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• Blog / MIT Life

  farewell, first semester p/nr-ing just hard enough

  

  will things be like in seven semesters, or even at the end of this ... of things to appreciate about life at MIT.    Rest in pieces, P ... I grew up in Nashua, New Hampshire, an unassuming city with lovely

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • December 19, 2019
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Coming Soon! In which I briefly account for my I-haven't-been-blogging-so-much-recently shenanigans

  

  all of this will be going up on the blogs quite soon, but first, a brief taste of what to expect from me over the coming weeks: Famous people at MIT: Yes, we have a number of Nobel laureates, but every now and

  • by Emad T. '14
  • April 28, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Sleep is for the Strong getting through finals week

  

  opportunities at MIT and there is knowing that the social and taking care of ... you’re too absorbed with work at MIT, you kind of get into the MIT ... ’t always happen. But, now it’s at the top of my priority list.” -Coyin Oh

  • by Erick P. '17
  • December 13, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Folding with Flair Adding a third dimension to boring old paper

  

  semester), but now I have a brand new batch of internship origami for your ... visually striking. I made this one out of sticky notes at work! Excavated ... specific model from a book owned by one of my previous professors at MIT

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • August 4, 2023
• Blog / Advice

  Hey International Kids! Press 'Submit' already!

  

  at The Institute totally drives homesickness out of your mind simply ... certifiably socially awkward at home, it’s going to be unbearably bad in a new ... this time I read them imagining myself as one of the students here. I

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • October 25, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Mind and hand

  

  answered that question at that time, but this is sort of a more extensive ... exciting, because it's so new. Last term there was a group of students trying ... As some of you probably know, MIT's motto is "Mens et manus", which

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • February 3, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Happy May! Everything I owed you...

  

  , completely out of breath *TA passes an exam along* *gets mad at self not for ... moving to and living at MIT becomes more of a reality for you), I want to ... How NOT to be a MIT Student (aka. my daily dose of stupidity) *sets

  • by Chris S. '11
  • May 1, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  how to change majors in just five easy steps!

  

  vague allusions of trying something new to my friends and family. I ... Boston"] IAP [/annotation] shivering and staring at the frozen surface of ... much money. At the end of IAP, I took the exam, and blissfully

  • by Alex M. '21
  • September 14, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  What I’m Watching ...

  

  , the streets after a day of rain reflecting colors in the sky, and I said ... that a while when we were walking and later eating at a quiet thai ... when walking home, feeling happy and full with a sunset hot at our backs

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • July 28, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  It happens to Helen Life is just a series of awkward moments sometimes.

  

  leave it out at room temperature without fear of food poisioning. This new ... subtleties of group theory in a rigorous yet accessible manner." But, well, I ... classes and waiting in line at Anna's Taqueria at 8 PM at night. Now

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 16, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Thanksgiving a different way All the cool kids call it "Friendsgiving" now, right?

  

  [annotation note="Being at the eastern edge of the timezone really sucks. Today, the ... us toasty. And at the appointed time of 5.26 pm, aka we planned to eat ... Thanksgiving at MIT has always been just a paltry two days off

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • December 2, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Tour/Hack/Math Three things that happen a lot at MIT

  

  , listening intently. At this point we get to Lobby 7, home of the big ... at the great dome. This is the part of the tour when the tour guide ... to go start calling you guys at the telethon. 5 hours of phone calls

  • by Snively '11
  • March 19, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Ring Committee Wrap Up For those interested . . .

  

  new member can be a part of the important decisions that will be made ... The class of 2011 all got this e-mail this morning: Class of 2011, Congratulations on completing your first year at MIT! It has been a tough year

  • by Snively '11
  • June 24, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Music Groups at MIT, Pt.2 [by Jessica Noss '14, Guest Blogger] Decision time...

  

  stay in MITWE, MITSO, and Techiya, at least for the first couple weeks. I ... the end of the semester. All three groups had their end-of-semester concerts on the same weekend, which coincided with end-of-semester projects

  • by ARTalk
  • May 6, 2011
• Blog / Community Projects

  cpw is pretty cool tho :D it's not perfect, but it sure is fun

  

  list of things i did this year at cpw! i was kinda less involved than i ... at least two hours of researching boats, their costs, the licensing ... numbers--they can't catch all of us :D"]late at night[/annotation] when you

  • by Allison E. '27
  • April 28, 2026
• Blog / Events

  Walkin’ Enjoy my expository, mediocre investigative photojournalism!

  

  's worth of tents. I, for one, feel the interior of my heart warm at the ... , because I had finally moved on from the stage of denial and accepted their ... since I had run out of milk. Still yet, the ink in my pens was decomposing

  • by Jackie M. '20
  • September 16, 2017
• Blog / Challenges

  MIT is hard Yes, yes I am.

  

  standing up to leave. There's a lot of academic rigor at MIT. The classes are ... every day at MIT is a new challenge to overcome. Overcoming it elicits a ... everybody likes happy, right? This weekend is parents weekend, so instead of

  • by Snively '11
  • October 18, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  You don’t know what a robot is? I dig Roger Ebert. Roger Ebert digs MIT. Thus, I dig MIT.

  

  tripods to invade Earth. Ebert concludes, at the end of his two-star review ... as prestigious as creating a new form of matter or bioengineering human ... at the time of injury. This doesn't really say that much, though

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 18, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT TechFair THINK Competition A national science competition "intended to motivate high school students to think about problems related…

  

  Competition! MIT Technology Fair - a group of undergraduates dedicated to ... we are inviting YOU to be a part of it! THINK (Technology for Humanity ... and technology. We're offering amazing prizes - including a scholarship

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 17, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  MITES, RSI and WTP applications due next week The three high school summer programs hosted by MIT have their application deadlines next week.

  

  subsidized and offers financial aid. Here's a little more about them: Minority ... residential summer program in the MIT Dept. of Electrical Engineering and ... to one of these programs, don't procrastinate! MIT K-12 Educational

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 25, 2006