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• Blog / MIT Life

  Bicycle Race More things happen, and I pretend that I've read your comments.

  

  Institute for Basic Research, which is run out of a PO Box in Florida. The new ... to incompetent peer reviewers. And that is how science works. To take a ... 's in the student center, it's not much of a problem to run out to Star

  • by Sam M. '07
  • May 4, 2006
• Blog / Uncategorized

  what the f*** am i doing this summer still don't know if i'm going abroad or not lol

  

  it in 2021. my acceptance transferred over a year, which made for an ... students in my major don't typically go to sophomores. at a certain point, I ... a startup and 2. think Israel's start up scene is sick. around

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • June 12, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  LSC’s Q&A with Dean Kelley of Pixar’s Coco (he also worked on Avatar: The Last Airbender, Monsters University, and The Incredibles 2)

  

  they sold to make a living. They let us come in and see how they lived ... . After working on a film that focuses so much on family and music, how have ... death. It was more Miguel just understanding who he is and how he fits in

  • by Abby H. '20
  • November 8, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Note of Hope for Freshmen at Career Fair Yes, freshmen can find jobs!

  

  you don’t know what business casual means, much less how to find a job ... . Studying abroad is a great opportunity too and in some ways I regret that I ... MIT’s (in)famous fall career fair is this coming Friday…which means

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • September 21, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Let’s talk about interviews The ultimate guide

  

  well (and is volunteering to do this in their free time). It’s also a ... indication of how well you did. I want to stress again that this is just a ... In light of interviews quickly approaching, I thought I’d do a post

  • by Melissa Cao '20
  • October 24, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Guide to CPW: Why It’s Special all the things that make CPW amazing

  

  .” I was surprised how naturally I transitioned into MIT life, in my head ... could work with. MIT is a unique place, and it can’t be home for everyone ... comMIT, you need to to determine if the IHTFP life is a good fit for you

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 6, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  My MIT Interview I think that I forgot to tell you about that

  

  -way presentation. In a two-way conversation, for example, you can ask "and how about ... Maison Française," "MIT Classes," and "MIT Extracurrics" are now all in a folder called "Old." Eek. In "Old," I found a folder named after my high

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 12, 2014
• Blog / Events

  CPW 2008 @ MIT – Awesomeness Guaranteed (Guest Entry) On things that other colleges (namely their dean of admissions) will never letyou do.

  

  about the school that I’ll be attending in just a few short months. My ... with a few friends, including one I haven’t seen in almost two years ... his room and attended 6.006–Intro to Algorithms, a course located in the

  • by Snively '11
  • April 17, 2008
• Blog / Events

  “Freshman Musical Dorms” A question inspires an entire entry about housing. But I threw in some other stuff…

  

  take the state certification exam in a couple of weeks, so wish me luck. In other news, April and I got a futon, and now our room is supercool ... . After that I went to a session on Interviewing Techniques, which is useful

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 5, 2006
• Blog / Advice

  Hey International Kids! Press 'Submit' already!

  

  because there is so much to be done at any given time. Get excited for all ... certifiably socially awkward at home, it’s going to be unbearably bad in a new ... to work with other people. Choosing a dorm that fits you is also

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • October 25, 2018
• Blog / How to Human

  Money! Money! Money! Life is like monopoly, except you're not a pewter Tophat and it costs WAY more…

  

  . Tally up how much you make in a month, subtract out anything you HAVE to ... Hard to believe July is nearly gone eh? Yup in just a few short ... said you love is still a healthy one. Yes in the course of one year at

  • by Chris M. '12
  • July 22, 2009
• Blog / How to Human

  bursting the MIT Bubble when 🅱️ig 🅱️ome Energy gets too real

  

  college is supposed to be a stepping-stone to adulthood, where ... feeling of being trapped in the Bubble is tangible in my failure to take ... lol"]all that much.[/annotation] Boston is right there, but i barely

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • October 17, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  How Are You? because it's not just a simple question

  

  how a person is doing. “How are you” is asked quickly and instinctively, not in anticipation of a meaningful answer. More so, we’re inclined to respond with a simple “good.” Nothing more and nothing less. But so much

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • November 19, 2017
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  What MIT students do on Friday nights Who needs clothing, when you have duct tape?

  

  perfect in this case. After a few weeks you figure out how much food you ... Adelaide!) A caution cape is also exactly what it sounds like: At the party ... food in comparison to all the great things about MIT, I'm a cross country

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 23, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Political Process For the civic-minded

  

  that someone else is majoring in - gasp - a humanity! But hey ... I had to miss a free, pre-screening of Be Kind Rewind AND a chance to ... 'm always deciding between a great thing and an awesome thing. Oh, woe is me

  • by Karen F. '11
  • February 14, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Throwback I'm gonna throw this out there. If you don't like it, you can throw it…

  

  of clothes in a pile being sold at a dollar fifty a pound - and I think ... say it was kind of a weird time in my life - I'd just moved to a new ... surrounded by new people and a new dorm; in a lot of ways I was starting all

  • by Jess K. '10
  • March 9, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

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

  

  your room to how to decide whether you should go to class can be a ... until 3am daily and 7-11 a quick walk away, it is hard to motivate yourself to learn how to cook. This blog will give you a few tips on eating

  • by ARTalk
  • April 1, 2009
• Blog / Rural and Small-Town

  Am I rural or small-town? Read on to learn about what a taco bell index is

  

  a solid "yes" or "no," rurality is much more nuanced than that ... place(s) in which you’ve grown up—reading up on how a place has developed ... it is like to live in a rural area or a small town (even though I do

  • by Nicole Cooper
  • May 19, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  How to take the Bebras Computing Challenge this fall an international introduction to computational thinking

  

  participants, including ~15k in the United States last year. Bebras USA is led ... challenge is proctored to help them identify aptitude, understand how students ... find your country's organizational information here. In 2014, almost a

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 23, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Food, glorious food In which I learn that Simmons Dining is not, in fact, the best that Boston's…

  

  .[/caption] OTTO (Dinner) OTTO is a pizzeria from Maine. It's a popular free food ... much as some people have in their first semester. Even my sister, who has ... went to Veggie Galaxy for brunch. Veggie Galaxy is a traditional American

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • April 6, 2025