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• Blog / MIT Life

  A Day in the Life of an Over-Scheduled Frosh Another hosed blogger? ShOcKiNg

  

  hour? A friend asks me if I’m going to [annotation note="8.01 is ... lives halfway across the country. Every moment we get to talk is a treat ... my meeting is in the Stud, so five minutes is enough time to print and

  • by Powers '23
  • October 21, 2019
• Blog / Residential Life

  water wars, lovecrafting, and 361 other REX events your annotated guide to everything currently unfolding on campus

  

  for you [ed: in case you want to move via FYRE]. Most of all, REX is a ... . According to MIT's Dormitory Council: REX (Residence Exploration) is a fun ... decided where you're going to live, REX is a great opportunity to find out

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 27, 2019
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Coffee in the Pagi-nation [joint post] breaking cruel rituals

  

  was going to start moving in next. A few months later, in a [annotation ... .) Every once in a while—assuming I could actually discern the identity of ... [annotation note="that may or may not be in England"] name or a place

  • by Paige B. '24
  • November 11, 2022
• Blog / MISTI

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

  

  head upstairs, where I tuck myself in a mutebox, which is like an ... I can be the young intern who is distinctly swimming in a bra and ... The day in question is Thursday, one day before the end of my

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

  The Grandest of Road Trips Reflections on a cross-country road trip, on an international plane flight, on a full bladder.

  

  . -Eating at a Steak 'n Shake in Indiana as a minority is a lonely endeavor ... , and celebrate my 21st birthday in a country where the drinking age is 20 ... 'm sitting in the emergency exit row directly behind a bathroom - but rather to

  • by Jess K. '10
  • June 1, 2009
• Blog / Uncategorized

  some small distractions to help with many weighty things

  

  there is a LOT going on in the world right now -- perhaps most ... . like, actually, this man is losing his damn mind in a way you have to see ... form is simply a shapeless jelly. perhaps this describes you as well

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • December 18, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Rambax MIT On Rambax, MIT's one and only Senegalese drumming ensemble. Also known as MIT's best Senegalese…

  

  here: Is a partridge in a pear tree affordable? (Patty noted that, in ... ) Senegalese drumming (sabar) ensemble that began almost a decade ago, and is led ... thought so. (The other fun part is playing different beats in sync with 30

  • by Jess K. '10
  • January 6, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Talks Energy at the White House "It is is our institutional responsibility to address the challenges of energy and the environment."…

  

  Hockfield joined U.S. President Barack Obama in calling for a "truly historic ... energy and the environment." Today, that responsibility is embodied in the ... opportunities for students interested in making a difference - so if you're at all

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 26, 2009
• Blog / Events

  A sample of life in the past week A summary of a million events in 7 days!

  

  rising star in economics since her doctoral dissertation- on a new way to ... returned to Cambridge to join Harvard. She is one of a number of female ... ’s table (we’re co-Editors-in-Chief). Also pictured is one of my best friends

  • by Melis A. '08
  • April 21, 2007
• FAQ / Prepare for MIT

  How do I apply to the Women’s Technology Program?

  WTP is a women-focused program aimed at empowering students from groups that are historically underrepresented in engineering by providing a ... in the summer after 11th grade.
• Blog / How to Human

  The Complexity of Simplicity Not as paradoxical as it sounds

  

  want. So in a very literal way, engineering is my life, and with ... 'm averaging 12hrs a day in lab with at least another 4 spent on work for that ... 's literally nothing I can't turn into a formula):     Where S is

  • by Chris M. '12
  • December 8, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I was out of bullets. Living free or dying hard in Germany.

  

  worked last summer, is the largest corporate logo in the world. So I ... in Berkeley next year, I thought it might be better to be a little more ... it in Germany, but döner is seriously the most delicious thing on earth

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 25, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I’m sitting at work right now Seems like as good a time as any to bang out a quick blog post

  

  a typical day at work. I'm in an office with four other undergrads ... PEOPLE ARE HERE which is, in fact, just as accurate as having our names up ... window is looking at hydrogen regions in the galaxy (actually, he just

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 11, 2012
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  updates i'm still here.

  

  past on the Infinite and call my parents is a tall order to do even in ... family for going three weeks before replying to a text. ‘School is crazy!’ is always a good one- an honest and unquestionable summation of what it

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • January 20, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Caine’s Arcade on making your dreams

  

  Caine is a 9 year old boy from East LA. His dad, George, runs a used ... Interconnected.is chanced to stop by the store to buy a handle for his old Corolla ... does a disservice to the small miracle of beauty that is this movie and

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 11, 2012
• FAQ / First-year application

  How does MIT consider extracurriculars?

  realize that students in the U.S. have a huge array of extracurriculars to ... . Remember that your application is reviewed in context, and that we look to ... We read applications from students interested in everything from
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Gotterdammerung and The Barber of Seville [by Xenia '13] Art Scholars go to the Met!

  

  Wagner was many years ago, in a summer novel: an elegant, cultured but ... overarching politics, although the former is on a grander scale. Turns out one ... ride, which I shall summarize: In exchanging vows of love, Siegfried, a

  • by ARTalk
  • March 20, 2012
• Blog / How to Human

  Dishwashers, parents, space: what do these things have in common?

  

  use of a dishwasher is the last frontier in an immigrant household, an indication of complete Americanization. The dishwasher is a rare kitchen ... college I realized that the dishwasher is on a long list of things that make

  • by Melis A. '08
  • October 9, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  on being seen ...and why that might be important

  

  more closely with students as a college counselor in a high school setting. There is a great deal that I enjoyed about engaging in one ... as well as what you do is not a one-way street.  In order to really be

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • May 31, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  proof of life hmm :thinking-face:

  

  preface: this blog is comprised of various snippets I wrote in May ... vestiges of 1900s industrial Cambridge. The image is vivid: a placid fall scene with sidewalks covered in paper-mache leaves and a strange sort of

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • August 16, 2025