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• Blog / MIT Life

  What’s on a desk? That which we call a workspace by any other name would look as depressing...

  

  all you want is a few more precious minutes to figure out that damn ... was kind of a bath of crap (my roommate, Sneha ’13, can attest to this ... ), happens to be pals with Mark Bathe, who is a professor in course 20, who

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • December 21, 2011
• Blog / Classes

  A half semester told through paper grownup show and tell

  

  temporary) state of having a lot of work to do at the moment"]Hosed™[/annotation] to put effort into a blog post, so here’s what you get instead. Me going through a stack of paper and talking to you about it. So fun, right

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 19, 2019
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  I will graduate tomorrow how I feel about the past five years, and the years ahead of me

  

  at MIT, I'm going to take an honest crack at a proper Graduation Post ... to be a blogger, I decided to shoot my shot as well. I wanted to carve ... into, and what I liked to write about that energized me, in front of a

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • May 27, 2026
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Exercises in Style with apologies to queneau

  

  assigned to narrate a short story of our own, in both our favorite and least favorite styles. I decided to narrate a scene from last Saturday night. I had a lot of fun with this exercise and decided to write not just twice

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • September 20, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  An Uncreative Post with an uncreative title

  

  ’ve recently submitted a formal application and a constitution to be recognized ... . On bad days, I have to go out to buy a salad (or eat human food that ... one wants to waste the precious A/B/C/No Record grading). They are, in

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • March 1, 2015
• Blog / Challenges

  sophomore spring in hindsight reviewing my journal

  

  experiences that stand out to me. I present to you a brief highlight of the ... ombre color that matched my winter jacket. It was also a relief to have my hair in a protective style for a few weeks and not have to think about it

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • June 28, 2020
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Leadership @ MIT (from a froshy perspective)

  

  . Maybe your experiences were similar to mine; probably a lot of them were ... ! Summer before freshman year = time to relax."]desperately needed a break ... 't know how to do a traditional task, or when my predecessor was officially

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • May 3, 2019
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Adventures in Camberville

  

  . No harm done. A little after midnight I went to catch the last T home ... subway lines and a few major roads. "Hmm," I thought. "If I can get to Mass ... there, right where I left it last time I came on a dinner mob to Bartley

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • May 15, 2006
• Blog / Summer

  “How was your day?” asked and answered

  

  a twenty-minute shower, and go back to my room, pick out my clothes ... . Nice. She asks if I need a few minutes to lie down, but I’m already ... need to appreciate them. I pack a few clothes, since I've rather

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • June 2, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Making it work. In which I just carry on. Where's Andrae when I need him?

  

  significant as coming up with the idea of using a spoon to eat soup. Back in ... to get a UROP and do research as an undergraduate. Margaret Mac ... completed his thesis earned and a doctorate in Chemistry. If you're coming to

  • by Sam M. '07
  • March 3, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Looking Forward and Backward 10 Memories and 8 Resolutions

  

  saying, “You got the gig!” It has proven to be a really fun job that I ... . Shooting a bottle-rocket 200 feet in the air and somehow managing to not ... around a table in 8.02 to demonstrate understanding of magnetic fields

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • January 2, 2018
• Blog / Events

  What If… I Met Randall Munroe? ... Something would have to blow up

  

  happen if you were to gather a mole (unit of measurement) of moles (the ... happen if you tried to hit a baseball pitched at 90% the speed of light ... popularity that Munroe decided to publish a collection of popular answers from

  • by Joel G. '18
  • September 22, 2014
• Blog / Athletics

  [Guest Post] A circle of shared breaths rediscovering synchronized skating at MIT, by Eleanor L. '27

  

  remember getting asked this question a lot since coming to college. If you ... other skating discipline (singles, pairs, and ice dance) to create a ... the song that deeply resonated with me. It’s a song I’ve wanted to skate

  • by Janet G. '27
  • April 14, 2026
• FAQ / Transfer

  What college should I attend to improve my chances for transfer admission?

  MIT welcomes a small group of exceptional transfer students each year. Successful transfer students come to MIT from many backgrounds: community ... interest. In other words, you should choose a college that will be a good fit
• Blog / Athletics

  MIT is a jock school the secret is out

  

  task—no, my duty—to finally say what needs to be said: MIT is a jock ... championship level of the NCAA tournament. This is such a cool award to win ... is a magnet, drawing all the academically motivated jocks straight to

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • May 11, 2025
• Blog / How to Human

  [Guest Post] Dating Is Hard anon has some feelings to share

  

  relate to my experiences as a wildly emotional gay boy who thinks too much ... MIT). He ended up going to a school closer to home, I ended up flying to ... snatch dates on Tinder or join clubs or even just go to a single Queer West

  • by Abby H. '20
  • October 7, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  Finding heritage at MIT

  

  this in part to Rush, in part to a slightly larger-than-usual number of ... mean to me. I was always sort of a rootless kid. I'm a jumble of ... entrenched in them - maybe high school a little bit, but only to the degree

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • September 4, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  In Which I Get Schooled By My Professor This video does not contain an improvised song, but it does contain Peter Reddien.

  

  the lecture did happen to be a good time. We learned about how you get ... down to it, we have a really, really sweet deal. Our only responsibility ... feet. Talking to Prof. Reddien reminded me of this a lot. At MIT and at

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • December 22, 2010
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Milk, Cookies and Dangerous Secrets Somewhere at the cloying helm of exponential senselessness (weird post incoming)

  

  presence of an unimpressed hunger. It’s a hunger he plans to fix soon, the moment he gets to his destination. He makes a turn to the left, his back to a five-story structure on which three Greek letters are barely

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • October 29, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Tales From The Nance Effect Road Show My travel to the land of Boomer--Sooners, Miners. Wild Cats, Sun Devils and Rattlesnakes

  

  I'd throw that out there. What a great town. I got a chance to be ... High School. I was treated to a pre-game show by the School Marching Band ... crowd. In a room designed to hold 12 we stuffed 25 students and a video

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • September 29, 2006