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• Blog / MIT Life

  Summiting Mount Monadnock camping trip!

  

  a camera store in Malden to buy film, then Texas Roadhouse, and lastly ... England's forests for a respite; a cabin in a place like Sunset Pond, a pen ... stargaze. In a similar way, the stars are as empowering and overwhelming as

  • by Victor D. '27
  • October 18, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  Rain is evil There's only one kind of good snow, and rain isn't it.

  

  is what I mean: Edit: Ruth pointed this out in her comment below- it ... /the grocery store/class in the cold. So basically every day I've been ... , if you live anywhere in the area of this crazy "winter" (and I use that

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 14, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  Antici A long time ago in a suburb far away...

  

  was too young and stupid to know what a postmark was. That's probably ... like, two-thirds of the way up the block, and I was pretty dumb in high ... . Anyway, she didn't really say anything, when I walked in, but merely thrust

  • by Sam M. '07
  • March 17, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  my semesterly planner mentally preparing for the trials ahead

  

  In less than a week I'll be hopping on my flight back to Boston, and ... [annotation note="is this okay to say in a blog? let's hope so ... -journaling-sleeper-agent in my brain kicked in orientation week freshman year, deciding that a

  • by Veronica P. '27
  • August 18, 2025
• Blog / Athletics

  Marathon Monday A Boston institution.

  

  (a holiday celebrated almost exclusively in Massachusetts and Maine). The third day in a four-day weekend, it also marks what has been a ... free energy drinks. They also had a dunk tank, which was only in

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • April 19, 2011
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Blogging Is The Salt Shaker Of My Life thinly veiled platitude included free in box of metaphors

  

  are, in fact, fake people made up by MIT? A lot of bloggers are fresh ... 't hired until I was a bitter, jaded junior, when I'd completely forgotten ... Facebook that I clicked on while bored. But this is what I get out of

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • August 17, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Videos and photos and more Lots of cool coverage of MIT stuff from sites, blogs, and vlogs across the web.

  

  Lots of fun stuff to check out! Peter Houk, director of the MIT ... ): Check out (also: 1, 2) the annual parade of elephants, which delighted folks across campus this past Thursday (I, of course, missed it for the 11

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 8, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  International conference followup A post especially for international students: casting a wide net to find a good college…

  

  applications. As always, it was quite fascinating; I learned a lot, met some good ... these schools provide a really top-notch education in a diverse and ... College: Located in a small college town about 35 miles south of Lexington

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 17, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Double legacy ...what my kids will be, since I'm marrying somebody from MIT!

  

  I are engaged, and we're planning to be married in September or ... legacy applicants; MIT doesn't.) MIT romance I met Adam in September of my sophomore year at a party at Baker, but I wasn't really aware of his existence

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 1, 2006
• Blog / IAP

  IAP & Snowmageddon Infinite amounts of pancakes, international adventures and poutine, and icy apocalypse preparation

  

  abundance of classes teaching me exactly what I'm interested in learning. But ... of five of us headed to IHOP in Harvard square to settle the score. I ... -Entry went on a road trip northward to Montreal. Beforehand, I thought it would

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • January 27, 2015
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Welcome to the Woodshop Don't forget close-toed shoes and please WEAR GOGGLES.

  

  week, I work as a monitor at the N51 Woodshop. In Building N51, next to ... make sure everyone working in the shop knows what they're doing, uses the ... finished the pieces in this woodshop. It's really the most beautiful loft I

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • October 5, 2009
• Blog / How to Human

  Trick or Treating Halloween Shenanigans

  

  that was as close to a celebration as I had come in quite a few years. A ... exist as a digital copy in some stranger’s pocket. I can’t tell if this is ... actually a nightmare to walk on in flip-flops, but in the moments where I

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • November 1, 2014
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Happily ever after I don't believe in fairy tales, but real life isn't bad either.

  

  first year, you don't pick a lab in grad school until you're ready. When I ... is in the Longwood Medical Area, and the labs I've chosen to rotate in ... just did the math -- I'm only getting $3.50 more an hour as a grad

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • March 21, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Undecideds, Part 2

  

  busy though? I mean...I know I got my CSS done a little late but it ... MIT but honestly I'm only undecided becuase of my parents." Carly, what ... give them a call to chat a bit about things... As for the food, I was

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 21, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  first impressions of LA the struggles of moving cross-country for an internship

  

  stuffed backpack, and a very stuffed guitar case, i hopped on a 6 hour ... ."] completing various errands [/annotation]. i've never been to LA, so i formed a ... was not made for walking >:( i'm used to walking almost everywhere in

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • May 31, 2019
• FAQ / Academics and research

  What is the HASS Requirement?

  a global impact, and to superb graduate programs, all recognized as among the finest in the world. With more than a dozen academic fields, the ... . The requirement deepens our students' knowledge in a variety of cultural and
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Alpha Phi Omega Leadership, FRIENDSHIP, Service

  

  mentioned it before in her blog). Last spring I was the Membership Vice President, or more colloquially, the Mommy. As Mommy, I was in charge of ... because they're interested in doing community service. And indeed, this is a

  • by Kim D. '09
  • September 24, 2008
• Blog / IAP

  Is this real? The party called IAP continues.

  

  a better scientist. Become a better MIT student. What does it mean to live in a technological world? Professor Rosalind Williams Thursday ... the interactions of science, technology, and society. We now live in a

  • by Bryan
  • January 19, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  From The Midst Of Selection A recount of EA selection committee.

  

  , and I'm hoping to finish my Q&A post in the next day or two. Until ... , etc. before heading into selection. Instead I read late-arrival apps all ... committee. That night I edit 50 pages of copy for the new viewbook in

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 5, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Poetry and Physics You don’t have to get theoretical physics to get Frank Wilczek.

  

  wait your turn or become a certain age before you can do anything, like change the world. With that in mind I started thinking about The Universe ... I was thinking recently about the mixed messages that come through

  • by Laurie Everett
  • January 24, 2007