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• Blog / MIT Life

  Where are you going, where have you been? The answer is "to a fast food restaurant to blog; to four countries in one…

  

  whole narrative was supposed to be a dream that the main character was having while listening to the radio, but nobody else in the class ... she taught Jonathan Safran Foer how to write, and then I realized she

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 17, 2006
• Blog / Events

  A Trip to AfroTech My Recap of the AfroTech Conference in Houston

  

  About a month ago, I left campus to take a little trip to Houston for ... ="National Society of Black Engineers - An organization that works to support the ... professionals in the US that took place from Monday, October 27th to Friday

  • by Richard O. '28
  • November 30, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  Early Morning Construction and other bexley woes.

  

  . 24 hours pass. One day after my noise complaint. I wake up to a small ... Yesterday, I wrote to facilities complaining about the noise from the ... and continued for some hours into the day. Down the other end of the

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • July 5, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Replying to questions and comments

  

  outside of class hours, and a student who has that sort of access to the ... The first thing I wanted to do for this entry was reply to some ... comments and questions! Please continue to do so...or, if you're lurking, don

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • November 27, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The HackMIT 2016 Puzzle Just Launched and it'll (probably) take you all across the Internet

  

  from around the globe. Over a 24-hour period from September 17th to 18th ... is the weekend to meet other enthusiastic hackers, push your boundaries, and realize the projects of your dreams!" Head on over to hackmit

  • by Erick P. '17
  • July 16, 2016
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  hey hey HAYMARKET slicing and dicing all over the place.

  

  farmer's market near the Government Center T-Stop comes to life. Saturday, my friend Diana and I thought we'd take a little trip out to Haymarket to see what kind of deals we could find. Trekking down the Infinite

  • by Bryan
  • July 10, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Sorting Hat of Sorts Where you live may be one of the most important parts of your time here…

  

  important thing is that you find a place you like to live. Living near people ... (HA!). The Temporary Housing Assignments. Hard to believe that it was ... it's worth saying that for me at least, where you choose to live can be

  • by Chris M. '12
  • July 29, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  International Men & Women of Mystery

  

  that definition, there are two very important things to remember about ... *Update as of 2015: Early action is available to both domestic and ... admissions for a long time, and (finally!) here goes. First, an important

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 8, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Dear Applicants: Parts 1 and 2 for Early and Regular Action applicants

  

  Breathe… If you have submitted your application, go to 1. If you are planning to submit your application, go to 2. If you’re writing your college essay, go to 3. 1 Congratulations, Early Action applicants! You perfected

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • November 12, 2015
• Blog / MISTI

  Total immersion An MIT-Italy student finds her way around Rome

  

  like, some I’ve decided to avoid. But the important thing about all ... stuck like glue to the bus that took me directly from the apartment to ... ). It took me a while to work up the courage to take a different bus to

  • by MISTI Program
  • July 30, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Trouble with External Validation Which came first? The admit or the awesome...

  

  limited availability relative to the significant demand, for the exceptional opportunities that await. Since our desire is to make the best possible admission decisions, we utilize a wide range of sources to help confirm and validate our

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • January 9, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  The Interview: 10/20 Approaches Some thoughts on the interview, as the EA deadline nears.

  

  deadline to contact your alumni interviewer (Educational Counselor, or EC) is Friday (October 20). So, if you haven't yet, go on to MyMIT, get your EC ... in the next month, because once Thanksgiving hits, things start to get

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 17, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  Trail Notes

  

  walks and ate many large meals every day, and on most days, found time to ... . Some days, I stay up late enough to witness the sky begin to lighten, and ... sun would only begin to dip below the horizon near midnight and would be

  • by Sara N. '28
  • October 6, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  EA Telethon! Yay for the class of 2010!

  

  Whew. I just spent the last 4 and a half hours calling up as many of the Early Admits to the class of '10 as I possibly could. And it was seriously a lot of fun. First of all, I finally got to meet Alia and Mike

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 27, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  trips and transit i'm spending obscene amounts of money on uber god dang it

  

  just take an uber anyways because i don't want to spend an hour on the ... half - more than two hours to go twenty miles? more than two hours for a ... . unfortunately, i don't have my own car here, but also want to see places around

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • July 10, 2019
• Blog / Class Projects

  2.009 It's not a class, it's a way of life

  

  keeps a person warm after falling into freezing water for up to 12 hours ... on this team had to lay in a freezing pool for hours in order to test ... for mechanical engineering students (aka gotta take one of them to

  • by Taylor V. '19
  • December 28, 2018
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Roman Life A.k.a. not-Greek life.

  

  , and all promptly went back to our dorms to nap for several hours. The ... 't line up properly; your workload is far more than you're used to or should be used to, and things hit you one after another. Last week, I had

  • by Cam T. '13
  • October 21, 2009
• Blog / IAP

  Ciao, Italy! part 1 of art, food, and churches

  

  customer representative for an hour and a half to keep the second leg of the journey valid, I booked a bus to NYC and booked it there. Hence, when I ... .S., getting on a flight to Milan was quite a struggle. All flights to the New

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • February 5, 2018
• Blog / Events

  Sentimentality a.k.a. Why I'm So Glad I Picked MIT.

  

  an ungodly hour for me to still be awake. When I have three tests in ... Last night, I went to bed at 5 am. This morning, I woke up at 9 am ... the loss of sleep one single bit. To explain: Milan, MIT's annual

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • October 9, 2010
• Blog / Challenges

  That’s right, you’re sick Thank you, nurse, for stating the obvious.

  

  - you can up the Sudafed to 2 30mg pills every six hours, and I suggest ... to Medical! One drawback to the program, however, is that you don't really get to know other MedLinks very well. After training, you see them

  • by Keri G. '10
  • March 8, 2007