseball game in a while, and I

  • by Derrick B. '08
  • September 30, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Crotchets and Quavers The evensong tradition

  

  special things that I would never get to do in America (you've already heard ... in training. In any case, I am rapidly expanding my musical knowledge ... [by Patrick '09] On Tuesday, I went to Trinity College chapel for

  • by Cambridge
  • March 9, 2008
• Blog / MISTI

  [Joint Post] THE WORLD’S gREATEsT CROSSOVER EPISODE Jebby '25 is my flatmate

  

  .   Everything is jarringly British in Bristol (wow what a shock). I know I'm in the UK, but it's still surprising when I go to play a song ... happy about my living situation, mostly because I'm in the same apartment

  • by Anika H. '26
  • June 4, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  Winter Miscellania I'm (b)ready to go back to MIT al(b)ready.

  

  parents' computer to mine-detonators in remote Third World countries. When I ... the Midwest or whatever. If I cleared one of the smaller minefields in ... with you, but at this transitional, trans-semester stage in my life, I

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • December 27, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  What have you been doing lately? SPOILER ALERT: Mostly StumbleUpon

  

  't know, I'll go ask Yan. But if you're interested in what your 4th or maybe ... surprise projects for when I get back to school, and watching lots of How I ... vomited in their mouths a little). I miss waking up and looking out and

  • by Chris M. '12
  • July 15, 2009
• Blog / Events

  Balancing Life, School, and… More Life? Gotta start by taking advantage of Veteran's Day to... work... and, more importantly, BLOG!

  

  -day weekend! Wooohooo!!! Yesterday, I decided that today would be perfect for a ... evil physics test on Thursday!" "I am locking myself in my room and never ... SOMETHING today. So I made a nice schedule: I would wake up at 9:30ish, watch

  • by Marcela R. '13
  • November 11, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Feedback

  

  For those of you who attended: How was it? What was your favorite part? What would you tell those who couldn't attend?

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 11, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  They say you learn more by living abroad than by going to school

  

  Well, there’s certainly truth to that. I arrived in China almost two ... , touring, eating lots. There in Chengdu, capital of the Sichuan Province, I ... kindergarten! I tried to go in, but got kicked out after 2 seconds. Qin

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • June 17, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2005 Economics Nobel MIT's intellectual monopoly over game theory knowledge continues. (~9 pictures)

  

  , the 2005 Nobels in Economics were announced. Congrats to the two 2005 Nobel Laureates in Economics! -- and -- Robert J. Aumann and Thomas C. Schelling. The Nobel website has a nice summary of their work on "conflict and

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • October 14, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Changes that I’m making this semester wow it's already March isn't that crazy or what

  

  . It wasn't until a few months ago that I rediscovered an interest in ... . Coding (almost) every day I wrote a 1.8k-word post about how tough ... really hard not to show how angry I was at 6.009 and myself. A week after I

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • March 6, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Final Countdown Duh nuh nuh, nuh... duh nuh nuhnuhnuh..

  

  There's one week left of my freshman year - how much can you fit in a ... attend of the four classes I'm taking, three finals to sit through, two days to pack, and one night when Javi and I will order Thai food from

  • by Jess K. '10
  • May 16, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Quick updates A post about not having any news (yet).

  

  are still in the mail, but we're excited about the Class so far! I'll provide some data about the Mittens (MIT-Tens, as coined by Stephanie in the ... week. When I get a chance, I'll post telling you what's in there. In the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 4, 2006