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• Blog / MIT Life

  fun facts about random stuff sometimes i just like learning new things

  

  first president born in the United States and the only president to speak ... Protobowl, going down Wikipedia rabbit holes, and playing Sporcle quizzes. I have a lifelong goal of trying to make it onto Jeopardy, and so I view

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • January 5, 2021
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  goodbye goodbye goodbye what's in store for me?

  

  unknown, to open my arms out to it and welcome what the universe has in ... chapter of my life is done and that in order to grow we need to put ourselves in uncomfortable positions and this is a necessary step towards

  • by Cami M. '23
  • May 31, 2023
• Blog / Personal Travel

  In Japan, the Elevators Don’t Care - Sort of trying to fit in as an American in Japan - 

  

  jolts you from both sides and you realize again, that this is not a place ... 're sliders and levers. Room doors don't have hinges to open into or out of ... category of cultural differences like "toilets are heated and have a fake

  • by Caroline M. '18
  • July 22, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Lessons from Loomis and Whitney a math month post

  

  between points and lines that Andi alluded to in his post on duality (though ... for MITAdmissions Math Month, and thusly there will be some math. And ... material I learned (and still love) from the UROP I did the summer after my

  • by Paige B. '24
  • April 23, 2024
• Blog / How to Human

  Dishwashers, parents, space: what do these things have in common?

  

  appliance in most countries outside of the US and apparently many immigrants ... electricity and the job can be better accomplished by hand washing ... cu. Ft.), I hope and pray that somehow, perhaps for Christmas, a

  • by Melis A. '08
  • October 9, 2005
• Blog / Athletics

  Beaver Nation An intro to athletics at MIT

  

  men’s basketball game. Harvard is an NCAA Division I program and we are ... than any other DIII university. We call ourselves the Engineers. Our ... students should be more focused on activities like winning Nobel prizes and

  • by Taylor V. '19
  • November 12, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Right NOW Making Things

  

  'm taking Advanced Essay Workshop with him, and I've never cared about a class ... inspired and jubilant, saying something along the lines of this: "I'm going ... and lay in the grass between the chapel and the student center and

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • May 2, 2013
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Up The last of the post-finals, pre-internship adventures.

  

  and attending entirely different high schools and universities, with ... On June 1 (where my last post left off) I hopped on a plane and left ... their gate got moved? It was pretty dramatic; employees and passengers

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 27, 2012
• Blog / IAP

  Impulsive Decisions as expected, have consequences

  

  Happy Holidays everyone! I can't believe another semester's done and ... "upperclassman" and developing a programmed rhythm for handling a semester, all the ... to just LET. LOOSE. and jump on everything not class related. I'm not

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • December 25, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Answer is Yes Tips for navigating your first month here with a Greek life emphasis

  

  started packing for your adventure and I hope you're shaking with excitement ... and move into one of 12 official MIT dorms. Once you arrive, you will be ... you're doing one), REX, orientation and rush. There's simply too much

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • August 16, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet The (New) Bloggers! I promised myself I wouldn't cry...

  

  upperclassmen as well. Over the last week and a half the blogger committee - comprised of the communications team and our Class of 2012 senior bloggers - reviewed all of these applications, and tried to sort them out among us. The

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 17, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  I wake to sleep An application to a telescope asked me why I learn and where I'm going. It…

  

  in three different states and twice as many towns. I've lived in ... , what might be my short term and long term goals, it's important to go a ... , depending on how you look at it. I was 8 and lived on the outskirts of one of

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • January 27, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Political Process For the civic-minded

  

  So, the past week and a half or so ("has it really been that long ... life. This is the first year I've been old enough to actually vote, and ... I will say that I believe politics are relevant, and in my mission to

  • by Karen F. '11
  • February 14, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I was out of bullets. Living free or dying hard in Germany.

  

  sketchy youth hostels and subsisting mostly on döner. I was planning to live ... flatbread, and it comes topped with three tons of cabbage and tomatoes and cucumbers and yogurt sauce. There approximately two döner stands on every city

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 25, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Room E51-151, Please??? By Jing, '11

  

  name, home state, and interested courses/majors every time you met ... have an idea of what my day’s schedule looks like…and if you ... , you know that didn’t work out. The Icebreaker and CPW Festival

  • by Bryan
  • April 23, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  quiz: what halloween candy are you? based on your college applicant personality

  

  has a good penguin department and idk maybe I’ll major in that not ... deaths A few state schools, two or three smaller colleges, maybe MIT ... write about something that gives a good sense of who I am and what I value

  • by Rona W. '23
  • October 22, 2019
• Blog / IAP

  GTL Kazakhstan 🇰🇿 [IAP 2025] A January I won't forget

  

  can go to schools around the world during January and teach classes ... walked through the front entrance of the Shoqan School and was serenaded by ... wearing traditional clothing, and seemed to have been eagerly waiting the

  • by Fiona L. '27
  • March 6, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Leonard Nimoy at the Boston Pops He told me to live long and prosper!

  

  Last week, I raised my right hand and exchanged a Vulcan salute with ... child he saw a priest make that hand gesture to a congregation, and was so ... themed concert by the Boston Pops orchestra. He sat on stage and told us

  • by Anna H. '14
  • May 31, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What is an Incomplete Grade? ABCDF....I? How to use MIT's grading system in dire situations

  

  semester was the first time that D-Lab: Education was being offered, and I ... internal advising use only, and may have +/- modifiers, dropped ... than standing for Standard Temperature and Pressure, S refers to transfer

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • September 7, 2013
• Blog / Classes

  Little Pieces of Living january & february & march & now, april

  

  In January, I came back to campus for IAP and got to do a healthcare ... . I was lucky to be surrounded by kind and passionate people who ... ++, Arduino electronics & programming, and survey design + human

  • by Sara N. '28
  • April 2, 2025