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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Flat Ryan’s Adventures at MIT! There are more exclamation points in this entry than there are days of classes left…

  

  pants say "MU" and "Mizzou" (University of Missouri). 5. Flat Ryan with ... : 1. You get to watch Spongebob and not even feel bad about it ("I was babysitting!") 2. You get to play with light-sabers and Nerf guns and not even

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • December 5, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  Things to Do While Waiting for Decisions Like elevator music, except without the awkwardness of standing next to a stranger whose priorities…

  

  'Belle and Sebastian University.' I was like, 'Belle and Sebastian! Awesome ... '80s hair metal. ("Next year I'm going to college, and there we will ... much fun as it is being pompous and loathed by everybody, just don't do

  • by Jess K. '10
  • December 2, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  The ratio of people to cake is too big.

  

  reading day, which, for our office, is every Monday, Wednesday and Friday ... distractions) but instead stay home and read applications. This morning I read applications at home (Ducksberry), and in the afternoon into the evening I read

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 13, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  The Final Countdown

  

  deadline!), and complete it before Halloween, assuming you're in an area ... your teachers that are writing your evaluations, and be sure to thank ... and ask if their English teacher's recommendation has come in, or if we

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 20, 2004
• Blog / How to Human

  the things i hate and what they say about me

  

  means you are regulating your emotional state in a healthy manner. and ... to our interactions i hate when math and cs students call sciences ... you want to enter lasting relationships with is supposed to be hard, and

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • November 9, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Two Valentine’s Day Serenades Happiness and hearts and the MIT Logarhythms and Muses in cell biology!

  

  in the room. “Madeline,” one of them said, “meet the Logs.” And then ... seat for you right here.” Madeline sat down on his knee and they surrounded her, some standing and some kneeling, and sang “Do You Believe in

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 16, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  TERMinal Velocity My last term is flying by!

  

  Hard to believe but my time at the institute is starting to wrap up ... sorts of projects. I, for better and worse, am not most people. My term is the heaviest one yet for me, both in terms of academics and non. So

  • by Chris M. '12
  • February 21, 2012
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  A Seemingly Stressful Survey The Tech publishes about stress at the institute

  

  comes in on time, writing last minute stories, and essentially making sure ... me and the two other news editors to make sure that you get your bi ... so, as me and the other news editors were a part of the survey

  • by Stanley G.
  • December 7, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Congrats Jenn Lai ‘11, Rhodes Scholar This blog entry does not contain video of Jenn playing "Rhapsody in Blue" with the…

  

  oldest and best known award for international study," includes among its winners political figures like Bill Clinton, George Stephanopoulos and David Souter; scientists like Edwin Hubble, Robert J. van de Graaff and Brian

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 21, 2010
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Apple Juice Liberation! Something very important happened to me when I came to MIT a few weeks ago.…

  

  glass I want! And now, living in a dorm where I am in charge of my own ... courtyard of East Campus, straight off the T from the airport, and saw a half ... . Past the roller coaster there was a two-story fort, and beyond that (and

  • by Kate R. '14
  • September 17, 2010
• Blog / IAP

  IAP in Review: Week One IAP should stand for Independent Awesome Period.

  

  things I was planning on doing during IAP...and then I got distracted by ... , I had Orientation at the Broad Institute for my UROP there - which ... and while loops, lists/tuples, and various other things. I'm enjoying it

  • by Paul B. '11
  • January 12, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Scientist Questions of science, science and progress.

  

  I spent today playing with yeast cells, and I couldn't be happier ... Professor Angelika Amon of the Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research. Today was my first day and I decided to come in at 8:00 - which, in turn

  • by Paul B. '11
  • June 2, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

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

  

  admissions site is really something, huh? I just look and I see categories, endless categories, and I want to fill them all with my insights on The MIT Campus and General Institute Requirements and MIT's Influence on the World

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 16, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Tour of Novartis

  

  Today, I went on a tour of the Novartis Institutes for Biomedical ... spiffy new building every time I walk to the supermarket or to Harvard and ... -wide pharmaceutical company that is headquartered in Cambridge and but has a major

  • by Melis A. '08
  • October 21, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  stupider than ever come with me for a week in 🔥HELL🔥

  

  degree, research experience, etc.) and the rest is spent on keeping me ... after spring break, and here's a list of things I need atm: nerf gun ... ass--and not "oh there was so much to do" or "oh im kinda slammed this

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • April 5, 2026
• Blog / Events

  In pursuit of freedom MIT might not be free, but plenty of things are.

  

  FASAP, an advising seminar for MIT freshmen that has not one, not one-and ... and immensely bloggable. Now that we've sipped through autumn down to ... thanks to MIT funding, which gives its thanks to my tuition), I and my

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • October 21, 2008
• Blog / IAP

  The most wonderful time of the year No, not Christmas... IAP!

  

  , or I won't go on the June degree list!) And so, in my last IAP, with ... learned a lot about MIT history and trivia.) I've said it before and I ... stuff is going on, and all my friends at other schools are going to class

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • January 11, 2006
• Blog / Blog Projects

  MIT for Book Lovers Yultide Day 4

  

  ," Day 2 - "Just 41 Pictures I Took in 2017," and Day 3 - "College Life ... for book lovers: MIT and the Greater Boston area have plenty to offer ... (and now coloring books too). Last summer, I got to see Chuck Palahniuk

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • January 29, 2018
• Blog / Challenges

  rage, as explained by thermodynamics I had a bad day and soon a thermo exam

  

  have and ruin it spontaneously on a whim, because every little state ... -level and also not important past analogy purposes"]I also want to talk about ... macroscopic, meaning it isn't about the individual atoms and particles bumping

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • September 25, 2025
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Guess who can legally drive alone in Maine now? Learning to drive on hard mode (i.e., in Boston)

  

  Last Thanksgiving break, a few of my friends and I visited Acadia ... Airbnb months in advance, creating an itinerary of trails to hike, and even ... , I’ve had my South African driver’s license for three years and was no

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • January 19, 2025