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• Blog / Challenges

  leaving yet another senior writing about their last semester

  

  there at that hour. when you’re a kid and it’s nighttime you’re basically ... ’re a college student, for a brief time you can basically do whatever you ... the work I need to do. And yes, home is that house where you no longer

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • February 20, 2023
• Blog / Events

  Every square is a rectangle A brief look at every student activity at MIT.

  

  Okay, first off, I have to tell you that Erica '07 is a superhero ... for you with their logo on it. Still, I've reached a point where I feel ... payoff being that you get free summer housing plus a stipend in exchange

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 3, 2005
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Don’t forget to check in with yourself On living with intention

  

  got a modern makeover; there are multiple brand new buildings changing views forever (looking at you, Music Building; also MIT Nano is very cool ... there are just a whole lot of stories to reminisce about and tell over and

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • January 23, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Festival of Learning: Lightning Round six eminent faculty on educational technology innovations

  

  steps to implement the ideas they hear. Although there is a variety of ... a better world. As you can see in the graph below, workers’ wages have ... the first Festival here. This post is the third of a series of three

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • March 27, 2018
• Blog / How to Human

  College must-haves My advice on what to get for college!

  

  of now I think you can make local calls for free. If you're like me, you'll unplug the phone and put it under your bed because who needs a limited landline when you have a cell?) 2. A twin bed with frame and

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 2, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  By the numbers Who needs words to talk?

  

  you know where the Lewis Music Library is?” by promptly spitting out “14 ... one of those traits is speaking without words. You’ve all heard the rumors- at MIT, everything is given a number. Classes, buildings, trees

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 7, 2007
• Blog / Challenges

  MIT is hard Yes, yes I am.

  

  the Biot number is approximately one. Basically, you have a block with a ... . There will be few occasions where you will feel as accomplished as when you make it through a hellish week here. That hellish week for me is

  • by Snively '11
  • October 18, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  summer scraps life updates

  

  ." "Mentorship is always the responsibility of the mentee." "Find a job where you ... where i am The downstairs door is open; I can feel it because crosswalk conversations ("...host a wine party..." "No way!") waft up to where

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • July 30, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  What My College Essays Were [Not] Unsolicited advice about writing.

  

  than one way to tell a story. There is more than one story you can choose ... score is high and you are a good writer so you will probably be fine.” Man ... -sounding extracurriculars!” But come on, you are still a teenager; it is okay to have

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • November 12, 2015
• Blog / Life after MIT

  My Guilty Pleasure or why it's all about "the Hockey."

  

  ask, Oh, do you play hockey?" From there it was natural that I would ... When I was a freshman, like many before me and many since, I lived in a quad in Baker House. Four women, one big room, and all the fun and

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • January 1, 2009
• Blog / Events

  Finally! Pictures from the Conner 2 holiday party! Yes that was a month ago. Leave me…

  

  Hunt and Charm School. There is a 12-credit limit during IAP (which ... "... no worries, I suppose this is a mouthfull (or a keyboard full??). Hmm ... might be and when I didn't see a "did you mean..." message, I assumed it

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 12, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  SEEING WAITRESS TWICE (sorry in advance for the obnoxious amount of CAPS)

  

  you look at the above picture, there is an empty seat next to Charlotte ... doing what you know is right. It’s about friends who are always there for ... the show. We were like, “Whhaattt you can do that here?!?!?” because we

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • March 9, 2018
• Blog / Events

  17 Days "Hey baby, I motion for an one-on-one unmoderated caucus!"

  

  you haven't noticed, I have been drafting on a 12-day posting schedule ... points in a variety of ways. If you take a standard Physical Education ... quarter (about 2 months). You can also gain points for PE courses taken

  • by Chris S. '11
  • November 12, 2007
• Blog / Events

  What if You Didn’t Like CPW? is MIT still the place for you?

  

  is doing all three. Whichever way, MIT is a great place where you ... your type is, there's always a group of people who share your interests ... of fun meeting a you future froshies in person. Today I wanted to

  • by Erick P. '17
  • April 21, 2014
• Blog / Personal Projects

  Walking the Kerry Way journal of my fourth day in Ireland

  

  covered in grass. There is such abundance of life here, where everything is ... the common room, where the radiator is off. The German woman rooming ... a river — that was magical. I texted some friends about how hiking is

  • by Amber V. '24
  • August 10, 2023
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  what’s in the box? why is spring cleaning a common phrase but not fall cleaning hmm

  

  . one of these we sometimes call the phrasing game: where you choose a ... "]thanksgiving was a few days ago, and in the world of this post it is still ... structures her room”, you could say that i’m a very sentimental person who

  • by Janet G. '27
  • December 1, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  they want to see you fail managing others' envy

  

  —it’s like I’m claiming there’s something about me or what I have that is so ... , to be clear, is a vanity metric and not indicative of much, but it’s still a fun fact that can raise some eyebrows). One of my close friends

  • by Rona W. '23
  • May 31, 2023
• Blog / Majors & Minors

  Choosing a Major there are so many

  

  ?” “Engineering and humanities.” It’s a sort of joint major where you can do more of ... ; this is a case where I can take whichever classes I want and see what ... other option.  My cousin is studying to be a lawyer. There are other ways

  • by Amber V. '24
  • June 20, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  goodbye after so long and with so much love

  

  young person reading these words, you can believe, as I did, that this is a place -- and there are many such places -- where this can happen to ... the same. MIT has been a place where I felt more like I belonged than I

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • June 1, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  MIT Admissions Valentine's Day Cards! Welcome to your moments of fame, 13's.

  

  (I know where that is! yay Google maps.) and will likely be in for a ... Following last year's tradition, here is a few applicants' moment of fame on the MIT Admissions Blogs- send me a picture of you and your card

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • February 14, 2009