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• Blog / MIT Life

  It’s 2017! highlight reels from the new year

  

  anchored to the sky. In West Africa, it shoots volcanoes down on us. I get ... of them before I get to the apartment. I wash my hands in the bathroom ... ’t pretend, in spite of the last year, to not be excited about 2017. In fact, I

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • January 1, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Series of Embarrassing Events, Part 1 Zumba and putting pants on in lecture

  

  trickled in, and sat down. Ashley welcomed us to the course, and explained ... get used to it after a couple of sessions. She asked whether anyone had ... continuing to move her hips, began tapping her feet in a rhythm that magically

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 15, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Stay Tuned Liveblog, coming your way

  

  people in one room without it getting too hot. My brass rat was about to ... Hey hey! Welcome to the liveblog! At this very moment I'm sitting in ... schools, but make sure you like ALL OF THEM. You don't want to get into a

  • by Snively '11
  • July 14, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  And sometimes why? A reality check on the state of my MIT blogging.

  

  was "I went to the mall and bought a pretty shirt." So, in my fifth ... me that every scientist should know German in order to be able to read ... told me to hand in my resume, cover letters, and faculty recommendations

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 18, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  taking care in all forms

  

  that when i get sick now, it's up to me to manage my symptoms and judge ... very nice. who doesn't like getting little treats? like, i love going to [annotation note="it's a bakery in hmart, so every time i go get groceries it

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • May 22, 2022
• Blog / How to MIT

  Learn Coding Before School Starts you've got one month left. go!

  

  .189 Intro to Python to get up to speed for 6.01 in the fall. Even if you ... navigate through a maze, and I started to get the hang of Python. I started ... to building an app. I made huge progress, designing the layout in XML

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 2, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  classes im taking this semester! the classic

  

  semester, so I doubled up this semester in order to get on track to complete ... to slow down here in order to nudge them back into place.  When I get ... help, in addition to regular traditional office hours that are meant for

  • by Angie F. '28
  • April 2, 2025
• Blog / Events

  2024 ring premiere! amogus??

  

  's a tradition to get your ring in your sophomore year to commemorate ... at 7:30 to let everyone trickle in. There was a bit of a line when we got there--nothing too bad, though. They tapped us in to make sure that

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • February 13, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  papurgatory I am demolishing my print budget and my solitary working habits

  

  note="in fact, I started this blog to avoid reading it! but it has now ... ’t start out this week expecting to be in this position, but here we are ... would also get me to actually read these papers. It did not. I carried a

  • by Alice L. '24
  • September 17, 2022
• Blog / About Decisions

  Transfer Wrap-Up 2008 Looking back at MIT Transfer Admissions for entry this coming year.

  

  We frequently get requests to blog about transfer admissions, and now ... any to do so. The numbers for this year look remarkably like they did ... , admitting 16, with 14 enrolling in the fall. This season's admits are a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 20, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Nike+iPod read entry & vote at the end

  

  enough to get me thinking about giving up my Dell and lucky Asics. If I end ... enough to keep Steve Jobs busy for a weekend -- today, Apple and Nike ... of sense to me. Why does Apple need to partner with a particular shoe

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • May 23, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Summer On-Campus No exams woohooooo

  

  without any exams to worry about, I can now put my UROP in the center of my schedule. I used to watch a lot of the Media Lab's content back in middle ... accurate to what's in the sandbox. The overarching goal of my UROP is to

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • June 8, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Samuel Maurer’s Day Off MIT moves pretty fast.

  

  about that last blank entry. I'm looking for the "rebuild" button to get ... in New York City. Ruthie scored some tickets to The Colbert Report ... it ended in a Red Robin in Central PA rather than Rice to Riches, New

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 12, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The story of the most epic pset ever If you correct my problem set in the comments, I will get angry. And you…

  

  lesson in RLC circuits to the seniors in AP Physics. I must be getting ... , so they get all wavy in an RLC circuit. (Believe it or not, freshman ... ...I mean, I used to know them all at one point but...that was also back in

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 10, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  unicorns big confusion

  

  because i expect to be worth a billion dollars in the future. rather, what i ... . i don’t have much to show for my time in college other than a ... unutterably small or great in your life will have to return to you, all in the

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • September 18, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fun Times @ MIT (Pt. 1) Life's gotta be fun.

  

  different. In terms of classes, this upcoming semester is going to be my most ... dresses up nice and goes out to dinner. I'm sure this list will get longer ... quickly. Case in point: in the past two and a half years, I've learned the

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • February 4, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  Even More for Admitted Students: Share Your Story Another open thread for '11s.

  

  means it's exactly one year to the day when I discovered I got in. In honor of that anniversary, I'd like to hear your stories. I know you all ... a month. I was barely reading the blogs, just trying to get two

  • by Jess K. '10
  • December 13, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Island Paradise That's where I live. No, seriously.

  

  weeks later decided the next step in the beach theme would be to paint a ... into the room at all. So this year I was determined to get the beach ... loft. This idea came to me in a flash of brilliance, as we were

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 10, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Just a Little Patience The latest word.

  

  three minutes (shouldn't you be in class?), we're trying our best to get ... there are lots of credentials to process." In short: don't worry yet about ... Science Talent Search today: good luck!Still to come, whenever I get time

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 11, 2006
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Sororities @ MIT- Become a part of it! Come to the first day of recruitment on September 1st to learn more about what…

  

  incoming freshman will not have this semester to see what being in an MIT ... sisters in an informal setting. This is useful for underclassmen who are to ... your desk in the Reading Room to see a row of empty coffee cups and Red

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 20, 2007