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• Blog / Challenges

  [Guest Post] Things to do while waiting for decisions by emily '22, alison '23, felix '23

  

  backpack for a week Try to get over your fear of how ugly the titans are and ... random WikiHow (with pictures) articles for 3 hours Crochet yourself a smol ... Make a 100 layer crepe cake Buy some semi-temporary tattoo ink and

  • by kellen manning
  • February 1, 2021
• Blog / MISTI

  A day at Seaborg Technologies interning at a nuclear startup in Denmark

  

  that was open past six yesterday. Luckily for me, however, there was a ... you need to carry cake to work on your bike, then you sort of wish for a ... . There’s much to build, and a lot for me to learn.   10:30 [caption

  • by Amber V. '24
  • August 9, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Summertime Things to do with your 100 days in the Summertime

  

  Catch reruns for 14 hours a day. You could easily become a Facebook addict ... and on your own for a few weeks. It’s a good thing to know that you can ... campus, you can still get a general feel for what the place might be like

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • July 22, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ask Yourself Can you really LTFP?

  

  I know I haven't written anything lately. Portraying MIT feels a bit weird now because my boyfriend, a sophomore in mechanical engineering, has just taken a leave of absence. Taking a break from the Institute is not

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • November 2, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Classes – Spring 07 Ending MIT with a literary bang. Can you hear it?

  

  ’s “New Faces of 1996” and has since garnered a PEN/Malamud Award for short ... using parts of our class discussion as research for a follow-up to his ... Description: Studies important examples of the literary form that, between the

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • February 14, 2007
• Blog / Personal Projects

  Why Is There No Water? One of the most important things in your life is invisible to you until it…

  

  environments. For example, let’s say there’s only one water source for a 5-mile ... swell. It can take days for the effects of a large enough swell to pass ... spring) can cost around $3,000 USD. Our target price for a hand-dug well in

  • by Selam G. '18
  • October 9, 2016
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Take Only Memories Leave Only Footprints

  

  .The GEL program has a portfolio presentation requirement for its Two ... years. I joined GEL for the opportunity to develop leadership skills in a ... non-technical fields, too. I know how to write a specification for a

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • June 8, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  I’m sitting on my bed right now so sleepy

  

  MacGregor to play 11:30pm Ultimate Frisbee out on Briggs Field. I did a ... everyone else was celebrating - I was celebrating going shopping for a ... tried to put any of that in my mouth. The evening made up for a

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 23, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Brain Dump News and updates for admitted students from the last few weeks, in no particular order...

  

  Sorry for the massive blog entry - this should have probably been ... . :-) ------------------------------------------------------- Campus Preview Weekend Registration Deadline The deadline to register for ... /14). ------------------------------------------------------- Facebook Group For Admitted Students The facebook group for admitted students

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 28, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  5 / The final countdown A month of stress and relief

  

  : I was to spend Christmas at home for the first time since I left for ... was back to cramming for finals. I did have friends who came to visit Boston during two separate weekends, which made for some nice excuses to

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • January 3, 2019
• Blog / Advice

  SHE CAMPUS ON MY PREVIEW TIL I WEEKEND!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! my freshman cpw post turned east campus love letter

  

  it was hard not to forget that I had psets for a couple of days. Here ... both had a [annotation note="6.1200: Math for Computer Science"]6 ... blog was to help show prospective students that MIT could be a place for

  • by Angie F. '28
  • May 6, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  I’m just curious as to why you keep invoking William Faulkner. "MIT is so charmingly nerdy" entries #12 and 35.

  

  most important things you should remember for quiz bowl competitions: 1 ... I had not the greatest week, but tune in tomorrow for my ... of graffiti on a chalkboard as I was walking through building 56. Get

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 1, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How MIT students are trying to change education by biking across America.

  

  cooked up the idea for this adventure. In the following Q&A ... Francisco for the summer. After talking to a number of groups working on ed ... were all Teach for America partner schools. We have been contacting a

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • June 10, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Stu Schmill ‘86 named Dean of Admissions Exciting news!

  

  been named MIT's next dean of admissions, Dean for Undergraduate ... done a "remarkable job" in that capacity. "Under his committed leadership, the office successfully completed the 2007-2008 admissions cycle--a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 24, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Bio? My sort-of bio, but not the Course 7 kind.

  

  moved to Northern California in 2000, just in time for warm weather and a ... In my past entry, a few students commented with the request that I post a biography of myself. I wrote a list of things I do and don't like

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • March 5, 2006
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  The Late-Night Juggler In which I spend about twenty minutes trying to transcribe the Mass Ave cross signal…

  

  ends with a tidbit about why juggling is important for the body, mind and ... 's never been a TA for a class; he's not in the MIT directory. He comes back ... . This allows for streams of short-term guests that MIT sees on a daily

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • October 3, 2014
• Blog / Events

  Four days of fun! I did so much last long weekend and very little of it was productive.

  

  monument has been on my bucket list for a while. It’s 294 stairs to the top ... a code from the app. After biking around for half an hour, you return it to any other Hubway station. After searching around a little bit for

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • October 17, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  Healthy reflections… I never know what to write here.

  

  question popping up on Facebook statuses lately. For me, 18.02A was the ... . Well - story of my life. At the turn of the new year, I posted a number ... (ABC’s) for the 2nd semester. I'm going to grade my IAP. The following

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • January 31, 2010
• Blog / MISTI

  Another Journey Planned How to go abroad 101

  

  looking for a program that didn’t promise that and rather had a different ... with Cambridge University; MIT Madrid, which sends students for a ... . A pretty common question for people to ask me is where I’m going next

  • by Becca H. '12
  • February 21, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Reaffirming our support for international students

  

  for residents of certain countries. This past weekend, a group of ... tremendous strength by being a magnet for talent from around the world. More ... our community. And – as I have – a great many stay in this country for

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 3, 2017