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• Blog / MIT Life

  sophomore fall (sophomore decline? sophomore roman empire?) (actually the word sophomore comes from Greek but shhhh)

  

  to pick whatever's most urgent. [See: Appendix A.] I've been noticing ... good for me!) and feeling in my bones that this life is a good place to ... the sand, a quantitative way of keeping track of my future hosage. To

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • December 1, 2019
• Blog / UROP & Other Research

  UROPing research, science, and throwing big funnels in lakes

  

  said, “Aren’t you going to Europe?” “No, that was last year. There’s a ... then. I knew I wanted to get into a lab at some point, but I wasn't in a ... translate to a variety of actual careers. I'd tried my hand at menial labor on

  • by Amber V. '24
  • July 4, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Opera No, not the browser

  

  . And hey, while we're all waiting for the Opera to show up a little ... One of my housemates here in Boston is a grad student at the MIT Media Lab, which is great for me because it gives me an excuse to go visit

  • by Dave McOwen
  • September 10, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Why I Love Taylor Swift I finally explain the reason...or at least try to...

  

  Mass Ave, from Random Hall to wherever the exam will be held. A lot of ... time, she’s been one of my role models. The why is a bit tricky to ... particular loneliness. The kind that learns to hide its face. I could wear a

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • June 6, 2017
• Blog / Events

  Hot Crosswalk Buns free food and football cleats

  

  It's beginning to warm up here - still in the 20s, but sunny and nice - so during a break in committee I took the opportunity to cross the Mass Ave Bridge into Boston. I planned to run a quick errand on Newbury St to

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 4, 2011
• Blog / Challenges

  Under Water catch your breath

  

  a really good time with friends. I went to the movies, I waded in the ... their worst this semester, I talked to a few trusted people in my life ... , my mom asked me to make a list of things I wanted to do in California

  • by Paige B. '24
  • December 31, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  [Guest Post] Good Morning or Good Night? seven am adventures where people say good morning and good night

  

  note="cj: i will also not allow theo to have a stronger annotation game ... [/annotation] since coming to MIT. A game is incredibly long – I have only played the ... spend a lot of time with friends. It means I get to spend time with

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 6, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  “Failing” at MIT for the record, this isn't

  

  ?) is the same: you come to MIT, most likely as a freshman, bright ... go to M-I-expletive-T, a girl thinks to herself on the first day of ... fingers that shakes a bit when she thinks about how much she struggled to

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • November 2, 2016
• Blog / Challenges

  yeeting classes bye

  

  [annotation note="I watched one of my friends fill out the form to drop a twelve ... ='Baker House dropped a piano off the roof to celebrate!']April 25th ... manage my time, and how to select a courseload that will make me feel

  • by Rona W. '23
  • May 12, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  Maker Faire 2011 cool people who make cool things

  

  delight when a few weeks ago Greg called excitedly to tell me that my visit ... On Friday I flew out to California to visit my friend Greg. Greg is ... area, where he works at a pretty awesome solar energy startup called Cool

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 23, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Orientation and pre-approval In which I relate orientation to getting pre-approved for a credit card in a totally…

  

  here's a brief message brought to you by my junk mail.) I have a first ... - which is fun, but can lead to a lot of confusion. When I first started ... . Talk to upperclassmen. Wander into strange rooms. Host a random dance

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 22, 2007
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Windy city

  

  was such a great guy," said Kanamori, who was surprised to find that ... to Dulles International Airport (designed by Eero Saarinen, who also designed MIT's Kresge Auditorium and Chapel) and discovered that due to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 9, 2005
• Blog / Classes

  Doesn’t Feel Real getting from one place to another

  

  for the course is to pick a spot in nature relatively near to Boston, go ... a halfway point: between the cold winter days to the dreadfully hot ... middle of a pandemic, I had a front row seat to see a late April

  • by Paige B. '24
  • May 24, 2024
• Blog / About Decisions

  ignorance is a virtue

  

  . similarly, looking at my grades is a choice i can make. i don't have to look ... too much. or, when a deadline for a decision is coming, i don't have to ... expecting everyone to find this post helpful. ignorance might be a good coping

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • March 8, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  SEPTEMBERRR Don't read this entry. Read the one under this one.

  

  's 15 and she didn't go to high school. She worked in a lab instead, and ... I got back to Boston from summer vacation September 2, and it's like what...October 2? o_____O One of my favorite stanzas to the Engineer

  • by Chris S. '11
  • October 2, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  two years after my book auction in retrospect

  

  On April 16th, 2020, my life changed. That’s a kitschy way to put it ... begun to claw its way through the United States, and a month earlier, MIT ... make. I called my parents in a panic because I didn’t know what to do

  • by Rona W. '23
  • April 17, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  just vibing tough times out here

  

  't be surprised to hear that writing an essay or studying for a midterm ... think it is a lesson that many of the people who get admitted to MIT would ... enough time to do anything else. Same lesson, I guess, but it hits a little

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • March 30, 2021
• Blog / Events

  Commencement 2017 it's never too early to start reminiscing

  

  wasn't given a ticket to Commencement. So I went with my friend in the ... credits to Rosemond D. '17 Photo credits to Andres A. '17 Photo credits to Andres A. '17 Photo credits to Jake H. '17 Photo credits to

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 9, 2017
• FAQ / First-year application

  Do letters of recommendation have to be submitted in the MIT application portal?

  Our preference is for recommenders to use our application portal to submit documents. However, they do have the option to submit their ... through a third-party service other than the MIT application portal
• Blog / Classes

  tea shirt the tea and stories behind the merch in my closet

  

  After a short burst of productivity in January, I proceeded to not ... out of not wanting to, but nothing manifested even if I got a few lines ... have constantly been on a mission to better myself. By that, I mean

  • by Waly N. '24
  • June 19, 2022