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• Blog / MIT Life

  Time in a bottle. A Newbery-medal-winning collection of short stories.

  

  retrospective entries for you when I'm not so busy... like on the weekends. Think of it like a box full of memories. ...and the Trumpet of Coffee On ... 't come out of it. That's not really a terrible thing, except that with the

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 20, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Long Overdue Q&A Post Sorry for the delay!

  

  school, Java counts as Math credit, but I was wondering if the lack of ... ! Some of these go back pretty far, but better late than never ... seriously considering playing in college. Athletics are one of many ways to

  • by Ben Jones
  • November 2, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  demons on depression

  

  images in one's mind. It turns out the majority of people, when asked to visualize something, kind of see a picture in their head vividly, which can ... are around three percent of people who are completely unable to

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 28, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  re-orienting REX et al.

  

  offer, instead of focusing on what it requires you to give. When I was ... earlier return in case of limited flight availability or other extenuating circumstances']move in.[/annotation] I was one of the first people to move in and

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • September 19, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Back to work

  

  CPW was a lot of fun, and it was great meeting so many of you in ... guys got to see some of the nice weather we have hidden around here ... grumbling for part of them because of having to wake up at 7am. ;-) April 21

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • April 10, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  I AM CONNECTED! Finally arriving on campus was way less exciting than finally getting my wireless connection to…

  

  ) and arrived on campus around 5:30. I checked in at the front desk of my dorm and my family helped me carry all my crates of junk up to my room. Speaking of my room, it got changed. Several times. I was originally supposed

  • by Laura N. '09
  • August 22, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  Finding Your Match and why it matters

  

  experience. Sure, there are a half-dozen people at each of the schools I ... enroll, I wanted to take a few moments to speak directly to the Class of ... to me: When I was searching for and applying to schools six years ago

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 21, 2011
• Blog / Challenges

  Finding my place at MIT It's an ongoing process

  

  frustration made me aloof. I didn't want college to be a repeat of high school ... I saw going to college as a rebirth. I really disliked high school ... up the friend circle I never had in high school. What I didn't realize

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • April 2, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  November 1 Updates The latest from the Admissions Office.

  

  processing. If your school uses Naviance/Docufide to submit letters of ... : The admissions officers will be reading these applications all of ... letters without it are at no disadvantage. We will accept your school's

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 1, 2011
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Hydrate Happy Sent by the magic of mobile technology

  

  want to pound my head against a wall, and it costs hundreds of dollars per month to operate on top of that. Overall, a terrible product ... blissfully unaware of Bevi’s existence, prepare to have your day ruined as I

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • July 3, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What’s my age again? Spring semester so far

  

  The start of the semester was comically reminiscent of the first day of third grade, when after a few minutes of reading from a picture book ... .06 instead of 7.05. Oops. I retreated with my freshly free hour and a bagel

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • March 3, 2012
• Blog / Events

  Paris Hilton comes to MIT Just kidding, but I bet that got your attention

  

  March and April are so busy around here that even if Paris Hilton did ... to throw at her. This past weekend was an extended holiday because of ... , somehow, I spent all of Tuesday night trying to write a chemistry lab report

  • by Melis A. '08
  • April 24, 2008
• Blog / Community Projects

  Friends, Carafes, and the Infinite Corridor What a week! Watch Tim play his instrument after a morning of camaraderie and cheap…

  

  busy week. Yeah, there were p-sets, but there were also crazy kitties. It rained for the majority of the week and everyone generally stayed indoors ... . While I rested most of the weekend, Sunday proved interesting. Join me for

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • October 16, 2005
• Blog / Athletics

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

  

  of use, and they're not intended for long distance running. I ... have won the "Best of Boston" award (given by Boston Magazine) in the ... basically wanted me to run an entire workout in each pair of shoes. First, I

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

  Please, Mr. Postman A fair and balanced look at the inbox of a typical MIT student.

  

  The average length of the e-mails seems to vary based on how busy Mitra ... immediate attention. Yes, there was a point in my life where 75% of the e ... Mitra and I talk about to the tune of 5.8 e-mails on an average day? Well

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 21, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Hi, My Name Is: (insert name here) name my newest pet and win BIG! prizes and fame included!

  

  technically not mine or any of my family's but since we did live next door and this dog was capable of leaping tall buildings like Superman or just her ... night in November, the fish all died and my mom had to get rid of them

  • by Bryan
  • July 12, 2005
• Blog / IAP

  Where is Andorra? and other FAQs about my IAP Teaching abroad in a quadrilingual country

  

  . The language of instruction in the Andorran, Spanish, and French school ... country during the month of January and teach high-school-aged students in a ... points of confusion. But since the school was part of the Andorran system

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • March 5, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  last minute application panic for the procrastinators

  

  deadline. Most schools will take letters of recommendation and other ... , please watch this calming .gif of a cat: Take a deep breath. Mmm, embrace serenity with 21% oxygen, 78% nitrogen, and small amounts of argon

  • by Rona W. '23
  • December 22, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  The last few days of summer I think I spent them well.

  

  during the school year. But those seven days at the end of the summer ... seven years - we were friends at the end of middle school and freshman year of high school, but he moved and we didn't really keep in touch. It

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 6, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  catching up what are you doing over the summer?

  

  our sophomore year of high school. we were here for a biology camp in ... school with, and we saw each other through the peak of our middle school anime phases. she visited me at the beginning of the school year, last

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • June 2, 2022