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• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  I Went To The Ballet! 💎 color me refined 💎

  

  previous level of knowledge of ballet was at best mediocre. I know vaguely of ... up all over the rainbow carpet and had to go home sick for the first ... a visit, but when I tell you the ballet itself, for lack of a better

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • November 18, 2025
• Blog / Uncategorized

  The Subtle Art of Being Unhosed what i've learned and what i'm still working on

  

  on a bunch of applications for something that I’m not ready to announce ... to do, whether it’s a chore around the house or something for work. So ... start making time, even if it’s literally just ten minutes, for me. Life

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • August 1, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  To All the Blogs I’ve Loved Before Hello? Is this thing on?

  

  I first set foot on campus about five years ago for my MIT Admissions ... of college, I searched for opportunities at nonprofit organizations ... functioning work environment. The best part of my job was always working with

  • by Jessica Ch'ng
  • December 12, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Experience with Real Analysis epsilons, delta, and the technique

  

  about how I wanted more of the proof and verification for all these ... than I asked for. However, looking back, I could not be happier that I ... various techniques we used. By the end, when I was reviewing for the final

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • June 10, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  A Few Lessons from FLL

  

  next year. So this time of year I am asked all the time for advice on ... . As I recently wrote in an op-ed piece for the higher ed website Inside Higher Ed, the best thing a student can do is whatever will advance his or

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • April 23, 2012
• Blog / Events

  Hospital Trips and Dance Parties MIT campus is where it's at over the summer.

  

  Gregor, one of the two MIT undergraduate dorms open for those of us living on campus for the summer. In August, I'll move back to French House, but this is where I'll come home to for the next couple of months. MIT during

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 29, 2011
• Blog / Events

  Engineering leadership: the one-hour edition President Hockfield makes a surprise appearance!

  

  for the GEL Program, "almost every team practiced key leadership skills ... time, materials, and requirement specifications, and did not go for the ... boundaries sometimes, and so we forget what the customer asked for in the first

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • May 6, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Senior Spring! What I did (and didn't) do over IAP...and plans for my last semester!

  

  and IAP, I did my best to take it easy. That’s the wonderful thing about ... , you can stay home. It’s whatever you need to be ready for another ... came back to campus for track practice with no other plans except to read

  • by Alina G. '11
  • January 30, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  The New Year Barging in on the new blogger party.

  

  feel the week or two before term are the best weeks all year, due to the ... Muslim Students” Association joined forces for a dinner celebrating the ... dining hall fit for Hogwarts. It was nothing like that. That was Thursday

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • September 18, 2010
• Blog / Challenges

  Hello, Layover (Part Two) Electric Boog-a-loo.

  

  's best for you. I know you're all getting a ton of stuff thrown at you now ... for the next three hours. An Act of God, in this case, refers to one hell of a lightning storm in Fort Lauderdale, closing the runway for an

  • by Keri G. '10
  • June 23, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  About Tomorrow Good Luck Tomorrow!

  

  place, it's perfect for me, but I definitely understand how people can be miserable here. If it's not for you, it doesn't make you any less of a person ... looked at my decision, in order to prepare me for the statistically

  • by Chris M. '12
  • March 13, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I’m Shipping Up to Boston and I lost my leg! Whoah oh oh..

  

  siesta, and have left me to use only my eyebrows for expressions (I don't have very expressive eyebrows; for the past half hour I've been mostly ... not to scream. It's not the drill - I have about as much tolerance for

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 31, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Admissions process reflections from a crusty Junior Try not to bite all of your fingernails off.

  

  waiting for my early action decision from MIT… *cue psychedelic time ... . Not a chance. Nope. For example, there was one guy who set-up a webcam ... onto his website to watch his mailbox for the arrival of a big, beautiful

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 5, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Oh, sweet freedom? One girl's tale of how to (try and) fend for herself in college. Tire swing…

  

  being able to make food for myself. The latter is beyond terrifying, as I ... need others to help them. Having to fend for myself for the last two ... home for MIT’s Family Weekend, I rushed into her arms and squealed. Don

  • by Keri G. '10
  • October 23, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  We Started the Fire It wasn't always burning since the world's been turning.

  

  the AP exam, to 1) prepare us for the exams even more, and 2) allow us ... , I was actually surprised to find that I could get credit for them ... , though, the real reward is supposed to be incurring a love for the subject

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 14, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  A bevy of beautiful Brass Rat bezels A tour of the past 8 MIT class rings.

  

  , at the beginning, for the freshman picture; once, at the end, for graduation; and once, halfway through, for the unveiling of the class ring. The ... bids for the very lucrative ring contract: 90% of all students will

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 13, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Nobel Prize Week An exciting time for research, both noble and ignoble.

  

  exciting time to be around MIT, because it is Nobel Prize week. For me, this ... for the Nobel in Physics; his work on the inflationary universe is ... Caltech, won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the inorganic chemistry

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 5, 2005
• Blog / Athletics

  Marathon Sports The store has the word "marathon" in it, so it has to be good, right?…

  

  take my healthy lifestyle to the next level and train for the Boston ... for me. A marathon has 26 miles. Half a year has 26 weeks. Coincidence ... of use, and they're not intended for long distance running. I

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 13, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Paint Work VII The triumphant conclusion! Plus, the CIA is watching me.

  

  of his presidency. Well, for future reference, I think it's best to try ... So I know the entire world has been waiting anxiously for the release ... thesis research for him on my own for the next three months, so nobody

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 11, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  The mail, and more

  

  for graduate student Y. Graduate student Y wrote this about X ... (say, Senator Foo or Congressman Bar). It's rare for these letters to say ... asking the aide in that politician's office that they worked for to write

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 4, 2005