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• Blog / Admissions

  The ratio of people to cake is too big.

  

  -up" LBizzle, I most definitely have got to order a t-shirt as well; at first, I ... . It goes out to Meder! Solve it to understand why...) Today was a ... officers are expected not to come into the office (where there can be

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 13, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  Surviving My deep thoughts on surviving and thriving at MIT, straight from three years ago.

  

  handicap. This is the first thing to get over when you come to MIT. A lot of ... /no record -- and was heading off to a shiny internship at the NIH... I was pretty psyched. Original list (which is to say, my perspective on life at

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • May 11, 2006
• Blog / Rural and Small-Town

  my STORY of helping Wyoming students shoot for the STARS get it? do u get it??

  

  the Grand Tetons[/caption] This spring, I had the chance to reconnect ... made the journey from a rural upbringing to working at selective institutions, I often wondered how to give back. In Fall 2023, I joined the

  • by Nicole Cooper
  • July 31, 2024
• Blog / Challenges

  novelty the closest thing to time travel

  

  first three weeks each felt blissfully long, as if i’d found a way to ... has more to do with an inability to retrieve information than a problem with how that information was stored. when many memories are similar to

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • August 5, 2022
• Blog / Community Projects

  Guest Post: Simmons Hall Finishes 18,239 Piece Puzzle in 40 days and 5 hours

  

  getting, we had one picked out and ready to order. The first day was a huge ... almost 6 weeks. I saw one of the first friends I made when I got to MIT, a ... research on this puzzle, nobody was able to finish in less than 8 months. It

  • by Erick P. '17
  • February 29, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  Power Tools at 2 AM A typical MIT experience.

  

  whole days to decide where to live this year. As for me, I seriously considered trying to move to East Campus for awhile, but in the end I decided to confirm my original assignment at Burton-Conner. The adjustment

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 2, 2005
• Blog / How to Food

  How to Survive in a Cook-for-Yourself Community and why meals plans are terrible

  

  This post is dedicated to 2021s who aren’t sure if they can survive ... new Pilot 2021 optional meal kit plan. The appendix also compares it to ... section is also a cautionary tale about dining claims.  First, an important

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 10, 2017
• Blog / How to Human

  on regression the to your shitty high school self, and not linear, kind

  

  have been going pretty well—my first week flew by since i had frontloaded all my work to prepare for my boyfriend staying over, but now that he's gone, time has slowed to a crawl. my area issued a shelter-in-place until

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • April 7, 2020
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Labor Day, literally Moving back into my dorm room

  

  my dorm room stuff, I'm going to need an intervention. First we moved ... back to my dorm in a giant U-Haul truck I always dread having to move my stuff. I'm not entirely sure why. I always think that moving is going to

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • September 3, 2018
• Blog / Blog Projects

  Senior Week On The Blogs!!! oh no, we’re all so old

  

  week that we will not be getting this year, we present to you the very first Senior Week On The Blogs!!!! It is often when things come to an end ... all has been a true honor. But alas, all good things must come to an end

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • May 25, 2021
• Blog / Classes

  Notes on Cancer rate my handwriting

  

  .[/annotation] That's such a cool sentence to type out. In the past, I've had issues ... an exam. This semester, I'm going to experiment with rewriting my notes ... first legit lecture so it's maybe a little oversimplified"]today's lecture

  • by Abby H. '20
  • September 10, 2019
• Blog / Uncategorized

  251 talks – avery a new podcast that comes out every week

  

  [annotation note="honestly, i'm definitely going to change this name. please ... the talks happen in my room, which is room 251. the general goal is to talk to lots of different people at MIT about their experiences here, and

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • October 21, 2018
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  All The World’s A Stage On theatre and artsy stuff

  

  my eyes (ears?) were opened to the glory of musical theatre. It’s second nature now to check local theatres, in this case Broadway in Boston ... ’s say, instead of $80-100. First-come, first-served, and usually they

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • September 22, 2013
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Who’s that girl in uniform?

  

  remember Rachel. I was the one who made you promise not to let her fall down the stairs (since it actually is possible to be a complete klutz and a ... first (yeah course 16!), but being an AFROTC cadet comes in a close second

  • by ROTC
  • May 3, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  ZOMG CPW and other acronyms C.Y.G.W.T.S.F? I.F.C,I.B.Y.C!

  

  be setting foot on campus, many of you for the first time, to experience what a little bit of MIT is like. Can't sleep? Curious about what to ... freshmen class about CPW last year to give you an idea of how things will go

  • by Chris M. '12
  • April 16, 2009
• Blog / Events

  Happy Things Yay!

  

  This is what MIT felt like when I first arrived: Sunny, warm, people playing Frisbee on Kresge Oval. Spring seems to have arrived at last, though this isn't the first time this year - we've had nice days on and off

  • by Karen F. '11
  • April 18, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Devoid of Content Well, mostly.

  

  struggle between bloggers and prefrosh over whether the "FIRST!" approach to ... This post is almost entirely devoid of content except to point out a ... to take that opportunity away from prefrosh. What they forget is that

  • by Snively '11
  • March 9, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Time Out I attempt to top Emo Walt Whitman, even though I'm only taking a brief reprieve…

  

  coffee when I got home so I might have been able to post mine first, but ... (So honestly, I wrote this emotional post about my first year at MIT ... cheater for 1) being a senior and having more emotional things to say and 2

  • by Jess K. '10
  • May 27, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Quick hello from Albuquerque I'm in New Mexico for ISEF.

  

  me it was in the cartoon "Herr Meets Hare" where Bugs Bunny first ... Musical kids yet, either) Tomorrow, I will get to have breakfast with the ISEF finalists who are members of the MIT Class of 2011, then I'll get to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 17, 2007
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Party!

  

  I don't have much to say, I would just like to bring this to your ... narrow victory for Lowell. (Photo credit to Eric Schmiedl '09) Yes, that ... amusing photo, is an annual party, held the first weekend in May every year

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • May 8, 2007