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• Blog / Admissions

  Highlights From The Past Week A post on birthdays and bad (but oh so good) TV.

  

  last week... the new Alias season began. In general I don't have time to watch TV but I'm obsessed with Alias so I make time for it - haven't missed an episode ever and this is season 4. 6) I can't believe I'm going

  • by Ben Jones
  • January 14, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Onto the next world! a stupidly long metaphor

  

  In this past semester, the definition of "home" changed a lot for me ... same house for the past seventeen years, how could I not? There are an ... four months. Coming home for the first time after this whirlwind of a

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 24, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  you can care about things revisiting stoicism

  

  in your mood for some reason. maybe you actually like chaos, or maybe ... true for everything else in the world as well. caring about external ... between an action and an outcome, and this relationship can go in either

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • July 18, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  When September Ends on career fair, life, and other occurrences

  

  admit, I wanted to be an engineering major for at least an hour after the ... Department of Education for it. What do they have in common? Coming soon ... folder of resumes in the hopes of getting a dream job. There are always

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • October 7, 2015
• Blog / Advice

  Thinking Outside of Absolutes A short thought piece on thinking about thinking

  

  touch with reality and lives in a world of illusions.”    For me, I ... , but I think, for me, the notion that my decisions in every moment of ... appreciate the ups and downs and in betweens of life for making us the people

  • by Richard O. '28
  • April 30, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  First day of school The first day of school

  

  changed a bit, though not as much as you would think. In preparation for the ... Computational Neuroscience who studies neural networks in the brain) An ... Remember what the first day of school was like in elementary school

  • by Melis A. '08
  • September 6, 2006
• Blog / Classes

  reviewing my classes this semester but unthoroughly

  

  internet we all take for granted. I also learned (somewhat) how to code in ... "]careening series of events[/annotation], I took an ill-advised courseload of 8 classes, totaling 96 units. In the spirit of procrastinating finals studying

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • May 17, 2025
• Blog / Uncategorized

  field notes on all the fruit tending to plants, self, others

  

  foliage in the north, and not for its fruit.  Only the lemon tree has ... At some point in the pandemic I began to collect tropical fruiting ... housemate Kevin brought home a Meyer lemon and put it in our sunny living room

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 18, 2021
• Blog / Athletics

  Save a tree… ...eat a Beaver. MIT makes me fill out lots of paperwork. Get it? Beaver? Oh…

  

  Medical Report and the Supplemental Medical History for Varsity Athletes ... long! These were all due August 1st (yesterday, for those of you who are ... required for all incoming freshmen, so I hope everyone met the deadline

  • by Laura N. '09
  • August 2, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Decisive Battle The one examining "Turkey vs. Spam" on the almost-literal level.

  

  Today, of all days, in Jonestown, PA, eight members of my family bore ... The Engineers": An artist and an Engineer had found a gallon can. Said the artist, "Match me drink for drink and see if you're a man." They

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 24, 2005
• Blog / How to Food

  concord market is finally here!!!!! feasting at MIT's on-campus grocery store

  

  see what Concord Market has in store for us! [carousel image1 ... The day I’ve been waiting for has finally arrived. For over 20 years, the Student Center housed an MIT treasure: LaVerde's, our beloved on

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • March 21, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  just vibing tough times out here

  

  't be surprised to hear that writing an essay or studying for a midterm ... different. That's all that I've been up to in this blink-of-an-eye of time ... % attention in endless zoom classes and to not lose my shit for no reason all

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • March 30, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  first impressions of LA the struggles of moving cross-country for an internship

  

  was not made for walking >:( i'm used to walking almost everywhere in boston, but in the past few day i've missed an uber because i couldn't find ... are no trees and the sky is so big. i've lived in new england for the

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • May 31, 2019
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT Early Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  all of you to apply to MIT. It’s an honor and a privilege for us to read ... MIT Early Action admissions decisions for the Class of 2030 are now available in the application portal. To check your decision, login to the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 16, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  What is Simmons Hall Like? part of my freshman year experience

  

  college is quirky than by saying you live in a triangle? I had the room for ... assignments came out, we were all together in 5A. In fact, 5A, for the first ... On my 18th birthday and going away party, we had a huge cake with an

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 16, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  I saw a turkey the other day… hello, world!

  

  Commonwealth Avenue in Boston, but maybe I’ll save it for later, since I realize ... run through Boston at the time, and he was chilling in someone ... ’t wildlife in Boston; I’ve seen my fair share of creatures, including the

  • by Alina G. '11
  • July 14, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  To Those with Dreams Deferred in which Selam of Pi Day Past rants about how things are arbitrary

  

  , but for a Set of Inexplicable Reasons it did not go up in time and has been sitting in my drafts box since. However, I still believe, fervently, in spreading the message that Many Things Are Arbitrary. For one thing

  • by Selam G. '18
  • December 17, 2016
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Meant to Be What I've found at MIT

  

  been internalized. They grow on you. (For those of you curious, in order ... , we make up a diverse class which makes for an amazing culture of ... this week are waiting for the newest psets to come out, come in your hour

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • September 19, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What I’m Teaching This Fall spoiler alert: a social history of the internet

  

  the technical shapes them. The internet, in particular, is an artifact ... Regular readers may recall that I've been teaching a bit in ... students pre-registered for the course, representing 9 different majors and

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 8, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sometimes you just gotta relax (putting this out there as a message for ourselves as much as for anyone else)

  

  stayed in office hours for 15 hours), a 6.042 pset (wouldn’t have been able ... 7:00pm - 6.042 on campus 10:00pm – Danny meets with someone for an ... actually could sleep in… sleep is wonderful), we were still very, very busy

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • October 22, 2017