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• Blog / MIT Life

  On Being the “Dumb” Friend and the freedom from comparison

  

  react to this by berating ourselves for “not working hard enough.”  When ... extracurriculars, or always seemed to have some interesting trivia on hand. Being the ... niche. The “smart” friend. Then we came to MIT, and met all the other

  • by Allison E. '27
  • October 2, 2025
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Three Guys, Six Degrees almost better than a five guys burger...almost.

  

  Knight for like the fifth time in one year + were happy to have someone to ... stubborn pset + made those spontaneous runs to MacGregor convenience for ... to the class of 2012, and best wishes for your Commencement coming up

  • by Chris S. '11
  • June 1, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Trip Report: IvyPlus some reflections from an admissions conference

  

  's still very useful for all of us to sit around and talk about how we do ... officer more than 30 years ago, it wasn't uncommon for a single applicant to ... to students that should make the process a bit saner for all involved

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 13, 2011
• Blog / Announcements

  PSA: anyone in the world can stream this MIT class about pandemics and plagues in history 21H.000: History of Now: Plagues and Pandemics

  

  historical challenge. Anyone from around the world can join to listen. The description is below: This class exposes students to the study of history for its own sake and also for a deeper understanding of the present and the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 11, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Festival

  

  currently at MIT for Campus Preview Weekend (this post is dedicated to the ... ! The Lab for Chocolate Science did chocolate truffle making! Obviously ... ... The guys from Tep had an awesome pickle frier which counted to 255 in

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 8, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Photographic evidence Warning: trig ahead.

  

  for her. I mean, don’t get me wrong, I basically aspire to be Veronica ... season is starting! I don’t know for sure, but I’d say you can expect to ... , they still need to fill out some forms for your app (school profiles and

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 10, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Q&A I asked current freshmen about the things they wish they knew for their CPW!

  

  event you want to attend or star each event for every day on your phone so ... for if you fit in well with the culture there. Talk to different ... try attending a class or go to some information sessions for specific

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • April 9, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Filled With Cute Babies The story of my IAP in India.

  

  that I would be going to India over IAP, working with AIM for Seva (a non ... MIT students love to make change happen. This could be in the form of ...  or IDEAS/Global Challenge, or even dropping out of MIT to accept a Thiel

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • February 9, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Greetings from India: D-Lab Students in the Field D-Lab students Luke, Sydney, Jessica, Madhavan

  

  Assam – it’s famous for its tea and it’s home to the hottest pepper in the ... D-Lab is an interdisciplinary program at MIT committed to working with people around the world to create and disseminate affordable

  • by OEL
  • January 28, 2012
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Barker Engineering Library Where sound goes to die.

  

  actually taken the opportunity to test my hypothesis. For everybody out there ... Library takes on a whole new use for students. No longer is it a place to ... 'm all for taking pictures, even having taken many stupid ones myself

  • by Snively '11
  • February 13, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Work Hard, Play Hard MIT students actually have lives, occasionally.

  

  risk of sounding like a complete idiot, I have to ask: do people always ... "technology", but are people socially aware,m for example? Are there people ... possible, once one has established effective study habits, to maintain decent

  • by Jess K. '10
  • April 8, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I will begin again. Maybe the time is right (to blog). Maybe tonight.

  

  Engineering Project Laboratory -- YES! We had 15 projects to choose from for ... Professor Virk. He would wear a North Face jacket to class every day for 10 ... the song for this medley, since that's pretty much the one song in the

  • by Sam M. '07
  • February 8, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Goodnight Moon Or: The Senior Who Desperately Tries to Put Off Bedtime By Saying Goodnight to Every…

  

  Netflix to brush up on my Spanish, googled instructions for how to make a 3 ... thinking about this actually for the last few years, perhaps in an effort to ...   As I began to better understand what it means for a place to be

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • September 7, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  I walk a lonely road and it takes a lot of time

  

  , I wanted to try a new route for getting there. Instead of walking ... of time” is far too vague. When do I need to leave my room if I want to make it to class (mostly) on time? What routes do I walk on a regular

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • October 20, 2024
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  New Year’s Resolution …of sorts. Since New School Year’s Resolution doesn’t have quite the same ring to it.

  

  didn’t refine my short answers for hours or give them to a second party ... , to fangirl, and maybe to show how MIT can become a home for fellow I ... Thanks to the agrarian principles our society was founded upon, a new

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • September 3, 2013
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Full Steam Ahead Leaving Boston for the final time

  

  away at problem sets, preparing for exams, and pulling all-nighters had finally moved from the present to the past. But, for some reason, this wasn ... that week, I returned home to Maryland with two friends, for whom I

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • June 9, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  A Word of Warning (Pay Attention) A guest entry by Kelsey Kennedy '12

  

  to go - you certainly have to figure out what works for you. The faster ... reading the blogs for years and visiting campus during CPW, I thought I had ... fickle and annoying and COLD." I remember my parents jokingly asking me to

  • by Snively '11
  • January 4, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Another Toy Story Turns out toy design isn't all play, but that doesn't mean it's not fun!

  

  't finish our toy 10 minutes before we had to be there for presentations ... Llama to make what we like to call: The Equalizer. -Cue awesome sound ... blasters connected to a backpack which served as a massive ammo hopper

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • May 25, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  School’s… in Excitement! Passion! ...Class?

  

  textbook, so he didn't even have to pay for a book!   Warren ... precious. The upperclassmen started a pool about when they'd start to put off ... holiday in October. To celebrate the year's start (and because I'm lazy), I

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 7, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  General Advice Application advice for HS juniors and sophomores, inspired by a student's question

  

  In my previous entry, Joan Tran from Louisiana asked for some general ... , but they also can be things like (but not limited to) athletics ... them independently, that's fine too. (For example, if you love baking

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • February 19, 2006