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• Blog / MIT Life

  Mind Dump (Episode 4) What's going on RIGHT NOW!?

  

  I have something to say about MIT that I believe is important or gives ... . Most recent updates will be on the top. I will just re-publish this same entry every time there's a quick update (every several days or so) and in

  • by Snively '11
  • April 22, 2009
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Orientation and pre-approval In which I relate orientation to getting pre-approved for a credit card in a totally…

  

  customer, ma'am, but Kim over here will be more than happy to help you out ... second semester, or you'll become best friends and laugh about how you thought Harry was Harriet twenty years ago. (Disney Rewards, though, will

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 22, 2007
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  50 (First) Dates You and your significant other -- where to meet on campus, where to go out,…

  

  -apart-and-that's-just-a-fact-of-life-okay? dump that special someone. Some people will carry out entire ... locking (!) piano room Steam Cafe -- no, it's not a sauna or spa Tech ... Cape Cod -- or so I hear, I've never been; ask me in a week =) Coolidge

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • May 29, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Guest Lectures I had two ideas for good blog posts, and both were stolen by other bloggers!

  

  flower attached... it must have been made of something sweet, chocolate or sugar or something, but I never found out. It was too pretty and ... lecturers or college reps. Monday's lecture was by Dr. John Cohn, from IBM

  • by Kate R. '14
  • July 14, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  So Long, So Long, Front Foot Leads the Back One Go on, and it won't be too soon...my Texas road trip (Part 1).

  

  miles under the speed limit. I don't know if it's a culture thing or if the police are extremely strict or what, but it was VERY different from Michigan or Mass. 10am. I arrive in Laredo, check in to my hotel, and head

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • October 17, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Premed and Me (frankly speaking) MIT is hard, but MIT premed doesn't have to suck. Here's why.

  

  and willing. As regards me and my decision to be premed, I had few doubts that I was willing. That decision had stayed alive from at least ... for the MCAT (which demands quite a lot of time), I'm still willing

  • by Emad T. '14
  • January 29, 2013
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  is leadership the same as management buzzword alert

  

  meet, or whenisgood, or whenufree, or doodle. i've learned that some ... lot of silence or random stuff or bikeshedding if no one keeps it going ... manage-y things will happen.

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 7, 2022
• Blog / Hacks

  MIT is “Hacked” Ultimatum

  

  prospectives or tourists, I explain that the rivalry is kind of a one way rivalry ... just an advertisement for some event going on today or something. It ... , Harvard or MIT, has a better sense of humor. Just hang the sign up and see

  • by Snively '11
  • April 1, 2009
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Inbox Insanity "You've Got Mail."

  

  Considering the lack of inactivity on these blogs in the past week or ... of the most vaguely negated sentences ever or what?), but this one was ... to go to the MIT Literary Society Meeting or LucHa – are among the many

  • by Karen F. '11
  • November 19, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Schools of dreams

  

  . Often students or parents of students who were not admitted will call to ... because MIT or the Ivy League or wherever did not offer you admission, that ... , nor having the name "Caltech" or "Stanford," and highlight it. Here goes

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 17, 2004
• Blog / Challenges

  A Mentor to Remember – Patrick Winston (1943-2019) Celebrating Professor Winston

  

  I will no longer see Professor Winston, one of the few professors who ... interesting short story and accompanying life lesson, or end it with advice he ... , 2015”   Winston, I will miss rollerblading into your office, and I

  • by Caroline M. '18
  • July 24, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Dear Seniors let's talk

  

  moment that feels like it will define the rest of your life. You’ve got one ... acknowledge it or not, you subconsciously know that this year is going to be life-changing. You started in one place and will end up in another. You

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • December 17, 2017
• Blog / How to Human

  Observations of an MIT Sophomore Advice and insight.

  

  body (and your friends, and your grades) will thank you. Excuses are for high school. Sometimes it's possible to get extensions or have ... a UROP in their lab, or anything else. This is how Melis and I got an

  • by Paul B. '11
  • November 10, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  [Guest Post] Rediscovering en Plein Air Painting by Elisa X. '26, MEng '26

  

  ,[/annotation] or in open air in French. [carousel image1="117795" image2 ... [annotation note="En plein air, or the practice of creating art outdoors, was ... couple firm rules for myself: 1) no future corrections and 2) no use of

  • by Allison E. '27
  • September 17, 2025
• Blog / Athletics

  lifting heavy objects and the grungy basement gym

  

  exists but will fade in an hour or a day, leaving my hands as normal as ... ’m working out with will not think I am weak or lazy. No one in the gym will ... ! Covid precautions at the time mandated that we reserve 30 or 60 minute

  • by Amber V. '24
  • December 30, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  Living Off Campus I moved off campus last year and rented a house with some friends who were…

  

  -recognized fraternities, sororities, or independent living groups (FSILGs) during their ... I don't think it's especially common or encouraged.) When freshmen ... the same building, or even the same room, for nearly all of their time

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • February 24, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Mathematics for Computer Science – “Top 10 Proof Techniques NOT Allowed” 6.042 has been a very engaging and entertaining class thus far.

  

  .042, or in regular-speak: "Mathematics for Computer Science". It. Is. SUPER ... check out the OCW course here or the current course here. In fact, the ... down every theorem or result known to mankind and then adds a few more

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • September 12, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Semester Reflections

  

  Designers CMS.339 Hacking VR: VR and Immersive Media CHANI1 Character ... spent mostly apart: 1) This semester, the ratio of us meeting people as ... House, or if we went down to dining too late, we’d just eat together. This

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • June 5, 2018
• Blog / Challenges

  Accepting criticism please criticize this blog post

  

  projects, it's very often because it's a personal project, or I'm doing ... my team to get some criticism. Now, it wasn't like they were my boss or ... read all of it. No matter how many "it's a wonderful post" or "I loved it

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • July 31, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  Wise Words From Mikey A good thing to read as you prepare to arrive on campus and begin your…

  

  research experience or major math competition experience or etc. will pull me ... their MIT experiences. I'm sure some of you will be able to relate to the ... or at least the USAMO or have won some science competition or another

  • by Ben Jones
  • August 15, 2007