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• Blog / MIT Life

  Summertime and the living is slightly less difficult than usual MIT = Masochists in Training

  

  night and write my statement of purpose. (For grad school, you don't get ... relaxing break of some sort. Apparently my schedule hasn't gotten the memo. Although I have been watching a great deal of Law and Order this summer (it

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 10, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Life Tokens the currency of joy

  

  ,000, even $50,000, equivalent to the payday salary of a “computer designer” in ... When I was younger, one of my favorite board games to play with my family was “The Game of Life.” It’s a bit like the mobile game BitLife, I

  • by Allison E. '27
  • July 6, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  I don’t know where we’re going ...but we're following my map of MIT's campus.

  

  number designates the floor, kind of like you might expect, and the second ... day of class. I know! It was terribly embarrassing. But I'm not an EECS major and I have no idea how to navigate all the crazy twists and turns of

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 9, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  The Day Before Selection Begins "Tell us about something you do for the pleasure of it."

  

  down a notch - otherwise the lives of high school students are destined ... her school, she is pretty much a revolution of one as she tries to push ... freshman here at MIT now, although I have no way of proving that. The irony

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 15, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  New Year’s Resolution …of sorts. Since New School Year’s Resolution doesn’t have quite the same ring to it.

  

  . Here I was, admitted to a fantastic school, the news of which had ... year within a year is beginning. The school year, to be precise. Crops ... . Unlike the majority of admitted students enthusiastically celebrating à la

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • September 3, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  This is why we can’t have nice things harmless things that irritate me

  

  that one group of people walking down the Infinite who block up the whole ... of the hallway during rush hour.   When the MBTA bus finally arrives, only for it to go out of service Happened to me too many times

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • October 29, 2022
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Thanks, man I'm feeling human again.

  

  nervous about another year of school deserve a break, and I deserve a little ... the mountains with their shadows. I'm sitting on the porch of a coffeehouse in the railyard with a spoonful of melted ice cream, accidentally

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • August 27, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Omnibus Followup: Women in Engineering Melissa asks what the gender ratio is in engineering at MIT.

  

  Last entry, I covered most of the questions that had been asked, but ... up to near 50/50 like startup-school Olin College has, but I'm afraid ... of Women Engineers (SWE), only 19.7% of undergraduates in engineering

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 10, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  FUN Form FAQs U is for Ukelele

  

  grades. But you DO have to submit it, regardless of if you have updates or ... free to contact the office. I already graduated high school or I’m not currently in school. What do I do? Ya still gotta submit the form, even if you

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • January 16, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

  Into the Unknown with bravery

  

  idea of a school less familiar — in a city we've never lived, in a world ... The precipice of change is an unsettling place to be. We were there four years ago when we were seniors in high school, and we're sure many

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • December 17, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  Small talk How about that weather?

  

  memeber of the build time (staying at school until 10 PM on the days leading ... that I wrote up a small description of my high school/district and stuck ... Well my friends, yesterday I took a little bit of a nap on the bus on

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 30, 2005
• Blog / How to Food

  Healthy Eating Craze It is not difficult to be a vegetarian here at MIT

  

  conclusion that I want to start eating healthy and keeping track of what I am ... healthy foods and keep track of my calorie and vitamin and nutrient intake ... going "take vitamins!" (Hi mom.) As a part of my healthy eating craze, I

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • August 11, 2013
• Blog / Events

  Commence the Commencing! and congratulations to the Class of 2014

  

  functional cohort (and some of my closest friends) from grad school are ... of 2014 will join them as alumni of the Institute. The 148th ... Storify, or via #MIT2014 on your social media system of choice. I must

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 6, 2014
• Blog / Athletics

  Support MIT Sports!! Vote for MIT Crew!

  

  surprisingly large part of many students lives here. And our school supports our ... for "Crew of the Week" and you can all help our crew team be recognized ... little support! For those of you unfamiliar, Crew is sort of a big deal

  • by Chris M. '12
  • April 24, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Did the quadratic formula explode?

  

  regardless of where you end up for school, you'll be able to get a great ... In one of the 28 (and counting!) responses to my last post, Kelly ... of applications I still have to read. The other work (yes, other work

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 16, 2004
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  a few new things is it too late to talk about the spring semester?

  

  continue with the math part of my degree. At the very least, I knew 18 ... overwhelming sense that I need to talk about all the difficulties of spring semester in order to present you an honest picture of life at MIT. There is

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • August 25, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  About MIT Recommendation Letters Some helpful tips and guidelines for your teacher letters.

  

  one of the schools you're applying to at once. This is also a good time ... teachers) Music instructor (outside of school) An internship/job supervisor ... At MIT, we require all applicants to send in two letters of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 16, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Dorm Companion #2: Cat The Boston Globe discusses MIT's four cat-friendly dorms.

  

  pets in dorms, and the number of pet-friendly schools appears to be on ... be completely free of pets, save fish), along with an accompanying ... freshmen, Arielle Lubin had a litany of tasks to check off before classes

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 9, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  i saw twenty one pilots at td garden in boston live music is very much alive and here to stay

  

  life. High school was a pretty difficult time for me. I had a lot of ... remember strongly in my junior year of high school right before finals week ... overwhelmed by work and school and the thought of having to get good grades for

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 28, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  The Other CPW CPW guest entry by Sam Range '13

  

  french fries. The brothers of Theta Xi saw our excitement and offered to ... . We offered them some of our surplus cake, but they politely declined ... Of all the numerous documents bestowed upon prefrosh checking in for

  • by Bryan
  • May 1, 2009