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• Blog / Admissions

  CPW 4 U What you should do at CPW, assuming you like exactly the same things that I…

  

  :00, 2:30, 3:00 or 3:30 for a fun-filled tour of the Tester Lab, down in ... , George, gets here in 6 hours, at 4:50 AM. Usually I offer to come out to ... yet. After that, I'll probably hang around for the so-called festivities

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 6, 2006
• Blog / Athletics

  Photophobic

  

  strange white glint out of the corner of my eye. I turned my head as best I ... my mind reeled to remember the name for it. Then all of a sudden I ... .) I immediately gained a new appreciation for why we all wore helmets

  • by Chris M. '12
  • January 28, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Happy Valentine’s Day from MIT Because theobromine is delicious.

  

  the best students they can, to making CPW such an amazing experience, to ... the Admissions Department has cooked up for its Early Action admits. If ... Early Action admits a couple other fun treats between December and May

  • by Paul B. '11
  • February 14, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  and i am afraid of falling a long winded chess metaphor

  

  I've been watching a lot of chess. Watching, not playing. My eyes ... and strumming a guitar like the sounds playing in my ears? What if I ... tears and my nose a horrid, stark red. "You seem to put on a brave face a

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 21, 2020
• Blog / Athletics

  Discover Exercise and Wellness FPOP a wholesome college experience

  

  not for anyone who participated. That hurt for a couple of days—"If I ... worth trying anyway: best to get comfortable on campus before the ... appreciate the breadth of MIT offerings for athletes and beyond. The main

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • August 21, 2017
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Guest Post: Rush & Recruitment 2012 Evan and Denzil weigh in on this hectic week

  

  best fit for me! My MIT life and experience would have been completely ... their words. They'd like to write about why 'Going Greek' was the best ...  friendships. Roughly 30% of all undergraduate women, and about 50% of all undergraduate

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • September 3, 2012
• Blog / Challenges

  [ hard mode ] i'm on hard mode and i'm just a noob

  

  played with their dog) >> Second week of November Monday: My ... got switched to hard mode for me after November started (and no, this ... before I sat in Bates Hall for about two hours and made progress on my

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • November 25, 2021
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Historic Boston This entry may be a little long . . .

  

  red pushpin marked it out for me. A walk back to campus from the ... motivated enough, but for some reason this seemed like a good idea, so I went ... Italy) and enjoy the smells so I had to settle for going to Bunker Hill. I

  • by Snively '11
  • July 21, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Boston Rain With apologies to Tay Zonday.

  

  picturesque, and fun to play with (or in), it even can serve as a metaphor for ... that right: rain. For a variety of reasons, this made me less than happy ... interest of full disclosure, I should point out (for the parents' sake, if

  • by Paul B. '11
  • January 12, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Visualize this! My new UROP We've got some really cool stuff going on this semester

  

  record our answers, and everyone pitched in to select images for around 50 ... It’s a new school year, and I’ve started UROPing in a new lab! For ... to hop between projects, ask for help or input from anyone else in the

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • October 2, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Activities, humanities, question-ities Will you have time to be in an extracurricular at MIT? Yes, you will.

  

  wonderful for buying food on campus, but what if you want to order hot dogs or ... cheerleading and how has it helped/hurt your grades, etc? [I'm uh, asking for a ... and sign up for ten groups, because, hey, you did ten things in high

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • May 14, 2006
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Where I Call Home california california cambridge!

  

  Christmas village all laid out across the floor and I'd play for hours there ... morning to a warm weight on my tummy, the little gremlin dog I called ... their hearing over the years, playing bad Pinoy telenovelas. My world was

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 25, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Toilet @ MIT The Ben Schreck Shits 2015 Calendar.

  

  . Why? It's a fun art project. It's tradition at this point, and getting ... we're donating 50% of the profits to Doctors Without Borders. Is this ... was just one calendar, for my friend's birthday. The year after, back

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • November 16, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Mastering Physics Has No Soul I love online assignments. har. har.

  

  is the best fit for you, and where you will truly enjoy the next four ... important part of MIT Student Life. @@ Say that I'm irresponsible for not ... 50 (Grape) Vitamin Water. (jk, though I have four empty bottles of it

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 18, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Robo-CJ writes a college app do neural nets dream of electric essays?

  

  happy or not. I'm low-key grateful for being alive. I’m sorry that I’m not ... 'm fully prepared for the prospect of college. Sure, I'm familiar with the ... understood that well. The content’s challenging to follow, but it’s fun because

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 28, 2019
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Chris inspired me to do dumb things I went to Disney World. It was fun, I guess.

  

  definitely more of a fun run.  I made sure to stop for pictures with characters ... 't necessarily going to be fun for the rest of the race.  It started to get hard ... Goofy Challenge at Walt Disney World.  For those unaquainted, the Disney

  • by Snively '11
  • July 20, 2016
• FAQ / Life and culture

  What is MIT’s mascot/school colors?

  Our mascot is a beaver—nature's original engineer. Perfect, right? Tim the Beaver has been a member of the MIT community for 100 years. MIT's school colors are cardinal red and silver gray.
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  NOOOOO! It's so sad!

  

  we can hope. So, now, let's all mourn for the red chair, because it ... skimmed it, looking for any mention of chairs. Nothing on the front page. I ... -250 Will Be Wider, With Power Outlets for Each." Woo-hoo! Wider. . . and

  • by Snively '11
  • July 9, 2008
• Blog / Announcements

  welcoming our new bloggers! baby bloggers? baby bloggers!!

  

  ’t play, turned a senior-year resolution into a love for the gym, and comic ... campus, settling into their new dorm rooms for the year; classes are ... has some new baby bloggers, all very excited to write for you! After

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • September 7, 2023
• Blog / Athletics

  7 / Pressure is a privilege Training for my last hurrah, the US Championships

  

  externship, or teaching for GTL. I was on the ice for 2 50-minute sessions a ... energy for both, it's hard to accept that you won't be the best at both. I ... energy and attention on training for the US Championships, taking place the

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • February 15, 2019