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• Blog / MIT Life

  Leaves, Strawberries, Doors Pictures of campus, faculty dinner, another door. (7 pictures)

  

  to turn as early a September, but only recently has most of the campus become awash in color (thanks in part to that unusual snowstorm last week ... '08 give me a house tour. Along the way, I saw a door to add to my

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 5, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  sk8 jebby on a skateboard

  

  local sports store. It was supposed to be a prop. I was subscribed to ... going to pick up a new hobby. I haven't started that goal, and I was getting really bored. Besides, I wanted a faster way to get around campus

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • June 29, 2022
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  [Guest Post] A day in my life! by Callie T. '26

  

  , I promised myself that I’d attend all my lectures to avoid a repeat of ... Calendar, which I commit to memory every week. At the table, a few of us talk ... microdosing sleep by taking 1 to 2 hours naps several times a day. On the other

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • April 1, 2025
• Blog / Announcements

  Reaching for the STARS* *Small Town And Rural Students

  

  Town and Rural Students) College Network, a collaborative effort of a select group of 16 colleges and universities, including MIT, dedicated to ... intended to build upon good work already being done to promote greater access

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • April 4, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  The Mystery Of The Missing Application Tracking Portlet A quick clarification.

  

  Application Tracking portlet in MyMIT. The system is supposed to display a ... behalf of all of us, here's a big public thanks to them.) So this is just a quick entry to let you all know that everyone's portlet has been

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 3, 2007
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  …and other things you can do with your four-day weekend context around the marathon

  

  work despite the [annotation note="extra is a strong word here. to be ... ' for a long time; I try to burn one day each weekend, which has worked ... Saturday morning to direct a quizbowl tournament. The tournament ran fairly

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • April 25, 2021
• Blog / Athletics

  self-destruction my entirely self-inflicted problems

  

  the brain is just a collection of neurons that have no choice but to ... in your brain to fire in a way which destroys you: “He means the Word ... him to an idiot, a lunatic, a catatonic.” 1am: i climb onto my bed

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • February 27, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  Aged And Confused thoughts from a fossil

  

  side of life. Being both an old person and a young person, it stands to ... Spaghettios to make them not worth eating on a Saturday afternoon in your ... the fame or fortune to allow them them get a job, situation, or

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 5, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Finding My Way Around MIT (Guest Entry) CPW was so hugely difficult to take in all at once that it's hard to…

  

  to afford. A major challenge for many people is finding fuel, usually ... projects that really do help people, which I think is a fantastic thing to be ... demonstration was a giant switch connected to a giant inductor. A volunteer closed

  • by Paul B. '11
  • April 20, 2008
• Blog / Events

  I’m still here. Promise.

  

  sleeping." But then I had to be like "nah, I'm going to take a class that ... functional enough to update! Ok, first things first: we have a new blogger ... 'll give you all a few days to work on it, then I'll tell you the funny story

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 22, 2006
• Blog / Community Projects

  Mystery Hunt mile markers portrait of the blogger as a young puzzler

  

  . Yeah, that did a lot to clarify any questions you might have had. Fine ... participant. Fast forward a decade: our team continues to chug along, picking ... small dashes of whimsy make it go from a list of puzzles to magic. The

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • January 24, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  College Interviews a survival guide for the high school senior

  

  , lots of chemical engineering, and oh, a fraternity. I tried to stifle a ... describing a solution to a chemical engineering problem that involved dozens of ... . Even if you know you only have 90 minutes or less to make a great

  • by Connie H. '15
  • October 15, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Summer Circus but like a nerd circus. So you know, less elephants and more calculus. Just as…

  

  because I have no idea where to start (I know, I know. It's a tough life ... out" but that's a tough philosophy to motivate yourself on. As astute ... drawings. And you know, try not to make it cost a bajillion dollars. My

  • by Chris M. '12
  • July 7, 2010
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Freedom costs a buck-oh-five Question: What are two broke twenty-somethings to do on a pristine summer day in Boston?Answer:…

  

  to act like a tourist, but after that you have to pretend to be a jaded ... surviving building. Right next to the statehouse is a marker commemorating the ... like to go to Haymarket on Saturday mornings and make a nice cheap

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 8, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  2014 Resolutions January 2nd and still going strong

  

  This New Year, I want to try a resolution that would mandate how I ... resolution to not start over or delay anytime a goal falls short, I need some ... for a $10 Amazon gift card. Now, instead, I resolve to not care so much

  • by Erick P. '17
  • January 2, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Intense Procrastination There's a difference between procrastination and INTENSE PROCRASTINATION!

  

  Today I had a ton of work to do. To be fair, I did accomplish some of ... ? Instead I listened to the new Muse album (go buy it now) and found a solo in ... in a nice piece of sheet music. I looked around on YouTube to see if

  • by Snively '11
  • September 19, 2009
• Blog / Events

  Puzzled need a quick fix for your boredom? try this puzzle on for size.

  

  from all over come to MIT to compete to solve insane brain teasers with hopes to find a coin hidden somewhere on MIT's campus typically over the ... created by the entire team every so often for you all to try, and then a

  • by Bryan
  • July 29, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Speaking of mu…

  

  I love MIT, because starting a sentence with "Speaking of mu..." doesn't get you looked at funny. A quick rundown of tonight's activities: I love living in a city, if for nothing else but the food. Last night

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 17, 2004
• Blog / MIT Life

  Living Off Campus I moved off campus last year and rented a house with some friends who were…

  

  here all along -- I just had a busy fall semester and decided to take a ... wanted to choose who I'd be living with, I wanted a place I could have a ... found myself really wanting to put the title of "student" aside for a

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • February 24, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  i was sick when i wrote this :( a largely unedited post where i ramble about getting covid

  

  spring classes, I got a positive test last Wednesday and had to quarantine in my room. I feel a lot better compared to the first few days of ... ="MIT undergraduates have to fulfill a swim requirement by either passing the MIT Swim

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • February 7, 2023