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• Blog / MIT Life

  This is just a tribute I wrote a really long, funny entry. And then my browser window reloaded.

  

  's a pretty common track in science (where a master's is neither ... . This is just par for the course today. Argh. The last entry I wrote was a lot longer (and probably a lot funnier) than this, but it is now over an

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • April 2, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Goodbye 2023, Hello 2024 looking backwards and looking forward

  

  in my bed for a solid thirteen hours. I've spent my time back home with ... 's Day. New Years is in my[annotation note="only beaten by Chinese New ... explore a new, but related, field. I ended up choosing a lab in the

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • January 1, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What’s a freshman like me doing at Career Fair? hint: I'm not wearing a suit

  

  ". "Career" is not really a word in my vocabulary yet, blogging is the closest ... insights about Career Fair right now is kind of like expecting a gorilla to ... . What I do have, however, is an insatiable desire for free goodies and t

  • by Michael C. '16
  • September 22, 2012
• Blog / Events

  Fun in NYC Part 1 Never be afraid to go straight to the top.

  

  train ...please let them know that there is a free bus from Pen station to ... Every once in a while something so noteworthy comes along that it ... take a trip to Hasbro's world headquarters, conveniently located in

  • by Snively '11
  • February 23, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Derailment My Gap Year

  

  . However, we are looking for a bright, young, motivated individual who is ... watched, clutching a clipboard to my chest. Exam Room 1 is not a normal ... , who viewed me as a potentially embarrassing statistic on their otherwise

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • September 18, 2011
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Deferred A forum for students who were deferred.

  

  In the near future, we'll have some advice here on the blogs for students who have been deferred. In the meantime, feel free to use this forum to chat.

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 15, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Every class I’ve taken at MIT RANKED!

  

  philosophy class in the freshman year learning community Concourse, which is a ... [/annotation] I've ever taken at MIT! Feel free to scroll through and take a look at ... kids stuffed in a New Vassar study room, being on campus during my first

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • April 26, 2025
• Blog / About Decisions

  Why I Love MIT And why you should

  

  a group of people who also enjoy that activity here too. Or, if you ... is a great chance to dive into some neat projects. I've been on the ... work on the next big thing! 2. MIT is a creative community. MIT students

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • February 14, 2012
• Blog / Events

  Reek Week Updated 8/3 to include pictures of Gilroy garlic ice cream.

  

  Gilroy Garlic Festival 2005: The entrance is flanked by two port-a ... each year, and that it is the largest food festival in the country. On ... , we can smell the garlic. Love is in the air, and it doesn't smell good

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • July 29, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  The Interview…Part 1 ECs are some of my favorite people in the world and you'll like them too.

  

  experts in what being a student at MIT is really like because they ... interviewers remain helpful). A description of the current interview process is ... something like a teacher when you talk to them. And this is how... I know

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • September 18, 2008
• Blog / Denied by MIT, Now [X]

  Letters from the 2023 decisions threads

  

  . It was freeing, in a way, to be able to seek new dreams, create new ... as a rejection with prolonged pain. What I didn't know is that those 2 ... commit to in the cup holder next to me. At last, I was able to open a

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 25, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  Notes on the Interview (the EC edition!) in which you receive advice and an alum surreptitiously gets to blog again

  

  ramen burger that I (and my girlfriend, who is also a MIT alum) made last ... Jones informing me that I was selected to be a blogger...BUT every once in ... 's nothing on my beloved Hayden, but I must say that a library in front of

  • by Chris S. '11
  • October 2, 2013
• Blog / Athletics

  World Cup Finals

  

  A story from a few years ago: During the 1994 World Cup, I lived in ... had a great career) Which is why I celebrated with a heavy heart ... , Roberto Baggio. (It was in no small part due to his braids, I'll admit.) My

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • July 10, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Introducing the Class of 2013: Scott ‘13, Cory ‘13, Edner ‘13, Jeremy ‘13, and Bee ‘13 The penultimate in a nine-part series of articles about the incoming MIT class.

  

  then spoke in Creole to Paul, who then translated for her. "It's a ... important note for today: All of MIT's financial aid is based on financial ... fall. This summer they are mentors in Project STEEM, a program at Texas A

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 26, 2009
• Blog / Events

  MIT ‘10s: Prom, Graduation, And Other End-Of-Year Photos Here are some photos sent to me by various MIT '10s. Feel free to email…

  

  '10 @ graduation! Star '10, who writes "I challenge anyone to top a ... Here are some photos sent to me by various MIT '10s. Feel free to ... on which one is the MIT student? Keri '10, Neha '10, and Kris '10

  • by Ben Jones
  • May 23, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fran Sancisco and Spother Oonerisms Racing tays and fighting lires

  

  serious companies) while interning at a startup. Interning in SF is a sort ... passing through, a little trail of condensation forms in its wake. This is ... . Anyway, I've been living in Fran Sancisco this summer with (a sizable crew

  • by Joel G. '18
  • August 7, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  You’ve got questions, I’ve got answers I know an atomic particle's speed, AND position!!

  

  , writing a humorous essay in and of itself is not bad. If that's how you feel ... takes place in a mirror, then who knows. Ceiling Cat will have to sort it ... that's what I want to study and later do in life. Is there a majore for

  • by Chris M. '12
  • November 30, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  good morning, MIT Guest post by Piper L. '17

  

  is Piper. i live in East Campus, on second east. i’m a sophomore. i ... –8 students, and we stay in these teams the whole semester. it’s a discussion-based ... All words beyond this introduction belong to Piper L. '17 (who is no

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • March 8, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Bruno Recalibration

  

  program in which the Earth System is used as a context for the first-year core subjects in math, physics, chemistry and biology. It is a small ... It was 86 degrees F in Boston on Wednesday! A blooming tree in

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 22, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  on realizations and learning in which i say a bunch of things that might seem obvious

  

  to them. A child who is deprived of input won't be able to learn. And yet, a child who is spoken to twice as much as another child will make ... yourself and putting aside time for yourself is not just a necessary evil. It

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • February 10, 2020