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• Blog / MIT Life

  Spring break Q&A! ask me questions :-D

  

  of the dorms) built a roller coaster in their courtyard that prefrosh ... Act, which is a club that puts on a full-production play for CPW. I ... Cambridge) is such a walkable city, and I hate driving, so a good chunk of my

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • March 23, 2026
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Becoming a Princess the making of a Halloween costume [+many pictures of ponies]

  

  You see, the thing about Halloween is that it gives you a reason to ... . The brony fanbase is arguably one of the most accepting social groups in ... goodness' sake) but does so in a witty, artful, and interesting way with well

  • by Allan K. '17
  • November 3, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  summer scraps life updates

  

  career advice I've collected in my work notebook--a lot of it is less ... 've been around the world, on the phone, at the beach, with a boy. in my ... ." "Mentorship is always the responsibility of the mentee." "Find a job where you

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • July 30, 2016
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Happy V-Day

  

  sitting in class my freshman year, listening to a (differential equations ... Line Is It Anyway?) did a hilarious one; I think that was my senior year ... moved to a nearby Boston suburb several years back (its site is now home

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 14, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Show your creativity: the Year of the Pig While we continue reading applications full time, another mini-contest.

  

  a technology strategist in his days and is an active Educational ... . What you may not know is that Joanne is, like me, a die-hard Lost fan ... biography is true] Peggy ("Pigasus") Peggy grew up in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 13, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Who’s that new kid? ANOTHER one?? Are you KIDDING me?! She doesn't even fit on the page!

  

  x 22 is, I'll tell you it's the dimensions of a half-sheet cake; I'm just a girl working in a bakery.) I've lived in California all my life ... life story, so here I am in a nutshell: I'm eighteen, am a destroyer of

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 10, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Beauty, xkcd, and my classes The problem with me.

  

  This post is about the classes I'm taking - and is a case in xkcd ... is a seminar-style course on ethics in literature. It’s co-taught by my ... shattered with a bang. *In contrast to "ood", an alien species from Doctor

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 9, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Poetics of Place Snippets from my "Critical Writing for Designers" course at school down the street

  

  on smooth water or a breath in the air. There is ink on the walls ... any other Harvard building I’ve never been in. I sat with a dear friend ... of tea, all that, as it is both a writing class and (kind of) an

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • February 29, 2016
• Blog / Challenges

  i’d like to write a happy post a sestina

  

  'd paint you a walk along the river, in this nimbly crafted post; I'd tell ... 's just a place. Not all adventures are good. No place is a paradise. The ... I've been gone from the blogs for a little while, since this semester

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • April 6, 2022
• Blog / Events

  Nate Silver visits MIT (or, do witches exist in real life?) No, he can't predict the outcome of your admissions decision. Probably.

  

  'll attempt to do him justice in a few lines.  He is: a prediction wizard and ... say that Nate Silver is as close to a rock star as you can get in the ... sense in political news coverage about whether a story is important. There

  • by Michael C. '16
  • March 1, 2013
• Blog / Challenges

  The first step ...is admitting you need help.

  

  MIT is harder than your high school. In many cases, MIT is harder than your high school in ways you can't even begin to imagine. A thousand ... brightest kids in the world on a single college campus means that not all of

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • April 8, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  It’s Legit Black Holes, Bandaids, and Nobel Prizes

  

  Because my roommate is in a sorority, she receives a whole slew of informative, interesting, and often inane e-mails. As she does a great job keeping up with her inbox, she is naturally well-informed about the goings

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • December 10, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Mas33h Hall A quick look at life in the Castle

  

  room is a triple. It’s on the 3rd floor. ~~~coincidence?~~~ Yeah ... ) CPW is this week, so if you’re a prefrosh you’re likely going to be ... , but I’ve also spent a year each in Simmons and Baker, so if you have any

  • by Taylor V. '19
  • April 9, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  lin-manuel miranda scares me my final paper for an MIT class about musicals!

  

  is maliciously seduced in a moment of weakness.” If it were only for ... / I'm a polymath, a pain in the ass, a massive pain / Madison is Banquo ... note: did you know that MIT is a world-class school for humanities as

  • by Allison E. '27
  • May 24, 2026
• Blog / Admissions

  Likelihood

  

  why likely letters aren't a part of our process is that our process ... 't admit anyone until all of the reading is done and we come together as a ... not go out until April. So, in a sense, I can understand the urge to not

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 19, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  how to spend a summer Spending a summer in Boston a la Bryan

  

  like the professionals do on how to spend a summer in Boston. Now first ... list of things to do is by no means expansive and there are probably a ... thing I suggest is getting a T-Pass. During the semester, I don't plan on

  • by Bryan
  • August 27, 2005
• Blog / Community Projects

  A Field Trip Every day brings something new.

  

  ’ve corresponded back and forth with a number of the student leaders in these groups ... a little more - but in the mean time, just thought I’d share these ... After two and a half years here, you’d think I’d know most or all of

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • March 22, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The first of the lasts My last Registration Day. *GOOP WARNING.*

  

  is getting his master's in course 6 (EECS) in June, and has accepted a position with an investment banking firm in Chicago. Laura is getting a ... engineering, a master's degree is much more useful -- in fact, in many

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • February 7, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Waxing nostalgic, in a zen kind of way I've heard of zen. This is not zen.

  

  There is a car alarm going off somewhere in my neighborhood. The ... in all your pictures, and to know what a Roth IRA is and how to ... apart, it is very apparent that my friends and I have all changed - a lot

  • by Keri G. '10
  • December 31, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Song of Myself All we need is music (sweet music).

  

  't see the genius in that one yet). Anyway, how is the music department at ... . Exactly how good is MIT's music? Well, I've performed in the Concert Choir ... . While neither is the most technically proficient group I've ever been in

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 27, 2005