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• Blog / MIT Life

  sk8 jebby on a skateboard

  

  Future Part II. I was in seventh grade. It was a week before Halloween, and ... The first time I ever stepped on a skateboard was in 2015, which was ... skateboarded in Harvard Yard a ton because I liked the paths there, but I don

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • June 29, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Meetings with Brown & Yale in CA, IL, MI, NV, OH MIT Admissions starts to look forward to the Class of 2013 (!).

  

  breakfasts. I should note that in addition to the west coast and midwest, MIT ... from three great universities all in one place. Each school will talk a ... readers are seniors, so for you, I have this mission (if you are in the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 21, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Some a capella A concert by the MIT Chorallaries (7 pictures)

  

  It's Saturday night at MIT, and I'm taking a break from reading in my office by checking out the concert by the Chorallaries. Hundreds of people ... combination of Total Eclipse of the Heart (Bonnie Tyler) and (I Just) Died in

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 19, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Scheduling Conflict Which class should I take? (Results from the previous poll posted.)

  

  offered during overlapping time slots -- which one should I take? Don't Doonesbury vote-bomb me though! A new class will be offered by the Economics ... help? What can we do about corruption? Should we leave it all to markets

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • May 28, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Highlight Reel Parents! A cappella! Thesis! Superheroes! Film class! And generally hanging in there @ MIT

  

  . For a couple of foggy weeks, in there I was gripped by the paralyzing ... the world, in what she prioritizes versus what I prioritize (her ... in a perpetual state of groaning and wondering why I had to think about

  • by Chelsea R. '15
  • November 22, 2014
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Boston’s 4th of July Boston has arguably the best 4th of July festivities in the country, and MIT has…

  

  . The live cannons for 1812 are always a big hit. Here are some photos I ... river in East Cambridge. I think the Back Bay area of Boston is very ... Boston has arguably the best 4th of July festivities in the country

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 3, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  Misery Loves Company: Part 1 You might fit in at MIT if...

  

  one thing in a day, like get groceries, I can almost guarantee that I ... things I want to and need to get done than one in a day -- when there are so many I can't possibly do them all, in a day or a week or even this

  • by Cam T. '13
  • September 19, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Bicycle Diaries Like the motorcycle ones, except far less artsy and with a serious lack of Gael…

  

  show. We spent quality sister time together for a bit before I rode the ... in." "I am sliding it in." "Hold it so it looks like a U, not a ... , and New House since I haven't ridden a bike in a few years

  • by Jess K. '10
  • November 4, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Fall 2014 Transfer Decisions Will Be Sent Today see title, more or less

  

  chagrined about those we could not. As a former transfer student myself, I ...  today, May 7, and you should receive it shortly thereafter, depending on the traffic in the tubes. Our transfer admissions process was quite competitive

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 7, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Truth Values [by Ken Haggerty '11] A fantastic one-woman show about life at MIT. (Now playing!)

  

  in the arts faculty that I finally decided to check it out and squeeze ... Square Theater, ticket in one hand and notebook in the other, I wasn ... just a short walk northwest from 77 Mass Ave (i.e. Lobby 7, the Great

  • by ARTalk
  • September 22, 2009
• Blog / Uncategorized

  The Concert / The View

  

  One of the interesting things that I do as a commonplace concert goer that non-concert goers may never understand is waiting. I wait in line, a ... interesting because I DEFINITELY should've been closer (I was about 25th in line

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 23, 2022
• Blog / Life after MIT

  The Last Times waving goodbye to my MIT experience

  

  Campus party I went to was, nor what the last meal that I cooked in my hall ... , because honestly, some of them are so mundane that I'll forget them in a few ... right before a class, or just because I really wanted a peppermint mocha

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • November 22, 2020
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  On Being the “Dumb” Friend and the freedom from comparison

  

  being the “dumb” friend. In fact, I kind of love it, because there’s a ... that concept at all. In this case, though, I think it’s a question of ... ’d hit diminishing returns. And what would I have to give up in the process

  • by Allison E. '27
  • October 2, 2025
• Blog / Challenges

  Failing and perfectionism

  

  belt all at once. I straight-up failed a class in my fall semester that ... . I cried a lot, often in my room or empty classrooms on campus, with ... shoulders. If that was what my full effort looked like, then I didn’t see a

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • June 12, 2023
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  I’m Kind of a Big Deal Leaves and famous people alike think so.

  

  ? A NERD? Why, I've never been called a nerd in my life! Good heavens ... , I sing, I dance, I'm in a sketch comedy group. I took all the AP ... night (she's a student at another university in Cambridge that I

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 22, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Summer of Learning Because MIT classes don't spend too much time on hacking into computer systems

  

  hacking tools to make a guide for sales engineers but what I found was a 10 ... agreed but little did I know what I was getting myself into. Eight weeks ago I landed in Austin, Texas to start an internship at Lumension (they

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • July 29, 2013
• Blog / Events

  Chocolate Tasting Nuts, olives, and 99% cocoa

  

  In honor of some holiday, MIT's Laboratory for Chocolate Science hosted chocolate tasting last night. I went to a similar event in IAP 2004 ... pieces. I found "seafood" in one piece that Sam thought tasted like "olives

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • February 12, 2006
• Blog / IAP

  One Extraordinary Week, Plus Ferrets I suit up for surgery.

  

  destroyed in a game of Stratego. (I should take this opportunity to note that ... makes MIT...well, MIT. In this entry, I wanted to not only tell you a ... -to-toe in a lab coat, booties, hairnet, gloves, and a face mask; and then I

  • by Paul B. '11
  • January 14, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT EA Decisions To Be Posted Thursday, 12/14/17, at 6:28PM ET

  

  a decision on the 14th, you should visit decisions.mit.edu and log in ... online next Thursday, 12/14/17, at Tau Time (i.e. 6:28PM ET). To check ... I've stopped watching this baby lion trying to roar long enough to

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 7, 2017
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  One weekend in New York, two (very different) operas And I didn't pay a cent.

  

  slipped through the narrative cracks. - In mid-February, I boarded a bus ... <3 YOU ARE A SUPERSTAR). At 9:30, I realized it was 9:30, and leapt ... "Annaaaaaaa", presumably because he was worried that I'd fallen back asleep (a

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 22, 2013