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• Blog / MIT Life

  My First Semester at MIT a thicc recap and a look into our conversation

  

  an admissions blogger to watching a movie every night for PNR. College ... Institute for Soldier Nanotechnology. Tried to experiment around with chemical ... UROP! ...learned how to weightlift. I took Intro to Weightlifting for

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 18, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  How to not love CPW but love MIT (for the most part at least)

  

  I had attempted to be (for lack of a better cliche) jack of all trades ... /social sciences person in high school (thought that I would go on to study some ... weekend to catch up, and my roommate makes fun of me for never being up

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • April 30, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  Time in a bottle. A Newbery-medal-winning collection of short stories.

  

  ) p-sets, I had to stop into the newly-redesigned Cafe Four for some ... coming to MIT for a day and wanted to see how our research on the thermal ... his thesis work for him, he asked me to meet with Professor Tester and

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 20, 2005
• Blog / People & Identities

  butterfly season the very tired caterpillar

  

  something more modern, more suited to whatever homeowners are looking for ... grateful for that. I felt like I had evolved too much for my environment to ... what you need to hear. For me, Wolf 359 was one of those things. My

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • July 31, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  MIT is hard and I still don't know what I'm doing

  

  , despite it being less relevant to the career paths I see for myself. Course ... as it is now. Getting adjusted to fully in-person life on campus ... The class average on the first [annotation note="Intro to Algorithms

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • November 12, 2021
• Blog / Personal Travel

  The Grandest of Road Trips Reflections on a cross-country road trip, on an international plane flight, on a full bladder.

  

  around, and say hi to the Amish kids selling baskets on the lawn for me ... boundaries for where sweet tea is acquirable: somewhere in Ohio to ... . Summer 2K9, guys; it's gonna be a blast. AND I PROMISE TO BLOG IT! For

  • by Jess K. '10
  • June 1, 2009
• Blog / Athletics

  An Atypical Saturday That followed an atypical week.

  

  that you're a stronger person for it. Ok, enough of that. This post is ... week I had), so I paid way too much for some tickets and decided to go ... . We all met up and walked over to Fenway for a late lunch. Nothing like

  • by Derrick B. '08
  • September 30, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  Moving Forward I, and the outstanding staff in the admissions office, re-affirm our pledge to uphold the…

  

  reacting, we must recognize and learn from two elements that may seem to be ... , came at an important time for our culture, and is one that resonated ... don't expect our applicants to be perfect, we do require them to be

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • May 4, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Relativity Special (and vice versa) I took a test today that relied on practically everything I have ever learned from…

  

  'd like to thank the proud sponsors of Sesame Street for their generous ... my Special Relativity test required me to add (and subtract!) numbers with 5 significant figures, and the professor did not manage to include a

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • November 18, 2009
• Blog / Events

  Carnival A glorious carnival is marred by the passing of a beloved goldfish. (24 pictures)

  

  . Sam offered to dispose of him for me. Hmm, urinal or toilet ... Last night, we went to a carnival that was sponsored by the ... '08, my suitemate from San Antonio, TX, returned to campus today, just

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 3, 2005
• Blog / Life after MIT

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

  

  really impressive. For example, the first person who invented helicopters ... point....and the host proceeds to laud her for a bit. Janet says she's the ... applicant's personality, which might not be captured on paper. 1:34 to 1

  • by Chris S. '11
  • July 18, 2008
• Blog / MISTI

  Mussels and Brussels Lessons in engineering and culture from a nation of kindness

  

  : Carmeuse   Since my freshman year, I have seriously wanted to ... plane taking off from JFK when it finally hits me: I’m going to a country I’ve never been to before that speaks a language I kind of

  • by MISTI Program
  • August 6, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet the Admissions Officers: Alia Burton ‘05 Name: Alia Burton; Job title: Admissions Counselor; Hometown: Philadelphia, PA

  

  character: Garfield Advice about applying to college/MIT: Let your personality ... : Philadelphia, PA High school: Philadelphia High School for Girls College: MIT ... motivations. Fun fact about yourself: I flew a jet (alongside a pilot) for about

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 28, 2005
• Blog / Events

  The Class of 2015 Graduates from MIT mind, and hand, and heart

  

  slipping it on reminds me to be my best person: the most intelligent ... necessary for this kind of reflection, of course, but i have personally found ... than i can say for having the chance to know yow, and more hopeful for

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 7, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Chomsky and Infinities illustrated highlights of an MIT October (part 1)

  

  some professors personally this month during events organized to bring ... -related events for the faculty and students to meet. * But enough about academics ... (credit to Max M. '16 for the animal photography, Angus M. '18 for Photo

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • November 5, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  MFA Boston A trip to Boston's Museum of Fine Arts

  

  Last weekend, I went to Boston's Museum of Fine Arts (MFA). All MIT ... 's website: "Founder of The Oxbow Group, one of the top 500 privately held ... objects from Koch's many collections -- from ancient Roman to contemporary

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • November 16, 2005
• Blog / IAP

  Jill Biden waved at me D.C. during inauguration

  

  manhandling at the door. They even gave us free French fries to apologize for ... talking about for days. So I guess this is your sign to go to fancy ... I noticed that I would be in town for [annotation note

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • January 19, 2025
• Blog / Public Service & Activism

  On election day Practicing an applied civic education

  

  exams to help students have more time to vote. For students and staff who ... millions of Americans have already voted by mail or in-person; more will cast their ballots today. Here at MIT, employees are guaranteed time off for

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 3, 2020
• Blog / Announcements

  Introducing the baby bloggers! but read it intrrrrrrroduuuucing, like I'm a very excited announcer

  

  bloggers. And I am so excited for you to get to read their work! [image ... person to ask if you want a coffee shop recommendation Shorna A. '25 of ... bloggers to introduce! Staff and senior bloggers read our way through sixty

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • September 14, 2022
• Blog / MISTI

  Things got poopy in Beijing and edible.

  

  dining experience? Personally, it's nice to be able to say "been there ... This past weekend, I went to dinner with a group of MIT and Johns Hopkins students interning in Beijing. This was my first opportunity to meet

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • June 28, 2011