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• Blog / MIT Life

  24 Hours From sleeping in a homeless shelter to waltzing in La Sala

  

  enough for a bed, a shelf, and a person, just long enough for two beds, and just tall enough for those beds to be bunk beds. I threw my handbag into ... on campus in response to a report of a person with a gun on campus

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 24, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ask Yourself Can you really LTFP?

  

  's something I want to convey to you. MIT is not for everyone!! It's not that ... impossible to satisfy everyone, you know? For example, if you really wanted to ... . Ask yourself questions -- enough to make yourself see your own personal

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • November 2, 2008
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Take Only Memories Leave Only Footprints

  

  that by now.) On MIT’s list of 101 things to do before graduation for ... -Year Program students. This is an opportunity for us to tell the staff what we ... years. I joined GEL for the opportunity to develop leadership skills in a

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • June 8, 2012
• Blog / Challenges

  How to (Im)properly Get an Independent Study another step by step guide of our mistakes

  

  to the second professor's office to ask in person because he does not ... do not get approved for 21Es Respond immediately asking to set up a ... advisor for the same day to double-make-sure you will graduate and have all

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • February 18, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  on a stage in black and red Performing in the MIT Monologues

  

  out what I wanted to write, then procrastinated for several months ... over, determined not to trip over the sentence structure. The person ... started grinning. At intermission I bounced from person to person, happy

  • by Amber V. '24
  • March 9, 2022
• Blog / MISTI

  Low The first in a trilogy of Berlin photo entries, featuring Zinedine Zidane.

  

  on my first rock album. Then I would invite him to play for real at my ... Alfred Wallace, who sent a letter to Darwin describing a similar idea one ... "death strip" in which you can be shot on sight, houses countless tanks for

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 13, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Polymer Police Using spectroscopy to prove my mom wrong (except she was right and I was actually…

  

  are attached to it. For example, here are the FTIR spectra of silk and ... , which makes it very easy for me to identify the material. [caption id ... Yesterday, my mom had some “silk” scarves shipped to me so I could

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • February 16, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Becoming a Princess the making of a Halloween costume [+many pictures of ponies]

  

  fascinating backstory that I won't spoil for you because I know you're going to go and watch MLP to find out for yourself ;) Doing a humanized (or ... original concept, and a picture of the character for comparison.    To

  • by Allan K. '17
  • November 3, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Exhibitions@MIT [by Leah Brunetto '12] Something different amidst displays of scientific progress.

  

  to set a mood for the gallery, foam placards holding descriptions under ... for other interesting displays, and don’t be afraid to get ... involvement in the arts, MIT has a lot to offer. Aside from the numerous student

  • by ARTalk
  • May 12, 2009
• Blog / Classes

  On IAP A time for P E R S O N A L P R O J…

  

  slowly because I refuse to pay for Crunchyroll premium. Also, I introduced ... ! Finally, I just want to talk about my schedule for next semester. Here is my ... . "A novel way to write songs", I described it as! Then I started writing

  • by Mimi S. '22
  • December 27, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Thoughts On The MIT Interview ...from the perspective of an MIT interviewer.

  

  opportunity for a more personal admissions process, that, after all, shouldn ... and interesting people who want to go to MIT. For me, it's a fun and ... the privilege to interview. OK, you are probably scheduled for an

  • by John DeTore '80
  • October 19, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Professors Are Human Too (Really!) My name is Eric Grimson, and I am a professor at MIT.

  

  I am delighted to join the impressive cadre of admissions office ... consider applying to or attending the Institute. Since this is my initial post, I'd like to briefly introduce myself, and then talk about how to

  • by Chancellor Eric Grimson
  • January 23, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  12 / Let’s try law school What's a computer scientist doing in DC?

  

  Course 6 to better understand and contribute to the policy debate. For the ... transit usage. This data can then be used, for example, to alleviate traffic ... warrant if looking to use the data for law enforcement purposes. Further

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • July 17, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  Home on the range Dorm choice timeline and advice.

  

  for people who have decided to switch dorms. Final dorm assignments go ... don't want to not get lotteried into dorm X and set yourself up for ... far between, most people take postdoctoral positions for three to five

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • April 15, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Tetazoo Goes Camping An adventure to the top of a mountain and a little cabin in the woods

  

  the back of the cabin to claim their spot on the giant 12-person loft in ... Tetazoo. Last spring, I joined Tetazoo on an adventure to Rumney, New Hampshire to camp outside the MIT Outdoors Club's (MITOC) Camelot cabin and go

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • September 20, 2014
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  THE BURTON THIRD BOMBERS pset, party, pset and party party, rinse, repeat

  

  DTYD’s :) Some alumni came back to Burton-Conner for a post Fall Career ... last year decided to make a huge project out of it for DTYD L. The end ... a hack. This tradition is a great opportunity for the freshmen to bond

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • January 17, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Making Time For Art [by Ashley Nash '11] If you don't have much or any experience with art, MIT…

  

  [by Ashley Nash '11] Before I got to MIT, in all of my classes, there has been one and only one answer to every question. The reason to do a problem was to get the answer. What about the answer? Why does it even

  • by ARTalk
  • March 18, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Come in, we’re open

  

  I survived moving to my fall room! (I realize this is silly. But moving is very difficult for me due to a) impatience, b) anal ... living in A-Entry for my first three years at MIT. But I'm moving to D

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 14, 2005
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Week(end) [Read: New York] Adventures Parts 2-4 I’ve affectionately named these adventures: #metroentertainment

  

  :16 pm – A train express into Brooklyn 11:04 pm – waited for host to come ... record for a 9 day adventure of 23.7minutes. I scurried along to submit ... . So I spread out and said goodnight to the world for a few hours. I woke

  • by Cydnie T. '12
  • April 2, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  A slightly snarkier guide to visitors How to not be the kind of MIT visitor who drives me up the wall.

  

  (only about a third to a half of whom are here for the summer, mostly ... Since it's summer tour season and my path to work keeps getting ... nice time to talk about MIT's campus organization. My goal is to teach

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 12, 2006