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• Blog / MIT Life

  Finally, a free minute

  

  a big group of new cheer recruits, but I am just thankful that today ... impression that a lot of smart people (and, by extension, a lot of people at ... always try to put too much on my plate at once: I was working full-time at

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 5, 2005
• Blog / Hacks

  The Holy Grail of Hacks Returns and everything it took to get there

  

  longer lasting. Talks of reviving Tetris started floating around at the end ... the project design requirement set at a lifespan of 10 years and an ... own chance to be bad at Tetris where all of Boston could see me. A small

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • May 3, 2026
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2nd Half of IAP a quick and slightly belated list

  

  way! Look at the frozen river! and ducks! and geese! close up of frozen river! 2) We saw Mary and the Witch's Flower, the first movie of ... For the first half of IAP, we were speed walking to prepare for the

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • February 13, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Anatomy of a college student’s life My life consists of library visits and pizza delivery, because I'm totally original and stuff.

  

  So the other day, I was totally out of food. Like, completely. I hadn't been grocery shopping for weeks, and after making a meal out of ... few minutes I had placed an order for Hawaiian pizza and a side of

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 22, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Roombaaaa The longest trip I've ever taken in my life

  

  Robot?). At the end of the conversation, the wonderful representative that I was ... My story begins a couple weeks ago at Career Fair.... As I attempted to make my way through the hustle and bustle of suited up MIT students

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • October 21, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Stu Schmill ‘86 named Dean of Admissions Exciting news!

  

  named new dean of admissions March 24, 2008 Stuart Schmill SB '86 has been named MIT's next dean of admissions, Dean for Undergraduate ... 's interim director of admissions since last April, and Hastings said he has

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 24, 2008
• Blog / Announcements

  Be a Blogger 2021!

  

  new thing you learned today in class, and so forth. The mission of the ... list of summer activities. Like last year, things are still a bit ... colorful new new MIT welcome center will soon be ready for you to see! more

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 1, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Diary of an All-nighter 9-5 is so out! Try um, 5 to 9...AM!

  

  Organizations, a 9-credit class in the lovely new MIT Sloan School of Management ... : school got harder. We're in rough terrain - first wave of exams, or in my ... freshman year due to a lack of motivation…or something. But I don’t think it

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • September 30, 2010
• Blog / How to Human

  how to meet curious people

  

  at their own universities—student populations filled with clout ... . To be a creative writer at MIT, there’s a certain amount of going ... My friend Eric recently wrote a blog post about isolation at Harvard

  • by Rona W. '23
  • April 19, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  10,000 Ways That Won’t Work

  

  at MIT, but rather me filling out a particular section of the ... . UROPs are wildly popular, with 92% of undergrads doing one at some point ... laser-induced mind control at MIT? But probably the most enticing part of

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • May 27, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Semester II: v. hosed tl;dr: *loud screaming*

  

  the top of my lungs. UROP I have a really cool UROP at the Scalable Cooperation group at the Media Lab this semester - after a semester of ... write about your classes. Seriously, look at this mess. (Realistically

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • February 14, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Post-engagement, pre-Bahamas An exciting week!

  

  regard to our engagement. If you are a person who likes this sort of thing ... 've been saving pictures of things I like and sticking them in there for ... Museum of Science today to check out the reception site. Hanging in the

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 2, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Decision Day Eve Making your decision by May 1.

  

  you're declining our offer of admission (it's okay, we know you ... concerns? I am available, as are all of the bloggers, to field questions ... online reply form at MyMIT. You have three choices: tell us you

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 30, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  blogger wrapped 2022 judge our music taste (the 5th installment)

  

  , but MG and I are somehow also at the far right? it's the sheer amount of ... repeat, or sample a lot of new ones? Loyalty (L) vs. Variety (V) — do you ... . woah, all of us like finding new music, huh Time Traveler (ETVU) — amber

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • December 8, 2022
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Structure and function, dorms and culture

  

  's sort of backwards when you look at MIT undergraduate dorms and their ... also in a mixture of East and West Campus geography - at the beginning of ... fringe of the academic buildings. I know that when I was first looking at

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • October 10, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Virtual Reality, Startups, and Donuts in a particular order

  

  fresh quinoa. There were at least five tables full of food and drinks. The ... the creativity and ambitions of its students, faculty, and alumni. New ... have their own class. Suzy Nelson is just at the start of her journey

  • by Erick P. '17
  • November 15, 2016
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Reflections from the “other side” of the desk Even when you are gone, you can't really get away

  

  that MIT is a dynamic place and that any new member of the community ... It has only been a couple of months since I left MIT Admissions for a ... official member of the broader MIT community, I find that it is difficult for

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • October 5, 2012
• Blog / Advice

  falling in love with october swooning over foLiAGe

  

  we fell in love in october that’s why i love fall looking at the ... climate-change-aggravated heat of summer and the depressingly long winter that numbs both fingers and souls alike, we only get a few short weeks of

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • October 24, 2022
• Blog / Events

  Food Fights behold the deliciousness that could be yours

  

  example, here are some of the contests at East Campus' "Bad Ideas 2011 ... the first floor of the new Maseeh Hall. It's an incredible space, with ... greatly enjoy eating, and I also enjoy eating great amounts of food. When I

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 15, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Almost a Real Engineer my foray into the world of professional conferences

  

  Transportation is a much smaller conference put on at the end of the week by the ... I was exposed to a lot of new concepts, programs, ideas and people who ... what this week will entail and what type of issues are at the forefront

  • by Becca H. '12
  • January 22, 2012