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• Blog / MIT Life

  Spectacle I was going to title this entry "Spectacle of Light," because I mention MIThenge. Then…

  

  a month that I get my act together and cook real food for myself, even ... guy Sam talked about because he won an Ig Nobel and photograph my food for a whole day. Breakfast: I love Frosted Flakes. Really I do

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 13, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  Starting over sucks but sometimes you have to do it

  

  autonomous mode for our robot was a pain in the ass. It was all about ... I'm happy with. I don't have a lot to show for my interest in AI other ... and over for three hours straight, with no improvement in sight

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • November 16, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  tired and busy and tired and busy and tired and busy and

  

  schedule and I'm just feeling very disappointed in myself for not living up ... in an uncomfortable deficit. My schedule feels very robotic and stiff ... has no personality outside of work and work and work. In an ideal world

  • by Cami M. '23
  • February 15, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The story behind TIMtalks In other words, a story about stories

  

  been an incredible journey for those of us involved in TIMtalks, and I am ... . Inspired by the wildly popular TED talks, the “TIM” in TIMtalks stands for ... said he was excited to be involved in such an event: "I was particularly

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • June 5, 2012
• Blog / Prepare for MIT

  My First Few Weeks at MIT … one year ago

  

  everyone thought the robot that had once been a shoo-in for the win was ... for sushi every other day. We hung out in my dorm until curfew every ... pattern - hunting for the best shortcuts across campus, making daily trips

  • by Hala K. '29
  • September 22, 2025
• Blog / About Decisions

  We Were Deferred

  

  probably 6:30 or 6:31 pm. We logged in. Our letters wouldn't load for a ... when we, for the first time in all of high school, really allowed ... only benefit in looking into and being really passionate about more than

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • December 30, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Human After All Unlike customer service nowadays, MIT (and its admissions office) is 100% human. Give or take…

  

  to an end - nor is it, for that matter, a question of finding how low ... webcast hosts for Chesapeake said last night. That's why people look at ... If you had a rabid enough interest in MIT and resided in the

  • by Emad T. '14
  • October 19, 2010
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Questions about Blogging Some friendly advice.

  

  looking for diverse people who represent a broad range of MIT's multi ... love with MIT in the same way I did. Hopefully I've done an okay job ... entered the lottery for advising seminars (and may apply for one of the

  • by Paul B. '11
  • July 30, 2008
• Blog / Life after MIT

  what i talk about when i talk about running with apologies to murakami

  

  folks like me in the middle distances freed up the shorter distances for ... in all of HS track was to scrape by and qualify for the away meets ... Charles River is so beautiful for running. Even Murakami talks about this in

  • by Chris S. '11
  • January 21, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW at Random Hall! Plus lots of awesome advice from MIT students!

  

  only covered a pinprick of what was in store for us. And to everyone who ... life, so much so in fact, that for the rest of this week, I am no longer ... Thoroughly look over all the events in advance. Schedule your CPW time, but be

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • April 10, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Building 46 ‚ô•

  

  presented. I applied to MIT with an interest in Course 9, and nothing I ... Look at this: And this: And this: And maybe even this: I am utterly in love with this building. Everything from its 90-foot

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • January 18, 2010
• Blog / Events

  Adonde? Excuse me sir, I seem to have misplaced my pants.

  

  2:15 we left the dorm and headed for the subway. I was dressed in a fashionable leather jacket and blue jeans (an outfit you'll find me in on a near daily basis) while Yuki dressed up for the occasion in a suit. We went

  • by Snively '11
  • January 17, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Short Answers to Big Questions Stolen from the MIT Housing Panel.

  

  remember having a lot of respect for what people admired in each other: you ... to be good at the things MIT students admired each other for. I looked ... has pursued passions in an exceptional way - or, frankly, they wouldn

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 18, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Skipping Class and Failing Bio A practical guide to poor life choices

  

  September rolled around, I set my alarm for an ambitious 1 whole hour before ... calc homework in an evening or churn out research papers of arbitrary ... , precariously nervous. In just a few days I’d find out if I’d wasted an entire

  • by Joel G. '18
  • December 29, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  The Pink Hair Problem What do you do for your college interview if you have dyed hair and a…

  

  in person from an applicant when I was working as an EC in the San ... : "That is an interesting question. "First, I believe in managing ... for an applicant to warn me, 'ok, you'll recognize me by my pink hair

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 7, 2008
• Blog / Summer

  I am reading so many books! getting back to my bookworm roots

  

  specific in mind I'm looking for. So I started using the Libby library app ... (i.e., in class while my teachers were talking...) I started reading less around the time I started high school, when paying attention in

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • August 6, 2022
• Blog / Events

  Splash 2018 Learn about anything and everything!

  

  middle school (except for some dumb game about passing bills in congress ... . The candy corn weapon travels in an arc and is super effect against ... (oh look, she's being gay again), and a few others that I can't recall

  • by Mimi S. '22
  • October 4, 2018
• Blog / MISTI

  Labs throughout the world open their doors to MIT Biology students

  

  In the summer of 2011, MISTI sent 22 Biology students across the ... brief look at some of those internhips: Samin Houshyar Class of 2011 ...  internship gave me an incredible opportunity to not only understand a great deal

  • by MISTI Program
  • November 16, 2011
• Blog / Events

  MIT Calling Yo Snively - I lied. There are actually 2 admits in Oregon BESIDES you -…

  

  over IAP a couple times, so just in case you missed it, here's an update ... time to prepare a list of questions either. So just in case you'd like to put names to faces and events to rooms, here's what we looked like while

  • by Jess K. '10
  • January 19, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Application advice Read this. Now. It's important. Promise.

  

  .) We only went in the wrong direction for about a block and a half, which ... program I was applying to was looking for people who were passionate about ... for an essay topic, you probably do. You just have to remember that

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 30, 2005