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• Blog / MIT Life

  1 day in the life of an MIT student

  

  questions I was asked was "Can you name all of the Beatles' first and last ... '15 is in Au Bon Pain right as I'm walking outside from my interview ... other since freshman year and talk about getting old.  I can't exactly

  • by Ana V. '15
  • November 12, 2014
• Blog / Hacks

  A Battle Scene to Remember Construction zones are the perfect playgrounds for epic battles

  

  As you can see, the area in Lobby 7 that was normally cut off due to ... who are struggling extraordinarily well, and some of us (at least I hope ... series by Orson Scott Card.  Unlike many of the MIT students that I know, I

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • November 3, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Early Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  in between. We can't wait to welcome them to campus to join the 4 ... available at > > > decisions.mit.edu < < < You can log in using the same username and password that you use to log in to your

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 15, 2018
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  an absolutely non-comprehensive guide to email sign-offs or, how to inject some fun into an otherwise boring routine

  

  sign-offs, regardless of the context. I think you can't go wrong with ... , These are in-jokes which I would take too long for me to explain to you ... has a contest to see who can avoid hearing Mariah Carey's "All I Want

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • March 9, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  FOMO #tbt #behindonblogging #seniorspring

  

  Commons has a cute little pond in the middle which you can ice skate on ...  which creates these massive mechanical/robotic machines which can be used in ... ?!? 8. Lastly, taking in the beauty of Boston On one of my many runs, I

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • March 12, 2015
• Blog / How to Human

  Kindred Spirits or, "Making Friends"

  

  ), but it does get frustrating very quickly in new settings. When I took my ... myself instead." You can see where this is going. Especially because I ... Here's the thing about me: I'm naturally an introvert. Talking to

  • by Allan K. '17
  • September 19, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  The College Circle of Life Nance starts waxing about some deep stuff.

  

  Cornell 10 months ago I made a promise to return in each of the next three ... that I admitted to the Class of 2006. In the fall of 2001 - Thanksgiving weekend to be exact - I sat in a dining room table in the East Flatbush

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • June 8, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Third times the charm or so I hope

  

  just for fun (more on all that in a future post) -- I was back on campus ... , at Snowbird in Salt Lake City. Disclaimer: to be fair, I took a tram up ... day -- and I still needed to train in between everything as well. For

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • October 1, 2017
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Two Valentine’s Day Serenades Happiness and hearts and the MIT Logarhythms and Muses in cell biology!

  

  week in class. I absolutely cannot be unhappy around him, no matter how ... Harry Potter series. I’m in Slytherin.) I’m thrilled that Professor ... happy and I felt giddy and happy and I couldn’t stop grinning in the

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 16, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  ISEF 2015 Recap researchers talking, and talking to researchers

  

  for students in grades 9–12.     On Wednesday, May 13th, I ... in the most wonderful of ways. I didn't know anything about ISEF ... I suspect I would have liked it. If you're potentially interested in

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 1, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Congrats Jenn Lai ‘11, Rhodes Scholar This blog entry does not contain video of Jenn playing "Rhapsody in Blue" with the…

  

  concert So sad. The best I can do is a photo from the concert: 2. Did you ... 44 Rhodes Scholars, and 7 in the last four years. Below, find Jenn's "official" biography from rhodesscholar.org (links mine): Jennifer I. Lai

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 21, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  XREG

  

  you for your birthday wishes =) I'm in the office today, reading ... probably late October. Luckily, I've done so many of them, I can talk about ... opportunity to take a graduate-level course in education (I had many graduate

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 5, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  It’s the middle of November. Do YOU know where your Early Action application components are? How to tell if they are missing, and what to do about it

  

  't get it, I'm reposting the email in its entirey below. This is also good ... tracking page then. Some frequently asked questions: Can I send missing documents to you via postal mail?No — it won't get here in time. I know

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 12, 2015
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Is It Possible To Respect A Racist Film? We must learn to embrace the opportunities to confront ourselves by confronting others.

  

  intermarriage." I can't say that I sat through all 3.5 hours of the movie ... very thing that you hope to deny exposure to the light can often grow in ... that a movie is technically brilliant yet morally repugnant? How can I

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • May 8, 2006
• Blog / Classes

  How to build a Tamagotchi and the power of curiosity

  

  II comes in! I took this class for one main reason: the final project ... these components be positioned on your actual board? I had to keep in mind ... , along the street of Mass Ave in a rage-induced haze, then returned after I

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • May 25, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  making solar cells lessons from my nanotech class

  

  that can be stacked in a way which increases power generation without ... and optimistic afterwards. i’ve enrolled in many math and cs and biology ... the first convincing proof i’ve seen that we can actually solve climate

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • December 15, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  when apocalypse strikes… on being preemptively torn from my home, living group, and nearly everything i love at…

  

  feel like I’ve lived so much in such a short span of time, which makes ... less than five days. I screamed in anguish with my friends on [annotation ... days so that I’d have no regrets. For context, I live in Burton

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • March 16, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fantastic Course Numbers and Where to Find Them A List of Ways MIT is like Hogwarts

  

  , ultimately, it’s your choices that matter in both places <3) (also I don ... , but what they grow to be” "Happiness can be found, even in the darkest ... Hello friends, it is near the end of term (*cries*) and so today, I

  • by Selam G. '18
  • November 30, 2016
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Jellyfishing and other ways to recruit people to your organizations

  

  ; I had tests in three of my classes: 9.65 (Cognitive Processes), 20 ... Biological Systems). I’ve also been putting in several hours behind the ... ; GEL is no exception. In my time, I’ve noticed that at the

  • by Stanley G.
  • March 10, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  disinterprerto! a centennial, a harry potter dream, a made-up spell, a corny metaphor

  

  I will admit: I've been in a bit of a rut. Don't get me wrong. Life ... aerospace education. There was a moment which stuck in my mind. I was ... trapped in an elevator. I cleaned my room, wiped down the floors, laid down

  • by Allan K. '17
  • October 28, 2014