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• Blog / Admissions

  Going Social Thinking about MIT Admissions and social media.

  

  then. And though I still can't grow a decent beard, oh how the times have ... love MIT, you may not want MIT to be where your friends are, jumping in where it is isn't wanted like that awkward kid in high school who invited

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 14, 2009
• Blog / Events

  The Boston Festival of Indie Games In which I geek out on campus with a bunch of gamers

  

  conference started in Seattle that now has a Boston branch. I went last year ... Phone game where you match colors in a specific order to clear levels. It ... to their proper locations in the timestream. (Side note: I really enjoy

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • September 16, 2013
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  I am home. Small thanks to the Airlines. In a surprising turn of events, Christmas travel is Not Much Fun.

  

  . While many of them have surely let their pilots' licenses lapse, I can ... wondered about what goes on in the little room [where someone must be ... off, covering for each other in areas where one has stronger coverage

  • by Kim D. '09
  • December 24, 2008
• Blog / Athletics

  the fear and delight of fire spinning do not this at home! I am a trained (semi?)professional.

  

  , because it's really really fun. It’s not something I can fully describe in ... was the boldest decision I made in my life, but also one of the best. I ... staff and poi spinners. I chose the route where I try a lot of different

  • by Anika H. '26
  • June 21, 2025
• Blog / Challenges

  The first step ...is admitting you need help.

  

  than your high school in ways you can't even begin to imagine. A thousand ... -- it's not in the MIT student makeup to be catty or cutthroat. Plus, I ... you chose to live. I can't count the number of times I've slipped into a

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • April 8, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  21L.011 Are You [film] Experienced?

  

  about Buster Keaton where I had trouble in high school writing about, say ... course name in all of academia.** It's a history class where students ... . I had a hard time selecting my top preferences; I was torn between 24

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • October 21, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  how i (kinda) studied for finals brought to you by "a PNR mindset"

  

  certain point I can't stand to sit at my desk chair in my dorm anymore, so I ... haven't really locked in with the full PNR mindset. I did every pset for ... grades in classes and decide what I would need to NR a class. The

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • December 22, 2024
• Blog / Blog Projects

  Boston’s college mascots, placed into a Tree of Life a project that nobody asked for

  

  sure that I can claim the title of being the founder of mascot ... an image file, which I did and then polished up in an image ... birds, 2 uncategorized, and 1 bug represented in this tree. I wonder if

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • February 18, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  My favorite room on MIT’s campus a personal room of requirement

  

  , where I’ve done undergraduate research since spring of sophomore year ... , which I like better in a lot of ways, except it's missing a desk, which ... . ____________________________ This post is the first in what I hope is a series of live one-hour slices

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • September 24, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  With Apologies to Dr. Seuss why MIT is amazing, a la buzzfeed

  

  have feet in your shoes You can steer yourself any direction you choose ... can get all hung up in a prickle-ly perch. And your gang will fly on ... ! Do you dare to stay out? Do you dare to go in? How much can you lose

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 4, 2013
• Blog / Events

  May the Force Be With You Use the "mass times acceleration" wisely my friend.

  

  interesting things I've seen done with butter in a very long time. Yes, that's Darth Vader and Yoda carved out of butter. I wonder where they ... So tonight, I'm going to watch my friend Timmy '06 and the rest of

  • by Bryan
  • November 12, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fran Sancisco and Spother Oonerisms Racing tays and fighting lires

  

  . Anyway, I've been living in Fran Sancisco this summer with (a sizable crew ... enjoy SF, but in too many ways it's only highlighted what I loved about ... passionate people here, and I've only been around for two months so I'm not in

  • by Joel G. '18
  • August 7, 2017
• Blog / Residential Life

  rush wilg bunnies inside this blog post

  

  know us from my previous blog post where I investigated a fire that occurred at our house. I'm happy to announce that we did not, in fact, burn ... year and thus couldn't get on-campus housing anymore. I used to live in

  • by Rona W. '23
  • September 13, 2022
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Pimp my sukkah. I really can't think of a better blog entry title than that.

  

  with "M.I.T" written on it in Hebrew. I think I ended up giving that one ... much about it. Then one fine afternoon I was in the middle of Mastering ... defeated again by that same method. I wonder if anyone in Hillel will ever

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 5, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  MITWE Goes Digital We stan Fred in this household 😤

  

  department in a nutshell[/caption] “But Andi!” I hear you cry, “How could you read sheet music off your tiny loaner iPad?” That’s where Fred comes in ... With all the WiFi problems in [annotation note="One of the big

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • September 21, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Aquatarkus Why I turned in a half-finished 10.37 problem set.

  

  , very different from buildings you see elsewhere. That's more than I can ... canoeing. See, creatures really can live in the Charles. See, people at MIT ... entirely man-made. I had originally called this entry "Dirty old river, must

  • by Sam M. '07
  • May 17, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  4 / Just *breathe* Everything is going to be all right

  

  breaks, where I can catch up on my life, focus on myself, take a moment to ... up with M I T. Seems like no one can truly escape the firehose, no ... , mindful, intentional. Last Monday for Veterans Day, I slept in, went to

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • December 2, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW 2013…The Parent Experience!

  

  Much of Boston and certainly the ladies in the sorority house where I ... should I attend with my child?" In truth, there won't be very many of them ... will. That said, it's important to check in occasionally so I'd suggest

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • April 10, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Astronomy in Paradise Lost I can't resist.

  

  of our home planet in Book II and you'll see what I mean: "And fast by ... . Regardless of his intention, when I read that passage I saw this in my mind ... conference) and I was visiting the National Radio Astronomy Observatory in

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 27, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Academic Marathon If Mollie's boyfriend can complain, so can I.

  

  on Thursday. Once I handed that in, I had a couple of hours of class ... around 9:30, and started right in on the 18.03 pset that was due Friday. I ... . (Manchester photos to come soon, I promise!) I'll travel home on Sunday in time

  • by Laura N. '09
  • March 15, 2006