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• Blog / Hacks

  MIT is “Hacked” Ultimatum

  

  have a much better sense of humor than Harvard students. While this is no ... prospectives or tourists, I explain that the rivalry is kind of a one way rivalry ... you discovered, albeit through a flawed experiment, is what everybody

  • by Snively '11
  • April 1, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Giant Cows Eat Venus; Earth Next Breaking apart and growing, fireworks, and a story

  

  Venus is a fairly predictable thing.” He paused, switching the settings on ... of the world was overcast, but somewhere in the Pacific Ocean a cruise ship floated under one of the few patches of clear sky. A couple leaned

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • July 25, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Song of Myself All we need is music (sweet music).

  

  't see the genius in that one yet). Anyway, how is the music department at ... . Exactly how good is MIT's music? Well, I've performed in the Concert Choir, a large, 90-ish member free-for-all choir, and the Chamber Chorus, a

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 27, 2005
• Blog / Life after MIT

  what i talk about when i talk about running with apologies to murakami

  

  headed out in leggings and a running jacket, "Everyone is just coming back ... basketball confusing (it is still, to this day). How are you supposed to know ... , but arbitrarily it was a women's sport in our school, while the men did

  • by Chris S. '11
  • January 21, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  How to decide, when you’re deciding a pretext for productive procrastination

  

  , because right now in your life SO MUCH is going to change SO QUICKLY and you ... MIT students have to live in a dorm for all four years (they don't), or ... , in a different place, and at a different age. As a result, he would, at

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 1, 2018
• Blog / How to Human

  in a funk and salvaging hope

  

  content warning: mental health, trauma 1   I've been in a ... this is different this has been a build up a wave   I haven ... personal life also had a biking accident that resulted in [annotation note

  • by Kanokwan T. '25
  • March 31, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  What Is Your LΔ? What about heart? What about determination? What about resilience?

  

  times when we ask how a student is performing academically, what we really ... Georgia Military College, in Milledgeville, Georgia. Etta is a straight-A ... thrive at MIT. So if you have straight A's in challenging coursework, is

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • January 18, 2007
• Blog / Challenges

  where is home? leaving your home is easy / it's keeping this one that's a struggle

  

  , exciting!) the rhythm of life in simmons is, like i said, much like my life ... what it is. maybe it's just my bedroom in simmons. it's a double with ... quarantine. having a meal plan sure is convenient, but i do miss how, last year

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 27, 2020
• Blog / Classes

  registration day! aka "registration day blues", but like, only in the good sense of blues

  

  ! (Note: this is a long list; feel free to skim if your interest wanes ... , gonna learn so much stuff 🎶 I really think this is going to be a great ... Registration Day, which is always a Monday. Although classes don't start until

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • February 7, 2019
• Blog / About Decisions

  What I Have Learned From The Early Decision Process At MIT Here are some of the things that impressed me.

  

  , no matter how much lead you use as packing material. A low geek ... creative writing is easily expressed as compared to one in Nuclear ... makes you a geek in HS, it'll make you a superstar at MIT.  

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • December 6, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Planned Procrastination Productive Punting

  

  about free cookies. I talk to people. I eat a cookie.   punt - (1) v ... I had accomplished much during the week. I did feel burned out. MIT is ... , cooking, and eating food. (I imagine food is less of an issue if you live in

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • October 4, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  To All the Blogs I’ve Loved Before Hello? Is this thing on?

  

  that “admissions officer” was a job. I hadn’t spared much thought on how ... . Our mission is to enroll a talented and diverse community, in which students ... administrative role and a great opportunity to learn about how nonprofits operate

  • by Jessica Ch'ng
  • December 12, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Re-Introduction of Sorts Hi, my name is Bryan.

  

  years and here I am a senior at MIT. Interesting how that happens ... an important question is how did I end up here at MIT? Well, let's take a ride in my virtual time machine and look back on some of my science

  • by Bryan
  • September 14, 2006
• Blog / Blog Projects

  mit bingo! as done by the bloggers

  

  ^-^ Abby: “been to verdes after 2 am”: I had a radio show from 1-2 in the morning my freshman fall and would often stop at verdes to shop in a ... finish one of my 6.009 labs, so I submitted a confession in mostly cap lock

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • April 7, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  me, existing one day at a time

  

  exist in the minds of others when I'm not around is...insane. A few ... the bio undergrad mailing list is so nice, you get a lot of cool opportunities like that in your email. honestly as a 6-7 (cs & bio) i don

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • November 2, 2021
• Blog / Summer

  I am reading so many books! getting back to my bookworm roots

  

  interesting. I was stunned by how good it was. A novel very much set in North ... with?) Part of my problem is that although in life, I'm generally a ... Defensive Baking: This is set in a classic medieval

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • August 6, 2022
• Blog / MISTI

  Bonn, Games, Bonn Wherein we teach the world the true meaning of democracy.

  

  DID YOU KNOW? The 17-year life cycle of the cicada is a natural defense against predators -- since it is a large prime number, no potential ... 's last indirect free kick, so I could memorialize how close France came to

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 7, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Bad Ideas Because not all ideas can be good

  

  actually was a hack there! Floating in the center of Lobby 7's dome was a ... water war (in the middle of the snow), and a Nutella eating contest. Only ... Center, where I work most mornings. As usual, I looked up in Lobby 7, more

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • January 23, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  10 Things I Miss About MIT that i didn't think i would

  

  was always much more fun—everyone in my living community is amazing, we ... in a setting where no one knows you is indescribable. one of my ... looked like a whole different person back then. given how much i used to

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • August 3, 2020
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  I went to a motorcycle festival don’t worry, parents, I didn't see other MIT kids there

  

  advertising riding lessons. A few accident lawyers were distributing free t ... shops and how I exist within them. I was at the moto fest with a white guy who I’d taught how to weld, a nice student, good at taking criticism

  • by Amber V. '24
  • May 23, 2022