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• Blog / How to Human

  Kindred Spirits or, "Making Friends"

  

  people In Real Life has always kind of freaked me out to some (albeit small ... ), but it does get frustrating very quickly in new settings. When I took my ... 're in college. Fresh start, right? You'll make TONS of new friends. You

  • by Allan K. '17
  • September 19, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Finding Balance May I have this dance?

  

  Dance Team, stared out at the crowd of giggling students attempting, in pairs, to stumble out the steps of the international rumba. Here in Lobby ... like this are totally common. Everyone takes immense pleasure in sharing

  • by Allan K. '17
  • September 6, 2013
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Live from Reg Day Somewhere between meetings 5 and 6

  

  interested in) but definitely stressful, when it's the first semester of senior ... three classes in some "coherent unit": I've taken a whole bunch of lit ... advisor's office, Concentration Proposal Form wrapped up like a scroll in my

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 3, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  My first music festival It was muddy.

  

  's kind of fun to sit in your car while it wags around, a tractor's tail ... along I-81S past a flurry of state forests. We made a quick stop in ... in hand (neither of us have a smartphone), and hailed a group of

  • by Anna H. '14
  • August 5, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Eastward ho! Don't US people normally go to Canada or Mexico before they cross an ocean?

  

  This summer, I decided to take an internship overseas. Where in the ... across the main island. In my typical fashion I arrived at the train ... , giving you the chance to specifically put your resume in to apply for that

  • by Stanley G.
  • July 20, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Right NOW Making Things

  

  and lay in the grass between the chapel and the student center and ... Toscanini's, where the ice cream is tasty and the electrical outlets are in ... made a list in my head of the things I've made in the past few months

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • May 2, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Getting Back to Normal ...with some help from Macklemore

  

  It has been a rough couple of weeks in Boston and at MIT.  Wednesday ... 'll take another step in getting back to normal. Tonight is the annual MIT ... Macklemore.  You know, this guy: The concert will be in MIT's Johnson

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 26, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Fantasy Feast Fantasy foods and costumed friends.

  

  Yesterday evening Random Hall residents prepared a CPW fantasy feast. Below are some of my beautiful costumed friends and some of the food they prepared, photographed by the amazing YQ ‘16. The foods highlighted in the

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • April 13, 2013
• Blog / About Decisions

  As we hurtle towards Pi Day… A post of posts.

  

  've already had a lot of "bleary eyed" moments in the last few weeks (my eyes ... mentioned in the posts above: don't panic, dream big, explore the internet ... respond to much of anything in the next 42 hours or so as we wrap everything

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • March 12, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  Nemo Found the effects of cabin fever

  

  've been able to explore the snow in my hideous moon boots to discover: 1 ... modest snow snow(wo)men 3) The Civil Rights displays in Lobby 10 4) And the biggest institute wide snowball fight in Killian Court... ever

  • by Connie H. '15
  • February 9, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Turkey Time MIT Admissions will be closed for the Thanksgiving holiday.

  

  to answer questions in the comments of this blog entry in the meantime ... 's gym! In 2011, more than 1,400 people came, participated and watched as ... " in honor of the 14-line poetry form and the 14th annual F.A.T. event

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 21, 2012
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  The Senior Bucket List, Pt. I Do ALL the things!

  

  've wanted to do in college/MIT/Boston that I just haven't gotten around to ... that crossed my mind was Holy moly I am going to be in the vicinity of ... the previous three years I was in MITSO), you better believe I booked it

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • November 18, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Nerdin’ Out algorithms are too cool

  

  up this Thursday ( O.O ahh ), and in the process of studying for it, I've realized how much I love it. <3 Every algorithm we've learned in the ... are so many classes I've taken in my life where I'm just like - okay, I

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • October 7, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Two opportunities for high school students And you don't have to live near Cambridge, MA this time!

  

  students interested in MIT and all the science and engineering that happens ... entries must be in English. (Note: Winners will be announced at the Fair ... , We are pleased to invite all high school students to participate in two

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • September 28, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Hug Your History Teacher Because it's 9/11

  

  enough to remember. I'm old enough to remember sprinting home in fear, even in San Francisco, because some news suggested that the Transamerica ... tower is still standing with that huge gaping hole in it." And then

  • by Chris LaBounty
  • September 11, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  MyMIT is live we're ready for you to begin

  

  silver packet in the mail recently. This is our official MIT Application ... personalized teacher recommendation forms. In your packet, and on your My ... learn something new about yourself. We’ll be in touch over the

  • by Kris Guay
  • September 4, 2012
• Blog / Events

  Curiosity, Part 2 How your laptop screen works

  

  explanation is in the next section. If you ARE familiar with it, skip ahead ... , etc. In my last blog post, I said that I would write up an explanation ... = Green In other words, blue is the absence of yellow, red is the absence

  • by Anna H. '14
  • August 21, 2012
• Blog / Athletics

  Get to know Tim the Beaver! Tim shows off some moves at an MIT men's ice hockey game

  

  arrive on campus in a month and a half! Get pumped!

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • July 10, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Attention local high school students interested science and engineering! Have you heard about BeaverDash?

  

  to invite new friends from all over the world onto our campus. But in ... participate in the exciting annual engineering competition, BeaverDash. Beaver ... competition to compete later in the day for great prizes. Free t-shirts and

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • April 17, 2012
• Blog / Challenges

  Why So Serious? On Keeping Life in Perspective

  

  treadmill... You're only human after all. Eventually a routine sets in. You ... feel like I'm in that situation, I keep running. I tell myself it's all worth it. I take it all in and try to just do it. Sometimes I fail

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • March 25, 2012