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• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Sentimental Objects (part one) random trinkets from freshman year

  

  -the-potential-value-of-a-random-reciept-sentimental-types. We’ve always kind of been like this, and it wasn’t a problem in high ... and decided to give us a bag of things she no longer needed, but thought ... was a fairly large hollow ceramic mushroom. And since the beginning of

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • September 29, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The ‘How to College’ Masterpost A comprehensive guide for frosh, from all corners of the interwebz.

  

  personal tumblr blog, other universities, random google searches, and of ... Holy Beaver! You’ve received your letter from Hogwarts MIT and you ... grand master list of links for any and all of you going to any college at

  • by Selam G. '18
  • August 13, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  I’m laughing out loud cheek. muscles. cramping.

  

  professor last night, and frankly everyone is just counting down the minutes ... !!!!) and saying "Forget science. I'm dropping out to be a Benedict ... ://web.mit.edu/subjectevaluation and wrote: I. Hate. These. Emails. Any motivation I have to fill out

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 11, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Cacophony of Coats Also, my courseload for this term!

  

  at the bus stop were demonstrating this tactic, and had chosen the ... , some of which were fashionable, and some of which were unfashionable ... tears of frustration, they crystallized on my cheeks and shattered one by

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • February 10, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Open Sesame A look at Brewster Kahle '82 and the Internet Archive.

  

  of offering ''universal access to human knowledge," and, in pursuit of ... plenty of time to read both the New York Times and the Boston Globe. The ... Brewster Kahle '82 (right, courtesy Library of Congress) and the Internet

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 15, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Hwæt! Did you know that you can study Old English at MIT? The language of Beowulf and J.R.R. Tolkien's Rohan

  

  Authors): Old English and Beowulf hwæt ƿe gardena in geardagum þeodcyninga ... of the Old English epic Beowulf, and in this class you will learn to ... , and lonely winters; of haunting beauty found in unexpected places; and

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 9, 2014
• Blog / How to Human

  2020 vision new year's resolutions

  

  only have three semesters left at the institution, and I've been thinking ... looking towards the future and making moves while not bumping into furniture ... incredibly kind, brilliant, hilarious, and inspiring, and they made me into who

  • by Rona W. '23
  • January 1, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  Set Your Alarm for CPW 2019 i'm entirely serious

  

   hundreds of student-run events to welcome the class of 2023 and help them figure ... get home when you oversleep and you have a morning train to catch" so I ... , my phone died and my alarm did not go off. Regain consciousness

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • April 10, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  How to decide, when you’re deciding a pretext for productive procrastination

  

  choose their matriculating institution. By this time, most of these ... set of questions they see as unanswered and/or conflicts they see as ... they intend to approach analytically and solve with solid evidence and

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 1, 2018
• Blog / How to Human

  “There is No Place Like Home” ...especially when you are a long way from home

  

  Esplanade and leaving The Institute behind at the end of the day for a few ... four years living in Baker House and I loved it there. When I returned to ... about their lives here and I read all the admissions blogs too but I wasn

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • July 12, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  making meaning exit right in 0.1 miles

  

  (QS) in marine microbes, where bacteria produce molecules and behave ... supervisor. me: i've been running it for A While now and it's on iteration 700 and every 100 iterations it does that which is very ??? i think i might

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • August 30, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Below 48, Part 2 Has anyone really been far even as decided to use even go want to do…

  

  You asked for it[citation needed], and so here it is. After the list ... projects and whatnot. This is a new phenomenon for me: I had a bit of an ... semesters, and felt like I had squandered a block of time I could have spent

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • October 27, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Living Off Campus I moved off campus last year and rented a house with some friends who were…

  

  here all along -- I just had a busy fall semester and decided to take a ... Campus dorm during my freshman and sophomore years, but when some friends were graduating (and thus, had to move out), I realized I didn't want to

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • February 24, 2008
• Blog / Events

  DEAPS 2005 Yellowstone freshman year.

  

  I realize I went on this mindblowing trip with MIT 3 years ago and ... , I wrote back, dude hang on I'm totally going to blog about this, and ... star plate. It was all resolved and put back together, at least all the

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • June 25, 2008
• Blog / IAP

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

  

  area and about a tenth of the size by population. So by U.S. standards ... Pyrenees, right between Spain and France! Wait, you still don't see it? It ... Massana, Encamp, Escaldes, Andorra la Vella, and Sant Julià. Fun fact: if

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • March 5, 2019
• Blog / How to MIT

  loftblogging 3: liberation via customization i <3 process

  

  customization, including resident-constructed lofts, shelves, and miscellaneous ... needed was free, as it came from the roller coaster and fort sites ... sized loft, before quickly realizing that my room is way too small and the

  • by Victor D. '27
  • September 26, 2025
• Blog / How to Human

  pathways where do i go from here?

  

  few weeks, my friends and I have been talking about where we were a year ago quite a bit. it's inevitable; each day, SnapChat memories pop up and ... days of my life are now a year behind me, and it's bizarre to consider

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • March 23, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  Sunday night is the deadline for Early Action (EA) Here are some things we want you to know

  

  . Don’t forget to provide your name and MIT ID, stating clearly that ... About the Early Action Deadline and Application Components   ... trouble submitting their Parts 1 and 2.) Your school/teachers may submit

  • by Kris Guay
  • October 27, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Let’s Get Down to Business 'Tis the eve of a new semester.

  

  assignments, and a tangible lack of both time and sleep. Yup, second semester is ... to Psychology 21W.755 - Writing and Reading Short Stories 9.URG ... concerning jellyfish, nodules, and hermaphroditic cats, but also because I

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • February 1, 2010
• Blog / Events

  Telethon Fun…Squared The amount of fun experienced at an event grows exponentially as a function of bloggers…

  

  dorms represented, along with a few fraternity brothers and sorority sisters. Upon arriving, I signed in with my name, living group, and class ... not, and (if necessary) when would be a good time to call back. Most of

  • by Paul B. '11
  • January 17, 2008