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• Blog / MIT Life

  Hi from Cambridge

  

  I will continue with the series of photo entries -- they take some ... I'm spending some time at MIT seeing friends. I've been on the east coast for about a week seeing family and will be gone for the next week as

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • July 29, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  The Early Action deadline is almost here The only thing scarier than October 31st is Nov 1st (just kidding, no need to…

  

  follow the progress of your application and please allow five days for ... - please try over the weekend or next week. Late receipt of financial aid ... ’t be answering the phone over the weekend, but a few of us will check

  • by Kris Guay
  • October 31, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  The Day Before Selection Begins "Tell us about something you do for the pleasure of it."

  

  freshman here at MIT now, although I have no way of proving that. The irony ... down a notch - otherwise the lives of high school students are destined ... MIT, and even moreso, its dean of admissions and the office she has

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 15, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Tunnel Adventures We didn't get lost, in case you were wondering.

  

  to an elaborate system of tunnels that wind under and in between the various buildings that make up the campus. There's been a long history of ... the tunnels to either test my sense of direction or shy away from the

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • November 15, 2009
• Blog / Hacks

  MIT hacks Caltech

  

  website. :) In honor of the cannon's transport, it was given a class of 2006 Brass Rat: Another view of the Brass Rat: I heard someone ask ... Some of you may remember last year, when Caltech students came to

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • April 6, 2006
• FAQ / Academics and research

  Do most students complete a UROP?

  The opportunity to get involved in research as an undergrad is one of ... MIT students participate in the UROP program at MIT. Many of them will ... reactor (the only one of its kind located on the campus of a major research
• Blog / Events

  Learning about the ABCs Apple Bake Competition, At Burton Conner

  

  note="one of the dorms at MIT, also where i live ... functional and eating edible food"]GRAs [/annotation]in the Fall of each year ... celebrate the bountiful fall harvest of apples and give us all a reason to use

  • by Janet G. '27
  • October 29, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  My First Semester at MIT a thicc recap and a look into our conversation

  

  As the final hours of my first semester at MIT come to a close, I ... meant to me. I have truly met some of the greatest and most incredible ... the majority of my days with them. It's an incredible feeling knowing

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 18, 2019
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Worlds within worlds

  

  're looking for? I remember reading a comment last year on one of the blogs ... wish the students weren't so weird and nerdy. Both ends of this spectrum ... of Gender and Race) illustrated this point pretty well for me. The

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • December 14, 2006
• Blog / How to Food

  Come together (and eat)

  

  Mollie's neck of the woods (Note: as I am being greedy and co-opting Mollie ... hall", not "the dining hall", because if you have a plan at one of these ... the way back to eat; just grab your meal at Baker! Some of the FSILGs

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • August 15, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Winter/Summer/Where I’m From

  

  melts during the day except in the shadow of the house. I call my ... valleys. Mornings are foggy; nights are cold. On the 4th of July you can drive from town to town up and between the hills and see dozens of

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • May 6, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  merry christmas from MIT and my newsfeed a snapshot of holiday cheer from cambridge to new zealand

  

  . See more: The eye of the storm. This christmas, I decided to un-wind by ... of the friendships formed here, whether ephemeral or forever. They also ... the urgent desire to leave this place whenever possible is subject to

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • December 25, 2015
• Blog / Events

  Cultured C-Show 2011

  

  in the future. (4) I learned that the ratio of Dunkin' Donuts to ... story of an inception attempt that failed in the face of true love; they ... A couple of noteworthy events took place yesterday: (1) I discovered

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • April 2, 2011
• Blog / Athletics

  Marathon Monday on learning to balance growth and recovery

  

  , marathon in the world. The race begins at 10AM in Hopkinton, a suburb of ... line welcomes runners home, under the protective wing of the Boston Public Library, and in the company of all those who ran before and with

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 17, 2017
• Blog / About Decisions

  I have SMASHING news!

  

  rummaging about in the archives of the Bodleian I had found an old map of labyrinthine catacombs along the banks of the Charles River. So we pipped across the pond to explore the secrets of the old colonies and whatnot. I must

  • by Sir Nigel Blogberry
  • March 7, 2012
• Blog / Life after MIT

  It’s been a long road… ...gettin from there to here

  

  (they/them or she/her), class of 2007 and one of the earliest MIT ... of 2005. First of all, I’m running the Boston Marathon in April! I ... State program), tech companies, and the UN, all of which is pretty neat

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • January 20, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  Clarification On Last Post I was really just trying to say that when I look at your names in…

  

  happen to know that girl (bus driver) and it is unbelievable the amount of ... accepted to MIT. Jenna's essay on the bus driver was one of many things that ... trains and bus drivers and photos of swings - the things that make you

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 18, 2004
• Blog / MIT Life

  Slow down, fast train. Take me with you!

  

  breakfast for the rest of the floor on the first day of finals. Since we can ... ever seen at MIT. But after that? I'm at the start of a pretty big ... to say, was a little wistful. Like how Tim Gunn cries at the end of

  • by Sam M. '07
  • May 26, 2007
• Blog / Uncategorized

  An MIT Acronym Quiz how many can you decode?

  

  . GTL? IFC? ADT? On top of the new place names and numbered courses, it ... . (If you just want a list of the translations, you can find them here ... , it's only fitting that MIT is itself a LAND OF ACRONYMS. Our first few

  • by Allison E. '27
  • January 21, 2026
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Career Fair Thoughts In which I didn't try to acquire 50 different company shirts

  

  talking about the massive quantities of free stuff (water bottles, shirts ... throughout the Z-Center. This year, I didn't succumb to the frenzy of: This ... I'm not going to paraphrase all of that in text. But I think the most

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • September 21, 2014