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• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Why was I up so early this weekend? Reaffirming my faith in humanity and destroying my confidence with computers

  

  Prize for Girls. Founded two years ago in NYC, the Math Prize moved to MIT for the first time last weekend, and it was a great success. Offering a ... . Which brings me to why I was riding through Central Square on my bike on

  • by Kate R. '14
  • September 20, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  Decisions, decisions Now that you've been accepted to college, you have to decide where you'll spend the…

  

  Infinite corridor with the satisfaction that you could return to the campus ... Next for my first two years) and I tried to do as much as possible during ... Congratulations! You have finally been accepted to college! 4

  • by Melis A. '08
  • April 4, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  21M.285: The Beatles the most enjoyable class i've taken at MIT

  

  difficult since I'd have very little to say about keys and chord progressions ... discography whatsoever. When I got to MIT, my music taste evolved to include ... 't interested in them enough to take an entire class on them. In May, I watched

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • December 3, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  AgeLab I've seen troubles...

  

  wall makes me feel old. Have you ever wondered what it would be like to ... weather is changing in my knees. Also I'm cranky and like to talk about the ... was on TV: But if you aren't so lucky to be so old as I am, MIT's Age

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 28, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Day in the Life of an Over-Scheduled Frosh Another hosed blogger? ShOcKiNg

  

  group trip to 7/11 to buy some Hi-Chews. For the first time all day I have ... phone to look at the time, my heart skips a beat. Noon? Already?!? I ... needed to wash my hair, I decide to take a shower. Between that, getting

  • by Powers '23
  • October 21, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  The Other CPW CPW guest entry by Sam Range '13

  

  last day), we headed back to the Infinite Corridor. More specifically, we ... without the booklet as it contains, in addition to useful maps of campus and ... all 620 officially-recognized CPW events. That's enough for one to begin

  • by Bryan
  • May 1, 2009
• Blog / Travel

  spring break! so much happened, but also so much didn't happen

  

  ✨first college spring break✨. Like many MIT students, I decided to travel ... : I had to finish my spread for Infinite, I was behind on my UROP work ... -filled time, a time to relax, hang out with your friends, and have the

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • April 16, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Introducing MIT Illuminations at the Welcome Center

  

  advisor). In the fall, we worked with MIT first years to teach them the ... now home to the admissions office and plays host to our visitors, I included a list of creative touches we had added to the space to make it feel

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 19, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  🎶Jauntily Sauntering Ambling Shambler🎶 Yes, those are actual lyrics from the musical I was just in

  

  . Three times. Listening to musical soundtracks and singing along WAY to ... something. I have NO clue what to do with all of this time. I lack purpose. I ... admitted to MIT, my number one concern was not having a space to pursue my

  • by Powers '23
  • December 20, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT’s FPOP for Entrepreneurship a week of connecting incoming freshmen with MIT startup founders

  

  FPOPs are freshman pre-orientation programs, where you get to come to ... to know the other freshmen in your program. Most (all?) departments have one, from Discover Nuclear Science & Engineering to Discover

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

  See me, feel me, milq me, heal me Picture entry! Don't read if you're on dialup! DON'T DO IT! Sorry, but it's for…

  

  entry. The key to winning art in this program is to select things that are ... , remember in the summer when you used to get nice, well-cropped color pictures ... walk across the floor to ask her to borrow it. Pretty much, the majority

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 22, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Africans@MIT: Cassava Connection Part 1 of a series, starring a man, a plan, and a root vegetable.

  

  , emphasizing a key point: “Nobody is going to do it, if we don’t.” Despite the ... “Nobody is going to do it, if we don’t do it.” The room is quiet ... -Eritrean Students’ Association) to my room to discuss recent developments in Ethiopia

  • by Selam G. '18
  • April 2, 2018
• Blog / Blog Projects

  8,726,400 SOS: And That’s A Wrap! tracing back three months

  

  . Since then, I’ve spent a lot of time trying to figure out what the key to ... about to get incredibly busy again (and after three months of relative ... two, summer is officially over. And with that, it is time to bid the 8

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • September 7, 2018
• Blog / Challenges

  I’m still here (and MIT’s still hard) The little comment that wasn't. (This isn't edited. It sounds awkward at times. Deal.)

  

  I started writing a brief response to some of the comments on Chris' post, but then it stopped being brief, so I decided to post it here ... , whatever. Anyway, I want to know - how hard is MIT? Because I keep hearing it

  • by Keri G. '10
  • January 12, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A Collection of Curious Creatures at the MIT Zoo terrasaurs, quetzals, and portal cows, oh my!

  

  appear that some hackers decided to turn the Infinite into a zoo, featuring ... student groups. I'm happy to report that -- arguably unlike regular zoos -- you will notice that these animals are allowed to freely roam the campus

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 26, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  halfway there musings about currently being an MIT student

  

  ? Whenever I talk to other MIT students, there's so much reminiscing. Always ... overwrite old memories with fresh ones. I wish I didn't have to revere things that used to be very normal, like studying at a certain spot or bumping

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • November 14, 2020
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Goodnight Moon Or: The Senior Who Desperately Tries to Put Off Bedtime By Saying Goodnight to Every…

  

  before the last first day of my time here at MIT. To put that in less ... first time I referred to MIT as “home” freshman spring. At the time, it ... last first day never has to end. And if the last night before the last

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • September 7, 2016
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A Day in the Life: Weekend Edition 80% more fun and 800% more apples in one serving!

  

  countless airline stewardesses, and went back to sleep. In my dreams, I congratulated myself on my good fortune and promised to blog about this. [A bit ... opposed to a performance group that students can join for credit (such as

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • September 16, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Obama to speak on clean energy, visit MIT energy labs today You can watch the speech live... or wait for the bloggers' account of it!

  

  While bloggers Jess, Paul, and Snively will be listening to President ... President is expected to begin his remarks around 12:30pm Eastern time. You ... concentrators promise to reduce the cost of solar electricity because they use

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 23, 2009
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Your MIT ID PLASTIC! Shiny plastic, at that!

  

  What was I looking forward to most when I arrived on campus for ... HUGE envelope full of colorful stuff for you to drool over.” of course ... . What could MIT give me that could top those three? I went to the second

  • by Snively '11
  • March 26, 2008