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• Blog / MIT Life

  Most Importantly, No Reddit This is actually how people lived.

  

  ’s power adapter was dead. A long time coming, it had been on the fritz for ... that when they offered to replace one for free a couple years ago, they ... computer, but with a wonderful – albeit not airtight – excuse for putting off

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • October 19, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Movin’ On Goodbye '09//Hellooo IAP

  

  for a better idea ‚Üí Overview of IAP 2010 From what I've heard, some ... makes! & Finally, a search for “IAP” on the blogs homepage will pull ... of IAP 2010. For those unfamiliar with IAP (Independent Activities

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • January 1, 2010
• Blog / Challenges

  Hello, Layover (Part Two) Electric Boog-a-loo.

  

  hell of a lightning storm in Fort Lauderdale, closing the runway for an ... doesn't exist for a semester or seven and take it in your last term at MIT ... 's best for you. I know you're all getting a ton of stuff thrown at you now

  • by Keri G. '10
  • June 23, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  In which I am only slightly less boring than usual The title says it all, no?

  

  year working as a Program Coordinator for the Office of the Arts: do you ... office? we're going to the mfa for a film (sleepwalking through the mekong ... for the film ( a travelogue of sorts from Dengue Fever's visit to

  • by Keri G. '10
  • July 12, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  NY Times article on women in science Women in science...the debate rages on.

  

  mathematics.” It seems that MIT is increasingly cited as a paragon for the ... or other mentor turned things around for her. Joan Steitz, a ... not for these brilliant examples of success. I actually have a lot more

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 19, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  feeling old and coming home

  

  applying for [annotation note="global teaching labs, a MISTI program that ... become a lounge of sorts, a gathering place for people on [annotation note ... BC. I'll check to see who's around, hang out for a bit. I'll make tea

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • February 12, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  done done done end-of-semester happiness

  

  the semester! the final was for 14.64 (labor economics), a class i ... (gender and media studies), for which i got to write a final paper about the ... fall; that class introduced to me a bunch of frameworks for thinking

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • May 24, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  What I want to be when I grow up Did I go with the baseball announcer idea? Or the Daily Show script writer? Read…

  

  When I was in preschool, we had to make a crayon drawing of what we ... drew a mail carrier. I only know this because the crayon drawing still ... 't remember why I wanted to be a mailman, but I guess it just seemed like a fun

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 6, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Crazy admissions stories A story about craziness from both sides of the college admissions process.

  

  words. He eventually enrolled. At a recent event for parents of students ... insisted he come outside for a few minutes. The youngster began juggling ... University stood out, but for the wrong reasons. Raymond A. Brown, dean of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 5, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  dumb little poems and such emotional support procrastination

  

  ;   I'm supposed to be studying for a midterm right now lol ... material enough i can’t wait for the semester to end this course is too damn ... diligence Look how far you’ve fallen You, a victim of time and circumstance I

  • by Anika H. '26, MEng '27
  • November 7, 2023
• Blog / About Decisions

  hello applicants, i don’t know what to say but i can try

  

  have things settled for at least the next week, and i know i’ll spend a ... to classes for a while. maybe some of you are far away from any ... posts about waiting for decisions and that kind of stuff. personally, i

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • March 13, 2020
• Blog / Classes

  Doing well??? Uh, sure... I guess

  

  ! I never would have guessed. Even though, I still have a lot for work ... question is: Ok, I guess... As a quick reminder my current schedule is: Real Analysis (18.100A) Physics II (8.02) Fundamentals of Programming

  • by Mimi S. '22
  • April 3, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Early Action this year I'm so impressed with our applicants

  

  international students.   I had a great time this past November reading your applications for early action. Truly. I consider it a privilege to ... blogs will stay open for a bit longer for students to continue with the

  • by Kris Guay
  • December 19, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW: Tips and Tricks Hitchhikers Guide to Campus Preview Weekend

  

  people that I would be going to school with for four years. I also had a ... 's cover, and take a chance to try something new. Rule #6: Pack for the ... Here are a few tips to making the best of your CPW experience. Rule

  • by Bryan
  • April 10, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Don’t Miss the Battle of the Bands Watch Ben Jones's band, Tremulant, perform with Marilee Jones at Battle of the Bands this…

  

  Floor of the Student Center Who: YOU! Battle of the Bands will be a ... part about the refund is a lie, but the rest of it is all true.) There ... lineup of the bands competing for the crown (Tremulant & Marilee Jones

  • by Melis A. '08
  • April 2, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  MITE2S, RSI, and more

  

  MIT aims for a freshman class of nearly 1000 students each year (in ... Today, I'm in northern Virginia, assisting with the selection for the ... after a day of reviewing applications to MITE2S. As an admissions officer

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 8, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Everyday Is Like Sunday

  

  't set any target for that number. We won't have a final count of regular ... ultimate target for admits is this year. A few notes, for the record: Your ... received a decision by Wednesday. On Friday, we'll begin giving decisions

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 12, 2004
• Blog / Summer

  The Courage to Change Even Through the [Tough] Mud[der]

  

  a lot! So much so that when my friend offered me her ticket for the ... . During covid we would play a full game of monopoly every night for weeks ... dreamed of. But that’s a bad strategy– I would know, it hasn’t worked for me

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • August 11, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  Best of the Ben Blogs Looking back at Ben's four years on the blogs.

  

  admissions, but also for rocking out... "I'm A Famous Rockstar" That title is misleading - I'm famous, and I'm a rockstar, but I'm not famous for being a ... . So last week, I combined her two loves into a desktop for her computer

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 26, 2008
• Blog / Denied by MIT, Now [X]

  Denied by MIT, now a PhD student at CSAIL

  

  'd predicated a lot of my dreams for my future self on the premise of getting an ... for the first two and a half years of undergrad. Then a series of random ... write me, years later, to tell me how things worked out for them

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 16, 2021