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• Blog / Academics & Research

  This title is irrelevant In which I discuss two important aspects of undergraduate life: scientific research and climbing stairs.

  

  the sentence you've all been waiting for: life is full of ... finished 8th grade), if not for the unhappy fact that I climbed 253 flights ... floor 18, just in time for you to reach the top, stumble onto the elevator

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • January 28, 2009
• Blog / How to Human

  It’s something unpredictable, but in the end it’s right

  

  for the last four years. I came in as a premed, somewhat intimidated by ... was a good target for being changed because, in truth, I was only on the ... to try for grad school again at some point in the future it'll be good

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • June 7, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  After the Storm Thoughts about decisions from someone who's been there.

  

  For the past six months, I have been truly privileged to share my MIT experiences with all of you through the admissions blogs. Whether I talked about my classes, my dorm, my fraternity, the hacks, the research

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 17, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Excitement On The Road Adventures in the Princeton Hospital ER.

  

  So Marilee and I spent much of last night in the ER at Princeton ... exciting for two reasons... first, it was my first ride in an ambulance ... , I'm almost positive that the Princeton Hospital is supposed to be

  • by Ben Jones
  • May 18, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  State of the Mail We're processing a lot of mail.

  

  As I write, our terrific Records Office team is processing the ... , sorted, entered into the database, filed, and reviewed. My advice to you is to please be patient as you watch the application tracking system on

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 6, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  PSA: the app is live for freshman

  

  The MIT freshman application for the prospective Class of 2022 is now ... your business, but try not to worry too much. Remember the difference ... 's the only one you will ever have. I believe in you. Good luck.  

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 10, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  Tales From Turning Twenty They range from "a little peculiar" to "utterly bizarre."

  

  . ^ 1, 3, 8 for the J-Lab miracle. Monday Nov 5: I got a letter from my ... weird. 4. Tuesday Nov 6: I voted in the presidential election for the ... for people to talk to and summer programs to investigate. At 4pm, the

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 7, 2012
• Blog / Athletics

  MIT Quidditch: The Best Thing EVER? Yes.

  

  for a while. I bike year-round, but today was the first time since fall ... on the list for more info! We would love more players and/or more fans ... Today. I. Joined. Quidditch. The awesomeness is still sinking in

  • by Kim D. '09
  • March 7, 2010
• Blog / Advice

  Waiting… and a more serious note about pre-decisions at the end

  

  the[annotation note="this also gave me an excuse to avoid studying for ... friends before everyone left for the holidays. [carousel image1 ... matter the outcome, I wrote a thank-you card for someone in my life. It

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • December 15, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  tryharding but still not enough

  

  really could've prepared me for the reality of it. It's a genuine timesuck ... , which means I don't actually have to do the work for the class, I can just ... joined The Tech for two weeks before deciding not to continue with it

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • March 20, 2022
• Blog / Events

  On Latin American Things Hablas español? Do you want to?

  

  discussion off the blogs though, or at least my blog, for now, and focus on the ... another day, though. For now, I’ll just say that the Multi ... the Phillipines for May, a relatively young but so far very productive

  • by Karen F. '11
  • March 21, 2008
• Blog / Uncategorized

  “Hala’s Escape from Groundhog Day” season 18 episode 98

  

  enough - couldn’t wait for classes to start. Not for the homework or the lectures, but for the routine that came with them. I wanted my Google ... ’re living for. The best moments from my time here have surprisingly not been

  • by Hala K. '29
  • October 13, 2025
• Blog / Challenges

  Working With WashLava Time management in low places

  

  It's Sunday. I've had a particularly draining week. For the sake of ... . Enter WashLava. WashLava is the app we use to pay for loads of laundry. I could get into the hellish world of using WashLava, but I will save it for

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • November 7, 2021
• Blog / Events

  Lea-der! Lea-der! Bat-man! ...I mean, Lea-der!

  

  was honored by the conference committee as a Woman of Distinction for her advocacy for military and veteran families through the Pat Tillman ... advocacy for Girl Scouts of the USA (GSUSA). I talked to her about how I

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • July 13, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Lit Analytics How humanities classes can be analytically rigorous, courtesy of a Shakespeare scholar

  

  HyperStudio ... provides the infrastructure and support for the ... to all members of the Humanities who seek to create media projects for ... Today after the admissions info session in Kresge (where it also took

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 17, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Lost Art of Hand-Lettering Lives at MIT hidden in plain sight

  

  not more, important than doing the same for innovators, I wanted to ... If you've walked down the Infinite before, you've probably seen doors ... :   What you probably don't know is that, since 1994, all of the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • January 12, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  my freshman year playlist 2/3 of a year in 25 songs

  

  May. the rules for adding to this playlist were very limited—i mainly ... night in Building 36 when i heard this for the first time. i immediately ... Joel — my SO and i listened to this on the bus to NYC for Christmas; my

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • March 21, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Guest Blog: Music and Mayhem by Jess ‘12 Minus the mayhem. Also features running commentary by Yan. p.s.: Jess, your italics didn't show…

  

  with the letter V and ended with the letters “for Vendetta,” you can ... to keep a journal through the class, so I started a blog for it. The ... the summer, working for the Tech, playing in MITSO, joining the Sport

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • January 1, 2010
• Blog / Classes

  the joys and frustrations of 6.009 this class will be the death of me, and i love it

  

  goals for yourself! All of this sucks me in hard, and on the days I ... I texted my friend, "I feel like my frustration with 6.009 over the ... [annotation note="The flu isn't fun, kids :("]since I last blogged

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • April 4, 2019
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Astronomy in Paradise Lost I can't resist.

  

  seen, although I suppose you could think of the chain as a metaphor for ... even the best telescopes can't protect us from every kind of shroud. For ... to light for a deeper kind of sight, in my favorite passage of the book

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 27, 2014