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• Blog / MIT Life

  Dass ein Ende mit mir haben muss ...und mein Leben ein Ziel hat.

  

  MIT students. So, in case I get a little verklempt, figuratively, with ... 'll give you a topic. The peanut is neither a pea nor a nut. Discuss. ... old. The semester is winding down, like someone's demented yo

  • by Sam M. '07
  • May 8, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  That Lovely Pre-Finals Period

  

  mix things up a bit with more than one elective course in the spring ... at MIT, staying in East Campus, but probably working full-time on a ... I just presented some intercultural communication challenges in the

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • May 10, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fame Discover Magazine tries to cash in on this whole "turkey into oil" craze that I…

  

  DID YOU KNOW? America's fastest competitive eater is Sonya Thomas, a ... this month. How sweet is that? Anything Into Oil By Brad Lemley ... "Anything Into Oil" article, is slightly less creepy, and provides a clear

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 5, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  New York, New York

  

  section. In March, Les Perelman attended a national college writing conference and sat in on a panel on the new SAT writing test. Dr. Perelman is ... I'm in New York City now, staying in a hotel a stone's throw from the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 4, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  hope springs eternal a warm feeling

  

  that they, too, will feel welcome here. The cynic in me is still a ... It's a beautiful day today in Boston, and looking out the window at ... 's a feeling that I haven't felt in a long time—even the most exciting of

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • February 8, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Things That Happened! Since I've been gone~

  

  . Story Collider is a podcast showcasing stories in science, and I basically ... , which is really cool. It’s exciting (though perhaps a bit more stressful ... important to the health of the club that we had a change in leadership. The

  • by Selam G. '18
  • March 6, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Week In Review An end-of-year freshman advising event, and my friend's 6.115 final project.

  

  ... lamb, shrimp, all raw... you cook it yourself on a skewer in a marinade ... ! As his associate advisor for a group of six freshmen, I got to tag ... types of fondue -- this one had cheddar in it, and there was another that

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • May 18, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Branching out

  

  building a mini-Sukkah (MIT's is currently up on Kresge Oval, thanks to ... With two Central Meetings down and two to go in the Bay Area, I'm much busier than I thought I'd be: behind on email, behind on blogging

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 1, 2004
• Blog / Events

  Latino Cultural Center It's Mes Latino!

  

  the next thing in life via the infinite corridor is the basement of the student center. This is home to a post office, dry cleaners, the ID card ... LCC board for a semester, it's become that place where I go in between

  • by Ana V. '15
  • March 3, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Tales of a College Froshling Okay, so I'm not a frosh anymore. Meh, whatever.

  

  it, which is just as well because I don't know what was going to be in ... for the summer. After some panic that I'd be jobless and living in a ... activities in the area. ("So let's all go out for ice cream! And what a

  • by Keri G. '10
  • June 3, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  MyMIT is live we're ready for you to begin

  

  for freshman admission to MIT. Many of you may have received a shiny silver packet in the mail recently. This is our official MIT Application ... with each recommendation letter. Also note that MIT is not a member of

  • by Kris Guay
  • September 4, 2012
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  I can tell that we are gonna be friends (part 1) I'm talking to you, Alan Guth.

  

  . course requirements, how to plan a career in physics, finding a UROP) I ... interest in astrophysics, which is probably a large part of the reason I was ... part is a lie. I do not actually have Alan Guth's home address. However

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 2, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Mathisms and other linguistic quirks of the nerd incubator

  

  unusual in that it’s mainly a notation convention, which is kinda fun. 7 ... intersection of their everyday language and mathematical jargon is non-empty. In other words, MIT is overrun with math people who cannot help but speak in

  • by Allison E. '27
  • November 15, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Another New Semester and A Lot of Cats Call me the crazy cat lady

  

  what the class is about, which is a bit concerning given that my first exam is next week.  I have been studying what we've learned in class and ... HASS classes this semester, 21W.762 and 21L.430.  21W.762 is a poetry

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • February 25, 2014
• Blog / Challenges

  yeeting classes bye

  

  and confusing, a deadly combination. in fact, I was so stressed about ... like, how are you alive."]most of my friends were in more ... manage my time, and how to select a courseload that will make me feel

  • by Rona W. '23
  • May 12, 2019
• Blog / About Decisions

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

  

  . There is such a thing as a bad essay. In my case, my bad essays came from ... . There is already a bunch of great advice on this blog, but with the ... the drawing board. Even if a story or experience is compelling on its

  • by Jeremy W.
  • March 4, 2025
• Blog / Advice

  Parental advice, revisited… a self-referential throwback, that is somehow, still relevant

  

  , the underlying question is almost always some variation of “How do I ... themself, including whether MIT is likely to be a good cultural fit.  The ... probably even more interested in why.  It is entirely possible that your

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • May 12, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  Finding my place at MIT It's an ongoing process

  

  role model and still is to this day. Working in my lab gave me a sense of ... . College was a chance to both remake myself in a friendlier mold and to build ... is that a social circle is not something magical that you discover once

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • April 2, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  I saw a turkey the other day… hello, world!

  

  everyone! My name is Alina. According to MIT, I’m a senior in Course 20 ... birds. That’s kind of a problem for my teammate Katy ‘11, who is deathly ... we run to Jamaica Pond, which, as the route is also a team favorite, is

  • by Alina G. '11
  • July 14, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Livin’ la Vida Española (Pt. 1) De Madrid, ¡saludos!

  

  on at MIT): 6. I'm in Europe because of 21F.782, which is a Spanish II class that is conducted entirely in Spain = living with Spanish host ... how many students from Spain apply to MIT each year, but just in case

  • by Chris S. '11
  • January 21, 2008