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• Blog / MIT Life

  can’t stop smiling a time capsule for freshman fall

  

  out to my third class of the day. After classes, I took the elevator up ... importantly, there’d be the inevitable background static of loneliness, anxiety ... because a lot of the “college experience” media that I consumed skewed

  • by Allison E. '27
  • February 12, 2024
• Blog / Blog Projects

  Welcome Back! a fresh coat of paint, and a fresh batch of bloggers

  

  reason, and with many of the the same goals. And times have changed, and so ... up with folks from MIT Comms, who were leading the redesign of MIT ... , culminates today, in the launch of the MITAdmissions redesign. Why did we

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 13, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  To the future! and beyond?

  

  of the real world this summer when I had to track down a place to live ... with a mug of tea contemplating how I've reached the point I'm at. If ... river to do.  I need to balance these activities with the two page list of

  • by Becca H. '12
  • July 13, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Hello world!

  

  Hello to all of you readers! I'm the latest student admissions ... advice and chat about the UA (see fourth paragraph), of which he was President back in the day. :) First, a trivia question: the name of this blog

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 5, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW 2008 – Another Highly Satisfied Customer! (Guest Entry) CPW! Meet the Bloggers! Free t-shirts! Tim the Beaver! Exclamation points!

  

  . Now with that out of the way…Hi, I’m Omar! I come from a small Midwestern town located on the lower left side of the palm that is Michigan (I ... version of the cha cha slide and by the time I turned on my trusty, dandy

  • by Paul B. '11
  • April 19, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  How to get around MIT hunger pangs [by Sadie Scheffer '10] Culinary art = delicious art.

  

  totally new experience for college freshmen. One of the most important changes for most people is the task of cooking meals. With LaVerde's open ... at the inside. It contains a twisted bar of aluminum that plugs into an

  • by ARTalk
  • April 1, 2009
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Guess who can legally drive alone in Maine now? Learning to drive on hard mode (i.e., in Boston)

  

  friends objected. “Don’t people drive on the left side of the street in ... I wasn’t about to let anything get in the way of my Acadia trip ... the [annotation note="Short for “Registry of Motor Vehicles”, which is

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • January 19, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  Dorm Companion #2: Cat The Boston Globe discusses MIT's four cat-friendly dorms.

  

  , administrators say. The felines add a warm touch to a high-pressure environment of ... put MIT at the forefront of the growing number of colleges that are al ... by a "cat clause," enforced by a student "pet chair" in each of the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 9, 2008
• Blog / IAP

  Liminal Activities Period IAP is a mindset and you can keep it forever

  

  from the calendar. Fall still feels like the start of the school year ... the spiritual opposite of summer - instead of escaping, it's about ... famous series of papers collectively called the "lambda papers" since they

  • by Joel G. '18
  • January 25, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Acting, Writing, and Roleplaying: A Match Made in Heaven [by Susan Shepherd '11] Guild members have infiltrated the KGB, made first contact with aliens,…

  

  hobbies of all kinds – acting in the Musical Theater Guild, for example, or painting a mural on the wall of their room, or writing short ... are under pressure. These kinds of situations are what makes the Guild

  • by ARTalk
  • March 28, 2008
• Blog / Events

  December Events

  

  Screening: "The Name of the Disease" with introduction by Filmmakers Abhijit V ... documentary "The Name of the Disease" explores the voices of patients, shamans, doctors, and varied health officials in some of the poorest parts of rural

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • December 3, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Share the joy

  

  've been told that sarcasm isn't funny this time of the year. I'm sorry about that.] I hope you'll find those really cool juniors (members of the high ... with a fun academic summer program. Many of the best summer programs

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 8, 2004
• Blog / Challenges

  eternal dissatisfaction wish i could write more, care less

  

  one here is one of my tiny struggles over the past few weeks, and it ... day, where i deconstruct a little the notion of being productive. it is, of course, one thing to know and another to believe. it is the

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • July 12, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Summers spending three at home

  

  internships, travel, stay on campus or any combination of the above. So since ... decision to take a break. We took the time to decompress from the rush of MIT ... into the world of resumes and cover letters. Looking back, our main

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • June 22, 2019
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  hihi i’m back featuring all my favorite excuses

  

  of the way by taking two CI-Ms (communication intensive class in the ... [/caption] technological issues For most of the past few months, my 10-year old ipad that I ... in business. a disconnect of sorts? Anika the blogger is kind of a

  • by Anika H. '26
  • December 30, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Toons and Tasty Burgers adventures in chalk and tasty-burger-tasting

  

  11/9/2013: At the time of this writing: > I'm sitting in a cozy ... is an amazing mural on the wall of Samuel L. Jackson from Pulp Fiction. This marks the end of a very good start to what will be a very good

  • by Allan K. '17
  • November 11, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  Introducing…Stan! Passing the blogger torch

  

  opportunity to be able to link some of the lessons I’ve had in engineering ... ’s drumline. I was once apart of four different musical ensembles at the same ... Arizona desert, where I spent the remainder of my pre-college days in the

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • June 24, 2012
• Blog / How to Human

  The Public’s Biggest Fear ...is no longer one of mine.

  

  proudly brought it to school, got up in front of the class, and spent thirty ... night of the summer. I had arrived from Boston a couple of weeks earlier ... . I was startled to see one of the graduate students in my group there

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 10, 2012
• Blog / Challenges

  culture within culture i moved to east campus

  

  experience," so i was willing to sacrifice some personal agency for the sake of ... the reputation of being quiet, and since i wanted something more social ... is the fourth floor of the east building (or parallel). three other

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • September 15, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  Off to Southeast Asia Even Admissions Officers get to take a vacation sometimes.

  

  . Nominally, the purpose of the trip is to be in Malaysia for a (Malay) friend ... -written. Two of the forthcoming entries will introduce you to two new additions ... MIT in the comments section of their posts. I'm disappointed that I didn

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 20, 2005