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• Blog / MIT Life

  summer scraps life updates

  

  I am sitting, alone on the second floor of a brand-new cafe, with smooth grey walls and crisp, square wooden tables. The smell of fresh paint ... 's the title of the first chapter. That's how I feel right now. where i

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • July 30, 2016
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  I Remember…

  

  downtown to pick up the envelope, and the rush of feelings that went along ... MIT email addresses, and even then, you could only see the profiles of ... the months to the start of freshman year, posted some blog comments

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • August 7, 2014
• FAQ / Life and culture

  What other student activities can I do?

  what's going on around campus, or check out a list of active groups from the Association of Student Activities (ASA). ... You can do anything we already offer on campus, or you can start your
• Blog / Academics & Research

  aeroastro privilege all-expenses-paid tour to seattle and los angeles

  

  basement of building 33. And this year, for the first year ever, the Aero ... organizations on the West Coast: Boeing, Blue Origin, JPL, SpaceX, and Northrop Grumman. So there we are, the students of the sophomore "aeroastro boot

  • by Allan K. '17
  • January 10, 2015
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Day 1: Going North Leaving the light pollution bubble to go to class?

  

  picture. For a person who grew up in very arid parts of the west coast, I ... you. The reason I’m off campus is actually for a class that’s part of ... where I spend most of my time, take a deep breath, look up at the stars

  • by Stanley G.
  • January 31, 2014
• Blog / Challenges

  unquantifiable growth progress that can't be measured

  

  quantitative measures of growth. I first realized my tendency to quantify at the ... track of how many times I've gotten Chipotle this semester? The answer, by ... : laughter, dreams, and the first sunshine in spring.

  • by Rona W. '23
  • May 5, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Overnight Program Come play with us!

  

  -MIT people who are still interested in the minutiae of your MIT life. My ... and enjoy the sunshine (hopefully).   Attend some classes ... dimensions of personality (the hosts fill out info about themselves, and you

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 24, 2005
• Blog / Athletics

  3 / A team effort Roll Tech: Your newest Intercollegiate High Team silver medalists!

  

  with a friend visiting from the other coast over lunch in Central Square ... for an away competition!"]a record 7 of us[/annotation] on the MIT ... off campus and enjoy the fall foliage and change of scenery. Saturday

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • November 12, 2018
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Making Time For Art [by Ashley Nash '11] If you don't have much or any experience with art, MIT…

  

  brought in pictures of the London Clocktower, the California Coast, and a ... . This concept of thinking is mind-boggling academically, but it is the main support of art. What's the answer? There isn't one. Don't worry. If

  • by ARTalk
  • March 18, 2008
• Blog / Athletics

  They may take our lives… ...but they'll never take our free Celtics tickets.

  

  whatnot. MORAL OF THE ENTRY: You can be pre-med at MIT, but you'll have to ... like something out of The Running Man, except without Richard Dawson ... they have a ring of flat-screen monitors all around the stadium that

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 14, 2006
• FAQ / Interview

  What if my interview is waived?

  . The interview is not a required component of the application, and the ... Counselors all over the world, we may not be able to arrange an interview for every applicant. If we are unable to offer you an interview, your
• Blog / IAP

  A Jaunt Across Europe (Part 2) 12 hours of coastal biking and other Spanish adventures

  

  crown jewel of our trip was biking the Spanish coast, starting at La Cara ... a 360 degree view of the sunset. Someone was playing the violin nearby ... going to write the bulk of this blog, but he’s no longer blogging

  • by Kanokwan T. '25
  • February 11, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  (An Incomplete Guide to) Summer Opportunities for MIT Students Pantsuits, stress, hyperlinks.

  

  spent a good part of the summer hitchhiking up the west coast, and she ... , résumés: I was having none of it--my focus was on adjusting to the new ... this summer and that I should perhaps fix the formatting of my résumé and

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • September 27, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  The interview life Recruiting for MIT on the west coast, plus answering questions.

  

  , the process can seem sort of random. It's not like that interviewing for grad programs. Everybody applies to basically the same set of ... happy to find out the current state of the Institvte. (They all say hi

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • March 3, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Friday morning potpourri in lab How MIT's campus makes me happy to be alive. Also stuff from Adam.

  

  shots around this joint. The sort of puzzling thing is that nothing that ... grad school, so working really hard on it between now and the end of ... concerned about the aesthetics of various college campuses, something I don

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • March 17, 2006
• Blog / Classes

  How many MIT students does it take to figure out how to rotate a cube? (More than I’m proud to admit)

  

  degree increments?” [annotation note="The question was originally proposed ... up in my room playing the new Legend of Zelda game instead of exploring ... year"]haven’t played the game yet[/annotation], Ultrahand is one of the

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • October 29, 2023
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Steve and Me remembering steve jobs

  

  was stored on top of a tall cabinet out of harm's way. The very first ... . I've always been a Mac guy. I don't fall into the stereotype of the ... Jobs was one of the most influential people in my life. Not because I

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 6, 2011
• FAQ / Life and culture

  What programs does Office of Minority Education offer?

  The MIT Office of Minority Education (OME) provides a home base for ... the ultimate goal of developing leaders in the academy, industry, and society. Matriculation to one of the world’s top schools of science and
• Blog / MIT Life

  Expedition New England Travel That is Good for the Soul.

  

  offer. Of course, with P-Sets and all, it is easy to get caught up in your ... insane concept of the seasons that do exist here in New England are just ... be on the highway, where I got to see some of the amazing fall foliage

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • October 26, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I’ll bet you got waylaid! Wherein Portland, Oregon rocks my face.

  

  those two things mutually exclusive?). Catch you on the East Coast ... how different the school's research philosophy was from that of MIT, I ... wearing only shorts and a t-shirt. In February! Anyway, the worst part of

  • by Sam M. '07
  • February 25, 2007