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• Blog / MIT Life

  Eternal sunshine of the sleepless mind Once again, the title has practically no relation to the actual blog entry.

  

  started to look less like a container for storing robots and more like an ... their digital cameras and took a picture of me for the benefit of the ... responsibilities. You'll get to work with awesome cooks like Natania and Spang, both

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • April 13, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  You’re Not That Old [by Elise '14] Not having done it before should be a reason to try, as…

  

  to MIT and on a spur of the moment deal, tried out for an acapella ... ’s just a bunch of students having fun. In both cases, they came to MIT with ... playing violin for ten years, so naturally you look into the MIT Symphony

  • by ARTalk
  • June 17, 2012
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Waterfall Camping in Shenandoah National Park Snakes and fireflies.

  

  while Raphael hung back with a very concerned look on his face, she and I ... -the coefficient of friction was too low to support my butt, and with a shriek I went ... counterclockwise with a bit more gusto. Nothing. "Well, that's interesting," he said

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 11, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sore Subjects state of affairs isn't so good. But here are some telescope pictures!

  

  Islands with me during spring break. Opened it on the beach a few times and ... analysis for the 3rd 8.14 lab (Zeeman effect in Hg). My oral presentation is friday for this lab, but with the 8.06 deadlines this week I'm not sure I

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • April 14, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Orientation Wrap-Up Reason #457 why I love Orientation: I don't have to pay for food for a…

  

  Match School and getting stuff ready for the upcoming school year. A lot ... Playfair, we all headed over to the Student Center for a party with more free ... your first week at MIT. Since Sam and Mitra both have covered many of

  • by Bryan
  • September 4, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  I can tell that we are gonna be friends (part 1) I'm talking to you, Alan Guth.

  

  were even words) for a couple of minutes, before Daniel interrupted with ... I went to take my 8.012 final exam and had a sort-of-awkward encounter ... -on-one conversation with him. Apparently not. Fast forward to a couple of weeks ago

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 2, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  A Word of Warning (Pay Attention) A guest entry by Kelsey Kennedy '12

  

  life in general to be happy with your work, and MIT is a place where this ... reading the blogs for years and visiting campus during CPW, I thought I had ... and all that certainly helped. There are just a few things I learned

  • by Snively '11
  • January 4, 2009
• Blog / How to Human

  Flipping Failure an IAP update

  

  Failure. In this workshop, I and other participants worked on developing a ... experience, both from the storytelling workshop (which was amazing and I highly recommend applying for next year if/when they run the program again) and about

  • by Paige B. '24
  • April 28, 2024
• Blog / Events

  Next House Thanksgiving 2016 (sort of a guest post) A (very late) recount of last Thursday’s celebration

  

  our heads of house and they joined us for dinner with their entire ... everyone a place to go for Thanksgiving dinner, and we tell residents to feel ... dinner has happened for the past three years. A few of us who were not

  • by Fiona M. '20
  • December 1, 2016
• Blog / Events

  Holiday Life's not always a picnic in Killian Court.

  

  college essays, and apply for a million scholarships all at once. Dealing with the fact that you won't see your friends for a while after this one ... ridiculous amounts of food for a few hours (I woke up to my friends making a

  • by Jess K. '10
  • September 27, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Everything’s coming up Milhouse! This one goes out to the Class of 2010. Fire!

  

  , and usually the entropy of activation required for that process is just ... work, we're having another party with cakes and coffee. Not to celebrate ... like it. And for you guys, everything is just beginning, huh? Well, don

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 28, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  awesome Nigerian food—how I missed that!—and looking forward to a wedding ... and peppering my clothes with endless flecks. I guess snow and I have a ... choice to attend MIT was a personal one, and for me, it was the right one

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • December 29, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Writing Science Fiction [by Susan Shepherd '11] Writing takes time, but fortunately MIT gives you good excuses to…

  

  learned that a spot had been reserved for me in both classes. Writing ... me, was having to complete and revise a short story for the class ... stories or a single long story; I stuck with the single long story, and

  • by ARTalk
  • March 24, 2009
• Blog / Life after MIT

  MIT Alum Helps the Red Sox’ Keith Foulke Every Sunday ESPN nationally televises one baseball game, and last night they showed the final…

  

  Medical Doctor with a Biology degree, MIT Class of 1985. For more ... to do this for a living?' He said I'd have to meet this up-and ... Wells, who pitched 8 1/3 solid innings. After a Gary Sheffield single in

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 30, 2005
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  The Global Poverty Initiative Because you’re reading this while 1/6 of the world is illiterate.

  

  be sold at the dinner as a fundraiser for both Eat So They Can and D ... topic later, FYI), as a lot of sisters are involved with it, and knew I ... . A friend and I are going to be chalking the sidewalks with poverty

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • October 15, 2008
• Blog / How to Food

  MIT Dining Halls my controversial ranking

  

  wayyyy too small. There's pretty much only ever two options for a meal and ... specifically for McCormick dining. Staff: N/A - Didn't have any interaction with ... think it's been only paper plates and utensils for a while? Vibes

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • March 19, 2025
• Blog / How to Human

  Setbacks head hurty

  

  having it today, lied back down in bed and slept until 3 PM. Had a bizarre ... left last week's assignments here so you'll look at this and think, "wow ... pilgrimage to Lamont Library in Harvard and camp there for hours. It's far

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • October 1, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  Early Action A summary of this year's early action admissions process.

  

  *Update as of 2015: Early action is available to both domestic and ... by leaving only a very small number of spaces for regular action ... before, it was 267). (Look for more entries on deferred applicants soon

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 9, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Fun With Photoshop Do you have mad Photoshop skills? Show us.

  

  loves into a desktop for her computer: Your turn! Post your links in ... Things are still pretty crazy around here, so until I get a chance to post, I'll keep you entertained with the following. As you know if you

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 27, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  [Guest Post] Why did I come to MIT? by River A. ‘26

  

  physics (8.02) with a C-, and I found myself quitting the varsity basketball ... happy with that growth and where it is heading.  I am growing into a ... growing into a well-rounded engineer, and I am growing into a leader with

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • February 2, 2024