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• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  post-semester paradise two weeks with no psets or exams in sight

  

  at once is a nightmare. i barely remember the weeks i spent finishing ... was when i realized how much packing i have to do. move out day for all ... 'll be a senior next year, my Burton Conner single will be much smaller

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • June 3, 2022
• Blog / Events

  HT@MIT: Department Lectures and Final Presentations MIT's Best Kept Secret

  

  ; For anyone that's used the elevators in Stata this is a common sight ... in. A lot of the research that is being done is years from becoming ... is a whole room of professors to talk to about the subject. This is

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • December 28, 2014
• Blog / How to Human

  Before You Arrive On Campus: Packing Edition for the pre-frosh we're excited to meet

  

  : “Technically, the glass is always full.” -- a casual wardrobe. This is optional ... late night -- a dress, if there is >1% chance you will consider attending sorority rush or a formal. There is a free and regularly scheduled

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • August 5, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  on realizations and learning in which i say a bunch of things that might seem obvious

  

  yet, a child who is spoken to twice as much as another child will make ... yourself and putting aside time for yourself is not just a necessary evil. It ... want to; and it is not better to fill it more, or as much as possible

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • February 10, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  It isn’t what you know, it’s who you know The rules of the networking game

  

  networking is to talk to people. Well actually, there's a little more to it ... looking at. The MIT connection is a great way to find an in. You have to ... matter what their rank is in comparison to yours. You have a lot to say

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

  warmth feelings i miss

  

  warmth of a memory feels so much more translucent, transparent, in ... a summer sunset, as it filled the sky with orange and blue, as i held ... wanted to push me in. every once in a while i’d feel so uncomfortable

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • July 27, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  italy research in pompeii

  

  Hi! this is going to be a sorta long blog so here’s a tldr: I went to Italy to do some light research and travelling, stayed in a castle ... . Whenever the owner asked how the food was, I’d give her a double thumbs up

  • by Anika H. '26
  • June 18, 2024
• Blog / About Decisions

  In Praise Of Holistic Admissions not an admissions machine

  

  role as a socializing institution. College is a place where you meet all ... didn't mean that it's a place to idly chat with people (although it is ... to do is build a community, and an admissions machine cannot produce a

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 20, 2011
• Blog / Events

  A Couple of Firsts With a picture game

  

  some of a few of my "firsts" here at MIT (There's many more, but this is ... now part of my everyday life.  They say that too much of a good thing ... do a great job of describing life at MIT. They’re all creatively

  • by Erick P. '17
  • October 17, 2013
• Blog / Events

  Hello Summer! Finally done with finals

  

  Finally the year is over. After a week of relaxing, I can finally ... Tex, which for me who is honestly pretty horrible at anything that involves a ... to arrive. Boston is a lot nicer to be in when you don’t have a Pset

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • June 1, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Hurricane Katrina Trying to help, to the extent that we can.

  

  outside of the Gulf Coast moves on, and the Office of Admissions is still charged with admitting a Class of 2010. And even for students who have had ... reply back has been, "I don't know either." This is an unprecedented

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 2, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  I’ve got Mail! And a LAPTOP! Why I can breathe again, and the 10 most recent emails in my inbox.

  

  , "How many is a Brazilian?" (PS. Yes, this was originally a blonde joke ... 've received, The first one is about a lunchtime meeting for the Presidents ... 't actually too hard, which is part of the reason MIT has about a Brazillion

  • by Kim D. '09
  • November 17, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  FUN Form FAQs U is for Ukelele

  

  as much as my family did: Anyway, I come to you in 2018 bearing forms… the February Updates and Notes (FUN) form. tl;dr: the FUN form is ... obligated to fill up the form—it’s okay if all you’re sending us is semester

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • January 16, 2018
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Behind the scenes of Glamour: Part 2 A recap of three incredible days

  

  departments hard at work and really got a feel for how much effort goes into ... ’s cover. It was really interesting to get a glimpse into a world that is so ... only had a ridiculous amount of fun, but also left the City feeling

  • by Melis A. '08
  • June 20, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Past Enrollment On A Map [updated as to not freeze your browsers ^_^] My final project for 4.502 (Design Scripting).

  

  projects and a writing portfolio and all that. Now I have no finals while almost everyone else is kickin it into full gear to ace their own tests and theses. Below is the link to my final project for 4.502/4.564, an

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • May 17, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Lost in the Pages of the Institute are we out of the woods yet, are we in the clear yet

  

  something repetitive and claustrophobic to my mind. And what’s left is a mind ... background, and a few days later, churning on my laptop. Life right now is a ... I’ve always wanted to learn to play the piano, “always” being a brief

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • October 25, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Bridge Building: In Progress The culmination of what I've learned in civil engineering

  

  the most fun is building, well, a bridge. It is pretty much what it ... structural design, this is a chance to build a structure and test it. Even ... countries ( a minor part of the project), it can be quickly assembled and is

  • by Becca H. '12
  • May 4, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Rethinking the Paris Metro I'm taking an awesome grad class that includes spring break in Paris. (Yeah, they're paying.)

  

  concepts, including a "faster" moving sidewalk (no joke...): This thing is ... One of my five classes this term is sponsored by RATP, the metropolitan transit authority of Paris. It's a graduate design workshop in the

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • February 25, 2007
• Blog / Athletics

  Guest Entry: MIT Cycling Team Training Camp Hundreds of miles of riding and thousands of kilojoules spent.

  

  This blog post is by my brilliant Randomite, computer scientist, and ... , preparing mentally for the arduous rides ahead. After a particularly hilarious ... purchased so much food that other shoppers at Costco mistook their shopping

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 18, 2013
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Eating Disorder Awareness Week – The Secret I Kept by julia p. '24

  

  here's a blogpost from my friend julia! Hey! My name is Julia Pockat and I am a physics major in the class of 2024. This week is eating ... , like how losing a number of family members and friends at a young age

  • by Cami M. '23
  • February 23, 2022