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• Blog / Academics & Research

  An MIT Week general structure and personal experience

  

  to 34 hours (source). In this post, I’ll describe my (also wildly ... members gather in the kitchen for a fun study break. I will blog more about ... ” MIT class is 12 units. This may mean 4 hours in class and/or recitation

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • October 30, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Meow Yes, you can have cats in some dorms.

  

  clueless about what they were like on a daily basis before I moved in ... I was reading one of Laura's recent entries with a response to a ... . Before I go on, "hall" means "floor" -- if I ever use one or the other, now

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • October 9, 2006
• Blog / Athletics

  Beat the heat in the Z Center Pictures of the MIT gym

  

  . There's also a huge indoor track field, but I couldn't get in because I ... rink in the winter, but was no longer there when I took pictures) and the ... This morning I went for a miserably hot run along a busy road by my

  • by Melis A. '08
  • June 11, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  three things i made recently lasers, radio, and a chocolate chip cookie loaf

  

  some of the things i learned in my favorite technical class at MIT, 16 ... professors in the MIT CMS department). i'm thinking about these pictures of the ... in session yet. the snow's only just turned to rain and we've had two

  • by Allan K. '17
  • February 15, 2017
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  amongst the stars a comic

  

  and am currently languishing in isolation. While I suddenly have so much free time, I don't feel like doing anything other than admire the art in ... Over spring break, I crashed at my recently graduated friend's place

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • April 15, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I’m still alive And I missed entry #2000 by one! Blargh!

  

  So where have I been? Short answer: doing work. Or just at work. I just got a UROP doing chemistry and molecular biology-related stuff in the O'Connor Lab, guaranteeing me the shortest commute to work I'll ever

  • by Keri G. '10
  • September 20, 2007
• Blog / How to Human

  I watched the sunrise this morning

  

    that doesn't mean I don't matter I'm no insignificant blip in the universe it means I am part of something much bigger than myself   ... one of the reasons I love dawn is it reminds me that the sun will

  • by Kanokwan T. '25
  • November 7, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The MIT Spring Concert This year's concert: Jason Derülo and Janelle Monáe.

  

  : Nirvana Played MIT. Perhaps MIT's most (in)famous party is Steer Roast. Each ... to have the best taste in music on campus, they tend to get the best ... played Steer Roast in 1990. Here's the contract: One report says that

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 26, 2011
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Waitlisted

  

  would love to have on campus. However, we did place some students on our ... interested in MIT, and so forth. In the meantime, you may talk amongst yourselves below. As always, please keep your comments civil and friendly in

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2015
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Waitlisted

  

  would love to have on campus. However, we did place some students on our ... interested in MIT, and so forth. In the meantime, you may talk amongst yourselves below. As always, please keep your comments civil and friendly in

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  MIT gave my pod free art supplies!! and despite being hosed, we used them

  

  In January, I heard about an Arts at MIT initiative that provides ... long as they were an MIT student. I'm a casual artist who paints once in ... first. I wanted to try painting in gouache since it was an unfamiliar

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • June 7, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  Summer Reading What’s in your beach bag?

  

  that I find left out for the taking on a table in lobby 10. Emperor of ... was stopped in traffic on the Mass Pike. (I don’t recommend this) But I ... what books are in your beach bag? I’d love to know. Happy Summer!

  • by Kris Guay
  • August 4, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Stealing from the Class of 2016 And you'll have to work to get it back

  

  in dorms, classes, councils, and recitations all have unique mailing ... during your time at MIT. By the end of my four year stint I believe I was ... group of PSETing MIT students at 2 in the morning to do when they discover

  • by Snively '11
  • September 27, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Temp assignments and cautionary tales

  

  the time and resources allotted for next year's Rush would be cut in ... I hear that if you're an incoming frosh, you got your temp housing ... summer, you get to rank the dorms in order of preference, based on

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 27, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Why I’m not a double major anymore Because four years of insanity would totally cramp my style?

  

  a double major anymore. Why did I ever decide to double in the first place, and why am I no longer majoring in chemistry? I have quite a few ... in until my junior year, when I realized that I absolutely did not want

  • by Keri G. '10
  • November 6, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Randomness

  

  life in the city, and my friends. I should get on that. At least I got my fifth stack of homework in today on time. Yeah. I'm going to sleep ... Well, as Laura said in her latest entry, tonight was the "telethon

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • January 27, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  More On The Interview… You don't need to take up the crumhorn to look "different."

  

  I wanted to offer a few more comments on the interview. While we have ... in that regard. To that end, there is no expectation that you should ... those interests, and think about why MIT would be a good place for you

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • October 30, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  An Interview about the Interview Remember: questions of science, science and progress, do not speak as loud as [your] heart.

  

  interview required? No, it's not required, but I highly suggest having one ... would fit at MIT - something the paper application alone can never match ... ? Your interviewer will live/work nearby, so you'll interview in your

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • August 18, 2005
• Blog / Hacks

  Lost, Hosed & Confused I got hacked today.

  

  happened to me today. After my 24.900 lecture this morning, I decided to take a brief nap in the student lounge off of the Infinite Corridor. When I ... You know how in Saturday morning cartoons, there's usually some guy

  • by Paul B. '11
  • November 25, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  craze how a blog gets born

  

  black out— there is nothing else in the world I can do I am barely ...   I have more than 100 blog ideas saved in a nifty spreadsheet and ... of ideas   in another life, I could have been a painter (I

  • by Kanokwan T. '25
  • January 13, 2025