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• Blog / MIT Life

  November summary: books, playlist, gratitude

  

  looking forward to it. A few things that happened in November: I spent a ... I read a lot before coming to MIT but stopped during my freshman year ... than an hour. In a similar way, I committed to working out: gym, twice a

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • November 25, 2015
• Blog / How to Human

  Underneath All That Polish… ...lies a few things you wouldn't want to miss

  

  -bootcamp that set in during a hellish week. So I decided to leave something ... 've gotten used to a lot of things about the Institute. And sometimes, when I ... out and shook up my routine a little bit the other day. Before heading

  • by Emad T. '14
  • May 7, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Premed and Me (frankly speaking) MIT is hard, but MIT premed doesn't have to suck. Here's why.

  

  and research med schools." I feel a lot more ready for what I want to do ... Before committing to any major choice, I think you have to be ready ... for the MCAT (which demands quite a lot of time), I'm still willing

  • by Emad T. '14
  • January 29, 2013
• FAQ / International applicants

  What if I’m waiting for my green card?

  resident status. If there's a change in citizenship status during the ... current citizen status. In our first-year admissions process, you're considered an international applicant if you're not a United States citizen or
• Blog / Events

  “Where art thou, O Higgs?” *insert shimmering transition into the past here*

  

  exciting time in the world of particle physics. A week or so before, I had ... popular interest in the Higgs. A couple of weeks before, the New York Times ... . To be more specific, I can only assume that what was asked was a

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • April 7, 2015
• Blog / Events

  Spontaneous 5-Minute Classes on Whatever You Want These are too good not to share

  

  a whirlwind of learning. I've blogged about teaching at these events before. A few weeks ago, I agreed to teach a class with my friend Davie '12 ... What is the particle in a box model? How to make ice cream at home

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 14, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  It’s like a bag of sand! I go on a quest to legally obtain music and movies.

  

  of some less-than-important recent events, I decided to put up a short ... essential things in life, like sleeping (I HAVE TO BE AT BREAKFAST BY 7 AM ... keep capitalizing the "Very Important" descriptor. Back in December, I

  • by Keri G. '10
  • June 29, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Eastward ho! Don't US people normally go to Canada or Mexico before they cross an ocean?

  

  cardstock that entitle me to a non-reserved seat on what I can best describe ... This summer, I decided to take an internship overseas. Where in the world am I? Two days ago I won a prime cut of meat by winning a game of

  • by Stanley G.
  • July 20, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Tale of the Midnight Tool! Simulcast in 1337 for our viewers at home!

  

  high school, (though not getting credit for it like I should've...) I figured 18.01 would be a walk in the park, I took one look at the p-set and ... was but 1 problem in the whole set, hence why at 6:30 a.m. this is what

  • by Chris M. '12
  • September 17, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Eric Lander, spring rolls, and the New York Times two of those three are related

  

  : a few hours after lecture, look what appeared!]: In other lecture ... introduction--unless of course you've never heard of him, in which case I'll just ... : What does a biochemist do? He stuffs the butterfly into a blender

  • by Michael C. '16
  • September 6, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Art Keeps Me Sane At MIT [by Danbee Kim '09] The beautiful irony is that the analytical, obsessive, and perfectionist mindset…

  

  juggle in our lounge in order to take a break from a grueling pset. What is ... tabs on what I'm learning at this fancy college I go to, which is why she gave me a quizzical look when I came home for Christmas break freshman

  • by ARTalk
  • January 21, 2008
• Blog / Classes

  I’m Graduating Early??? [NOT CLICKBAIT] also: the unification of course 7

  

  in the middle of a month? Or maybe you live off campus, and the place you're in wants you to pay a whole month's rent when you only need it ... don't blacklist me Mr. Corporation! I need a job!"]I don't want to have

  • by Abby H. '20
  • May 1, 2019
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Unpacking Surprises to sum up 4 years at MIT

  

  you're doing. In a matter of months, I’d gone from preparing to apply to ... roommates. Today, I walk away happily with 4 years in a single room, albeit a ... surmountable. Before I sign off as a regular blogger, I’ll leave a few tips

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • July 7, 2013
• Blog / Classes

  On Greek history, and this strange end-of-semester sprint  tl;dr nerding out over a final essay

  

  -Homeric civilization in Greece, before city-states, which was discovered by a German guy ... read the textbook. I went running. I forced myself to take a seat in the ... really fun to dive into; and I'm a frosh on [annotation note ="pass

  • by Amber V. '24
  • December 11, 2020
• Blog / Events

  PumpkiNerd Carving My dorm had a pumpkin carving contest, and categories were funniest, scariest, geekiest, most original,…

  

  As I pasted in my previous entry, my dorm had a pumpkin carving ... expression on her face -- she obviously is a fruitarian. (I suppose ... who are somehow not obsessed with econometrics, I should note that we

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • October 26, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  This title is irrelevant In which I discuss two important aspects of undergraduate life: scientific research and climbing stairs.

  

  for a month before I got a response from another researcher in his group ... letter to MIT, I glimpsed a beautiful future in which all of life ... Sadoway was like, “I'll check around for UROP openings in my group,” and I

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • January 28, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Glimpses Of My Messy World I know, I know - all of you are concerned with your Early Action status,…

  

  a far better job than I could of keeping the masses in the know about ... staples I've learned to look before I sit: Finally, in picture 3 you can ... -programming. Behold in Awesome Wonderment the pace from which I execute MIT Admissions

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • December 9, 2005
• Blog / How to Food

  Most delicious deliverables ever Also, I'm not having a bad hair day. I'm having a bad hair fortnight.

  

  carbs after a tough run and I’m not in any mood to assemble it myself ... few hours before Operation: MacNCheese commenced, I was advised to add a ... , shape, form, or box in my life, but I was more than willing to make a game

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • February 12, 2011
• Blog / Majors & Minors

  Urban Studies and Planning at MIT! On the DUSP: Part 2

  

  very... abstract. After bouncing around for a while, I'm now a double in ... to a thousand more questions than the ones I came in looking for ... Policy, I believe my passion in these fields are infused with each other. A

  • by Victor D. '27
  • December 3, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  Physics Prof. Peter Fisher on Conan A freshman physics professor helps the late night talk show host break a record. [with…

  

  feud with Stephen Colbert (resolved in a battle royale), a German disco light shows, a visit to the doctor, a turtle race, and ring spinning. In ... [MIT '39] in thinking about a problem like this solved quantum

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 9, 2008