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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Oh, the Places You’ll Go(ogle) The path to enlightenment is paved with Google searches.

  

  begin with an M, MIT is the fourth-most popular one to get into (third if ... nonzero energy trying to get on Myspace at school. Second, the terrifying popularity of “how to get into medical school with a low gpa” makes me want to

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • July 14, 2009
• Blog / Events

  Fondue: fun and done A break from admissions at the Fondue party.

  

  crowded to get to see everyone!) included professors Les Norford, Esther ... long Saturday of working to select the class, I hopped on the SafeRide shuttle to attend the Alpha Chi Omega (usually abbreviated as AXO, and

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 5, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Post-Valentine Blog Roundup Valentine's Day capped off by a serenade.

  

  finest memories of walking to class in the morning from my dorm were on ... ? Check. And a serenade? Check! Thanks to our secret admirers, the ... on. Right: Mari and Gisele watch the serenade. Also related to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 16, 2006
• Blog / Uncategorized

  168 Hours and how to spend them

  

  secure in getting my stuff done now that I know I have enough time to do it ... MIT and I get to do things I love and find meaning in all day long ... lot of time eating brunch in Next dining, and proceed to mess around in

  • by Shorna A. '25
  • March 21, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  halfway there musings about currently being an MIT student

  

  otherworldly...I can't imagine reading at this point in time; I managed to get ... , in retrospect, and I hope that I'm able to participate in at least one ... going to pack our stuff up because we're getting kicked the fuck out, and

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • November 14, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Passing Out ...of classes. Or in class. We'll see.

  

  classes you're allowed to take. If you have a 5 on both, you can get 9 units ... was in your shoes, so please feel free to ask me questions about SATs ... [Editor's note in 2017: The Office of Undergraduate Advising and

  • by Jess K. '10
  • September 3, 2006
• Blog / How to Food

  “I’m vegetarian now!” Two months, twenty-four days, and goin’ strong

  

  ). I tried to go vegetarian once before, in February, when I stayed on a ... exist in east Cambridge. My vegetarianism will probably end when I get ... carbonara. I was hungry and didn’t want to walk somewhere alone to get food

  • by Amber V. '24
  • November 25, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Odds and ends and Canada A study break, plus some other highlights of the week

  

  slices of bacon, which was equivalent to a 6-unit course in Not Getting ... . Send email out to dorm: My dear countrymen, in light of the recent ... , it's a time for residents to get together, enjoy free food, live up to

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • November 12, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  romanticize a quiet life i want to be okay

  

  to get disappointed when reality doesn’t match up with your dreams. you ... started to crawl in and settle into your bones. but something's always held ... -fire email exchanges to make sure everything's in order, and then you're all

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • December 28, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Process of Psetting And the technicals of technicals

  

  am particularly emotional, in which case I will resort to “PSET” or ... . It’ll never give you the answer itself, and you still have to hand in a ... -and-check? Can’t you just plug in all the permutations of the variables and get the

  • by Joel G. '18
  • February 23, 2015
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  c/o 2017

  

  they all dispersed. i know i didn't get to spend time with nearly all the people i wanted to. but i saw a lot of them in those last few days of the semester, taking trips to dim sum or hot pot, eating cake in the lounge

  • by Allan K. '17
  • June 12, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Undercover Admissions Officer ...or how I saw the campus through "fresh eyes".

  

  tour to know I worked in Admissions instead wanting them to get pay ... 've heard Alina's story, I'll need to drop in on the others guides' tours to ... skulking in the back, in the red shirt...listening to every word!

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • August 5, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Where is my mind? In Northern California, Munich, a tent in New Hampshire, and an oreo-flavored soft serve machine.

  

  late to find an internship in another country right now, which is cool ... cabin to stay in, but, you know, we're not losers. I am, however, kind of ... , I'm pretty sure I know where I left it in the cabin, so I just have to

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 9, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I failed an exam last week and it will be okay

  

  support systems, and I want to curl up in a ball and demand "why don't I get ... excelling at math. I'm mad at MIT: I'm taking 102 units in an attempt to start ... left except to speedrun most of my second major in one semester. Maybe if

  • by Alice L. '24
  • November 21, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Cool People. And Lunch! visiting committees = awesome.

  

  vital to this process. If you are interested in participating please respond to this e-mail with your name and your year. In the case of too many ... champion our cause, and to make changes in the department based on our

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • April 26, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Classes, musicals, teaching, research, sports, and wisdom tooth surgery. I think I can I think I can I think I can I think I…

  

  in the dentist chair and looked at the window, trying to concentrate on ... remember starting to giggle - and then my eyes were closed and I was in a ... shouldn't exist, but it doesn't) and used to be in a rock band. I had a

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 25, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  My Winter Break Reading List "Take a look, it's in a book, it's reading rainbow"

  

  flow external to an animal in motion, and the internal flow of blood, gas ... change in living organisms in response to biomechanical principles. A ... until I get back to MIT which isn't that far away.

  • by Bryan
  • December 28, 2005
• Blog / MISTI

  Lodger Third in a trilogy of Berlin photo entries, featuring the country of Moldova.

  

  bear. We're right in between the United Kingdom bear, who appears to be ... I inexplicably neglected to get a picture of, featured a real mosaic ... , who was once asked to "say something in Georgian" while teaching SAT

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 15, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  I Hate Change but at least, I'm creating it

  

  impossible. So now, I get to start of my days writing in bed as opposed to ... high school, getting into MIT, moving to campus, etc. I haven't gotten ... because I like taking my time to get out of bed. I've moved floors so I stop

  • by Paige B. '24
  • February 17, 2023
• Blog / Life after MIT

  A Great Hunger an artisanal take on my quarter life crisis

  

  other engineer in the country, even compared to other engineers from the ... , the unbreakable backbone I will need to continue in this field is no ... privileges is a sense of duty, a mandate to do good in the world, one which I

  • by Selam G. '18
  • January 25, 2025