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• Blog / MIT Life

  Introducing: La Maison Française (French House) No, you don't have to speak French to live here.

  

  Saturday) in teams of four. It's a good deal: five evenings a week, I have a ... really special. Juan can speak four languages, and Davie sings in his room ... complexin...with fruit flies." In her free time, she can be found baking

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 29, 2011
• Blog / Events

  FUP!!! I spent my first official week at MIT as a FUPPER!!

  

  service programs, and I can't wait to continue to do all of these cool ... extreme lack of sleep, but I met so many amazing people and did so many cool things that it was completely worth leaving home a week early. I arrived

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • August 29, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Not Much Has Changed except a lot has changed

  

  Freshman Year was another chapter in my book that I can re-read whenever I ... , I had a gorgeous five-story house to live in. For three, I gained 43 ... Verde's runs, all the different restaurants and places I've been to in Boston. I

  • by Erick P. '17
  • September 17, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I never want to finish my P.E. requirement MIT PE might be the best thing that's happened in my whole (short) athletic history

  

  indoor kickball or doing homework. With these experiences in mind, I was ... the class, I had barely stepped foot in a proper gym. To me, the ... , it’s really satisfying noticing that I can lift more weight now than I

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • November 16, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  TESS Science Conference III My first science conference!

  

  share this so I guess I'll stick it in here—Joey Googled ARIEL because ... phone, I suffered through five minutes trying not to burst out laughing in ... their poster is about. I was intimidated at first to be in a room full of

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • August 7, 2024
• Blog / How to MIT

  Boys like cars and money $1 billion is not enough for thefacebook, but $9 an hour is good enough for…

  

  Environment offices, when I was accosted by a man in a bicycle taxi. MAN: "Hey ... with strangers. But as the man sped off in search of another victim, I ... minutes! I could write a whole blog entry in those 15 minutes! But then I

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 25, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Orthostatic Tolerance [by Ken Haggerty '11] It might not be such a bad idea to visit this…

  

  -of educational center in his [Tavares's] homeland." I had the great pleasure of ... same refractive index as glass. Even in person, you can only see hints of ... " (2010): India ink on Mylar®. I will admit upfront that I am a bit, if

  • by ARTalk
  • June 23, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Somebody Else Seven undergrad blogs not enough for you? Now some of them have multiple authors.

  

  recommendations in the Pop collection, and we've got 13,000 CDs, so I can't be ... this so I can talk about the MATCH school. It's one of the many Community ... do this - I teach rising sophomores in writing. Let me tell you, for

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 22, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  beauty is overrated

  

  compel stirrings like that in other people. I never saw what was powerful ... who seem too preoccupied with aesthetic, because aesthetic can get in ... witness a lot of beauty in the world; I spent a year in New Zealand and

  • by Rona W. '23
  • November 20, 2022
• Blog / Events

  Of Dancing and T-Shirts (Guest Entry) Who had fun at CPW? I did!

  

  , dumping the gajillions of photos I shot before 3:30pm on Saturday. I can ... videotape their cover of "Here In Your Arms" (solo by Kevin Schoenfelder, I ... , thesis projects), but I also learned about architecture in general

  • by Snively '11
  • April 22, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Goldilocks and the n HASS classes too hot, too cold, just right. on picking a hass class.

  

  interested in the material and can therefore contribute and participate more ... So while I like to pretend that I don't procrastinate sometimes, up until today, I've procrastinated about selecting a HASS class for next

  • by Bryan
  • August 10, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  QuestBridge 2017 FAQ You've got questions, I've got answers

  

  am taking my tests in November or December. Am I still eligible for the ... Subject Tests in Math and Science. Q: Should I rush report my scores to get ... accept an unofficial score report faxed or mailed in the meantime. You can

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • October 18, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Mid-January Updates The latest from Cambridge.

  

  , and you are looking to send us an update, I would recommend doing so in ... hope you can start to relax. I'm still getting some really stressed out ... . If you are in the regular action pool (regular action applicant or

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 18, 2007
• Blog / Events

  Whirlwind Weekend highlights of the weekend (UPDATED!)

  

  auction to benefit a scholarship fund in Louisiana. One of my friends, Mike '07, asked me if I wouldn't mind going up for auction, and I obliged kindly. However, soon after, I began to worry about what my auction price

  • by Bryan
  • April 23, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  The return of Questions Omnibus It's time to answer your questions...

  

  ... ------------------------------------- Jasmine wrote, "how do you register for CPW? I can't find any information ... registration form for CPW?" You can register for CPW in your MyMIT Portal. Just ... in terms of balancing time b/w them and with my host at CPW? I know

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 21, 2007
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Good Luck Jo-Jo!

  

  competition, and went on to compete in Miss America. You can read all about ... (Jo-Jo) Chang '03. I first met Jo-Jo my senior year at MIT, when I was ... as Freshman Class Vice President. After graduating in 2003 with a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 24, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  ‘Just Chillax’ [about your college essays] My little brother is wicked smaht.

  

  prospect. “Uuuuuuuuggghhhh!” I grunt out in frustration – I think of the ... homework I could have finished in that hour, but I quickly realize how much ... excuse for me to revel in the fact that I miss my little brother a ton

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • November 22, 2010
• Blog / Study Abroad

  The Seven Supervisors A Buzzfeed Style Look At Supervisors

  

  supervisions are setup within your college (another system I'll talk about in a ... -cold gaze. This supervisor comes in many shapes and sizes. They can be intense in that they expect a lot of you or they can be really into the

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • April 1, 2014
• Blog / Life after MIT

  MIT Makes Taiwanese Talk Show! All the way across the world

  

  probably can't get at another school or at a school in Taiwan?" Jennifer: "I ... MIT EC in Taipei). I'll try my best to translate/capture the most ... lot of pressure at MIT. I heard that if you get Cs for two semesters in

  • by Chris S. '11
  • July 18, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Interview with Emilienne: The Sophomore who does brain surgery Emilienne has been studying the brain through her UROP in the Fee Lab.

  

  ’s work! I asked several professors about openings in their labs, mostly because I thought I would be interested in getting a UROP for the ... a week in Niagara Falls. I enjoy spending time with my sisters, my

  • by Melis A. '08
  • May 16, 2007