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• Blog / Residential Life

  A man’s reach should exceed his grasp My roommate and I built a lofty heaven!

  

  Even while I was excited by the thought of MIT, I spent many years ... ; and as a prefrosh, getting a glimpse of the amazing things my future ... that for another time.) One of the reasons I was drawn to MIT was for its

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • September 23, 2018
• Blog / Challenges

  On Friendship how my beliefs have changed over the years

  

  talk to anyone outside of the people I knew from different ... else in the car disagreed with my claims of being an introvert. In ... where or when the idea of life-long friends was planted in my head, but

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • November 2, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Freshman FAQs and a cliffhanger or two.

  

  week ago, one of the admins on the MIT Class of 2017 Facebook page asked ... limited Internet access: (trust me, the lack of reliable wifi was by far the scarier part) But here I am now, answering some of the questions

  • by Michael C. '16
  • April 7, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  Life etc “fine,” “nice,” “good," "quiet"

  

  schedule at all, and then trying to fix that by listening to the advice of ... consider them in any deliberate construction of a sleep schedule. The social isolation, on the other hand, has honestly been kind of nice. I know I shouldn

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • December 2, 2015
• Blog / Announcements

  We are suspending our SAT/ACT requirement for the 2021–2022 application cycle as well

  

  note='As I wrote last year, despite the limitations of these exams, our ... their personal health, as well as the health of their family and community ... preparation based solely on the absence of SAT/ACT scores, but will instead make

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • April 6, 2021
• Blog / Events

  Meditation Mondays Achieving inner peace, just in time for my 14.05 pset

  

  -- held in the Rainbow Lounge, which is in the basement of Walker Memorial ... Monday Series guided by Amy McCreath of LEM (Lutheran Episcopal Ministry ... ). Join us for an hour of relaxation, self-reflection, and personal growth

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • October 16, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Life as an Artist things I discovered about myself as it relates to the artsy stuff I have in…

  

    Let me begin by telling you the actual title of this blog ... following, I will talk about some of the things that "ART IS..." for me (or my ... Every semester, one of the male living groups on campus, Chocolate City

  • by Cydnie T. '12
  • November 2, 2010
• Blog / Hacks

  A Hack and Advice Two entries smashed into one.

  

  My dorm, Burton-Conner, has a great view of the both domes from just ... the east coast. This meant learning about weather, types of stores that ... proceeded to listen to them. A lot. I'm glad I did, because it's one of the

  • by Snively '11
  • February 29, 2008
• Blog / Life after MIT

  A ‘Chances’ Thread That Is Actually Worth Reading That's perhaps the best title I've ever come up with.

  

  reasons, not the least of which is emails like this: From: Mollie Burgoon To ... will be born on my birthday, vs. an average of 0.00274 = 1/365 for the ... below the female median marriage age of 25.3. I'm not sure how to figure

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 8, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I Could Write a Song a Hundred Miles Long I only sing Coldplay because it will help me get girls.

  

  the time of that statement, this would correspond to Wilt having slept ... the traditional style of lieder. This semester Dr. Elena Ruehr, who has the greatest Michigan accent of all time, chose to teach the class such

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 26, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Mystery Hunt 2006 announced

  

  where students and others team up to solve lots of puzzles, with the ... last two years, we are handling the job of assigning rooms for team ... preferences (if you want a room). To see the list of available rooms, go to http

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 16, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Lie la lying down Sometimes there are perks to attending a school with a notorious reputation for producing stressed…

  

  announce each session either the day of or the day before, and have a sign ... think. I'm worried some of the questions were deceptively simple. There ... of 75 C. Because I'm twelve (years old, not the course), I did enjoy

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 4, 2005
• Blog / Research & Work Abroad

  Adios, Madrid My attempt at an eloquent goodbye to Spain.

  

  friends. I am excited for some of the classes I'll be taking, but with ... remember one of the students asking, "so, this is going to take forever ... important, and the hardest to put into words. I can be a pretty big critic of

  • by Laura N. '09
  • August 16, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  Some Useful Things Things that greatly enhanced my chance of survival quality of life at MIT, and lots…

  

  At the start of the semester a close friend of mine gave me her loft ... , the height of a loft—evaporated within hours. When I moved my head, my ... an open window I get a cool breeze at night and the light of the sun in

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • September 23, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Hit in the Face: A Snively GuestBlog Snively's point of view. Only this time it's actually his point of view, and not…

  

  up! Of all the food I’ve been eating, 78% has been free. Of all the t ... of my important due dates for projects next week (the second full week ... and bounds. Hopefully by the end of these four year I will have found a

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 14, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  [Guest Post] An Overthinker’s Guide to Finishing Your Transfer Application by Warren K. ’27

  

  -time, so I had to budget my time carefully. I made the plan to do most of my ... that I had already spent the right amount of time working on it. Since I ... . There is already a bunch of great advice on this blog, but with the

  • by Jeremy W.
  • March 4, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Flourish and Blogs how to be a professional harry potter fan

  

  sort of a broad overview of media studies at the graduate level. Anyway ... , because a little over a decade ago, in junior high, we were members of the ... seconds of shocked silence she raised her hands in the air (rushing past her

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 30, 2011
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Don’t forget to check in with yourself On living with intention

  

  ’ll delight in for the rest of my life, probably in part because many of my ... , frequent walks around the neighborhood, and yes, a lot of time to ask, what ... do the same.  The specifics of what I do or the path from here on out

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • January 23, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Polar Vortex or my third IAP, and how externships work

  

  You might wonder what possessed me to go to Chicago for the month of January. The weather forecast for my first day of work. Granted, this factors in the mysterious element of wind chill.  I was graciously accepted

  • by Connie H. '15
  • February 16, 2014
• Blog / Challenges

  (Guest Post) how can it be home when it’s not finding a sense of belonging away from home

  

  probably because the excitement of being at a new place never got replaced with the overwhelming realization of being at that new place before that of leaving the new place. after all, i had only been away from home for

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • March 19, 2022