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• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Are you ready for some FOOBAW? the one and only time I talk about football

  

  Tiger. "War Eagle" is their team cheer. Most kids who grow up in Alabama ... who they learn to root for. One time in middle school gym, a girl told ... of college football was so potent in my upbringing, I assumed as a kid

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • February 7, 2026
• Blog / About Decisions

  why mit

  

  , and then puts you in a community of people who all know things that you ... understand the world, and now i'm doing a senior project in that field. or the ... everything. MIT is a place full of "unknown unknowns" -- things you don't even

  • by Allan K. '17
  • May 1, 2017
• Blog / Challenges

  A last-minute barbecue for hundreds of people New House: mobilize.

  

  government) asking if we wanted to host a community barbecue in our dormitory ... admit that I was despairing a little. There are almost 300 people in New ... space in their fridge. We had a New House exec meeting that night (by

  • by Anna H. '14
  • May 11, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  It’s driving me nuts Did I tell you about the time when we hijacked a harbor patrol boat?

  

  of Sufjan Stevens's because Sufjan Stevens is a proper noun as well as ... . Apparently you use an s when a proper noun ends in an "s" sound, but no s when the proper noun ends in a "z" sound.. So you say "Sufjan Stevens' banjo

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 1, 2006
• Blog / Hacks

  Laser Graffiti I found something cool on the way home.

  

  A Cosi smore-eating fest is a French House orientation tradition; we ... leapt onto a bench for a better view, trying to figure out which room in ... up in an East Campus room was equipped with a laser pointer, a

  • by Anna H. '14
  • August 28, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Lunch with Madam President Guess who I got to eat lunch with today?

  

  this is very cool in and of itself -- there are not too many schools in ... is very interested in what sets MIT students apart from students at ... required to take me out to a romantic dinner -- perhaps in the North End

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • November 18, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  uncertainty becoming a boring adult

  

  . once in a while you encounter something which is so far out ... recently i looked through a list of all my friends who graduated from ... me now than they did while they were in school i have a bad habit

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • December 31, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Your Profile On The Web: Can It Hurt You? Responses to questions on Facebook and other internet profiles and how they can affect college…

  

  A rising high school senior who is currently in a prestigious summer ... in general?) Do you believe someone could be rejected from a school ... use them as the latter is, in my opinion, not terribly ethical

  • by Ben Jones
  • July 11, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Photo Scavenger Hunt Let's give this a shot.

  

  's have a contest, who got out the latest for summer vacation? post your ... -back, carefree, and a whole lot of fun. This year my summer is shaping up to be ... accomplishment in a video game. -An awesome lab -A picture you feel best embodies

  • by Chris M. '12
  • June 15, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  Dear High School Senior I know you're stalking us

  

  laundry you’re welcome), in college, this is a necessary skill. Cleaning ... decisions. Here is a list of things I came up with. (PS sorry it's all ... accelerator? That’s okay, because the internet is a helpful thing!) (Don’t want

  • by Fiona M. '20
  • November 17, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Ben’s Sixth Semi-Annual Q&A Answers to questions received through 2PM on 12/22/05.

  

  beneficial to send in a new essay that I feel better explains who I am? Should ... be taken" date. Who do I need to contact in order to change it so my ... file. There is no need to give us a heads

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 22, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Seamless And A Seamless Transition [by Sadie Scheffer '10] I present to you "Seamless: Computational Couture," a smart-fashion show and…

  

  bed in a case that smells like mildew. Luckily for fashion, not everyone keeps her ambitions in a box! I present to you all, eager art ... inspiring the wrong crowd! While beauty is essential, technology is totally in

  • by ARTalk
  • February 27, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Why did the engineer cross the road? Maybe there was a cape for sale on the other side

  

  plant. Can I just point out that a sense of humor is “essential” for ... qualities, which leaves me wondering how in the world it makes such a ... Schindall reflected, “Leaders who can joke around or take a joke when

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • December 14, 2011
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Musings of My High School Senior Self bring your best cringe face

  

  . It’s a real heartbreak. But as they say, there is something good in ... the results. In reality, the results are already out. Since Boston is a ... ? right? Eh my state of mind is very much a work in progress. And as the

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • February 16, 2021
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Enterlude Brought to you by the letter "L", for Late, Lame, and real Life. Or something…

  

  , but the gist of it? I’m a starry-eyed frosh who thinks that MIT is the ... from “decent” to “huh, that’s a little weird, but okay” and “is that even ... in the hopes of securing a game buddy. “Nah,” he said, shaking his

  • by Natanya K. '14
  • September 18, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Double diplomas The only thing better than one MIT degree is TWO MIT degrees!

  

  , because I should be listed as a year 3 student with a second major in VII-A ... the truly worthy will be able to dance at graduation with a diploma in ... ). In a nutshell, everybody at MIT has to either take or pass out of the

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 12, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Get psyched, stay with it, do whatever it takes Adam's dad's advice is succint. Mine isn't.

  

  most succinct advice I can give is from Adam's dad (my future father-in ... . Do whatever it takes. I think this is superb advice. My advice is a ... is how to design a robot, or how to calculate the thermodynamic

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 28, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Books write our life stories Philosophy, astronomy, religion, neurology - and my plans for the future.

  

  medicine, but in all science.” For Sacks, a doctor, the point is that ... bin. What if, in ten years, getting a job hinges on having my notes from ... across the globe. On the far left is Plato’s Gorgias. There is a

  • by Anna H. '14
  • April 30, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  Fear of Flying Shake the haters off.

  

  've heard in a while, so for every person who got in, there had to be a reason ... ? The answer, simply put, is no. However, I do say this in retrospect. I ... ? I think not. So here's my challenge for all of you who got in: 1

  • by Bryan
  • May 28, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Non-Stop a completely stacked google calendar? in THIS economy?

  

  UROP/job. It also is a great means of keeping in touch with the language ... lyrics to non-stop from hamilton in this post. nothing else just that"]A ... campus in fall, so we're in the middle of hunting for a place to live in

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • July 25, 2020